[galoisscobi]

This is sad. Lego Mindstorms played a huge role in my life trajectory. I discovered RCX and NXT in middle school, absolutely loved building stuff with them and went to robotics competitions.

It got me really interested in robotics to the point where I decided I would move halfway across the world for college to get educated further in robotics. I did that and I am now a professional roboticist. None of that would’ve happened if it wasn’t for Lego Mindstorms. Sad to see it go. Their spike prime kit looks way too basic compared to how mature and extensible the mindstorms ecosystem is.

[kypro]

I also entered a Mindstorms competition at my school and it had a similar impact on me. To this day I look back on that competition as one of my best childhood memories and I think it was a large part of why I went on to eventually study computer science.

I suspect there are many of us out there... A very sad day indeed.

[rockbandit]

I’ve always wanted to jump into these, but our family was never in the most financially secure situation back then.

I’ve long had this hope of getting a Mindstorms set and working on it with my daughters someday (4 and 6).