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(...) They are just product lines - and they all work together. Basic - Just bricks...LOTS of bricks. Technics - is regular Lego 'bricks' with the addition of gears and beams with holes and stuff - but no computers or sensors - and very few (if any) (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> Not to confuse the thread originator, but the Technic line is no stranger to computers, sensors or motors. Both the Control Center and Cybermaster are programmable computers, and the Cybermaster uses sensors similar to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You also failed to mention the Lego trains. I grew up with the railway sets as an integral part of my [basic] Lego collection in the early 80s. Since then they have been motorised, electrified and controllable (==programmable?). (24 years ago, 15-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) You left out PRIMO (aka BABY). These are aimed specifically at the 0 - 2 age group. They connect with DUPLO on the bottom and a few speciallized pices connect with DUPLO on the top to allow a transition from one product line to another. The (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Where does one get CYBERMASTER and CONTROL CENTER anyway? Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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You can get the Control Center for $85.00 US from Pitsco ((URL) but I think Cybermaster is Europe-only. (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) In the US Cybermaster can be found on ebay for around $100 to $125. (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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