Comments on: Hydrodynamic Deluxe Building Set http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/ Deliciously Geeky... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:31:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: a4n http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/comment-page-1/#comment-380987 a4n Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:23:57 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/#comment-380987 Is it just me who wants to make a watercooled laptop from this...? Is it just me who wants to make a watercooled laptop from this…?

]]> By: MN_Fox http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/comment-page-1/#comment-379569 MN_Fox Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:54:35 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/#comment-379569 Wow, I recognized the structural elements used to hold this thing together! They were used in a build-your-own skyscraper set that I had as a child -- and this is back in the 1980s! I am surprised that they managed to stick around long enough to resurface two decades later. Of course, Wikipedia knows all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girder_and_Panel_building_sets Seems what I had was from the General Mills era... Wow, I recognized the structural elements used to hold this thing together! They were used in a build-your-own skyscraper set that I had as a child — and this is back in the 1980s! I am surprised that they managed to stick around long enough to resurface two decades later.

Of course, Wikipedia knows all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girder_and_Panel_building_sets Seems what I had was from the General Mills era…

]]> By: Andrew Liszewski http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/comment-page-1/#comment-379556 Andrew Liszewski Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:28:42 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/#comment-379556 Yeah, there are a few containers of LEGO and Construx still sitting in my parent's basement. They were definitely my favorite as a kid. Construx were particularly useful for building GI Joe HQs and what not. However those blue connectors were almost as painful to step on as the 4-dot square LEGO bricks. And while I was aware of Crossbows and Catapults, I never had them as a kid. I had to rely on the original firing cannons on the LEGO Black Seas Barracuda pirate ship for waging any kind of wars. Yeah, there are a few containers of LEGO and Construx still sitting in my parent’s basement. They were definitely my favorite as a kid. Construx were particularly useful for building GI Joe HQs and what not. However those blue connectors were almost as painful to step on as the 4-dot square LEGO bricks.

And while I was aware of Crossbows and Catapults, I never had them as a kid. I had to rely on the original firing cannons on the LEGO Black Seas Barracuda pirate ship for waging any kind of wars.

]]> By: Drew http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/comment-page-1/#comment-379546 Drew Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:02:46 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/#comment-379546 I own hundreds of pounds of Lego bricks now, and I'm a huge fan, but I must admit reading "construx" takes me back. I have a HUGE place in my heart for those little blue seamine looking connectors and never was their such a fun and easy set for making huge buildings. I will have to buy some old ones for my 5 year old:) Just in case you also played with them, did you know that Crossbows and Catapults is back? Big sets, cheap and just like they were. You can still put 9 rubber bands on them and get lethal velocity from the little pucks. I own hundreds of pounds of Lego bricks now, and I’m a huge fan, but I must admit reading “construx” takes me back. I have a HUGE place in my heart for those little blue seamine looking connectors and never was their such a fun and easy set for making huge buildings. I will have to buy some old ones for my 5 year old:) Just in case you also played with them, did you know that Crossbows and Catapults is back? Big sets, cheap and just like they were. You can still put 9 rubber bands on them and get lethal velocity from the little pucks.

]]> By: David Madden http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/comment-page-1/#comment-379463 David Madden Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:59:48 +0000 http://www.ohgizmo.com/2008/04/04/hydrodynamic-deluxe-building-set/#comment-379463 I love all the little warning signs plastered over it, very authentic. I love all the little warning signs plastered over it, very authentic.

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