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Thanks for the review. Too bad there is no hole in the maze, IMHO this removes most of the fun of the wooden toy I had decades ago. The good news is that the soccer ball may become available from 'Pick-a-brick'.

For years, I often played at night at some video games on the PC while my wife was looking at some TV show. Then one day, after having played during the day with the kids and built houses and planes made of Lego, I went back to the NXT set I bought a couple of years ago and really started to become an AFOL. (and dug into the Lego Technic/Mindstorms world) My wife looked at me strangely until I found what, IMHO, is an acceptable answer: I asked her if it is better to play Lego and have a creative activity, or if it is better to look at a screen to kill remote players or to try buildind a 'civilization' to be the ruler of the world? She laughed and since that day I'm now an AFOL that completely assumes Lego playing. There are many people that enjoy video games, why would it be more acceptable than Lego ? Why play Minecraft when you can do the real thing with your brains and hands? With Lego we are using our minds in a positive and creative way.

Hi there, My name is Bernard, I'm 48 and just plunged into the Lego Technic world (during my dark ages I just played with Lego System). I bought a NXT set in 2011 but didn't find much time to use it. However winter 2014 seems better, I tried the mindcubber with the NXT (too bad, my rubik's cube is 'too new' and it doesn't work well), I just completed the 8011 Unimog and I'm about to build the 8043 excavator and expect the EV3 set soon. I've seen a NXTified Unimog on the net, I'll see if I can put the EV3 in this vehicle by myself, and if ever it becomes possible to have NXT and EV3 exchange data over Bluetooth, I would love to control the EV3 from the NXT. And/or have NXT or the EV3 to control the gearbox. And/or update the front suspension which is terrible. Or... ? Obviously I have a severe attack of Lego virus this winter!! And looking at my kids, the illness seems contagious! Bernard