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Re: Intimidated by LEGO Minstorms -- was: Service pack 5111 - Wires - no longer available
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:44:18 GMT
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Liz B wrote:
<snip great comments>
Speaking from experience (as the owner of a 2.0), I can see the folowing
issues with the RIS set:
1.being one of the most expensive lego sets there is, parents are very
concerned about what their $$$ is buying. There just isnt enough info out
there (by "out there", I mean in the places where the RIS is sold, either
on the box or even better as some kind of leaflet that potential RIS owners
could pick up and take home to read) regarding the capabilities of the RIS
as well as different robobts you can build with it. In particuar, there
isnt enough info out there on just how powerfull the RCX brick is. Just
looking at a RCX brick, it doesnt look like there is much you can do with it...
2.the sorting issue, I dont really see any decent solution to this, I doubt
lego would offer "pre-sorted" sets. Perhaps they could e.g. put all the
gears in one bag, all the beams in another and so on or something.
3.the 2.0 on its own is a great set but its hard to get more parts, there
is the ultimate accessory set and ultimate builders set but neither have
the kind of parts most usefull for making decent robots...
I think the UAS would be good if you took out the remote control (and mabie
some of the throwbot legs etc), I wouldnt mind one for the rotation sensor,
lamp etc but with the remote controll its too expensive.
The UBS is a little bit better but it still has some useless parts in it.
Also, the parts in the 2.0 and both accessory sets are just in the wrong
colors, if they were more uniform (none of these transparent angle beams
thanks) it would make it easier to build with. For example, in the RIS 2.0,
start by making the green, yellow and blue plates grey. Then make the
2-bend angle beams black. Etc.
4.not enough ideas. I own a 2.0 plus a bunch of other technic and I still
havent thought of many good ideas for what to do with it. They just dont
give you enough different ideas in the box IMHO.
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