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Sadly, LEGO keeps discontinuing great and simple systems like this and replacing them with "smart" versions that you have to use a phone with, since they don't
by meibo 5y ago
Sadly, LEGO keeps discontinuing great and simple systems like this and replacing them with "smart" versions that you have to use a phone with, since they don't want to ship remotes anymore. Giving an 8 year old a phone to play with their LEGO sets kinda defeats the point(they'll want to play Minecraft instead, from personal experience).
There's not even any features like Mindstorms that offer customization/programming, it's literally just a clunky touchscreen remote that doesn't pair with the model half of the time. I guess phones on the box sell better.
- oaiey 5y agoIt is not the simple system which everyone misses ... because that has no roadmap to a STEM usage ... it is the lack of generic purpose (brickable :) ) remote control to work without smart phone which is the key problem. For example, a simple remote is super easy to do. A complex behavior config (like steering boxes) or calibration modules could be small plugins into a remote so you keep it with your instruction/set. They could be also remotely programmed and injected there. SO many ideas how to do this correctly with the original LEGO mindset.
- makeitdouble 5y agoThe Raspberry Pu side stearing the project gives me hope it will come out better than the past initiatives. The real ugly part with the smartphone requirements is it targets pretty recent OS versions (too old hand me downs are out of the picture), and outside of the top end education hubs ($200+) there is no obvious way export/import/backup the programs. Having a kid invest time to make anything a bit complex on them is a recipe for disaster.
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