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Robotics / 21957

The end of an all-too-brief era —Mark Tarrabain

I had heard it here before around here... but had hoped it was just a rumour. LEGO Mindstorms is going away. Toys R Us, at least in my area, has stopped carrying Mindstorms products, and according to the fellow I spoke to about it that works there, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Mike Thorn

(...) I don't. Does nobody remember the rumour of RIS 3.0? Nothing ever disproved it (and in fact several sources confirmed it, which were all publicized here). I'm sticking with that hope. And besides, just because the line discontinues doesn't (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Mark Tarrabain

(...) Right... just because Commodore stopped making the C64 that shouldn't stop C64 development because of all the people that bought them in the first place? Sorry... it doesn't work like that. The RCX and the Mindstorms line won't die instantly, (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Mike Thorn

(...) If IBM hadn't produced their PC's and the Macs never broke into the market we'd still be using C64's. The key thing is that the C64's became outdated and obsolete. The RCX is far from outdated OR obsolete. ~Mike (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Steven D. Weiser

(...) Are you under the impression that you must be connected to education to purchase from Pitsco? If you are under that impression, it is not true. Anyone with a valid credit card can purchase from Pitsco. If you don't have one, then you are out (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Mark Tarrabain

(...) I cannot purchase from Pitsco. That is a certainty. Pitsco does not sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational division of LEGO is Spectrum Education. The (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —David Koudys

In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote: <snip> (...) I hear your pain, Mark. That said, I have purchased numerous LEGO items from Spectrum, from the Technic turntables to additional sensors for my RCX. I mentioned to them that I wasn't part of any (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Jerry Kalpin

In lugnet.robotics, David Koudys wrote: . (...) Dave, this summer, Spectrum moved from Aurora to Newmarket Ontario. I used to buy all kinds of part from them. In their 'Early Years' catalog, pgs 22-31, they have all sorts of LEGO but no Mindstorms (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Allan Bedford

(...) Dave, I also have ordered from Spectrum. Nice folks, as I recall. Just way over-priced. Oh well, that's what happens when you stick in a middleman. We have LEGO Direct for direct sales to consumers..... Why not a 'LEGO Smart' division to (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —James Isom

(...) I think the problem there is that LEGO can't or doesn't want to get involved in the level of support that it often takes to sell into the educational channel effectively. James (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Jerry Kalpin

(...) Following up with Spectrum in Ontario, Canada ...yes, they do have a lot of Mindstorms stuff and they will sell to the public. Here is their reply: Dear Jerry, Thank you for your interest in Spectrum Educational Supplies. We do carry Lego (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

RE: The end of an all-too-brief era —Liz Bilbro

Try www.pldstore.com... I'd be very surprised if you can't place an order. As far as calling that company again, what is the worst they can do? Say "No"? Worth a try... Worst comes to worst... form an FLL team, teach some kids how to program robots (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Steve Baker

(...) I'm certainly not an educator - but they sold to me (here in Texas) with not so much as a blink. I guess you must be right about not competing against other LEGO educational suppliers - that may well be in their contract with LEGO. Anyway - (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Ross Crawford

(...) Well I can't speak for NA, but here in Australia there are 2 suppliers, and up until about 18 months ago neither would sell to the general public, only to schools etc. but now they both have websites and you can order online, and both will (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Adrian Egli

(...) Steve is absolutely correct! In fact, I got my 2004 Pitsco catalog and THERE IS NO SIGN THAT MINDSTORM IS GOING BYE-BYE. It is just the opposite; pages 4 thru 21 are loaded with mindstorms products! On page 26, five of the six books shown have (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Scott Lyttle

(...) How well informed is this guy at Toys R Us? If Toys R Us doesn't want to sell the high dollar Mindstorms 2.0 set, they can simply stop buying it--which means that Toys R Us is discontinuing the purchase. Depending on the competence of the Toys (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Ray Sanders

(...) Has this been confirmed or denied by anyone from TLC ? At Lego World, the folowing question was asked... Q: is there any future for the Mindstorms line? A: yes. (URL) a bit like an urban legend to me. (like a floor person at a TRU would know (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Mario Ferrari

(...) line is alive and they have plans for it, and at that moment I felt satisfied. The day after my brother Giulio met Brad again along the corridors of the LEGOWORLD and asked him a few more questions. Shortly, Brad confirmed that Mindstorms has (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Dirk Schlei

(...) Dear Mark, I do not believe that they will stop production (maybe development) - at least not regarding the educational part of the system. But as of today I sent the following eMail to LEGO Customer Service: "... Especially because of several (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —David Perdue

(...) I'm sorry, but the person you talked to at Toys R Us was mistaken - MindStorms is continuing. This is not the first post I have seen expressing concern on the subject, and I think it is time to put an end to the myth. There are more MindStorms (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

Re: The end of an all-too-brief era —Mark Tarrabain

(...) You know, it would be nice if people would actually _communicate_ with people. I'd be royally ticked off if the reason the store stopped allocating space for mindstorms products was because someone at the store thought the line was being (...) (20 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)