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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> Lego is teaming up with Stephen Speilberg to create a "Lego Movie Creator" • that
> will allow (ahem) "kids" to create movies. The camera will hook up to your
> computer, and has Lego studs to facilitate building a stand for it out of • Lego.
> It will also come with enough Lego to build props (the announcers said
> specifically "fire engines and houses").
Is it only me that's totally unenthusiastic about such ventures by Lego?
Am I the only one that thinks Lego getting into software is a poor move, at
least on current track record?
Is it just me that wishes Lego would just concentrate on making some decent
sets for a change, such as a train that looks like a train or town sets that
are not juniorised?
Or did I just get out of bed the wrong side today?
regards
lawrence
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> Is it only me that's totally unenthusiastic about such ventures by Lego?
> Am I the only one that thinks Lego getting into software is a poor move, at
> least on current track record?
There's no contest there. Making educaional software without making it multi-
platform is like building a bike without wheels. Perhaps they will decide to
create certain pieces of software specifically for adults rather than trying to
appeal to everyone.
> Is it just me that wishes Lego would just concentrate on making some decent
> sets for a change, such as a train that looks like a train or town sets that
> are not juniorised?
Or real space sets rather than Star Wars ____. I long for the return/update of
my beloved M-tron. Waiting until 2006 for another space set doesn't do much to
change that opinion.
I alos wouldn't mind seeing Technic sets that weren't rehashes of older sets.
How many different colored race cars do we really need to see anyway? I think
this is part of the reason that the space shuttle and super car appealed to so
many. They weren't the same as everything that came before.
> Or did I just get out of bed the wrong side today?
I wasn't there, so I'm not sure which side you normally get out on. If you hit
your head, chances are good that you exited on the wrong side. ;-)
>
> regards
> lawrence
-Dave
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In lugnet.general, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> Is it only me that's totally unenthusiastic about such ventures by Lego?
> Am I the only one that thinks Lego getting into software is a poor move, at
> least on current track record?
> Is it just me that wishes Lego would just concentrate on making some decent
> sets for a change, such as a train that looks like a train or town sets that
> are not juniorised?
I don't quite care about their software, either. However, this Speilberg deal
gives Lego a good opportunity to release a bunch of great sets as parts of the
product line. If this happens I will be very happy.
However, as you have pointed out, their current track record is not that
great. This time they will have to release something better than the Rock
Raiders.
Almost all the Mindstorms sets and expansion packs come with software on CD-
ROM. However, if you read lugnet.robotics, you will find that almost everybody
judge the worthiness of these sets solely by their part lists, and nobody
cares about the bundled software.
There is one exception, though. People who teaches kids using the Mindstorm
products seems to give these bundled software quite a high opinion.
Maybe we don't care about their software, because these software are not
targeted to people at our ages.
Cheers,
Hao-yang Wang
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