Interestingly enough I decided to try out the “Master Builder Academy” program from Lego. This because I started sliding down the slippery slope of building with Lego after an over 30 year absence. I made this decision because I work at a school and bought something that I figure will end up in my classroom, with my students. The first kit deals with building spacecraft. It goes into many techniques on building and includes sections highlighting designers. So the actual manuals are a valuable resource. I use the same excuse about watching cartoons. You build three projects and then end up getting pushed (as an adult) back into the creativity of youth when you are asked to use what you have learned and build your own design. As a kid, this would have been easy- slap a few pieces together and there it is… as an adult all those little nagging doubts surface and I realized how much my own spontaneous creativity has been squashed. I say this as I guy who draws… but pushing outside that safety zone in Lego. So while I have thrown this out to the MBA Lego community, I will also throw it out to you- My Own Creation- I consider it a draft or in engineering terms I believe it would be a “prototype.” I called it a MINI Warp Shuttle, although I’m starting to like the word “sled” instead of shuttle.
