Last week I pointed to on a Slashdot that said LEGO would stop producing the Lego Mindstorm series of construction toys. Slashdot now points out that LEGO has committed itself to Mindstorms, as a press release from LEGO Group indicates. The press release also says that the Harry Potter line products will continue.
Looking back on the original news report that prompted the Slashdot article, it’s not clear whether LEGO intended to kill the Mindstorms series and rethought its decision in light of the worldwide reaction, or if the reporters misunderstood the statements of LEGO senior management at a meeting on January 8.
In any event, the need to buy Mindstorms sets before they disappear is not as urgent as it appeared a few days ago.