[zetazzed]

Does anyone have advice on whether the Lego Spike kits are actually good for home use? (In my case, for a 9 year old who is very Lego-proficient and has some basic Scratch skills.) They seem very structured for classroom use, but I keep thinking they should probably be flexible enough for to build some fun and crazy bots at home...

[mcphage]

Hardware wise they're pretty similar to the Mindstorms kit, just more colorful. Not the exact same, but close. And I think the firmware is different, but you can swap it out for the Mindstorms firmware.