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Don't forget about marketing, packaging, and support costs and profit. And all those little plastic building parts. Though a new NXT will cost you and me $256, it probably only cost LEGO less than $50. So now $8 (I price I saw in this thread) is (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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My questions are mostly directed to Steve H. because I believe that he has more FLL experience than the other MUP's (sorry if I'm wrong guys). I'm wondering what your thoughts are on how NXT is going to affect FLL. I've been bipoler ever since LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) There could be other factors... Battery life (I have no idea what more flash would do to the battery life) Space/Size constraints (adding more memory may take up more room inside the NXT brick and/or require more PCB traces etc) Heat/power (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Probably not since most of the LEGO Education product line is available from the LEGO Education store: (URL) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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Even more interesting (and somewhat of concern) is this snippet from their FAQ page: Quote: "Exclusive to schools will accessories that allow them to use parts of their old kits with the new." WHAT?? Does that mean that the existing Mindstorms users (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-06, to lugnet.robotics)
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