Opinion Poll: Proliferation of Prefbricated Parts

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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.

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.