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(...) 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)
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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, (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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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)
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(...) According to this post (URL) Brad Justus had a Q & A session almost 2 weeks ago and answered that question. Here are a few exerps from it pertaining to this question. Q: Mindstorms, any new news or products? A: it’s being worked on but nothing (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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"Rand Krakora" <rfkrakora@insightbb.com> wrote in news:HMv6wM.D28@lugnet.com: (...) Apparently not this Christmas. I just put in a Lego order for my store and there is no new Mindstorms available yet. (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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I didn't think we were talking about it being dead ( if it sounded like that I didn't mean it ). I was just wanting to know if and when it was going to be available? It seems like it is a given there will be a new version, I was just hoping someone (...) (21 years ago, 16-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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I just looked at a copy of the Lego shop at home christmas catalog. There was no 3.0 in there. So it looks like 3.0 won't come out for another year. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Faustine" <pafaustine@hotmail.com> To: (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Unless, of course, LEGO releases another catalog this year. It's possible, thought unlikely, I guess. I'm trying to be optimistic. :) ~Mike (...) (21 years ago, 18-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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Mindstorms RIS 2.0 in a special super package is available from Shop at Home on page 52 of the Lego Holiday catalog. Mark (MHN1957) (...) Mark (NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBERS) Mark Harrison Near markn@scoca-k12.org LAN Manager 800.634.8828 x5300 (Toll Free) (...) (21 years ago, 21-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) 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)
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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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(...) Exploration Mars is not a "new" set, it released about 2 years ago. :-) I' ve checked the French shop@home, Ultimate builder set, exploration mars and ultimate accessory set are still available. I understand LEGO can not inform us about futur (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) If you are referring to 9736 Exploration Mars, it was released in the US in 2000. You can still sometimes pick these sets up at Retail outlets including (but not limited to) ToysRus, Lego Outlets, and Tuesday Morning. I've purchased these (...) (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's the one. Please let me know if you find any more here in the US, I struck out last week. Bruce ------- WWW.SYSTRONIX.COM ---...--- Real embedded Java and much more www.jrealtime.com and www.tstik.com +1-801-534-1017 Salt Lake City, USA (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) in (...) (URL) listserv may have mangled the URL, so you may need to reconstruct it. (21 years ago, 22-Oct-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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