What's NXT

What's NXT is a weekly column written by Jim Kelly at The NXT Step Blog. Jim writes about LEGO Mindstorms NXT and all the cool news related to it.

While I didn't get the fancy packaging that the retail version will provide, I was just as happy when a plain brown box arrived .

The motors, brick, and cables were packages separately from the smaller pieces. The connectors, beams, rods, and misc. pieces were in a large plastic bag that had to first be sorted.

I had a couple of containers for my old RCX that I chose to use because they worked so well for me. I managed to purchase a larger plastic case to hold all the old RCX parts, and then began the counting. I first sorted all the parts based on the picture that LEGO released showing them all nicely placed. Trust me, mine never even came close to looking that good.