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Re: Exploration Mars Availalble?
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Sun, 5 Dec 1999 07:38:37 GMT
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Tom Boucher wrote:
> Hmmm - For the First time I've seen this in the Online Lego Catalog.
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> Exploration Mars is supposed to be available 11/99. It's 12/99. Anyone
> found it yet?
The Exploration Mars pack appears to be out in Europe. There is a picture at
http://www.lego.com/catalog/eur/productzoom.asp?number=9736 . Interestingly,
it is available from Lego Service in Europe, but I couldn't find it at the
WorldShop site as of this writing.
Looks as though the RCX is built into a (static?) "lander", and there is a
little "rover" (two motors, six wheels, and maybe two of the worm gear cases
that you can't get in the US anymore). It isn't clear whether the "rover" is
supposed to be tethered to the RCX by the three electrical cables (two for
the motors and one for the thingy on the front whatever it is) that trail
behind the "rover" in the picture. If so, it would be ever-so-slightly
reminiscent of the remote sub in the alternate model for the Technic Space
Shuttle set. Also looks like the "rover" is meant to drive up on top of the
RCX-lander.
The picture isn't good enough for me to see what the thingy on the front of
the "rover" is -- I somehow doubt that it is a video camera (would probably
make the set waaaay more expensive than the $54 figure being tossed around
here), but it doesn't look much like anything I've seen before.
There was *supposed* to be a video camera as a separate release. What
follows is from a Lego press release dated Feb 1999, and things have
obviously changed a bit since then…
"…On 1st May, LEGO MINDSTORMS is extending its starter kit with two exciting
new models. One of them is the "Exploration Mars" set; the other is a
brand-new digital camera. Two fabulous products that lift the Robotics
Invention System to an entirely new level.
"The camera is part of a completely new LEGO brick. When it is attached to a
four-metre-long cable, it can transmit pictures from the Mars exploration
vehicle direct to a PC, where the pictures can be saved and edited for
later use. And children can also use the camera to send pictures to their
friends all over the world via the Internet. The Exploration Mars set has
various Mars vehicles that can be sent out on no fewer than 12 different
missions."
Has the camera been included with the Exploration Mars pack? Or is the photo
indicating "if you had the camera, you could put it on the front of the
vehicle like this..."
Cheers
JP
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: Exploration Mars Availalble?
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| JP Brown <envcons@csi.com> wrote in message news:384A167D.3164EB...csi.com... (...) of (...) probably (...) It sure looks like a camera to me. You can even see a somewhat thicker cable coming off of the camera. Although low-res "golf ball" style (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: Exploration Mars Availalble?
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| Hmmm... there are two entirely different pictures in the catalog. One shows a vehicle with large linked threads. The other shows a base station and a rover with 6 wheels. That picture has all kinds of extra parts - the yellow worm gear boxes on the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | RE: Exploration Mars Availalble?
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| Looks like there will be two sets. From the list of 2000 sets (available at lugnet.accounce, or go to (URL) then Announcements): 3801 ULTIMATE ACCESSORIES 9731 5702012002922 LEGO CAM 9735 5702012004582 ROBOTICS DISCOVERY SET (New for this part of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Exploration Mars Availalble?
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| In the lego site: (URL) they write: ---...--- Name: Exploration Mars Product Number: 9736 Exploration Mars is an expansion set to the Robotics Invention System, which allows you to build robotic Rovers and equipment for a Mars Expedition. Includes (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Exploration Mars Availalble?
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| Hmmm - For the First time I've seen this in the Online Lego Catalog. Exploration Mars is supposed to be available 11/99. It's 12/99. Anyone found it yet? (25 years ago, 3-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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