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Advantages: Its very educational and fun for kids and adults too
Disadvantages: Its a bit complex for those not into Lego, bluethooth problems

Lego Mindstorms NXT This was bought on eBay, the UK site. The item was new and unused. All of the bags were unopened. It cost £110 which was a considerable saving on the high street price. I have to say that for me this was the only way it would really be afforded. I am a regular eBayer and so I was more than happy with this type of purchase. The item was bough for my little boy who is just six. He had been looking at it for a long ...
...the rounded ones the ordinary lego technic works just as well. Specifications = 32-bit AT91SAM7S256 main microprocessor (256 KB flash memory, 64 KB RAM) 8-bit ATmega48 microcontroller @ 4 MHz (4 KB flash memory, 512 Bytes RAM) 100×64 pixel LCD matrix display Can be programmed using Windows or Mac OS (NBC/NXC supports Linux as well) Users create a program with new software, powered by LabVIEW from National Instruments A single USB 2.0 ... Read review

Advantages: Everything!
Disadvantages: Nothing!

My four year old absolutely loves this product. We built the house together and he had hours of fun role playing different situations with it. The great thing is that you can then break it up and build other creations with it. We have built a bungalow, a shed, a garage and even a fire station. There is no end to the possibilities of things to build. Even though my son is quite young to buil it on his own, we love building it together. We now have ... Read review

Advantages: good toy
Disadvantages: none

...farm. I have the Lego Duplo build a farm set 5419. It usually costs £24, 99 from the Lego shop but its on sale for £17.49 at the mo see http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=5419. This Duplo set is rather good for a toddler aged about 2 years' to5 years old. This set includes many of the standard bright coloured Duplo bricks as well as 2 Duplo bricks with windows to build that farm building. There is a small green base plate to put the Duplo fence pieces ...
...good wash. Lego is made by a Danish firm formed in 1932 Lego shortened words leg godt meaning play well; Duplo is a brick that is twice the size of a standard Lego brick and can be joined to Lego bricks. Duplo was first made in 1969 since then many new bricks and sets added to the range. Go to http://www.lego.com/eng/preschool/duplo.asp if you wish to see the full range. I have played with many Duplo Lego bricks and think they are really good really ... Read review

Advantages: Promotes more opportunity for play and learning
Disadvantages: none

Lego T junction and curved plate. Well you won't get far on your Lego road unless you have a curved plate to turn corners, or a T junction you turn the road to another destination, We have quite a large collection of Lego at work that includes at least 1 curved section and t junction. Road sections of Lego create more play opportunities for children and their Lego vehicles so a good circuit of road is an asset to a Lego collection. Lego sell ...
...at the Lego shop http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=7281. Its £9.24 at http://www.dealtime.co.uk/xDN-toys- -buildingsetsandblocks-buildingsets-tolegothemeslegotown Lego road pieces are thin squares of stiff plastic too difficult to bend. These pieces or road are a grey black with white road markings on. On the junction plate there is a zebra crossing painted on the road. Each road plate measures 10x 10 inches/25x25 cm. They are 32 studs ... Read review

Advantages: Good adition to Lego roads.
Disadvantages: None

There are masses of Lego sets available that I could tell you about because I have work with children many years and Lego is always a popular construction set to have in child care /school situations. Lego is also a popular toy at home for children to play with too. Children love to build play scenes with Lego constructing buildings or building vehicles. To help make the scene there are base plates available some with just studs on to build the ...
...drive Lego cars on these base plates also have studs around the flat road so that your child can use Lego bricks to make road side scenery or houses. Lego Straight & Crossroad plates item number 7280. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The road base plate I am talking about today is the Lego Straight & Crossroad plates item number 7280. This set compromises of two base plates measuring 10 inches/25 cm by 10 inches/25 cm. / 32 studs by 32 studs. ... Read review