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RE: is the lego group exploiting its user base?
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lugnet.robotics
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Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:22:33 GMT
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Original-From:
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Laurentino Martins <lmartins@marktest#Spamcake#.pt>
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> [Paul Curtis] Mindtorms cost me more than my Cybermaster. It's
> about 15% more expensive.
MindStorms is not available in Portugal or other country of Europe except the UK.
> In computing, I really do believe that you can't really
> make any progress unless you speak good English simply because of the
> number of packages (especialy programming languages and environments)
> which are not localised.
CyberMaster is not about programming - It's about play.
The CyberMaster software does not allow you to program the way MindStorms does.
The box says 10-16 years old, and in Portugal you are not required to learn English at school.
> [Paul Curtis] I have both these sets. In fact, I built 8880
> over the span of a week last week. I don't think it's the most
> beautiful piece of Lego I've seen by a long chalk -- it's very complex,
> and the lift-up boot is really nasty. The instructions for constructing
> it are wrong and confusing. 8480 is along the same lines. They're big
> models, but not the most beautiul. Turbo Command I really like; I also
> like the look of 8448, we'll see when it comes along.
When I said beautiful, I meant what you pay for the number of parts it brings, and also the engineering solutions behind what could be just another toy.
And sorry the English if I wasn't clear the first time.
Laurentino Martins
[mailto:lau@mail.telepac.pt]
[http://www.terravista.pt/Enseada/2808/]
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Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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