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Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:17:40 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mike Thorn wrote:
> At 10:20 AM 1/7/2004, you wrote:
> > 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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> 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.
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> And besides, just because the line discontinues doesn't mean all the RCX's
> disappear off the face of the earth. We still have the core component.
> LUGNET has proven over and over again that we can build stuff just as good
> as the real McCoy. If LEGO won't do RIS 3.0 (which I'm still confident they
> will) then we will.
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> ~Mike
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 R Us sales person, a Toys R Us discontinuing the item may be
misinterpreted as Lego discontinuing the item.
Mindstorms is an expensive product to most consumers--which means the inventory
doesn't turn over well. Since the goal of all sales is to have a high turnover,
sales may decied to dump the low inventory turnover items and increase the high
inventory turnover items. (i.e. lower cost items that they sell a lot of)
This could mean Toys R Us doesn't want to have the Mindstorms sets through the
first part of the year. Since most american business really only focuses on the
next quarter (not 1-5 years long range), the common practice would be to
discontinue ordering (until the ordering for the next quarter is determined).
Mindstorms are not generally purchased on a regular basis for the general public
(a lot of mindstorms sell well at Christmas. A parent can justify 200 bucks for
a nice Christmas present, but usually won't do so for a birthday present).
So, you might want to take that information with the Toys R Us guy with a grain
of salt...or find out where he got that info...
Scott Lyttle
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