Comments on: Lego Mindstorms NXT http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/ Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:32:10 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: prestidigitator http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/comment-page-1/#comment-2100 prestidigitator Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:32:04 +0000 http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/#comment-2100 @Ravenent Now that you put it that way...it does sound like a lot. :) I was at a friend's place here and she had this whole kit; believe you me...it does seem worth the moolah! @Ravenent Now that you put it that way…it does sound like a lot. :)

I was at a friend’s place here and she had this whole kit; believe you me…it does seem worth the moolah!

]]> By: Ravenent http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/comment-page-1/#comment-2101 Ravenent Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:46:02 +0000 http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/#comment-2101 Dude, you don't consider a </i>kid's toy</i> that goes for <b>400</b> smackaroonies a pop and <i>still</i> manages to sell 40K units <i>a lot</i>? I had seen the technical specs of this a couple of years ago, and remember thinking the same thing - whoa! These are <i>nothing</i> like the Lego bricks I knew as a kid way back when! Though I did have a Mechano set with gears, pulleys and other mechanical doo-dads and marvels that kept me entertained for hours. Aah, good times... Seriously though, these are the perfect gift to develop logic and programming skills in today's kids. Though I don't know if that only serves to prepare them for a lifetime of servitude in cubicle farms... :-( BTW, just how did you get a chance to play with one of these, eh? Dude, you don’t consider a kid’s toy that goes for 400 smackaroonies a pop and still manages to sell 40K units a lot?

I had seen the technical specs of this a couple of years ago, and remember thinking the same thing – whoa! These are nothing like the Lego bricks I knew as a kid way back when! Though I did have a Mechano set with gears, pulleys and other mechanical doo-dads and marvels that kept me entertained for hours. Aah, good times…

Seriously though, these are the perfect gift to develop logic and programming skills in today’s kids. Though I don’t know if that only serves to prepare them for a lifetime of servitude in cubicle farms… :-(

BTW, just how did you get a chance to play with one of these, eh?

]]> By: prestidigitator http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/comment-page-1/#comment-2105 prestidigitator Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:49:08 +0000 http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/#comment-2105 @baphomet The one where it solves the cube...phew! I used to be a huge Thundercats fan as a kid. Had a few action figures and a replica of the Sword of Thundera! Sigh...time flies. @rads You should send pics rads. Honestly, I think I'd die of inferiority complex if I ever meet your kids. @BPSK Thanks for the link...what jumped at me was the fact that it sold 40,000 units a year and is considered Lego's highest selling product. I'm no marketing whiz, but is 40,000 a lot? :| @baphomet The one where it solves the cube…phew!

I used to be a huge Thundercats fan as a kid. Had a few action figures and a replica of the Sword of Thundera! Sigh…time flies.

@rads You should send pics rads. Honestly, I think I’d die of inferiority complex if I ever meet your kids.

@BPSK Thanks for the link…what jumped at me was the fact that it sold 40,000 units a year and is considered Lego’s highest selling product. I’m no marketing whiz, but is 40,000 a lot? :|

]]> By: Bhel Puri & Seekh Kabab http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 Bhel Puri & Seekh Kabab Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:06:56 +0000 http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/#comment-2104 Don't know if you read the Wired cover story from last year on the Mindstorm line, where they talked about how the company recruited their "super-users" to improve the product: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/lego.html Worth a read. BPSK Don’t know if you read the Wired cover story from last year on the Mindstorm line, where they talked about how the company recruited their “super-users” to improve the product:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/lego.html

Worth a read.

BPSK

]]> By: rads http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 rads Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:39:05 +0000 http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/#comment-2103 Prestid: This is what my daughter's lego league team is playing with and we go to States this weekend. The girl apparently programs! I was dumbstruck when I heard this from the coach. Cool stuff tho no? :) Prestid: This is what my daughter’s lego league team is playing with and we go to States this weekend. The girl apparently programs! I was dumbstruck when I heard this from the coach.

Cool stuff tho no? :)

]]> By: bApHoMEt http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/comment-page-1/#comment-2102 bApHoMEt Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:16:16 +0000 http://psyriac.com/2007/12/06/lego-mindstorms-nxt/#comment-2102 That is awesome indeed. And the videos are mind blowing. Lucky kids. What was the coolest to you that you ever had? (Mine was a guitar, but thats obvious.) I had a neat collection of G I Joes. That is awesome indeed. And the videos are mind blowing. Lucky kids.

What was the coolest to you that you ever had? (Mine was a guitar, but thats obvious.) I had a neat collection of G I Joes.

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