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Which is better for youngsters to learn - LEGO Mindstorms for LabVIEW or Scratch?
I have a lot of laptops with the 'old' LabVIEW Mindstorms. I am about to start teaching Lego robotics to a homeschooling group I'm a part of.
Here's what I have:
a few old Windows laptops with the LabVIEW Mindstorms
my Mac running Big Sur (that…
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I need help identifying the set for 37 bags
We bought a set of returns of which one should have been the 6020 piece Hogwarts castle. We received 37 bags that are represented in the pics below packaged neatly in the Hogwarts box. We have bags 1-37 with no instructions and no idea which set…
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From what LEGO set is this plastic bag of parts?
Please help to identify this plastic bag of LEGO parts.
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How to sell massive, vintage and unsorted lego collection with manuals?
So I was a big LEGO collector as a child in the early 1990s. The genres I have are town/city, pirates, and castle. To store them, I broke them all down to fit into 2 giant plastic tubs. I still have virtually all of the instruction booklets/foldouts…
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What's the deal with the single-type-of-piece bags on Amazon?
While looking for current Lego offers on Amazon, I was surprised to see loads of offers such as:
10x Lego inverted slope 2x2 dark red
8x Lego plate 4x6 new dark grey
40x Lego Technic pin long with stop black
40x Lego plate 1x2 light gray
25x Lego…
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Programming on a chromebook with EV3
How do I install the new Lego block programming software on a chromebook? We have the standard version, but want the new one that looks like Scratch.
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LEGO brick competitors?
I'm trying to find all the competitors to LEGO. I know there is MegaBloks. What are some more?
The base idea is that they should be bricks and they need to connect to each other like LEGO. However, it does not need to be compatible with LEGO.
Also…
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Identify this bridal dress torso
Can anyone identify this brides dress torso:
I've searched on Bricklink for dress, white dress, and bridesmaid, but couldn't find it. I also have 1 in my collection but would like to buy more.
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Can somebody identify what part is being used as a vase in this picture?
I'm not even sure if it's Lego. I'm quite the novice, so... little help?
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How can I complete the build of this Lunar lander from the Space and Airport Set (9335)?
We recently got Space and Airport Set by LEGO® Education (9335) for our four-year-old who loves space and really loves his Duplo. He's been enjoying putting together the different parts of the kit but we've run into a problem - for some reason, LEGO…
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Elevator on rails
I'd like to build an elevator for my apartment building. My plan is to use rails and grooves to allow the elevator to slide up and down. This means I have to build the elevator with the studs facing forward instead of up. I'd like to have 4…
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How to dump the micropython filesystem from the SPIKE Prime (and Mindstorms v4)?
I'm interested in tinkering with the micropython filesystem and/or firmware in the SPIKE Prime hub and was wondering:
How to dump the micropython filesystem from the SPIKE Prime hub?
Is there an online resource somewhere to download old micropython…
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Is it possible to non-destructively open the SPIKE Prime smart hub?
I'm referring to this part from SPIKE Prime:
Note that this is the same hub that will be used in Mindstorms Inventor.
There are four Torx screws on the back side that can be accessed by removing the battery. I have removed these:
Even with these…
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What dark green LEGO car is this?
Who knows what set this dark green LEGO one piece car unit is from?
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Are LEGO Quatro compatible with larger bricks? Soft Bricks or other?
There is a nice discussion here on LEGO+Duplo+Quatro compatibility. I posted what I found here where a LEGO storage block is the right dimension to be double a Quatro (4x Duplo, 8x normal). However, a 2x2 Quatro will not stack on the storage block…
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