Monday May 16, 2005 Quadro
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Over the weekend, we dug out the Quadro for the first time this year. For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it's various kits of colorful, tough, modular, pieces of plastic than can be used to create many different play structures. |
We originally bought a family kit for Duncan for a Christmas present when he was three. So there we were on Christmas Eve 2001, late in the evening after Duncan had gone to bed, putting this large play structure together so that he's be able to play with it the following morning. We started building it in our bedroom, then found we had to take it apart a bit to get it outside. We finished putting it together about midnight (on a really cold night). Two very fedup parents swearing that they'd never buy something like this again. But it was all worth it. Duncan absolutely loved it the next day.
It took us a while to build it that first time, because it was a learning experience. Now that we've done it several times, it's easy. What's even better is that Duncan is now old enough to help us and can advice us on how he wants it put together. Another great selling point is they also include a mini-kit of all the actual pieces, so you can plan what you want to build then generate a model of it. When you've got what you like, you start to put it together with the full-size kit. Looks like they also have a 3-D Windows based CAD package for doing the same thing now.
If you are interested in Quadro, checkout the gallery You can order a free catalog (after you've given them your life history).
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Posted by Dan Lacher on May 18, 2005 at 09:01 AM PDT #