As a child, I was thrilled by the LEGO Technics sets. Especially 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 sets. While looking for Technic sets for my son, I found that this range went in a direction I didn’t like at all.

  • Either it’s way too simple and has little to do with Technics (one, or two small technic functions).
  • Or LEGO technics is way too expensive, only for the showcase and without a B-Model (no 2-in-1).

As an alternative, the name “CADA Master” or “Mould King” often comes up.

  • Does anyone have positive experience with these alternatives?
  • And is it allowed to write about it here?

@ Here a small mousetrap tinkering, which I built last week with my son. And the first test, if I can share a moving *.gif here in lemmy.world.

  • NaibofTabrEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    I just found out these exist:

    • ELEGOO Building Block Car Kit, Intelligent and Educational Building Block Toy Car Robot Kit 3 in 1 for Fun and STEM Learning Toy https://a.co/d/btz03Rq
    • Mini Drone with Creative DIY Building Blocks Sets for Childs Beginners and Adults, 5-in-1 toy for Educational STEM Science Experiment, Family Activity, Birthday Gift Christmas, Small RC Drone Quadcopter with Altitude Hold,3D Flip, Headless Mode,Stress Relief Toy, Gift Toys for Boys Girls Teens https://a.co/d/hJY3vuE
    • ELECFREAKS microbit 32 in 1 Wonder Building Bricks Coding Kit, Programmable STEM Educational Learning Kit with 400+ Building Blocks/Sensors/Wukong Expansion Board(Without Micro:bit) https://a.co/d/ehTvbza

    There’s a bunch of these kits that are based around easy-to-use microcontrollers like Arduino, and it looks like most of them support graphical programming tools like Makecode.