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Re: Lego Technic: R.I.P. ?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 14 Nov 2002 15:19:44 GMT
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The Gaff <the_gaff@hotmail.ANTISPAMcom>
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> What does concern me is the lack of obvious interest in Mindstorms. I
> haven't seen any flurries on the internet about Spybotics like there was • for
> Mindstorms.
I think that's because many of the people who got excited about Mindstorms
share my total disinterest in Spybotics. I wanted more sensors, more
actuators, and more support parts (planetary gears, etc) for my Mindstorms
robotics... not bigger, dumber bricks with less flexibility.
Just like the giant, misshapen plates and bricks that have invaded the
traditional LEGO kits, the Spybotics brain/sensor/actuator blob is a pox
upon all that Mindstorms seemed at first to represent: flexible,
reconfigurable robotics. I thought LEGO would have learned a lesson with
their abysmal MicroScout, but evidently not.
> I see no reason to believe that TLC is really
> behind Mindstorms.
Nor do I... they are behind Spiderman and Harry Potter and wherever else
they think the fad money is today.
Issac.
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| (...) Only if the lesson learned was: "hmmm... ok, let's see what happens if we put a few more basic sensors, another motor, some leds, some more memory and maybe a PC link... just in case someone might want to actually program these little things." (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Even if Lego withdrew 50% of Technic parts, Technic would still be a richer "medium" to work in than Knex IMHO. I'm not sure why people are so worried about Technic going away. The name is obviously obsolete - I think it's a poor name in the current (...) (22 years ago, 14-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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