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Re: new pics on legomindstorms.com
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lugnet.robotics
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Tue, 13 Jul 1999 14:53:34 GMT
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Laurentino Martins <lmartins@IHATESPAMmarktest.pt>
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At 15:31 13-07-1999 Tuesday , you wrote:
> For those of you who are interested, there are new pictures up at
> legomindstorms.com of the droid development kit and the new scout kit.
> Unfortunately, both of them look pretty limited, though the idea of an
> R2-D2 running around the house does sound pretty cool. They will be much
> better suited for kids than the current product, though, so perhaps there
> is hope for the "high end" to move up to more sophisticated stuff which
> will be cooler for those of us who are old enough to see PG-13 rated
> movies.
Until now I've never seen LEGO target a product to grownups. They don't seem acknowledge our existence at all!
They probably think we are too less to even pay the development costs of a product targeted at us, a product that it will never be profitable.
I only wish someone at LEGO read this list...
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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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: new pics on legomindstorms.com
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| I think our/their problem is not so much marketing to grownups (I mean, I can buy it whether or not the market it to me.) The big problem is that they will never sell anything that they cannot sell to kids. This means that they are limited by their (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: new pics on legomindstorms.com
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| (...) I don't agree. Although I'm a experienced programmer, I think I can visualize a graphics-like programming environment that would accomplish just what you said. Besides, many kids these days already have the knowledge on how programming flow (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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