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Subject: 
[MindStorms FAQ 2.8 What other kits are recommended to use with MindStorms?]
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Date: 
Tue, 13 Jul 1999 21:52:22 GMT
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Subject:          2.8 What other kits are recommended to use with MindStorms?
Content-Language: en
Topic-Level:      0
Revision:         Robert Munafo, 1999-07-13
Location:         /robotics/rcx/
Comment:          Topic-level is inaccurate pending a reference for topic
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<p>Your choice of kit will depend on what you want to build -- it depends
highly on what type of design you're interested in doing and what
types of parts that design requires. Some designs would require lots
of gears, for example, and others might require lots of wheels. Many
designs use no wheels at all. </p>

<p>As you look at all the designs other have built, resist the temptation
to buy all the parts you might ever need to build all these different
designs. Focus on one idea you'd like to build and get the parts you
need for that. </p>

<p>You can use set inventories to determine what sets have the parts you
need. Many currently-available LEGO&reg; sets have been inventoried. Start
at </p>

<blockquote>
<a href="http://www.lugnet.com/inv/"> http://www.lugnet.com/inv/
</a></blockquote>

<p>or search the newsgroup </p>

<blockquote>
<a href="http://www.lugnet.com/db/inv/"> http://www.lugnet.com/db/inv/
</a></blockquote>

<p>Many specific parts are also available from the DACTA store. Check out their
catalog at: </p>

<blockquote>
<a href="http://www.pitsco-legodacta-store.com/">
http://www.pitsco-legodacta-store.com/ </a></blockquote>

<p>specifically under "Spare Parts". </p>



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