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Wired Magazine: ' Geeks in Toyland '
wired.com — "Lego builds a global empire out of little plastic blocks, then conquers the wired world with Mindstorms. So when it's time to upgrade, the company turns to its obsessed fans. A sneak preview from Wired magazine's February issue."
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- AmateurX, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Lego rules! I can't wait.
- Weezel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+032bit processor, w00t. This should be an incredible upgrade. Can wait until the comunity hacks it.
- barneygumble, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think the best thing about this article is to read about Lego Corp's reaction to the original mindstorm software being hacked. Instead of shutting down websites and going after people they realized this is a way to make their product even more popular. The then wrote it into the user agreement that it was ok to alter the firmware. Way to go Lego!
Micro$lut should learn from them and embrace the open source xbox movement (yeah right!) - gallamine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Funny, I'd hardly call the magazine weird ... that's what you were trying to spell, right?
- dmilner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Shouldn't it be "Wired"?
- Zonkzor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0As cool as Mindstorm sounds I've never used it. Actually I've never known anyone who has one and I know alot of geeks. Are these things really selling that well? Anyone here have one?
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Are you a http://CollegeCheapskate.com ? - KNon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0"Shouldn't it be "Wired"?"
Yes. Google "typo" real quick and find out what it means. - bashfulczar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love reading weird magazine!
- Seumas, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Sounds like it might be related to the Lego Mindstorm article just one story down.
I'm sorry, but I'm with Kevin Rose on this one. Legos are retarded. Especially if you're a god damned _adult_. - JeffD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That was a great arcticle, I cant wait untill it comes to market.
- raisinbran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I was obsessed with Lego as a child, but I have never heard of this. Looks cool.
- jicon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Looks like some people miss the point. I have the Mindstorms RCX 2.0 unit, and found it great to build different programmable robots.
Vehicles with cameras capable of turning, and exploring on their own, transmitting data back to a PC, building engineering models for experimenting with robotic control, there is a lot of versatile uses other than building a silly X-Wing or pirate ship model in an ordinary lego set.
If you're in to engineering, robotics, or wish to experiment with programming that utilizes a large variety of feedback elements other than a keyboard or mouse, its a pretty engaging tool and toy. - 06metzp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have the Robotics Invention System 1.5 and loved it, haven't played with it in quite a while, but loved it. I was severely afraid, however, that LEGO was dropping the Mindstorms line as it seemed to be occupying less and less space in the shop-at-home catalogues and fell off the front page of LEGO.com... glad to see it's back!
- ScottyQuest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I too agree that Lego deserves my business just for the way they handled the Mindstorm's hacking community. At first they went with the gutteral "DIFFERENT. NEW. DOES NOT COMPUTE. MUST CRUSH NEW THING." reaction, but on further thought (hear that, thought) they realized what a great thing it was. In fact, they eventually embraced the movement. So congratulations Lego for actually thinking through a corporate decision and caring about their consumers.
+digg - Orangutan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Lego is awesome. we did mindstorms at school a while back and i built a robot that could drive forward, fall off the table, and shatter into thousands of pieces. it was great.
- PaulMyo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just got a 2.0 because they started what looked like the end of life for mindstorm. I am glad that I was wrong and that Lego is releasing 3.0. I will be buying this new kit
- CelticWarrior, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Weird?
- ElectricGrandpa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"As cool as Mindstorm sounds I've never used it. Actually I've never known anyone who has one and I know alot of geeks. Are these things really selling that well? Anyone here have one?"
Answer: "Four years after its release, version 2.0 still sells 40,000 units a year at $199 a pop -- with no advertising -- and has become Lego's all-time best-selling product." - ElectricGrandpa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"I'm sorry, but I'm with Kevin Rose on this one. Legos are retarded. Especially if you're a god damned _adult_."
You're a fool then. This is way more than just putting together blocks... You can make almost anything with it... Think of it as rapid prototyping for robots, or something... It's just really cool. If anything, I'd say that videogames are less "adult-like" than lego... but heh, I like em both. - ElectricGrandpa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What the shaz? The US MSRP is $250, the Canadian is $380... That's an exchange rate of like .65 .... it should be .85, that's just plain stupid... They're overcharging Canadians by $80 for no reason(especially since they're from Denmark)
- vegasbright, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Overcharging the canadians is natural...its their fault they live there.
- soyverde, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hmmm, I wonder if they are overcharging Canadians as payback for the Mega Bloks decision:
http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/11/17/megabloks-051117.html
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