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Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
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lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch
Date: 
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:45:16 GMT
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On Mon, November 28, 2005 5:12 pm, Steve Lane  yahoo.co.uk@qs483.pair.com> wrote:
I think a business approach that can never fail is to take a popular product ie
"Mindstorms" and just re-invest some of the profits to develop the basic idea,
eg, an improved RCX every five years or so.

How long has the current version of the RCX been around?

... and an online forum would be the icing on the cake.

What would you want to see in an online forum?  What would it include that's not
available here (LUGNET) and/or on LEGOfan?

Steve



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  Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
 
(...) What I meant was that Lego should improve the Mindstorms product line and create an official forum targeted as the same demographic they're selling Mindstorms too and not afols. Lugnet will always be much better than that, but it's probably a (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)
  Re: Mindstorms on Slashdot
 
Personally, I believe that the discussions on business models for TLG are a bit off key. Lego already has solid products, and sells to a defined market segment. Their bread and butter product lines sell because of novelty in many cases. Those film (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) I like the tie-ins, except "Harry Pooper". Star Wars has made Lego "cool" in some quarters. They're a great reason for people who already have sufficent Lego to buy more. They just need better tie-ins. "The Matrix" Lego would have been cool. (...) (19 years ago, 28-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.mediawatch)

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