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Mindstorms destroy my pocketbook!
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 04:56:05 GMT
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Mine is a tale of woe....
My officemate pointed me to the Mindstorms website. I peeked, and
within 24 hours was at the local Discovery Center looking at a RIS 1.0
and the Games addon. A nice salesclerk came up and explained that the
Games set was just an addon... I needed the RIS just to play. I sighed
noncomittally, and continued to heft the kits in my hands. After 10
minutes of watching me look at the boxes, the nice lady returned with a
25% off store coupon! I immediately grabbed two of the RIS sets
(already I was not thinking clearly: there were three in the store.)
Not a bad deal thinks I... 2 kits for $300.
I began to build robots, and then I found my real character flaw: I
can't wantonly destroy a robot I've made unless I record a few pictures
of it for posterity. So, today, I had to buy a digital camera (DCR
PC-100) to memorialize my sad inventions.
Does anyone else have this disease?
-- Michael Naunton
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Mindstorms destroy my pocketbook!
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| From: "Michael Naunton" <mmn@interactive.net> (...) I have a feeling that you really wanted the digital camera anyway and used Mindstorms as an excuse. You can always use regular film-based cameras to take pictures of your roboots... The hint of (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Mindstorms destroy my pocketbook!
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| Well, i havent spent a lot on it, but ive got this model im designing right now. Its used up all of my long beams (12+ studs) and i cant figure out how to finish it. I dont want to take it a part until its finished, so right ow im stuck. (24 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Mindstorms destroy my pocketbook!
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| Michael Naunton wrote in message <38742065.F3E7EA21@i...ve.net>... (...) L O L ! ! ! (Laughing Out Loud) Been there, done that! That was EXACTLY my excuse to get a digital camera! In the end, the digital camera IS an essential part of my LEGO hobby. (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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