Erector Speed Play kits include power-tool/motor, USB interface
By Marc Perton 
posted Dec 5th 2005 3:30PM
posted Dec 5th 2005 3:30PM
Maybe we're a little old school, but we still think of Erector
sets as being the kind of toys that let a budding architect or engineer put together buildings, cranes and other
structures
by painstakingly screwing steel parts together by hand. But the company is trying to make the leap into the 21st
century with its Speed Play line of toys, which include a power driver that not only makes assembly a lot quicker, but
also doubles as a motor for the toys, which include a helicopter, motorcycle and — wow-wee — both a dinosaur and robot.
The toys also include a USB interface, which lets you install sound effects and functionality from Erector's web site
(and, we assume, from enterprising hackers).
[Via The Ferret]
Nice. That robot looks pretty badass.
Am I the only boy here around that thinks this bot was given a terribly misunderstandable name? °:|
@2 - Snigger :D
Its called meccano over here in the UK though - much more civilised!
Yikes...who in this day and age in his right mind would give such a name to their business??