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Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by _giorgio_ on Friday December 15, 2023 @08:29AM (#38653970)
I've purchased a lot of Lego Duplo for my nephew, really fun sets.

Duplo come from the latin word "duplus", which means double.

Duplo bricks are double the size of lego bricks. This make the sets compatible.

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fg...

https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/6m4wsm/mind_blown_30_...

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by bendoidic on Friday December 15, 2023 @08:58AM (#38654214)
And the short-lived LEGO Quatro brick was...you guessed it...four times larger than a regular LEGO brick. Still compatible with both other sets.

https://en.brickimedia.org/wiki/QUATRO

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by 123pie123 on Friday December 15, 2023 @09:19AM (#38654415)
I think these are biggest ones you can buy (or used to) not sure on the size comparison - at a guess x8 to x10

45003: Soft Starter Set https://www.rapidonline.com/45003-lego-soft-starter-set-70-1...

I had loads of fun playing with these in the lego centre (forget the kids!)

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by loudmax on Friday December 15, 2023 @10:39AM (#38655184)
That softness is critical. Not for the kids, but for the adults who have to clean up after them.

Stepping barefoot onto a Lego brick hurts, but stepping barefoot onto a Duplo brick is much worse. Those things look innocent enough, but in the dark they turn into veritable caltrops!

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by ofrzeta on Friday December 15, 2023 @04:01PM (#38658770)
You think so? The Lego bricks have sharper edges and also I think that you put the same weight (of your body) on a comparatively larger area on the Duplos, so less pain. But, well, who am I to argue about your experience. (Never stepped on either of these in our living room although we had both systems).
Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by jedberg on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:55AM (#38655989)
They have those soft ones at Legoland. They put them in the water park (they float!). I'm not sure they're compatible with regular bricks though.
Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by genocidicbunny on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:01PM (#38656732)
They are probably partially compatible. With Duplo for example, it's easy enough to stack Duplo on top of regular LEGO bricks, but not the other way around. For stacking regular bricks on top of Duplo, you need to have bricks of the proper multiple in each dimension -- they need to be full height and a multiple of 2 in the other dimensions. The Quatro bricks are compatible in the same way -- you can easily stack them on top of Duplo or regular bricks, but not the other way around; You probably also need to do a transition layer from Quatro to Duplo to regular bricks.

I've seen people use Duplo and Quatro for space-filling when they needed a large amount of structural brick somewhere that won't be seen in the final model. Think having a LEGO city setup that has an underground level.

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by floatinglotus on Friday December 15, 2023 @07:46PM (#38660689)
And the even shorter lived LEGO Octro brick was… you guessed it… 8 times larger than a regular LEGO brick.
Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by leipert on Friday December 15, 2023 @11:04AM (#38655445)
Checkout the compatible “Marble Run” from Hubelino. Good build quality and loads of fun. Not affiliated.

https://www.hubelino.com/products/hubelino/marble-run/

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by bluescrn on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:18PM (#38656897)
3D printing similar parts is a fun option too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb1c3VqqfTE
Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by JoshTriplett on Friday December 15, 2023 @04:20PM (#38658968)
As an aside, standard marbles are almost exactly 2 Lego studs wide, which makes it easy to build marble runs using just standard Lego pieces. For instance, you can build a marble lifting tower for the start of a marble run that uses a 2-stud by 2-stud hole in a 4x4 (or 6x6 for strength) tower.
Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by jgtrosh on Friday December 15, 2023 @08:57AM (#38654198)
Obligatory quatro is twice bigger yet (and all are compatible together!)

Also Wikipedia mentions duplex and not duplus, but whatever

Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by tills13 on Friday December 15, 2023 @03:58PM (#38658740)
I mean the System in LEGO System in Play extends to the entire LEGO universe. Shouldn't be a surprise that they are compatible.
Re:How Lego builds a new Lego set by gumby on Friday December 15, 2023 @06:46PM (#38660274)
There is also Primo (first) for really little kids, pre verbal even) which is 2x Duplo and yes, can interlock with normal Lego bricks.

ETA: looks like it was unfortunately discontinued: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Baby . This Lego was great for my kid to learn motor skills like orientation, insertion, and removal (along with things like wooden veggies that connected with velcro).