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Re: Spybotics vs Cricket
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:19:25 GMT
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Wap <wap@^AvoidSpam^heartical.net>
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Greetings!!
This is my very first contribution to this group so I just wanted to
introduce me in a few words.
I'm 27, living in Paris (France). I just bought the RIS 2.0 after reading a
paper on a French and European Robotics Cup and feel pretty excited ;-)
I surfed many Mindstorms related websites and found out leJOS would suit me
as I'm learning JAVA.
I got the book "Core Lego Mindstorms Programming" by Brian Bagnall.
He writes :
"Mindstorms saved LEGO from a slump in profits. LEGO has stated that
1998 was the first year they did not make a profit since the company was
founded in the 1930s. They were able to sell about 80,000 kits for
about US$200 each in the first three months! [...] 1999 saw the company
recover to profitability"
So it looks like the financial impact was quite important then. But I don't
have more recent infos.
Now I have a question for you ;-)
=> According to your experience, what are the must-have expansion kits?
Thanx.
Sorry if my English is not perfect but as I stated, I'm from France so...
doing my best ;-)
Wap
www.heartical.net (nothing related with Lego but if you like Reggae Music
you can have a look...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin White" <cwhite@dbaint.com>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 5:58 AM
Subject: Re: Spybotics vs Cricket
> > Mindstorms missed their original intended target, yet provided a large
> > profit through us adults.
>
> Do we actually know if Mindstorms has made a Lego a large profit? Some
> reports I have read suggested that Lego's move into computer related
> products like Mindstorms has contributed towards its losses. Certainly the
> lack of development of the RCX suggests that even though it has been • popular
> in schools and colleges it has not made a huge profit for Lego. Does • anyone
> have any better information on this?
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| (...) (Shields up) Purism shmurism -- if you're a pragmatist, who cares whether Lego makes a new part, or HiTechnicStuff, Jennifer Clark, Systronix, or some other company, as long as it serves a need and works well? Why is everything Lego makes (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) Do we actually know if Mindstorms has made a Lego a large profit? Some reports I have read suggested that Lego's move into computer related products like Mindstorms has contributed towards its losses. Certainly the lack of development of the (...) (24 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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