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Re: Lego Mindstorms: What went wrong?
Thought I would put one more thing down on this lack of competition argument. Cyber K'NEX had to be Mindstorms's biggest enemy. It had a lot more advertising than I saw Mindstorms having, and what really damaged LEGO was the price difference: $200 for a Mindstorms kit vs. about $120 for the Ultra (complete) Cyber K'nex set. There were other, cheaper, and more limited sets in the K'Nex line as well. Also, the CK set allowed for real time user control (though bad, it still was pretty darn cool) in the box. with Mindstorms, you have to buy the remote control separately.
So though limitations were a bit more abundant on the KNEX side, I think the $80 price difference really offsets that. I have one of those sets, and I can do a lot of fun things with it, some I cannot do with Lego.
-Joe
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