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LEGO Magnets (super magnet mod)

Zieak writes -

"A few years ago a friend bought me a set of three Lego bricks with magnets in them from when she went to Legoland. (Thanks Hezz!) You can buy a different set online at the Lego store. Cena's step father gave us a set of Magz for Christmas and i noticed that the small magnets in the bar component of the toy looked like the right size to fit in the cylinder in the bottom of Lego bricks. I have scads of Lego but was lucky enough to get a bit of new Lego as a gift also. Tonight i put the two together." - Link & photo set.

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Posted by: luv2code on January 9, 2007 at 1:53 PM

It would be nice if they went into what can be done with magnetic legos.

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Posted by: zieak on January 9, 2007 at 6:35 PM

...uh I'll just be using them to hold things on the refrigerator.

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Posted by: rabagley on January 11, 2007 at 8:58 PM

Why spend all that money on the manufactured product with plastic rods and ball bearings, etc.? Why not just buy the magnets directly? http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D32

No affiliation, just a satisfied customer. Also, I'm not exactly certain that the specific magnet shown in the link above is the right size. It's a guess.

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