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Re: Lego Technic: R.I.P. ?
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Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:58:11 GMT
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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 but another segment in another distribution channel.
And there are kids who own Mindstorms and now get Bionicle or Spybotics
under the tree. There's certainly a steady aftermarket for technic and
Mindstorms though I would hardly call it overwhelming. Maybe the question
ought to be, what are we, the robotics friends of Lego, doing about
attracting interest from the younger generation?
In lugnet.robotics, "The Gaff" <the_gaff@hotmail.com> writes:
> 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.
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> Issac.
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> ----- 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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| (...) I don't think I'm a "friend of LEGO" anymore. I was one of the biggest boosters they had, encouraging friends into the hobby and moderating their official online forums. I stuck with them for a long time, even buying sets that were clearly (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 13-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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