I was introduced to Mindstorms via National Instruments, who made the programming software--LabView. A colleague (who has bright teenage boys) reports that this is a great set for bright 11 to 15 year olds, but then they gravitate to other "toys". Now they are into gaming on the Web big time. It's a great tool for introducing kids to engineering, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of staying power. Maybe if they went into development with bigger and bigger sets that would help. That's probably beyond Lego's R&D investment. I think that once the novelty wears off, then it's off to other endeavors. At that rate, the market will never grow.
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I was introduced to Mindstorms via National Instruments, who made the programming software--LabView. A colleague (who has bright teenage boys) reports that this is a great set for bright 11 to 15 year olds, but then they gravitate to other "toys". Now they are into gaming on the Web big time. It's a great tool for introducing kids to engineering, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of staying power. Maybe if they went into development with bigger and bigger sets that would help. That's probably beyond Lego's R&D investment. I think that once the novelty wears off, then it's off to other endeavors. At that rate, the market will never grow.