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Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
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Date: 
Wed, 7 Jan 2004 19:32:56 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote:

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> I cannot purchase from Pitsco.  That is a certainty.  Pitsco does not
> sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am
> located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational
> division of LEGO is Spectrum Education.
> 
> The last time I spoke to them about purchasing from them (about 2 years
> ago now), they said that they were an educational supplier, not a toy
> store.  Call it "once bitten twice shy" if you will, but suffice to say
> I'm not particularly keen on calling them again to see if they've
> changed their tune.
> 
> > > Mark

I hear your pain, Mark.

That said, I have purchased numerous LEGO items from Spectrum, from the Technic
turntables to additional sensors for my RCX.  I mentioned to them that I wasn't
part of any education system--they didn't have a problem with that and they even
sent me colour glossy catalogues.

Of course, Spectrum, as far as I can see, is based in Aurora, which is a
few(ish) kilometers from where I live here in Ontario.

My only problem is that it's expensive to get parts from Spectrum--Bricklink was
a much less expensive way to get parts.

Dave K



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In lugnet.robotics, David Koudys wrote: . (...) Dave, this summer, Spectrum moved from Aurora to Newmarket Ontario. I used to buy all kinds of part from them. In their 'Early Years' catalog, pgs 22-31, they have all sorts of LEGO but no Mindstorms (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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(...) I cannot purchase from Pitsco. That is a certainty. Pitsco does not sell to areas which have regional educational suppliers, and I am located in Western Canada, where the supplier for the educational division of LEGO is Spectrum Education. The (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)

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