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Re: Anyone bought the "my bot" yet?
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lugnet.duplo
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 02:35:22 GMT
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In lugnet.duplo, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> Anyway, the instructions state that you can play tag by pointing a torch beam
> at the sensor. Mine will only sense light if it is in a totally pitch black
> room and then it will sense any light anywhere in that room, directed at the
> sensor or not. How you can play tag like this beats me. Also, when the 3 (or
> was that 4) "lives" are used up I can press the yellow button to reset the
> lives, they reset on the display and it makes the startup sound, but then the
> light sensor does not work at all until the Mybot is switched off and on again
> (removing and replacing the pilot).
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> So, does yours do this or is mine a lemon?
no, mine works more like you'd expect... if I'd fly it around the room, and
Jenn light a flashlight at from all the way across the room, it'd detect it and
lose a life... lights on, and all. Also, the yellow reset buttom worked just
fine...
I think your's might be slightly miscalibrated, or something...
> As for the original question of "is it worth it?", I paid $AU 139.95 for mine
> and it is definitely not worth it. Sure it's fun, but it is essentially an
> expensive fancy light and sound unit with a few Action Wheeler accessories.
> My 5 year old thinks it is wonderful but that's the novelty value at work, I
> can tell that once he has discovered all it does he won't be interested any
> more. The box states 4+ but I'd think ages 3-4 is more like it.
heheh.. I like it, and Jenn likes it, so perhaps it's 24-28 :)
:)
Dan
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| (...) Thanks for your help, mine was definitely not working correctly. Based on your info I was able to get the store to swap it (thank goodness they had another one, I've never seen them on the shelves anywhere else) and the new one works (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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| (...) Could you please describe how your light sensor works? I'm not sure if mine is malfunctioning or not, I rang Lego Australia and they couldn't tell me but they said I could send it to them (at my expense) and they would get it checked out. I'd (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.duplo)
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