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RE: The end of an all-too-brief era
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lugnet.robotics
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Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:55:24 GMT
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SRII (Søren Riisgaard) <srii@nnit.com/SayNoToSpam/>
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They just announced the financial result. Doesn't look too good. They are now
focusing on their fundamental ideas, this may or may not include Mindstorms....
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail
-----Original Message-----
From: Edwin Quan [mailto:edwin.exe@mac.com]
Sent: 7. januar 2004 23:26
To: David Perdue
Cc: lego-robotics@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: The end of an all-too-brief era
Slightly off topic but is there any reason (profitable or not) why LEGO are
hesitant on a simple yes or no answer as to the future of Mindstorms?
On Wednesday, January 07, 2004, at 05:00PM, David Perdue <IMRoboGuy@aol.com>
wrote:
> In lugnet.robotics, Mark Tarrabain wrote:
> > I had heard it here before around here... but had hoped it was just a
> > rumour.
> >
> > LEGO Mindstorms is going away.
> >
> > Toys R Us, at least in my area, has stopped carrying Mindstorms
> > products, and according to the fellow I spoke to about it that works
> > there, LEGO is discontinuing the entire line.
> >
> > This really bums me out because it was the Mindstorms line that
> > really triggered my interest in playing with LEGO in the first place,
> > and although I do indeed love playing with the bricks themselves,
> > I'm still extremely disappointed about this.
> >
> > Well, at least I can still fool around with what I've got... I'm
> > mostly disappointed because this not only means there will be no
> > future improvements to the RCX, but it also will mean that the
> > development outside LEGO for Mindstorms products will start to
> > stagnate, spelling a drawn out demise for products like NQC, BrickOS,
> > PBForth, et al.
> >
> > Even my wife, who isn't really big on LEGO herself, is kinda bummed
> > out about this. My kids all think LEGO is making a mistake.... "They
> > always do this. They stop making the really *COOL* sets and don't
> > come out with anything better."
> >
> > Anyways... I'm just expressing some frustration here. Sorry for
> > dumping, although I wouldn't be suprised if others here shared my
> > sentiment.
> >
> > > > Mark
>
> I'm sorry, but the person you talked to at Toys R Us was mistaken -
> MindStorms is continuing. This is not the first post I have seen
> expressing concern on the subject, and I think it is time to put an end
> to the myth. There are more MindStorms products coming out.
>
> How do I know this? Over the past few months I have come accidentily
> across information about future MindStorms products from the mouths of
> LEGO themselves. I have now counted 3 instances of them saying
> MindStorms has a future.
>
> For instance, during an interview with Jake Mckee, he got the
> "MindStorms question" twice. Finally he said in obvious frustration,
> "MindStorms is not dead..." and then I didn't see the question asked
> again.
>
> It's pretty clear to me that there will be future products - what they
> are is not sure. To say that they are discontinuing certain MindStorms
> products is true. It is happening but...just think of it this way: they
> are making room for future products!
>
> Don't worry, there's most likely something out there!
>
> David J. Perdue
> www.geocities.com/imroboguy
>
>
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