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In my humble opinion, I wouldn't touch those expansion packs with a 10 foot pole. I have both and when I got them, there was little to no docs on them. I figured I would be getting a Sensor in each. I would say for the 54.00+tax that the expansions (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Martin asked: (...) KGB AgEnT #4 OUT replied: (...) few (...) Hari replied: I agree with KGB (please don't take that literally ;-)) I also do not think the Robotic Expansions are good value for the money. Actually the MindStorms *IS* a good starting (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote in message <68d90c4.24bb2d86@aol.com>... (...) few (...) I agree. Get a third motor (for each RCX) and get yourself a couple of rotation sensors. There are a lot of applications that you will never touch without the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I'll agree with (and not quote) the consensus on the group. Save your money and DON'T buy the expansion packs. Rotation sensors are a MUST. I've just received two and now I can integrate and test them with pbFORTH... I'm also in favour of the Search (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Ralph Hempel wrote in message <000001becc89$563a4d...pro150>... <snip!> (...) carefully (...) some (...) Listen to the man, he knows what he's talking about. It is very easy to spend all your time searching for, purchasing, sorting, and cataloging (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hello, thanks to all who kindly put branches and leaves on the thread root which I planted with my questions re: What to Begin With. You have saved me already from wasting quite some money... :-) (Web/List Master: The tree diagrams for showing (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) basically, (...) -Everything will be compatible. Heck, this is Lego - ThrowBots and Duplo are compatible with Technic. The basic yardstick is, "What do you need?" If you're just looking for a bundle of parts, try the 8480 Space Shuttle. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) ... and, of course, Robert Munafo for the even more extensive hand-crafted part list! ;-) (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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