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Re: RIS 2.0 status
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:28:41 GMT
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Just rang S@H and they have a release date of early March - no specific
date, with more information to follow soon.
I can't get a 1.5 version anywhere where I live, or even in the Lego store
in Chicago while I was there visiting...
Still, March is only a few weeks away!
D :-)
In lugnet.robotics, Matthias Jetleb writes:
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:59:36 GMT, "Dermot Walsh"
> <dermot_walsh@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > Having seen other posts on the scarcity of the 1.5 kit, I thought I read
> > that the 1.5 kits were being taken back by Lego to be re-used for the 2.0
> > kit. As others have said, not much of an update between 1.5 and 2.0 - mainly
> > the software.
>
> I can't see this making much sense. It would be soooo much cheaper for
> TLC to send stickers out to the stores to be applied to the 1.5 boxes.
> These stickers could direct customers to Lego Customer Service to
> obtain a free replacement CD if the only significant change is
> software. Paying to have all the boxes shipped twice (back to TLC and
> again to the stores) plus the costs of changing the packaging to read
> RIS 2.0 would just be nuts. No manufacturer that I've ever seen
> actually recalls a product unless there's something dangerous about
> it. Still, I'm anxiously awaiting the RIS2.0. I ordered a 1.5 from
> Future shop at the 50% off sale and as of yesterday's email it was
> still on backorder so I have to think they are waiting for the 2.0's.
> I would expect that they will still honour the agreed-upon price.
>
> Matthias Jetleb
> VA3-MWJ
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| I'm not certain. The LEGO store in Chicago told me spring. However I called up LEGO customer service yesterday, and they told me that RIS 2.0 would be released in August. Who to trust? -Tim (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I can't see this making much sense. It would be soooo much cheaper for TLC to send stickers out to the stores to be applied to the 1.5 boxes. These stickers could direct customers to Lego Customer Service to obtain a free replacement CD if the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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