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Re: Lego Technic: R.I.P. ?
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Wed, 13 Nov 2002 13:35:48 GMT
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The Gaff <the_gaff@hotmail*saynotospam*.com>
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I've offered a similar sentiment about both Technic and Mindstorms on this
list. Folks have routinely said "Nah, you're too pessimistic!" but like you,
I think the proof is on store shelves today (or, rather, NOT on store
shelves). It appears to me that LEGO has concluded that the unwashed masses
are too stupid or have too short an attention span for them to produce
products like the legendary Space Shuttle kit, or to expand on the
Mindstorms concept. Instead, we get more dreck like Bionicle and Spybotics.
Issac.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laszlo Meszaros (ETH)" <Laszlo.Meszaros@eth.ericsson.se>
To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:58 AM
Subject: Lego Technic: R.I.P. ?
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> Technic is going to die I'm afraid. Or at least, the Technic products
> under that name. The toothgears, the "punched" beams, axles etc might
> survive in less "constructive" products that support role-play rather
> than engineering skills. Simply TLC seems to withdraw from this segment.
> Slowly but surely. I'm feeling it in the water. I'm feeling it in the
> earth. I'm seeing the gradual change on the LEGO shelves in the shops.
> Am I not too pessimistic?
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| On the other hand FLL has grown to 2100 teams in the USA and there are no signs that this movement is slowing down. Those kids have to be customers or at least potential customers for Mindstorms/Technic. Maybe they are not part of the mass market (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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