tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444990.post1864565022386285489..comments2022-03-31T01:08:06.816-07:00Comments on Block Play: Red roof, green roofAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444990.post-86499057706732964312008-08-06T06:47:00.000-07:002008-08-06T06:47:00.000-07:00Thank you for your comments.Building with only sto...Thank you for your comments.<BR/><BR/>Building with only stone 15 suggests <A HREF="http://blockplay.blogspot.com/2007/06/unit-blocks-froebel-gift-4.html" REL="nofollow">Froebel Gift 4</A>, which consists of just 8 of this shape - and size, in the classic Froebel set. With more blocks of this shape, and perhaps just <A HREF="http://blockplay.blogspot.com/2006/08/campaniles-c.html" REL="nofollow">a few extras</A> even more can be done.<BR/><BR/>Similar concepts of only one size & shape include <A HREF="http://astore.amazon.com/blockplaystore-20?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=15" REL="nofollow">Kapla</A>, which can be quite wonderful, and <A HREF="http://drdrewsblocks.com" REL="nofollow">Dr Drew's Discovery Blocks</A>, which disappointed me, but have delighted others.<BR/><BR/>=-=<BR/><BR/>As for color, I agree that excessive choices could spoil Anchor Stone play. <BR/><BR/>My thought was not to add color choices during construction, but to allow the occasional choice of a different <I>set</I> of three, or two, or <A HREF="http://blockplay.blogspot.com/2005/08/unit-anchor-redux.html" REL="nofollow">maybe even one</A>, color to play with.<BR/><BR/>A stone inventory for a set would change the G, R, & B to X, Y, & Z - with X, Y, & Z specific old or new colors.<BR/><BR/>Constraints are an important part of Block Play.<BR/><BR/>Products as Lego or Meccano are somewhat spoiled for some of us by a lack of constraint in part shapes and colors. <BR/><BR/>Even the higher numbered Anker sets fail for part shape - I really don't want to see that aggravated by jumbling a rainbow of colors int that mix.<BR/><BR/>I'd like an alternate, less compromising, path to variety, by allowing a builder the choice of taking a different boxed set off the shelf and have a different visual experience.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040774790050777890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13444990.post-72367140285151546602008-08-06T05:41:00.000-07:002008-08-06T05:41:00.000-07:00A very nice construction indeed.I have mixed feeli...A very nice construction indeed.<BR/><BR/>I have mixed feelings about variety in Anchor Stone blocks. In some ways, having a choice in roof/wall color would be nice. However, one of the things I really like about Anchor Stones is the simplicity. Three simple colors and from that such a variety of constructions can be made.<BR/><BR/>At first, I liked constructions that were even more simplistic. My very first constructions were made using only #15 stones. At one time I was looking to guy plain mini-bricks for the purpose of creating such simple designs.William Seppelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284402557702089267noreply@blogger.com