![]() Kids definitely interact with Meccanoid as a personality rather than just a machine. ![]() I'd say a broader range of kids would be drawn to Meccanoid from an entertainment and fun perspective. Meccanoid on the other hand is a friendly-looking humanoid robot with a quirky personality and big eyes. The use of Missions and the ability to build cool machines will attract kids who enjoy problem solving. The use of LEGO will draw a lot of children to the EV3. Overall ImpressionMindstorms is a very techie-looking kit in black and red and lot of the models are vehicles. Meccanoid is very new so we may well see new models from the community and from SpinMaster Meccano in the future. It's not quick to change between models so you're likely to keep the robot in one form for a while. Meccanoid also has instructions for Dinosaur models that can be built from either the G15 or G15 KS kits. Dexterity is also important for working with the small nuts and bolts. Kids will need to have plenty of patience or a willing adult helper. It's not a very difficult build and there are videos to follow along, but it is a big build. Expect to spend several hours even on the smaller version of the robot. There are lots of different models to build from Mindstorms including ones that have been shared by the community. Mindstorms offers several models that are fairly quick and easy to build for an experienced LEGO builder who has built kits from the Technic range (or other sets that use those pieces.) Meccanoid uses plastic rather than metal pieces but is compatible with regular Meccano and uses nut and bolt construction techniques.īoth kits have an element of construction but they are quite different. Mindstorms uses LEGO pieces and can be extended with regular and Technic pieces. The comparison with the EV3 still stands, the new models aren't radically different but have an upgraded Mecca brain and other smaller improvements.ĬonstructionBoth of these robots are based on well-known and loved construction toy brands. Update: Meccano have now released Meccanoid 2.0 and 2.0 XL the latest versions in the range. If you're kids are robot crazy then you might want to acquire both over time but you'll still need to decide which one to pick first. They are both fun and interesting robot kits for kids but they're quite different and each will be the right choice for some families and children. We've written about the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 and Meccanoid G15 robots before so try those articles first if you want a basic introduction. How do you choose between the LEGO Mindstorms EV3 and Meccanoid G15 (and G15 KS) robots? This was a question from one of our readers at Tech Age Kids so I thought I'd put a post together to answer the question in detail.
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