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Lego to Stop Producing Mindstorms

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-thing-not-always-popular dept.

nick58b writes "Lego, in response to the worst financial loss in its history, has announced they will stop making the electronics and movie tie-in products. This would include Mindstorms, one of the greatest educational toys ever produced." It saddens me greatly to see the toy that was such a mainstay of my childhood to be in such dire financial straits. If I were a more qualified sociologist, I'd think it may have inspired by the way that our children play today versus how they played twenty years ago.

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  1. fp by RedHat_Linux_Man · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. But... but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But the Star Wars sets were so awesome...

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  4. If I had known this I would have voted Democratic! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And we wouldn't be having all these problems.

  5. Where is today's article on india? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yaaawwnnnn

  6. RTF article idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What happened? Why don't you read the article, dumbass?

  7. other way around by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hehe, you mean the low value of the us $.
    compared to the the euro hasnt changed much.

    yeah well at least that means no reason to keep those protectionist steel tarifs up.
    and if it goes on no need to send IT jobs to india