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Subject: 
The Mindstorms
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Sep 1999 02:47:09 GMT
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My 9 year old son just received all the Mindstorm sets from Make-A-Wish.
Lego donated the Droid kit because it couldn't be found locally.

What a blast. I hadn't read much on it before, but I was somewhat
disappointed that the scouts are not programmable.

Guess I'll have to spring for another RCX.

Has anyone ever seen a new RCX for less than the $129 Lego price?



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  Re: The Mindstorms
 
(...) Going by the quantity of promotion on legomindstorms.com about RIS 1.5, I would expect that you'll be able to get a whole RIS 1.0 set for about half price if you're willing to wait a couple of months! Retailers will have to get rid of them (...) (25 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: The Mindstorms
 
I must say that Make-A-Wish is one great organization. As the father of a son who at the age of 12 years was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread well up into his abdomen I can tell you that the Make-A-Wish people and especially the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Sep-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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