# LEGOS!  Yeah Baby!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legos-yeah-baby/170593>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 23, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legos-yeah-baby/170593 "2003-04-23T14:54:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legos-yeah-baby/170593/61 "2003-04-25T18:51:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ResIpsaLoquitor \*  
> \*\*I’m still trying to figure out what to do with my spare MicroScout–do I put it back in R2D2, or is there some ACTUAL use for the darn thing? \*\*

You could always donate it to your favorite poster named Munch…

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legos-yeah-baby/170593/62 "2003-04-25T19:50:04Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Munch \*  
> \*\*Have y’all seen the mini-Star Wars sets? Tiny little AT-STs, snow speeders, Jedi Starfighters, Slave I’s, pod racers, X-wings and tie fighters! Get all 4, and you can put together a Tie bomber. \*\*

Those are awesome. Especially the MINI AT-ST and the Snowspeeder. They would look quite excellent on my monitor at work… guess I have to take a trip to KMart tonight. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legos-yeah-baby/170593/63 "2003-04-25T20:20:21Z")

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Yeah, I’d rank those at the top. Plus, you can always buy multiple of those and the X-Wing/Tie combo. The podracers are fairly lame, but you gotta get 'em if you want the bomber.

Slave I is pretty cool, though.

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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legos-yeah-baby/170593/64 "2003-04-25T21:09:46Z")

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If you go to the Lego site, you can order 100 piece lots of specific brick sized for like 7 bucks a piece. You pick a colot, pick a brick size and you get 100 of them. For the size of a typical medium set these days you could have 700 bricks 🙂

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**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legos-yeah-baby/170593/65 "2003-04-26T13:56:15Z")

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If I WERE to get Mindstorms™, Id probably go for the system kit.  
It includes:  
The standard RIS  
Ultimate builders set  
remote contriol  
extra motor

for $229  
price bought separately:$279.97 + motor price

[http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?prod\_id=K9738&CatID={BABF5D45-663E-40AF-8D83-897F51A3A6A9}](http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?prod_id=K9738&CatID=%7BBABF5D45%2D663E%2D40AF%2D8D83%2D897F51A3A6A9%7D)

Brian

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