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Originally Posted by philso
Is FIRST Lego League not inspiring for its intended audience? In FLL, the competitors can only use un-modified Lego manufactured parts which seem to qualify them to be described as COTS parts.
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FLL is age appropriate. The people who participate in FLL will not be driving actual automobiles themselves within 2 years in many states (games do not count). I also don't mentor FLL, even though I am a NJ State level judge. It would drive me 'up a wall' that I wouldn't be able to do all the things I can do with the MindStorms because of the necessary FLL restrictions.
When I did play with the original Lego Technic control system I kept making new sensors for it. That required soldering and that's not for everyone at those ages. Lego almost sued me for writing a detailed document on hacking it as a kid and then releasing it on "something called the Internet" and a few BBS. Luckily they are much nicer to those with interest these days.