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Scott Steinem this should be your next leg okay your next leg okay could be one that makes cool robots like really cool ones Lego boost is the best of both worlds it's a big Lego construction set and it's a programmable robotics kit and so far it's pretty great for $160 you get 840 bricks a central bluetooth connected computer motors and instructions to make several robots and toys a big rolling robot named Bernie an electric Lego guitar a roving walker a kitten and a lego building mini machine Lego boost connects with Android or iOS apps where instructions for everything are kept everything is programmable too with sound effects coming from your phone or tablet Lego boost sensors can respond to movement in colors and actions can be triggered from voice on your phone or tablet's microphone building Vernie the main robot in lego boost took a grown adult like me about two hours but a motivated kid like my son was a bit quicker my 8th year all joined in and totally schooled me to make other models you need to tear down your first line poison and build another lego boost uses a mix of traditional Lego bricks and ones like Technic uses but it also means you can decorate your boost robots with your own Legos and get as weird as you want going off-road is part of the idea even the sound effects can be customized there are already hundreds but you can add your own boost is meant for a younger range of kids than the years old Lego Mindstorm kits about 7 to 12 the idea is that the skills learned here could be built on in future app updates or in step-up kits but boost is self-contained so all the things that can do here and later on are in this one box which has a parent I love all my kids wanted to see though was the LEGO robots farting so here you go kids LEGO robots farting