▲ 58 ▼ hands up anyone else who wants one (ideas.lego.com) submitted 2 years ago by froztbyte@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments 'cuz I definitely do
[–] self@awful.systems 13 points 2 years ago (2 children) you can’t just put me at financial risk like this permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems [S] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah I was grimacing at the partlist, but I think I'd still do it I haven't meaningfully touched lego in like 15y and haven't engaged with basically any of the starwars-y or latter-decades kits at all. but for this.. it'd make a hell of a sweet display piece permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] self@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago I really hope the complexity doesn’t make it a no-go for Lego — honestly this is one of the only times I’d be in support of custom pieces if it makes assembly easier or the machine more durable I haven’t really engaged with Lego at all since I got into 3D printing, but them going “fuck it we’ll do mechanical computation” would definitely pull me back in. this is exactly the kind of thing that’d be a major pain to do with printed parts, where consistent and durable standardized parts would do a lot better permalink fedilink source parent [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago* broke: acausal blackmail woke: acausal trade bespoke: acausal marketing permalink fedilink source parent
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems [S] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) yeah I was grimacing at the partlist, but I think I'd still do it I haven't meaningfully touched lego in like 15y and haven't engaged with basically any of the starwars-y or latter-decades kits at all. but for this.. it'd make a hell of a sweet display piece permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] self@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago I really hope the complexity doesn’t make it a no-go for Lego — honestly this is one of the only times I’d be in support of custom pieces if it makes assembly easier or the machine more durable I haven’t really engaged with Lego at all since I got into 3D printing, but them going “fuck it we’ll do mechanical computation” would definitely pull me back in. this is exactly the kind of thing that’d be a major pain to do with printed parts, where consistent and durable standardized parts would do a lot better permalink fedilink source parent
[–] self@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago I really hope the complexity doesn’t make it a no-go for Lego — honestly this is one of the only times I’d be in support of custom pieces if it makes assembly easier or the machine more durable I haven’t really engaged with Lego at all since I got into 3D printing, but them going “fuck it we’ll do mechanical computation” would definitely pull me back in. this is exactly the kind of thing that’d be a major pain to do with printed parts, where consistent and durable standardized parts would do a lot better permalink fedilink source parent
[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago* broke: acausal blackmail woke: acausal trade bespoke: acausal marketing permalink fedilink source parent