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LEGO Mindstorms Will Survive

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gloria-gaynor dept.

thufir writes "LEGO has released a press release, where they dismiss the rumour that MINDSTORMS is being taken out of production. For some reason the changes in product policy lead to the misunderstanding that they would totally drop the product. 'Hearsay has it that a product range like LEGO MINDSTORMS is no longer in focus. This is not true. On the contrary, MINDSTORMS, CLIKITS and BIONICLE are all good examples of products the company wants to stake on.'" See our previous stories, Lego to Stop Producing Mindstorms and Lego Goes Back to the Basics.

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  1. News for nerds, indeed by jargoone · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a buddy I went to college with. Nice guy, very well spoken and everything. He's still single, and we're in our late twenties. I'm sure it has absolutely nothing to do with the several MindStorms "things" he has in various places in his house. I mean, they're cool, but jeezus, wait til you have one reeled in before you bust the Mindstorms out of the storage room.

  2. Need cast iron mindstorm kits by FerretFrottage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, I built a little robot that kinda chased my kids around...that was all fine and good til he decided to Rage Against the Machine. There are still lego pieces in the fishtank.
    Great product, glad to see it is still going.

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    "Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
    1. Re:Need cast iron mindstorm kits by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 4, Funny

      So you're saying that you wanted your robot to win the confrontation?

  3. Fish don't eat legos by FerretFrottage · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who said the robot didn't win :)

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    "Look Lois, the two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a fat white guy who is threatened by change."
  4. Re:Various languages for Mindstorm programming by JediTrainer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Enough with the toy languages.

    Real programmers will use Visual Basic!

    Ouch! Ouch! Stop hitting me!

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    You can accomplish anything you set your mind to. The impossible just takes a little longer.