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Old-fashioned typesetting, but with LEGOs. Different fonts,
sizes, etc. One side of each letter piece has the picture of
the letter, the other side is carved appropriately. Spacers,
dingbats, and engraved stock photos also included. Kids can
lay out a line of text by clicking the pieces together,
and put
the lines into the frame, and then use the old roller-and-ink
method to ink up the page.
The press itself could be built out of LEGOs, too.
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I can see this being a hit. |
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Already prints in braille |
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^ Just foot-notes though... |
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I have on my desk a self-inking stamp that prints a custom message. It came with a tray of hundreds of little rubber letters with teeth on their back which you press into a grid to write your message. I had no particular use for it when I bought it, but the idea of having movable type as an executive toy was difficult to resist. |
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[mitxela], I have on my desk the digital equivalent of that stamp. It only has 122 little letters and doodads but by pressing them repeatedly it will make text appear in far away locations. I had a particular use in mind when I bought it though. |
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It's called a John Bull printing set, [mit] |
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To avoid getting ink all over your Lego, it could be an
embossing kit, rather than a printing kit |
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// To avoid ink all over your Lego // Maybe a barrier spray. |
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I am imagining a full blown linotype machine out of technic with modelling clay (setting of course) as the cast material. That would be an engineering wonder indeed. No inky Lego either. |
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I'm imagining a regular lego set with extra blocks that, when they aren't being used for printing, serve as the uppermost blocks in castle walls and such. |
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With technic, the letters could be on the side, if the connector was male. This would mean the letters are on the bottom and not the top of the castle. The whole castle could print 'Knights uphold honour'. |
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ah, I didn't even consider them being on the side: I thought it was in place of the upper knobbies. |
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