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Personally, I believe that the discussions on business models for TLG are a bit off key. Lego already has solid products, and sells to a defined market segment. Their bread and butter product lines sell because of novelty in many cases. Those film (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I thought about bluetooth, but I personally feel 802.11 would be better. I bought a Roku Soundbridge new for around $125 and that included a WiFi card. (...) Is there a composite wish list for a next-generation RCX-like microcontroller (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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While I personally love to see that, I just dont see them putting their neck out on that one. As stated before, we (AFOLs and advanced users) are barely a blip on the register of the bean counters, and it is to them that any business development (...) (19 years ago, 29-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There have been dozens and dozens of discussions here about what might or might not make a great RCX replacement - I don't think there is much chance of it happening - so it's really a waste of time to discuss it. (...) Right. The trouble is, (...) (19 years ago, 30-Nov-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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this may sound a bit dumb, but give it a few seconds of consideration (and try to supress your own prejudices): One of the problems with being an AFOL is that the bright, happy colors of Lego pieces make everything look like a preschool toy. If I (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) That's a very interesting point "should Lego allow others to make Mindstorms pieces". It would mean a big culture change. On the one hand they could lose sales to an outside company, but on the other hand they could generate sales by selling (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Steve brings up some very interesting points here, some of which I am already familiar with. As far as TLG is concerned, I talked with folks like Brad and Jake some years ago about the company's attitude toward my plans for making and selling (...) (19 years ago, 2-Dec-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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