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Interesting to see how low the standard deviation is. Compare that to K'NEX (I love K'NEX by the way) where a not-so-right angle is commonplace. Sometimes the rods have plastic bulges at the ends which prevent them from making a good connection in a female(?) piece.

LEGOs, however, have always fit perfectly, in my experience.

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We have a good supply of both Lego and K'Nex here. I agree with your comment on K'Nex manufacturing but add that it doesn't really matter. K'Nex seem designed to connect well and holdtogether well despite this (I'm talking about the rods/joiners, not their stupid Lego-like bits which are just horrid)

K'Nex and Lego are different and my kids play wth both about equally I'd say. They get used to build different stuff and they're both awesome :)

K'Nex rock my world. About 6 years back, when I turned 18, I finally ordered the 'back of the catalogue' 3000+ piece Big Ball Factory set on eBay, after spending hours imagining how cool it would be to have it back when I was little.

It was awesome. My mates and I still build it occasionally.

I remember that from my childhood - K'NEX were fun, but always took what seemed like a lot of effort to put together. Similar to pulling apart Lego pieces without a brick separator.

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