Black NXT mystery

 

  • Black NXT mystery

    Posted by Huw, 02 Jan 2009 09:29. Filed under shop.LEGO.com (General).

    10287: Intelligent NXT Brick (Black)
    Mindstorms/NXT, 2009
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    ©2009 LEGO Group

    For a few days last week LEGOshop.com listed a black NXT brick for sale in North America. It's since been pulled from their listings and attempts to find it on their site results in a page not found.

    It's possible that it's version 2 of the NXT brick: we know there's a new NXT 2.0 set, 8547, due out this year. I guess it was listed in the shop by mistake!


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Posted by Toa Of Justice in United States, 02 Jan 2009 09:53

Thank goodness Brickset still has this item in its database. I hope it doesn't get deleted too! Now I think I know why this item was more expensive than the white NXT brick -- it could be the n(e)xt-generation version. (Pun intended.)
-Toa Of Justice

Posted by thelegokitty14n5 in United States, 02 Jan 2009 10:23

Hmm.. it must be the same.. I wonder if any members could help..well, thanks for the mystery..

Posted by jonbuddy in United States, 02 Jan 2009 10:52

A new color scheme wouldn't be bad...I like it!

Posted by AVCampos in Portugal, 02 Jan 2009 11:41

I don't think this black NXT is a big step from its predecessor... just look at the time it took to go from the RCX to the NXT. Again comparing with the RCX, I wouldn't be surprised if this one just had a few different parts in the set (battery + charger, please!), coupled with a newer version of NXT-G. At most, small changes in specifications, like a slightly faster CPU or more memory.

Posted by The_Best_Fighter, 02 Jan 2009 17:16

Someone should have tried to buy me one before it was pulled. :)

Posted by kevin30 in United States, 02 Jan 2009 18:19

Ya I saw it on Lego about two days ago when I ordered some more bionicles (which by the way is my 110th) (I bought the Toa Ignika, and Mutran and Vican) but anyway I saw the black NXT and thought It was cool... I didn't order one though ... Sorry... : )

Posted by Perigrin in United States, 03 Jan 2009 10:45

One word if you want that: eBay.

Posted by HobbesFan08 in United States, 03 Jan 2009 14:12

Hey i wonder if anybody bought it!

Posted by The_Best_Fighter, 03 Jan 2009 14:29

$170 and up for only three days? I doubt anyone did. :)

Posted by kevin30 in United States, 03 Jan 2009 18:13

haha, ya $170 is a bit high for me! lol

Posted by rnychka in United States, 04 Jan 2009 12:10

Especially considering Wall-Mart had a sale the week before for just $150 for the entire retail set. Maybe it was an inventory reduction in anticipation for a new version?

Some things I noticed - The description of this black brick was exactly the same as the white brick - it used the same ARM7 processor but there was no mention of extra memory. Also, the number of ports is obviously the same so I suspected it was just a different color. The low amount of memory is an annoying thing on the current version, but this is possible.

A different color brick would be needed for FLL lego competitions if one version had more memory than the other, or if there were other advantages, so I think this probably makes sense. However, the lego website description did not make any mention of extra memory so it is strange.

Posted by wadaltmon in United States, 05 Jan 2009 20:25

I think that this may have been a mistake.

You see, a while ago, Lego had a picture of Agori Raanu on the Matoron icon for a brief period of time. People thought there were new things, but there wasn't. Maybe it was like that; the lego people accidentally put up the item for a time, but it may not come out for a while. Maybe there is a new version, but it won't be released until a certain time, like, when a new set comes out.

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