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Re: Wall Street Journal on Lego Mindstorms
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 10 Dec 1998 19:03:59 GMT
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I was hoping that quote was from "our" Matthew Miller. I was hoping Lugnet
might also get a plug as the place where Mindstorms "hackers" exchange tips
on the WWW, but no such mention. Cool article though.
-John Van (who just found out Santa will be bringing Mindstorms this X-mas)
Matthew Miller wrote in message ...
>
> The Wall Street Journal has a nice (albeit technologically simplified)
> article today on Lego Mindstorms' popularity among adults.
>
> It's not, to my knowledge available on-line, and for copyright reasons I
> won't post it all here. But here's a couple of excerpts:
>
> "In the 11-and-up demographic group, David Griffin is pretty far up: He is
> a 41-year-old computer engineer, and he is part of a large group of adult
> Mindstorms buyers that Lego Group AG didn't anticipate when it put the • set
> on the market. Surveys that Lego collects with warranty-card returns show
> that nearly half of the people playing with the set are 25 to 45 years
> old.
>
> [...]
>
> "Before Mindstorms came on the market in mid-September, Lego expected to
> sell about 12,000 sets in the U.S. this year. But since it hit the • shelves,
> demand has been so brisk that the Danish toy giant now expects sales of
> about 80,000, says John Dion, a Lego spokesman. Even with ramped-up
> production, a number of retailers may not get Mindstorms in time for
> Christmas.
>
> We're still waiting for product," says John Reilly, a spokesman for
> Consolidated Corp.'s K B toy chain. "I get about a dozen kids coming in
> every day asking for the new Lego system," says David Hesel, owner of the
> Toy Shop in Concord, Mass., who has been told along with other small
> operators that he won't be getting any Mindstorms until next year.
>
> The toy is taking on an unusual life of its own among its adult fans. On
> the Internet, they trade advice about how to break down the system and
> rebuild it better. Many older users are also swapping handmade programs
> that supersede the kit's basic software."
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>
> And, casting aside humility for a moment: there's a few quotes from me,
> which I find pretty cool.
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> [Followups to lugnet.robotics]
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>
> --
> Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
> Quotes 'R' Us ---> • http://quotes-r-us.org/
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