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Subject: 
Re: where to buy individual parts?
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lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos
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Date: 
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 17:30:52 GMT
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"Chris Page" <chris@starforge.co.uk> writes:
> In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Zhengrong Zang writes:
> 
> There are some problems though...
> 
> > http://shop.lego.com /
> 
> Tends to only offer a very limited range of products (in the UK at least) -
> trying to get hold of some parts from there, like rotation sensors, seems
> to be virtually impossible.

right.

> > http://www.pitsco-legodacta-store.com/
> 
> Apparently will not ship outside of the US

Look here:

http://www.lego.com/dacta/addresses/wheretobuylisteurope.asp#uk

You're lucky, three of them and they even got email
(compare that to France where the only Dacta dealer hides behind a fax).

> > http://www.brickbay.com/
> 
> Not tried them, do they stock the more obscure/advanced bits and ship to the UK?

Generally yes, though with rotation sensor you might be out of luck.

> Sorry to sound very negative about this, but from my
> experience the only way to get hold of half of the parts I
> would like, particularly additional rotation sensors, and
> be sure they are not broken or damaged, is by buying the
> official expansion boxes - and I certainly couldn't
> justify spending 100 UKP just to get my hands on two more
> rotation sensors!

There's another possibility at http://www.acroname.com/
They sell at a considerable markup w.r.t. Dacta,
but cheaper than the boxes (got some rotation sensors from them).

Jürgen

--
Jürgen Stuber <stuber@loria.fr>
http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/



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In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Zhengrong Zang writes: There are some problems though... (...) Tends to only offer a very limited range of products (in the UK at least) - trying to get hold of some parts from there, like rotation sensors, seems to be (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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