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Re: Sale at LearningSmith
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lugnet.loc.us.dc
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Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:19:06 GMT
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The Learningsmith in Tysons was also doing this on Saturday. I don't
know when it ends.
KL
In lugnet.loc.us.ma, Chris Phillips writes:
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> I'm not sure whether this is a Local thing or a Robotics thing.
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> I was in LearningSmith at the Emerald Square Mall yesterday, and they were in
> the midst of a 20% off everything sale, including Mindstorms. I asked them
> how long the promotion would last, and they told me it was originally supposed
> to be a one-day sale but had not yet been terminated by their corporate • office.
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> I greedily added yet another RIS (still version 1.0) and also a Robotics
> Discovery System to my collection. My initial (very very preliminary)
> reaction is that $160 for an RIS is a much better deal than $120 for the RDS.
> I would draw the same conclusion at $200 vs. $150 list pricing. The RIS has
> more than twice as many Lego pieces. The Scout looks like it will be good for
> quickly creating simpler projects, or for younger children, but it will have
> limited usefulness until somebody figures out how to download programs to it,
> methinks.
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