 | | 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 (...) (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? —Anders Isaksson
| | | | | | (...) 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? —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. (21 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... (...) (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? —James Stacey
| | | | | 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)
| | | | | | | | | | | | 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
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