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My grandson has tried fischertechnik for the first time at age 4. His 4th birthday was this month. As he loves his Lego, his parents thought he wouldn't like ft as much. I thought it would be better as he is a very inventive child and likes mechanical devices. Here is the result - a multi-wheel car ...

An update from Australia for those who are interested. I got back into ft after the birth of my grandson who is now showing signs of being a little engineer. I was excited when I discovered the marble runs and wanted to build a collection of ft for him. I already had my son's old ft in storage. The ...

I'm currently building a marble run using a mixture of old and new fischertechnik. The old grey Statics hinge is very useful and the standard grey block/stone can be used to connect marble tracks. These grey pieces are 40 years old and in great condition. For 30 of those years the old fischertechnik...