Advantages: Its very educational and fun for kids and adults too Disadvantages: Its a bit complex for those not into Lego, bluethooth problems
Lego Mindstorms NXT
This was bought on eBay, the UK site. The item was new and unused. All of the bags were unopened. It cost £110 which was a considerable saving on the high street price. I have to say that for me this was the only way it would really be afforded. I am a regular eBayer and so I was more than happy with this type of purchase.
The item was bough for my little boy who is just six. He had been looking at it for a long time, he is really into lego and robotics. The item is actually for an older age group 10+. But he is able to work away on the instructions with supervision. Building the robots is fine for him but he has some problems with the programming language. This is an age cognitive thing and he will pick it up. We have built two stock designs and they have worked well. We are working ...
bigfatdogs 01.06.2008 (31.05.2008)
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Advantages: Small, lightweight, hours of fun, cheap Disadvantages: Nothing!
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