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Comment Re:The plastic bricks are redundant. (Score 1) 400

from your link

(*) The fit will likely never be as tight as real legos. Those are *tough* tolerances to match. Lego Corp are (i've heard) the masters of injection molded plastic

Now, if you don't really care about the toy aspect of legos--tiny reconfigurable bricks--
  sure, you can just make a large hunk of plastic to take the place of dozens of bricks-- but that's a different kind of play.

Comment Re:So far away (Score 1) 400

Lego has a reputation for manufacturing high quality bricks that holds glue yet can be easily dismantled by young hands I'm not sure that you can get that sort of result with 3d printed bricks. After all, Lego has survived without being undercut on price by other manufacturers of plastic toys.

On the other hand, many of Lego's sets are licensed products, with highly specialized pieces that really don't serve a functional role, and may not need the precision tooling that Lego claims is needed to make a strong yet breakable bond.

Comment Re: No problem (Score 1) 423

Have you ever looked closely at medical devices? I work with some systems less than five years old that cost close to $100,000 and they run Windows XP. Should they be replaced? No, not just because the OS beneath the application layer is old. I'm probably the only person in the office that knows it's an XP machine, which helps with security. Sometimes you can't just upgrade.

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