LEGO Mindstorms was easily the best gift my parents ever got me in terms of setting me on the path I'm on. Younger me was ecstatic getting a Robotics Invention

LEGO Mindstorms was easily the best gift my parents ever got me in terms of setting me on the path I'm on. Younger me was ecstatic getting a Robotics Invention System 2.0 set for Christmas in 2001 (anyone remember the yellow RCX?), along with the Vision Command and Ultimate Builder set kits. Ended up joining a robotics club shortly after because I wanted to enter the competitions. I started learning Java and C after I got bored with the block programming interface with LeJOS and brickOS.