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May be written here about compatible alternatives to LEGO Technic? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MrFloppy@lemmy.world to c/lego@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 1 points 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.