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Subject:	Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic
Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:08:05 GMT
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Dirk Schlei wrote: > 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 technology itself continues to get better and > smaller. ..." 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 mutually exclusive statements here, both from LEGO. You'll have to forgive me if I seeem more than a little confused. >> Mark

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		Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
(...) What about RC cars, racers, spybots and all that super-specialized stuff? -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 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?
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... (...) (21 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?
Lego haven't said they are dropping it. Some journalist suffering from premature extrapolation decided thats what Lego's original statement meant. (21 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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		Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
(...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

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