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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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