Lego joints are very weak even at their tiny scale. Scaling them up would only make it 100 times worse.
So no.
Lego joints are very weak even at their tiny scale. Scaling them up would only make it 100 times worse.
So no.
Clicking around the related videos from your link takes you to a view of the demolished house. It has a wooden structure. Still pretty cool but not 100% Lego.
ETA: Which was already mentioned 5 posts above (but 7 months ago, in my defense).
No reason to change. It’s our native dialect.
Those of us with spines don’t let marketing departments tell us how to talk. In my neck of the woods it has always been legos.
I haven’t looked, but I assume that like with Google and Adobe, the good folks at Lego would rather you said “Could one construct a house from LEGO™ brand modular building blocks?” or something similar.
Sort of a conversation stifler though.
I see your point, but I figure I’ve gotten enough enjoyment out of Lego in my life that it’s only polite to talk about it the way the company asks.
Oh lord, have I. But there are flat cap pieces that can make a smooth surface. I have been to two Legolands (near San Diego and Uldum, DK) and they have some fairly large structures that don’t fade, don’t seem to support mold but that I have always assumed were bonded with some strong glue, impervious to moisture. But it would be an amusing idea, if a bit pricey.
If you get a chance to watch the James May’s Toy Stories episode on the Lego house, they explain the “wooden structure”. They started out to build a pure all lego structure, but the local building codes and their own insurance company wouldn’t let them. Therefore, they built a wooden structure within the Lego house, but they also made clear in the show that the wooden structure was there for safety and backup, but wasn’t part of the lego structure itself. They also demonstrated some beam construction techniques of pure (actual, original) legos that would more than hold the weight of an adult male, spanning a pretty good distance (6 or 8 feet, at least).
All of the Toy Story episodes were very good family viewing, by the way.
My favorite was the 1:1 scale Airfix Spitfire.
I totally remember having these as a kid - a set of 30, 10 each in yellow, red and blue, all of them the 4 x 2 rectangular shape. I wonder if they’re still in my mother’s house somewhere…heaven knows, plenty of my childhood toys still are.