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Re: Australian Roll Call
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Mon, 22 May 2000 22:25:39 GMT
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> I find that collecting the technic is actually *cheaper* than the other
> themes, as there are less decent sets to buy. (unless you're into that
> slizer and speed racer stuff).
I'm not into slizers, although I did buy some discounted speed racers for
parts. But basically I like the big sets.
> However, buying an 8880 on ebay still hurts.
Yes, I rather fancy an 8880 myself and have been watching eBay but it's
beyond what I am prepared to pay. I bought a 8480 Space Shuttle recently
via eBay and found the whole thing a lot of hassle, frankly. I'd much rather
just wander down to a local store and hand over the plastic.
> What mindstorms robots have you built? Got any of the extras, like motors,
> rotation / temp sensors? Read the books?
I have mostly built the obvious kinds of things, things that bounce off
walls, seek out the light, and I've played with grabber arms (although not
very successfully). I've had a loan of a second RCX and its pair of touch
sensors recently, so had a bit of fun building master/slave systems. I am
very weak on the mechanical engineering side of things, which is one of the
reasons I started buying a lot of the bigger Technics sets to get some ideas
for how to make certain kinds of things. I was given the Robosports
expansion set for my birthday so I acquired a third motor. I'm expecting my
Ultimate Accessory Set to get off an aeroplane tonight (rotational sensor
and remote control), which I bought through Lego Shop at Home in the USA. I
could have bought the temperature sensor while I was at it, but frankly
couldn't think of anything I wanted to do with it.
I have the books. I got the Jonathon WhatsHisName one (published by
O'Reilly) for Christmas and I have the Dave Baum one on a semester loan from
the university library, although I haven't got around to reading it
seriously. I have NQC installed.
My current project is building a photocopier, since I heard of someone
building one, so I thought I'd give it a go. But it's all in design at the
moment, which means I've thought about it a bit but haven't built anything
yet. My problem is finding a large enough block to time to sit down and work
on it. Too many other commitments, unfortunately.
Kerry
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| "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:Fuwry7.1FI@lugnet.com... (...) with (...) anyone (...) Yay, someone else who's into mindstorms / technic! There doesn't seem to be very many here who do. *sob* I find that collecting the (...) (25 years ago, 22-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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