technic

Dropbox on MacOSX uses a technic like this to display some state-icon of its Dropbox directory in Finder.

The 2015 Technic flagship model - the Mercedes Arocs truck - will have new pneumatic elements.

For me, it was Lego Technic that played the role that Capsela played for the OP.

The technic are sold as a set but it doesn't stop kids from creating a lot of different things with them.

For some reason they changed Lego Technic to studless beams (removed studded bricks) years ago.

Lego has begun to re-incorporate studded bricks back into the Technic line - that's good.

My kids got a big box of Lego Technic (the kind you make robots with) in their very early years - 2/3.

But it feels like the Lego Technic kit that builds a motorcycle, sure you can build anything you want with the parts, but the motorcycle is the only thing that makes sense.

When she's old enough, try out the Lego Technic series or the Mindstorms.

As a kid, I almost only played with the lego technic but almost never actually assembled the object from the set.

For what it's worth, Feed The Beast[1] has similar content to technic pack, but they actually work with mod developers when they release a mod pack.

Eventually, I started applying a lot of the modularity concepts to my Lego Technic projects by recreating the gearing sets and interconnects in Lego.

I agree with another commenter than "technic" is similar but it is a set and you know all the time what you should assemble and that's the reason I don't like Lego sets/models but I do like the pieces a lot.

Technic pieces won't float because they have no internal air pockets, but Lego has produced quite a few boat sets with floating hull pieces.

They were seriously high quality with steel bits that would stand up for large load-bearing designs which wouldn't work with plastic toys like Lego Technic.

If you're running modded Minecraft (FTB, Technic, etc...) use Dynmap.