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the need for the RIS 2.0 release date
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Sat, 24 Feb 2001 03:57:53 GMT
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First - to the people at LEGO Direct: I realize this is a long post,
but please take the time to read it.
Second - to everyone else: this is a reprint of some of the rampant
speculation that has been going on concerning the RIS 2.0 release
date. Skip this post if you want - it's the answer to this post that
will be important.
To LEGO DIrect:
For some months now there has been much speculation on the approximate
release date of RIS 2.0. Much of this has come from people contacting
LEGO through various channels and getting several conflicting answers
depending on who you ask in which country and in which office..
Unfortunately, this doesn't look good on LEGO in general, so I am
appealing to you to provide us with *some* reasonably reliable release
date to put an end to this nonsense. I must point out that I am
***NOT*** trying to pin anyone down on an absolute date, just some
rough idea of what we might expect. The speculated dates cover the
following periods: March, end of March, Spring, July, August, Fall,
and next Year.
Surely there must be someone at LEGO Direct who either knows the
current plans or can find out what they are and put an end to this
speculation.
The following are a sampling of messages that I've encountered in the
lugnet.robotics newsgroup alone:
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:31:20 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Brian
Dichter) wrote:
> I just visited the Lego Store in Chicago where an employee confirmed that
> RIS 2.0 will be available by the end of next month (march).
>
> brian
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On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:38:30 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Harley
Myler) wrote:
> Friends,
>
> I just called the Lego Imagination Center at the Downtown Disney
> Marketplace in Lake Buena Vista and they claim to be getting RIS 1.5
> sets in tomorrow. They said that they would not have the 2.0 until
> July.
>
> Harley Myler
> http://macmyler.engr.ucf.edu
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 16:30:20 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Niels
Holme) wrote:
> I don't think so, I called LEGO and asked them some weeks ago,
> they told me it woulden't be available until fall!!
>
> Christian
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:21:35 GMT, "Nick Howell"
<nlhowell@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> But how can that be? It says on their RCX 2 SDK page that all these people
> can choose to get the RIS 2.0, to be released in Spring 2001.
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 19:48:00 GMT, "Dermot Walsh"
<dermot_walsh@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was in the Lego store on Michigan Av. Chicago and the guy told me to
> expect RIS 2.0 in March, which would still make it a Spring release. They
> didn't have any 1.5 kits, which have been recalled as most people know.
>
> D :-)
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On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 19:18:20 GMT, "Tim Byrne"
<t1mbyrne-spamsoda@yahoo.com.removethespamsoda> wrote:
> I'm not certain. The LEGO store in Chicago told me spring. However I
> called up LEGO customer service yesterday, and they told me that RIS 2.0
> would be released in August. Who to trust?
>
> -Tim
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 00:20:16 GMT, Greg Betzel
<kelleysoft@pressenter.com> wrote:
> Harley Myler wrote:
>
> > Can anyone comment here on the status of the so-called 2.0 system.
> > Can they be purchased yet? If so, where?
>
> If not, does anybody know if preorders are being taken anywhere? :)
>
> I've been meaning to get to the Mall of America shop & ask them point-blank
> in person, but time has been short lately...
>
> Greg Betzel
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On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:31:20 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Brian
Dichter) wrote:
> I just visited the Lego Store in Chicago where an employee confirmed that
> RIS 2.0 will be available by the end of next month (march).
>
> brian
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:46:32 GMT, Marc Klein <marc.klein@free.fr>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just call Lego Customer Service from France.
> I asked about RIS 2.0. The sympathic girl answered me that Lego has changed his mind about RIS 2.0. For the moment no
> production is planned before at least one year !
>
> Marc Klein
> A Mindstorms fan.
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:00:11 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Steve
Baker) wrote:
> Marc Klein wrote:
>
> > I just call Lego Customer Service from France.
> > I asked about RIS 2.0. The sympathic girl answered me that Lego has changed his
> > mind about RIS 2.0. For the moment no production is planned before at least one year !
>
> Did you ask whether they would be continuing to make 1.5's ?
>
> I don't think many people would be all that concerned at a delay for 2.0 - but
> if there are no 1.5's around for all that time, it'll put a severe kink in our
> ability to keep the momentum going for Mindstorms.
>
> (I for one would be looking for a 3rd party 'computer brick' if we had a year with
> no 'official' Lego part available).
>
> --
> Steve Baker HomeEmail: <sjbaker1@airmail.net>
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On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:27:56 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Marc
Klein) wrote:
> Hi
>
> I just called Lego Customer Service. The guy confirmed the information
> about the delay for version 2.0.
> But until 2.0 will be released, the version 1.5 will continue to be
> produced.
> He talked about new functionnalities of the RCX brick (but he had no
> details) and reliability test before production.
>
> Steve Baker a écrit :
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