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Re: Droid Developer Kit worthwhile?
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:43:23 GMT
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The Droid developer kit certainly isnt worth it if you are a avid mindstorms
user. It is desinged for younger children (officaly 9-12, but some 7 or 8
year old could do fine with it). For this it is a perfect set, easy to use
and build but interesting enough to keep them entertained for months. It is
also Legos way of hooking the younger generation on mindstorms before there
even old enough for the full RIS, not to mention make even more off the Star
Wars contracts. Over all for some one looking for mindstorms addition this
isnt the set. for some one buying a first mindtorms set for a 8-10 year old
this is perfect.
Jason M Normand
The Nugator Company
www.nugator.com
In lugnet.robotics.microscout, Dennis Clark writes:
> In lugnet.robotics.microscout, Dan Huber writes:
> > I just received some extra money and now have $110 to spend on Lego sets and
> > pieces. I'm looking to get something new and was wondering what users • thought
> > of the DDK and how it compares to other MindStorms sets. I realize the RIS • is
> > probably the nicest set of them all, and rightfully so at twice the price of
> > the unit of interest here.
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> The DDK is very disappointing. In my mind it marks a low-point in LEGO's
> consumer understanding - and the "Mindstorms" branding. The expansion sets
> were over-priced and under-delivered on their (our) expectations for the RIS,
> but the DDK is definately the nadir of the sets. If it had come with the
> Scout controller it would have been 500% better received!
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> > I'm wondering what sort of things I can do with this. What are the "7 built-
> > in programs" designed to do? How's this set as far as expansion goes? I'm
> > just wondering if I'd be better off buying a motor kit (8375) and maybe some
> > pneumatics to add some new motion and function to any of my sets, or even
> > making new sets out of these new pieces.
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> What can you do with one light sensor and one motor? Not much, and the
> "7 built in programs" very nicely displays THAT fact. The only expansion
> for this set is to get a real controller like the RDS ($150) to really do
> something with it. If you really _must_ jump in now, get the "Robotics
> Discovery Set" with the Scout controller, its a fun kit. Otherwise, I would
> save my shekels and get the RIS!
>
> have fun,
> DLC
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| Well, I give my thanks to you guys for sharing your honest opinion of a set. I was a bit leery of getting this set as the elements are all built-in and you are not able to rearrange anything to your liking. I've decided that for my money, I'm best (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)
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| (...) The DDK is very disappointing. In my mind it marks a low-point in LEGO's consumer understanding - and the "Mindstorms" branding. The expansion sets were over-priced and under-delivered on their (our) expectations for the RIS, but the DDK is (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.microscout)
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