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You know Jeff, as soon as I posted I remembered how much fun the Hasbro(?) booth was at Maker Faire Austin in 2007. They supplied thousands of Tinker Toys for folks to work with. The best part was that when the Faire was over they gave them all to the Austin Children's Museum. And that was a commercial booth. But like you point out it's more about what folks "do" with it than what it is. I'm not sure exactly how the different vendors/booths broke down but the Maker Faire folks must rely on some level of commercial involvement/sponsorship in order to make it happen.
Personally I think the blocks are awesome. I would suggest them to any museum where there is a need or desire for a real body-on open-ended building experience.
PS its Erich, not Eric.
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On Feb 22, 2012, at 4:50 PM, Jeff Courtman wrote:
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> So, Eric? That would mean setting up a table where people could play around with motors and arduinos wouldn't be good, because they are commercially produced? I get what your saying - just offering an extreme example :) In other words, istn' maker's fare a continuum of experience and, if so, wouldn't having giant building blocks be somewhere on that spectrum?
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>> In Houston at ACM last year I spoke with at least one or two museums who used the blocks and loved them. They appear to be a pretty well developed product. But to me Maker Faire is all about the "Home Made World" and these as a commercial product just don't fit no matter how cool they are.
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>> But that's just my two cents...
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>> On Feb 22, 2012, at 4:20 PM, Jeff Rosenblatt wrote:
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>>> I thought I remembered these super-sized blocks being prototyped about a year back. Does anybody use these at your institution? If so, how have these held up, and do you staff the area as suggested?
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>>> We were thinking these blocks might be a fun activity/addition at Maker Faire. Any thoughts welcome.
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