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    Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least? —Mark Tarrabain
   It seems like the writing is on the wall with regards to the retail sector for many of LEGO's more sophisticated lineups --- press releases abound about how LEGO is restructuring and eliminating all its electronics (which I assume means Mindstorms) (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least? —Mike Thorn
     (...) Yes, I would like to hear something official as well. I would have thought that as a moderator of the official MindStorms forum I would have been told something, but no. The exact same questions are being asked there and I have no solid (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least? —Jeff Szklennik
     (...) I think it should continue, and i just posted this: (URL) couple seconds b4 seeing this thread. (20 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least? —Ross Crawford
   (...) I'd be very surprised (and disappointed) if Technic was dropped. After all, it has been around since the late 70s, I think that makes it part of the core building system. But thats just my opinion. Mindstorms is another matter - it's a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least? —Robb Greathouse
     If Technic continues, replacing the controller and motors with better options won't be hard. The real problem will be the lack of standardization as members of the group experiment. I know someone will post a really cool design based on controllers (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics)
   
        Re: Will the educational arm of Technic and Mindstorms continue, at least? —Mitchell Lichtenberg
   In lugnet.robotics, Ross Crawford wrote: -snip->> But has there been any official word on whether or not at least the (...) Before TLC drops the educational division, there's the question of what will happen to FLL which has grown rapidly not only (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jan-04, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
 

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