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What's wrong with the existing magnetic hub-and-spoke construction toys (Magz, Geomag)? |
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And, no, not "'nuff sed". Lego's construction principle and that of geodesic domes are very different. It's not obvious to me how they would combine. |
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//What's wrong with the existing magnetic hub-and-spoke construction toys (Magz, Geomag)?// |
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The bloomin' things tend to collapse like a house of cards when you try to do the more intricate stuff at home. |
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My eldest has some sort of construction system (German, but I can't recall the brand name) that includes rigid poles and spheres that can slot together at various angles, allowing firmer geodesic construction. |
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But (non-technical/specialist) Lego using new angles? I'm torn. Parts of me see it as: |
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i) a blasphemous thought in the kingdom of Lego. |
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ii) a great idea, would play with it for hours. |
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iii) something I don't want to be anywhere near when the kids find they're short of a 4 by 2 stud piece in blue with a 112.5 degree offset after a 3 hour build. |
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(ii) is winning at the moment. so [+]. |
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//I can't recall the brand name// |
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hmmmm, ok.
When I was younger I always wanted to use Lego to make shapes that just stacking could not accomplish and three dimensional control over how they attached to one another.
There were angled pieces but no way to click them together along those angles. If I wanted to make a geodesic dome, to use your example, it was simply not possible.
Or rather it was possible, but the end result looked more like a flattened puffer fish than a ball. |
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By applying the lego system of connections to a shape such as a triagonal pyramid, and by leaving a side or sides of each piece free of connectors I could build something that would look very similar to a geodesic dome. Later adaptations will include flattened panel pieces which cover over expostd connectors so as to give the creation a "skin" when completed. |
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I have linked to site that lets you view geometric shapes and rotate them. The last four or so are what I have in mind |
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I'll leggo this bun to you.+ |
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