Generally system x is so very square.
That problem needed to be addressed.
That is another real issue, but this is a puzzle which is not as simple to solve like it first seems, I guess. SysX is really a system not just a name, what I want to say is, SysX is so fruitful because there are so clear standards. All is based on 15x15x15mm units, where some multiplications of that unit are made to the base of all the system, e.g. especially 90mm (6 units). These strict standards lead to the interchange ability of all the parts. The reason why some sets are not as useful as others is often because parts of these sets break the standards! So there are some strict limits in which the “square” aspect could be handled. In principle there are two strategies, but before getting deeper into this, I would like to respond to the “snap-together” parts.
I guess they did so with the new snap together cr@p.
Absolutely right! But in my opinion Geobra do not solve the problem but try to circumnavigate it. Yes, they do what ever they want to do by leaving SysX-standars and produce these “snap-together parts”. BUT I think there are much more problems with this way as BB says:
Yes, but if they just made the new snap-together pieces more compatible with sysx, everyone would be happy. Rather than have a building where it is part of a baseplate, make it where it could stand on its own and become a part of a system x building, with places for sysx plugs to hook to it.
These parts make the sets unique but so PM do not produce easy solution for their own set development. These snap-parts are so highly specific and not sysX-standard that they are really useless in most customizing but also in ongoing set design (why Geobra does not realize this?). In this context I just want you to present another “self-made” design. I already have mentioned the term “key parts”, but a better term should be “key shape”. If there are some “shapes” made in standard, they can be integrated in nearly every new set development only by changing colour and/ or texture. Maybe you get my point by the example of my D90-wall section. It could be used as towers (e.g. castles, fairytale-sets, etc.) but also in modern building (like finance building, etc.), in space….
The point is simply offering Geobra solutions that are easy, simple but useful because they care about the SysX standards.