You do realize it’s rechargeable, right? I watched jerryrigeverything’s video on it and it’s honestly a pretty neat and impressive little gadget. I cant imagine the battery ever needing to be replaced even if it were designed to be possible. I would expect it to last 5+ years of heavy play before its battery life would be effected enough to notice.
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leoj@piefed.zip 1 day ago
wow, so just more trash and waste for the sake of making toys AI integrated…?
I’m all for giving kids the tools of the future early (with limits)
but why do we have to make it disposable? (profit, I know, its rhetorical guys).
andyspam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
KaChilde@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Okay, but my 20+ year old Lego still work today. Can I expect this e-waste to perform the same for my grandchildren as it would today?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
To be fair, as long as the batteries are easily replaceable and don’t degrade destructively, it might age better than the original Mindstorms components which are a PITA to use today.
Then again, plain ABS at worst yellows under too much UV.
buckykat@hexbear.net 1 day ago
You should be able to give your old Lego to your kids, what’s this five year shit?
leoj@piefed.zip 1 day ago
lol five years
I have legos from 1994.
MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The disposability sucks, but I don’t believe there’s any AI involved.
leoj@piefed.zip 1 day ago
HA I’ve been so brainwashed by 2025 I see the word smart and stupidly assume AI.
Looks like its just sensors.
I actually think this makes it worse because it doesn’t really bring a whole lot to the table from a STEM-toy perspective, although I guess learning to utilize sensors could be good for some kids if there is any type of granular control.
I grew up with Lego Mindstorms, so it can definitely inspire.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, I was really expecting some Mindstorms-level magic when I saw the first announcement teasers. The fact that it’s just an RFID reader with some LEDs is beyond disappointing.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
No mindstorms shit in that form factor.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, I was really expecting some Mindstorms-level magic when I saw the first announcement teasers.
leoj@piefed.zip 1 day ago
I remember setting up Mindstorms to alert whenever a door was opened, so we could specifically stay up all night reading and know if our parents opened their bedroom door… Simpler times!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
The point is to suck any imagination out a child’s head.
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borkborkbork@piefed.social 1 day ago
yet. wait.
MurrayL@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Okay but I don’t think it’s fair to criticise a product based on hypothetical enshittification.
borkborkbork@piefed.social 1 day ago
then criticize it for robbing children of their imaginations and producing more e-waste.
there’s plenty of reasons to dislike it.