Matthew,
The items at the LEGO Education Store are very confusing, and they
do not map directly to what you purchase from FLL. Basically, the FLL
Robot Set (#979792) for $395.00 purchased during your FLL registration includes
the following three (3) Education products:
1 x Mindstorms Education NXT Base Set (#W979797) for $279.95 (include
437 elements/pieces)
1 x Mindstorms Education Resource Set (#W979695) for $99.95 (blue
box with 817 elements/pieces)
1 x Mindstroms Education NXT Software 2.0 (#W900080) single
license for $79.95 **
** However, the FLL version of the NXT Education Software comes
with an FLL Team license (instead of a single user license from the Education
Store). Hence, you really don’t need to purchase the additional
software since the FLL Team license gives you licenses for up to 10 team
members plus coaches (as long as it is related to FLL competition). FLL also
indicated that the FLL Robot Set can be used from year to year (competition).
However, if you do need to purchase the NXT Base Set with the single
license software, you might want to look at the Mindstorms Education NXT Set
& Software Pack (#W991308) for $345.95 and Mindstorms Education Value Pack –
2 packs (#W991416) for $709.95. There are also other multiple pack
arrangements with more discounts. You can search for them by their
product (#W) numbers at http://www.legoeducation.us/store/default.aspx.
Best wishes,
T. (Curt) Tran
From: First Lego League
in Virginia and DC [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Matthew
Cuba
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2010 10:30 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [VADCFLL-L] Purchasing additional robots
Hi there.
Today we registered our team (yay!) and also ordered the
field kit and a robot. We had wanted to purchases three robots total but
it seems like the gofll.usfirst.org only
seems to allow a single robot to be purchased. I saw there's a LEGO
education site as well and they've got the NXT robots for sale here: http://www.legoeducation.us/store/detail.aspx?CategoryID=159&by=9&ID=1263&c=1&t=0&l=0 I'm
wondering if that's where I should be buying the additional ones. It says
"Educatation NXT software sold separately" on that page. Do I
need to purchase software for each robot? Anything I should know about that?
I want to make sure I can put the software on 2 or 3 computers at the
school and a laptop for tournaments. There's probably a FAQ somewhere
that gives me all this info but I'm just trying to expedite the purchasing so
we can do a robotics workshop next month.
Any info/help you can provide me would be great.
Thanks,
Matthew Cuba
Team 3607
Spotsylvania Middle School
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within."
- Eric Liddell
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