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Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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Wed, 7 Jan 2004 22:00:49 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> I had heard it here before around here... but had hoped it was just a
> rumour.
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> LEGO Mindstorms is going away.
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> 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, LEGO is discontinuing the entire line.
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> This really bums me out because it was the Mindstorms line that really
> triggered my interest in playing with LEGO in the first place, and
> although I do indeed love playing with the bricks themselves, I'm still
> extremely disappointed about this.
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> Well, at least I can still fool around with what I've got... I'm mostly
> disappointed because this not only means there will be no future
> improvements to the RCX, but it also will mean that the development
> outside LEGO for Mindstorms products will start to stagnate, spelling a
> drawn out demise for products like NQC, BrickOS, PBForth, et al.
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> Even my wife, who isn't really big on LEGO herself, is kinda bummed out
> about this. My kids all think LEGO is making a mistake.... "They always
> do this. They stop making the really *COOL* sets and don't come out
> with anything better."
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> Anyways... I'm just expressing some frustration here. Sorry for
> dumping, although I wouldn't be suprised if others here shared my sentiment.
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> > > Mark
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 products coming out.
How do I know this? Over the past few months I have come accidentily across
information about future MindStorms products from the mouths of LEGO themselves.
I have now counted 3 instances of them saying MindStorms has a future.
For instance, during an interview with Jake Mckee, he got the "MindStorms
question" twice. Finally he said in obvious frustration, "MindStorms is not
dead..." and then I didn't see the question asked again.
It's pretty clear to me that there will be future products - what they are is
not sure. To say that they are discontinuing certain MindStorms products is
true. It is happening but...just think of it this way: they are making room for
future products!
Don't worry, there's most likely something out there!
David J. Perdue
www.geocities.com/imroboguy
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| (...) 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)
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| 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)
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