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RE: I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!)
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Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:30:58 GMT
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What I found interesting in the new S@H catalog is the price difference
between the (now older) Droid Developer Kit ( US$ 59.99 @ 652 pieces) and
the newer Darkside Developer Kit ( US$ 99.99 @ 578 pieces).  Same micro
scout, different color, fewer pieces, more money.  Go figure.

Jeff

Jeffrey Hazen
North Mill Technology
jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net

-----Original Message-----
From: John Matthews [SMTP:jmatthew@columbus.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:48 PM
To: lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!)

I was wondering about this...

Now that I see the parts pack, I can't help but think that this is NOT a
pneumatics parts kit.  This is a collection of parts that happens to have
some pneumatics in it.  This is a far cry from bulk pneumatic parts, Brad.

The old parts packs were much better for our uses!  What we have offered
before us is nothing less than a blatant rip off!  27.99 US for this crap!
I am not buying it!  I would like to buy some distinct pneumatic parts, for
the model I am building/planning.  I don't need any of the newer Technic
parts that are offered as part of this pack.  I need only pneumatic parts!

How hard is that to understand?

Build On! (or not since we can't get the parts at a reasonable price)
John Matthews

P.S.  I am angry about this

Wilcox, Doug <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message
news:85669FE51E37D411B97900B0D022E9C417F93E@mail.medivation.com...
As I was putting up the rest of the scans from the new Technic "Power
Packs," guess which one I inadvertently deleted--of course--the • pneumatics
set.

The images are now up at
http://www.wordsmithdigital.com/mindstorms/newsets.htm .

Doug Wilcox
Senior Web Developer
iMcKesson Provider Solutions Group-Needham
160 Gould Street, Suite 130
Needham, MA 02494-2308
Phone: 781.453.2900 x 237
Fax: 781.455.7990
e-mail: Doug.Wilcox@iMcKesson.com
http://www.imckesson.com

"You see, I had this space suit. How it happened was like this ..."
(Opening lines from Robert A. Heinlein's Have Space Suit-Will Travel)





Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!)
 
(...) What about the new Silver Champion (#8458) with 1,412 pieces at $169.99 compared to the Super Street Sensation (#8448) with 1,408 parts at $129.99? It cost them $40 for four extra elements..? I'm a twenty-five year old LEGO fan. I've spent (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: I am an Idiot (was Pneumatics Are Back!)
 
The $59.99 price is a newer, discouted price on the Droid DK; it originally sold for $99.99, just like the Darkside DK. "Jeffrey Hazen" <jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net> wrote in message news:01C01A73.0EA01F...thmill1... (...) for (...) (24 years ago, 9-Sep-00, to lugnet.robotics)

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