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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gallamineJan 5, 2006
Funny, I'd hardly call the magazine weird ... that's what you were trying to spell, right?
jeffdJan 5, 2006
That was a great arcticle, I cant wait untill it comes to market.
jiconJan 6, 2006
Looks 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.
06metzpJan 6, 2006
I 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!
electricgrandpaJan 6, 2006
What 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)
soyverdeJan 6, 2006
Hmmm, I wonder if they are overcharging Canadians as payback for the Mega Bloks decision:<a class="user" href="http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/11/17/megabloks-051117.html">http://www.cbc.ca/story/business/national/2005/11/17/megabloks-051117.html</a>