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RE: 1.0 to 1.5 upgrade - why after x-mas in the US!
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 30 Oct 1999 06:04:12 GMT
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> > Below are some products offered by http://www.legoworldshop.com
> > What I do not understand is that the upgrade kit from 1.0 to 1.5
> > can already be ordered, but the complete 1.5 will be available in
> > January 2000. Can somebody explain?
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> Maybe they want to get rid of the 1.0 sets, and to encourage
> that, they are
> not selling the 1.5 sets just yet. Instead, they will sell you a 1.0 set
> with a free upgrade.
Considering what I recently have learned about the demand for Mindstorms
product in the US last Christmas - and Lego's failure to supply enough sets
for the stores - my best guess is that since they are doing a MAJOR
promotion all across Europe for the RIS sets - I'd say they need ALL the
sets they can possibly manufacture for this years Christmas - that's why the
US seems to have been let 'out' this time.
Producing a minor upgrade set with a few new Lego's, a CD-ROM and a
Constructopedia shouldn't be a problem though - compared to a full set of
717 pieces plus the extras ;-)
Instead it looks like you guys got the expansion sets and RDS which I can't
find anywhere here in Denmark....first expansion set here will be
Exploration Mars (246 pcs) which is announced for Spring 2000. I have a
special 8 pages Lego Mindstorms catalog on my desk that confirms this - not
a word in this about the Scout set - I'd say Europe get's the 'new' Scout
later in the year 2000.
regards
Jesper
mailto:jesperkj@vip.cybercity.dk
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