Black NXT brick now available!
Posted by Huw,
Remember the black NXT brick that briefly made an appearance on LEGOshop.com over Christmas? It's now available and has been released to celebrate 10 years of LEGO Mindstorms. If you want one you'd better get your order in quickly because there has only been 1998 of them made !
They'll be available through LEGOshop.com in North America and Amazon.com. They won't be available in other markets so if you're outside USA/Canada your best bet will be to try and get Amazon to ship one internationally.
The announcement from LEGO is as follows:
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LEGO MINDSTORMS 10 Year Anniversary Exclusive: The Black NXT Limited Edition.
Now you can be the proud owner of one of the Limited Edition Black NXT micro-controllers that we have produced to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of LEGO MINDSTORMS.
The first LEGO MINDSTORMS products came out in the year 1998 and have since then continued to bring fun and active building and programming experiences to millions of robotic builders across the world!
Only 1998 exclusive units will only be available through our online shop LEGOshop.com and www.amazon.com
Why a Black NXT? Because it is cool! And looking around in the MINDSTORMS community we noticed that a Black NXT was high on the wish list among users. Also, talking to the MINDSTORMS Community Partners, the closed web forum of adult fans collaborating with the LEGO MINDSTORMS development team, it was very well received and suggested as a must-have!
Once you have bought and received your new Black NXT you will get access to additional materials like a special-made program for the Black NXT, a personal certificate of ownership, wallpapers, building instructions for special models.
Please note that this is an exclusive item in a limited edition: only 1998 produced! – so, if you want to secure yours go online at
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LEGO sent me some picures of cool models made with the black brick which I've added to my flickr gallery.
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7 comments on this article
I don't think that it would match the color of the other sensors or the bricks.
Steep price. I think I should buy one as a collectors item...
I rather have the white one for $80 more with a lot of pieces.
I know it's cool, but what's the point? Wouldn't it mess up the color scheme? I mean, they didn't even upgrade any software or anything (if you go by the announcement, that is).
I caved and bought one. Shelf it and sell, after they are all gone. Funny.. Amazon has the choking hazard notification on the page.. as it might with all Lego products. I want to see the baby that chokes on one of these!
Huh, ya I saw this for about 1 day during around Christmas. I don't have the mindstorms though so I didn't get one. Neat idea though
Kevin30
Lego should do custom NXT bricks and people can order what they want on it. I think that would be pretty cool.