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Re: Droid Development Kit
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic
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Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:35:47 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jeffrey Hazen writes:
This is about as low as they got in the US, (approx US $50.00), and for
that it's a nice collection of white beams and bits.  I'm not sure I would
have bought it unless I had the other robotics bricks (Scout and RCX)
already.  It doesn't do much by itself.

Jeff

Jeffrey Hazen
North Mill Technology
jeffrey.hazen@northmill.net

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Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 8:49 AM
To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com; lugnet.robotics@lugnet.com;
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Subject: Droid Development Kit

Local store has this at almost half price from AU$190 down to AU$99 what do
you think as a source of parts, Worthwhile?

I found the set for $45 at my local Toys Etc. outlet two months ago and
decided to pick it up. It has a great collection of spare parts (especially
beams and gears) which is useful if you're into building custom models. As
for the featured models, the "Level 1" droids look kind of nice but don't
have many functions. The "Level 3" droids appear to have much more
functionality but instructions aren't included for them and it's really hard
to build them from the tips given on the CD. The "Micro Scout" computer has
a built-in light sensor in the front and a built-in gear reduction motor in
the back. It is not a bad unit, but it isn't very useful in custom models
since it can't be programmed and there are too few built-in programs IMHO (7).



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Thanks for replying everyone... I decided to get it since it is 600 odd pieces, seems like good value to me even if i don't use the microscout, I have RIS 1.5.... Gaurav Thakur <cp5670@supermail.com> wrote in message news:G4K4Fn.HE3@lugnet.com... (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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  RE: Droid Development Kit
 
This is about as low as they got in the US, (approx US $50.00), and for that it's a nice collection of white beams and bits. I'm not sure I would have bought it unless I had the other robotics bricks (Scout and RCX) already. It doesn't do much by (...) (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic)

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