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Subject: 
Best deal on Mindstorms? 3.0 a possible reality?
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Date: 
Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:38:29 GMT
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I have been looking at Mindstorms for a while now and have noticed many
different deals. I noticed about 6 months ago, Lego S@H had some packages
for ~$230 you got 2.0, Ultimate Builders Set. They had other packages that
seemed like good deals also, but now they are gone.

They do offer a package with 2.0, a capacitor, a remote and some extra gears
and wheels for $230 which seems decent.

Although I noticed they no longer sell Ultimate Builder's, Ultimate
Accessory and can't find any of the other Mindstorms add-ons ( Sports, Mars,
Vision Command, etc. ).

Does this mean a new version of Mindstorms is close?

Or is Mindstorms going to be discontinued altogether? ( I don'y see how this
could happen, because Mindstorms is so popular ).

Anyway, is there any good deals or packages out there that anyone knows of?
I don't mind paying >$200, but just want to get a packages with extras if
possible.

Thanks,
Rand

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Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Best deal on Mindstorms? 3.0 a possible reality?
 
(...) of? (...) You can usually still find a few deals on e-bay. You'll want to be careful though, I've seen packages sell on e-bay for *more* than the buyer would've paid shopping at the LEGO site. (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Best deal on Mindstorms? 3.0 a possible reality?
 
Just heard that Mindstorms has been discontinued and a new product is due out for the 2004 holiday. Does that mean this Christmas ( end of 2003 ) or next ( end of 2004 )? Can't imagine they would wait over a year to release something new... Does (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
  Mindstorms add-ons such as Sports, Exploration Mars
 
(...) Sports, etc does seem to be discontinued. Mars is relatively new and is just not available in the US. They are available in Europe (I just picked one up there) and one store had a huge stack of them. Bruce ------- WWW.SYSTRONIX.COM ---...--- (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Best deal on Mindstorms? 3.0 a possible reality?
 
Just talked to someone at Pitsco, they claim to be selling Robolab and Lego Robotics peripherals indefinitely. Apparently this is regardless of what the retail side of Lego does. Not that they are any more well informed than any of us though. RK (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)

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