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Subject: 
RE: Mindstorm/CyberMaster Swap
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 19:46:22 GMT
Original-From: 
Jim West <jwest@frii.com>
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At 13:57 12/14/1998 -0500, Barfoot, William: wrote:
> ok, no flames on this one!!!  I am new to the Lego robot series. I have
> never heard of CyberMaster, and am very intrigued...  I am gathering
> from this post that it is not sold in the states? Why is that? I am

  It's TLG's sandbox, they make the rules.

> completely hooked on Mindstorms, and the thought of a more advanced set
> for "grown ups" is very exciting... Can someone enlighten me on this
> subject...

  From what I've been able to gather, the Cybermaster doesn't appear to be
any more advanced than Mindstorms.  In fact, it sounds as if Mindstorms has
a leg up (technically wise) on the Cybermaster.

> 
> Bill Barfoot
> I.T. Analyst
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hossepian, Nishan [SMTP:Nishan.Hossepian@usa.xerox.com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 14, 1998 11:36 AM
> > To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
> > Subject: Mindstorm/CyberMaster Swap
> > 
> > Hi again,
> > 
> > First off, I'd like to say "thank you" to all of you for your
> > wonderful
> > suggestions on keeping all those Lego pieces together. I decided on
> > the
> > "stackable toolbox" solution which I bought from Fry's.
> > 
> > I've been reading the posts regarding RIS vs. Cybermaster availability
> > here
> > in the States and abroad and I was wondering if the price disparity
> > between
> > these two sets was negligible enough to warrant an RIS <-> Cybermaster
> > trade
> > between us Yanks and those of you "across the pond".  Basically, I buy
> > a
> > Mindstorms kit here, you buy a Cybermaster kit there and we send them
> > to
> > each other. I'm not ready to do this right now, as I am allocating
> > funds for
> > other "toys" at the moment :-). But I thought I'd just throw the idea
> > out
> > there to kick around.
> > 
> > Happy Holidays,
> > Nishan

Jim West
NIC Team Lead
MCI Worldcom
Jim.West@mci.com



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