Dear LEGO : 4535


Dear LEGO / 4535

HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Jeff Szklennik

(...) SNIP (...) Technic is a theme of semi-specialized pieces, but they're so widely used in other themes now (racers, Star Wars, etc.) they've become an extension of standard elements, so I doubt Technic is leaving. the theme name may change, but (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Gary Tabener

"Jeff Szklennik" <jeffszklennik@usaexpress.net> wrote in message news:HrCCrt.1A8G@lugnet.com... (...) products, (...) in (...) change, (...) a part (...) that it's (...) returning to. (...) days' (...) it; I (...) Well all I can say is that, if (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Paul Kleniewski

let's don't make things worse than they really are if we think "the core" is brick and nothing more then we should think TLC will stop producting plates which is stupid so IMO technic is a patr of "core" the same with liftarms (studless beams) "the (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Chris Phillips

(...) If TLC is trying to control costs and return to profitability, they will want to cut products that have a bad profit margin for them. This would likely include Star Wars and Harry Potter on the basis of licensing fees and specialized part (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Steve Baker

(...) More to the point, their competitors (eg MegaBloks) are churning out almost nothing BUT basic bricks. They have a very narrow range of parts. If Lego want to compete there, they need to play to their strengths which is their enormous inventory (...) (20 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —John Hansen

I wrote Michael Anderson (firmware guru at TLC) expressing my concerns about the future of Mindstorms based on the recent press regarding TLC's financial woes. I asked him if he could reassure me. He said, "there are some very interesting projects (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Dirk Schlei

(...) Dear John, Have you seen Jake McKee's statement? "... Mindstorms is not going away, but may continue to evolve. Like all technology products, Mindstorms will continue to grow and improve as consumers gain new technology knowledge and (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Mark Tarrabain

(...) Okay, then when LEGO said they would be dropping their electronics and movie tie in products, exactly what did they mean by "electronics" then? Mindstorms has been, afaik, LEGO's chief electronic product recently. We have two apparently (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Anders Isaksson

(...) What about RC cars, racers, spybots and all that super-specialized stuff? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (20 years ago, 1-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Jonathan Wilson

(...) Probobly the ill-fated Movie Maker set (remember, they had to pay $$$ to Logitec for the camera and also $$$ to Speilberg to use his name) and such like will also disappear. (20 years ago, 18-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Douglas Brod

In lugnet.dear-lego, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Spybotics? They are listed on a separate page from Mindstorms on the S@H website. Lots of big, expensive products with little building flexibility just sitting there on the shelves... (...) (20 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —James Stacey

Lego haven't said they are dropping it. Some journalist suffering from premature extrapolation decided thats what Lego's original statement meant. (20 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Dirk Schlei

(...) Dear All, Recently I have received the following answer from LEGO: "Dear Mr. Schlei, We have no plans of discontinuing the production and sales of LEGO Mindstorms and LEGO Technic products. On the contrary, we consider these products core (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue? —Doug *The WebMeister* Wilcox

I believe (gleaned from an interview posted a ways back) that part of the "electronics" being discontinued was Lego Studios. (Which meant I could get the Spinosaurus Attack for $15 at KB). I'm not sure about other products, but I am relieved we have (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)