# Rise of the Lego Machines

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-lego-machines/352721>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 14, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-lego-machines/352721 "2006-04-14T22:57:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-lego-machines/352721/1 "2006-04-14T22:57:02Z")

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The new mindstorm is out and sounds very cool.  
[Linkity link.](http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8527)

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-lego-machines/352721/2 "2006-04-14T23:14:36Z")

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They do look cool, in a sort of ipod-deja-vu kind of way. The massive sensors are rather off-putting though. Weren’t the previous ones about a tenth the size?

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-lego-machines/352721/3 "2006-04-14T23:17:20Z")

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> [@begbert2](#):
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> They do look cool, in a sort of ipod-deja-vu kind of way. The massive sensors are rather off-putting though. Weren’t the previous ones about a tenth the size?

Yeah, but these are color and intensity sensitive.

P.S. I see it isn’t actually out for a few months yet. \<twiddles thumbs impatiently\>