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Move Over Lego, Enter Atollo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-isn't-that-cute dept.

FortKnox writes: "Through the blessed portal memepool, I stumbled across the new arcitecture toy, Atollo. These new building toys can build any type of shape with only two pieces. The two pieces can be connected in many different ways allowing both rigid and flexible connections. " MMmm. Toys. Anyone else remember Construx? I loved those things too.

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  1. Lego will never be replaced by Tyger · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree with you, these are lacking. They are lacking the same thing every other construction toy lacks. Simplicity. Sure there are only two pieces, but way too many ways to connect them.

    The advantage of Lego is that it is SIMPLE. There may be a lot of different pieces, but conceptually they are all the same. You always connect them the exact same way. That is their appeal, you can sit down and put them together right away, starting to explore the construction and creativity involved immediately, instead of having to first explore the ways to put them together and how they interact. Lego is a classic. It is simple. Anybody can pick it up and make stuff.

    So while this looks like it has possibilities, I don't see it replacing Lego, just like other things have yet to replace lego.

    Now if just Lego would go back to the basics instead of doing all these specialized kits.