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Re: 8479 Barcode Multiset No Longer Available
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lugnet.technic
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Wed, 17 Jan 2001 07:46:42 GMT
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IMHO, the best thing one could do with this set would to take a Mindstorms
set to it and combine them both. The big thing one might be missing is the
problem of the sounds that the barcode unit makes, but that's not really
that inviting, although it would be cool for younger kids until they tired
of it.
--
Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
Sean Harrington <harrington@macgenius.com> wrote in message
news:G79p22.5DM@lugnet.com...
> Hey Everyone,
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> It looks like the 8479 Barcode Multiset (http://guide.lugnet.com/set/8479) • has
> finally gone the way of the dodo. S@H now shows it as "No Longer • Available".
> I'm glad I got mine when I did, as it's a pretty cool set, even though
> Mindstorms kinda over shadows it's presence. It's still neat technology, • great
> for teaching kids to program quickly.
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>
> - Sean
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| (...) Yep, it's the younger kids (under 10) that I'm focusing on. My daughter has gotten bored with the MicroScout, doesn't quite understand the Scout, and doesn't begin to comprehend programming the RCX, so programming the BarCode Unit is easy for (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| Hey Everyone, It looks like the 8479 Barcode Multiset ((URL) has finally gone the way of the dodo. S@H now shows it as "No Longer Available". I'm glad I got mine when I did, as it's a pretty cool set, even though Mindstorms kinda over shadows it's (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.technic)
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