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RE: Mindstorms in 1999
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 08:21:41 GMT
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mozza <mozza-lr@mozza.demon.co.IHATESPAMuk>
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On 10 Feb 99, at 20:43, Peter Ljungstrand wrote:
> In the 1999 lego catalog that is everywhere in every toy store in Sweden,
> there are a couple of pages informing about the new exciting Mindstorms
> RCX kit that will soon be available in Sweden as well, but with Swedish
> software. However, it does not say _when_ it will be available, as with
> most other Lego kits. I am pretty sure it is the same thing in other
> European countries, as well as Australia and other parts of the world.
UK
Mindstorms is not mentioned *at all* in the latest Lego
catalogue I received from Lego the week before last.
Cybermaster *is*.
I haven't seen and advertising for MindStorms (apart from in-
store stuff), I only heard about it through the 'net.
Maybe Lego have trouble enough supplying the current UK
market?
As far as I know (from Lego), you can only get Mindstorms in
limited places, from Hamleys (in Regent Street, London) or
Toys 'R Us. (I wrote to them asking where I could get
expansion packs).
I know PC World are also selling Mindstorms, and seem to be
stocking the expansion kits too (now).
Somebody was mentioning mark-ups? Well, my local PC
World store was discounting MindStorms by 30 UKP a while
ago, I'm sure they still made a good profit.
Also remember the MindStorms FAQ mentions that Lego will
only start distribution to non-English speaking countries when
they have finished the appropriate language translations for
that country.
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