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Re: Mindstorms in Entertainment Weekly
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Tue, 3 Nov 1998 16:27:28 GMT
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The LEGO Mindstorms site (http://www.legomindstorms.com) had AVI/QT movies
of both of their video advertisments, as well as a schedule of when they
would appear on TV.
I prefer the other one (it had a mindstorms bulldozer which pushes dishes
off of a table to "clean up").
alex
Lee Jorgensen wrote in message <363E99DD.81055F34@hotmail.com>...
> During the Vikings/Tampa Bay football (America:) last sunday (11/1),
> there was a Lego Mindstorm ads. Pretty funny, a robot sneaking up
> on a bathtub, and when the wife sticks her head out, the robot snaps a
> picture and scurries off.
>
> -Lee.
>
> Tim Rueger wrote:
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> > Hi, all,
> >
> > This week's Entertainment Weekly (dated 11/6/98, with
> > Alanis Morissette on the cover) has in its Multimedia
> > section a brief writeup on Mindstorms.
> >
> > It's pretty basic stuff, written up in EW's typically
> > glib fashion. Also shown is a photo of the card-
> > dealing 'bot.
> >
> > A brief excerpt:
> >
> > For every parent who's ever spent Christmas morning
> > cursing under his or her breath trying to put
> > together's Johnny's new toy, Lego has a new
> > nightmare for you. [...] At $200 this is a big
> > ticket item, but with only 100,000 sets
> > manufactured for the U.S. holiday market - well,
> > can you say "Tickle Me Lego"?
> >
> > I like the "this toy's gonna be hot" angle, but I
> > don't like much the implied "parents have to build
> > it 'cause kids are too dumb to" aspect.
> >
> > At any rate - it's good to see some more mainstream
> > press for Mindstorms.
> >
> > -Tim
> >
> > --
> > Tim and/or Shelley Rueger - rueger "at" io.com
> > WWW page: http://www.io.com/~rueger/
>
> --
> Lee Jorgensen -- Custom Programmer
> mailto://profm@hotmail.com
> Ban-Koe Systems (Inc?)
>
>
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| During the Vikings/Tampa Bay football (America:) last sunday (11/1), there was a Lego Mindstorm ads. Pretty funny, a robot sneaking up on a bathtub, and when the wife sticks her head out, the robot snaps a picture and scurries off. -Lee. (...) (...) (26 years ago, 3-Nov-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general)
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