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Re: Finding "real" upgrade sets and flex axles on eBay
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 11 May 2002 14:50:58 GMT
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Liz B <LIZ@BOOKWYRMZ.COMstopspammers>
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I've noticed some that buy and turn around and resell the Mindstorms
sets on eBay (I'm trying to figure how they profit!). But I have also
noticed some, who like me, must be buying for classrooms. There were
several auctions where I kept bidding against the same guy.
I have to say my local Tuesday Morning (don't know what states they're
in) have Extreme Creatures and RoboSports for $18.99 a set. I'm
agonizing over RoboSports (they have six sets) because it comes with a
motor, lead, and 90 parts, plus a Constructopedia and several
challenges I think the kids would love. But I would have to get all
six sets, I think, to let the whole class do it at once.
And I'm agonizing over what parts to discard -- no beams, of course!!!
But I have a bunch of small parts that I've gotten in with various lots
I've bought and can't see any purpose to keeping them. Very
specialized parts, I think, from regular Lego sets perhaps. I'm just
trying to keep Mindstorms, Technic, and general Lego pieces.
I may just keep the weird small parts separated in baggies in a tub,
just in case, someday in the distant future, there's a use for them.
Knowing my track record with non-Lego items, you don't need it until
you get rid of it.
BTW, I teach homeschoolers, and I know groups like ours would just love
to have someone with experience come give some hints or help coach.
You could contact your local homeschool groups or schools, you'd be
surprised how many are so open to help with high tech. I held my class
open for one month, and we have 18. Many more have expressed interest,
and more said they'll join in the fall. But, unless there's a mass
exodus, we aren't opening the class for enrollment again until NEXT May.
Liz
> Liz,
>
> I was going to post a statement about everybody winning on my first • post,
> but I couldn't word it nicely so I left it off. I should have tried • harder.
>
> I noticed there seems to be someone on eBay buying out Robotics • Discovery
> Sets. I think he's bought 75% of the sets I've seen go through there, • and I
> found 15 of them in the last 6 months in his feedback. I'm sure he's • bought
> a lot more. I wonder if he's a teacher trying to find a cheap way to • stock a
> classroom? At $65 a pop for 600 parts, 2 motors and touch sensors, • it's a
> good deal even before the Scout unit (which doesn't suck completely).
>
> I've been doing a bit of BrickLink buying myself. I once bought 6 1x14
> beams, just because I didn't have them. Shortly after I got them, I • started
> making Markus Matern's Large Killough Platform. It needed 6 1x14 • beams! If
> that isn't an argument for hording parts, I don't know what is.
>
> I'll bet that Lego class is exciting. I coach a kid's snowboarding • team in
> the winter, and I think it would also be fun to coach a Lego • competition
> team. But I have no connections to any schools, and I'm not sure how • they
> would react to a freak like me approaching them about it.
>
> I've got most of my Lego in Plano boxes too. It really helps me find • the
> parts I need quickly.
>
> - Benton
>
> In lugnet.robotics, liz@bookwyrmz.com writes:
> > Sorry, didn't mean to come off so disgruntled. Just kinda bent with
> > Lego at the moment. I end up scouring eBay and BrickLink for parts I
> > ought to be able to buy from them.
> >
> > I'm in the middle of counting parts, because I've ended up with so • many
> > odd lots, my trays are *way* too full. And yet, there are some parts
> > I'd still like to have more of. About to dump extras on eBay I guess
> > and hunt for the parts I do need. (Although probably going to get
> > specific parts on BrickLink -- now there's a profit for you, if they
> > manage to sell all the separate parts -- some gears are SO • expensive --
> > but I can't imagine the time involved.)
> >
> > My class has 18 kids in it now, and I swear with them around, some of
> > the rarer gears sprout legs. It's just Murphy and the socks in the
> > laundry type effect, not any stealing or anything... but the parts
> > still end up lost. Then you have the parts that multiply like • hangers
> > in the closet.
> >
> > My husband says I'm compulsive for counting these zillions of parts
> > (and they're sorted down to each separate part into "plano" style • trays
> > in humongous tackle boxes and kept track of in Excel), but when you
> > have six groups of mostly 9-12 year-olds building Mindstorms at • once...
> > plus, we're headed for FLL competition sometime later in the year in
> > Dallas with one team of 10 or two teams of 9 -- not yet decided... • I'd
> > be insane if I didn't try to stay organized and have every part • counted
> > and readily at hand.
> >
> > Although, I have to say, some of these kids are SO sharp... It's • worth
> > the effort to watch their brains clicking away in fast forward.
> >
> > BTW, at the start of every class, I show them websites of neat
> > Mindstorms constructs. This robotics list has been an incredible
> > source of inspiration to them, as I show them the neat gizmos you all
> > are inventing. They are SO impressed by the ingenuity in these
> > creations. It really inspires them. Thanks to everyone who has
> > shared; I know my class is not the reason you are sharing, but the • kids
> > definitely benefit.
> >
> > My only disappointment is not being able to download the movie of the
> > OrthoGlide Mill in action. They would have loved that, but I kept
> > getting an error. Bummer.
> >
> > Liz B
>
>
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| Hi Liz B, The movie you tried to download is a 3.3meg MOV quicktime movie. Did you have trouble with the download or playing the movie. I could send it to you in an Email if your mail will accept a large file. Let me know. rfay@attbi.com -- Bob Fay (...) (23 years ago, 11-May-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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