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Subject:	Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
Newsgroups:	lugnet.robotics
Date:	Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:30:44 GMT
Reply-To:	mattdm@mattdm./IHateSpam/org
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Jason Fabisch <jfabisch@alphawire.com> wrote: > + Cybermaster > This is a stand alone system, not Mindstorms. The rumored sets clearly > say, "Mindstorm Expansion", not "Cybermaster Expansion" Sure. But the person who got the leaked info might not know that. Early rumors for the R2D2 set called it a Mindstorms R2D2. Same thing, yeah? I'm not saying the rumor is accurate, just that where it says "Mindstorms", it might be fair to read "Some sorta computerized robotic thingy". -- Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/

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		Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
(...) But the R2-D2 set (9748 Droid Development Kit) -is- a MindStorms set. It's just not an RCX-based MindStorms set. (LEGO MINDSTORMS is a whole division of TLG and a whole product line. The RCX is just one brick in a series.) MINDSTORMS != RCX (...) (27 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Upcoming _Star Wars_ Mindstorms and Technics Releases
(...) Right, these are the two official expansions for Lego Mindstorms with the Mars Expedition on the way. That makes 3 total in 2 years. + Cybermaster This is a stand alone system, not Mindstorms. The rumored sets clearly say, "Mindstorm (...) (27 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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