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Re: RIS 3.0
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:14:13 GMT
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Steve Baker <SJBAKER1@stopspammersAIRMAIL.NET>
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote:
> John Barnes wrote:
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> > I had a random thought regarding the new RIS 3.0.
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> 3.0! 3.0!!!
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> I just spent $200 buying 2.0, and you're telling me there's a 3.0???
> Where's that receipt!?!!
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> Seriously, though: I just bought, Tuesday, a RIS 2.0 set, my first RIS
> set. Is the 3.0 currently available? If not, when will it be available?
> And should I wait and get it instead?
No - there is no "3.0". There was talk of it some time ago - but I think
we've seen the last of decent Lego robotics sets. I'd very much like to be
proved wrong though.
I was rather suprised to see that in the latest Pitsco Dacta catalog,
there is hardly any space dedicated to Lego robotics - that space now
being taken up by Tamiya and a bunch of no-name kits that can only be
built one way and can only do one thing.
Pitsco were the last place to buy a bunch of useful Lego parts.
Could this be the death of RIS - even at exhorbitant prices for
the educational market?
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I don't know about RIS 3.0, but I disagree with you about the latest Pitco Dacta Catalog. I think the latest catalog is the best they have ever done. It places a lot of emphasis on Robotics. Remember there are two catalogs. The Pitsco Ideas (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: RIS 3.0
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| (...) Well, that has been said many times about Technic and this year we ended up getting sets like the backhoe, mars rover and rescue truck. The backhoe has an unprecedented number of pneumatic components, and these components have been redesigned (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: RIS 3.0
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| (...) 3.0! 3.0!!! I just spent $200 buying 2.0, and you're telling me there's a 3.0??? Where's that receipt!?!! Seriously, though: I just bought, Tuesday, a RIS 2.0 set, my first RIS set. Is the 3.0 currently available? If not, when will it be (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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