Lego has unveiled a new Mindstorms-themed set - the first in seven years - called the Robot Inventor 5-in-1 set.

Learn to code with this Robot Inventor kit, now $287.99 in Lego's Black Friday sale. But with retirement on the way you'll have to grab it before it's gone.

Then the company started releasing Mindstorm kits to turn static models into moving robots with a little programming magic -- but these were always aimed at older kids with some tinkering prowess.

Boost is an impressive kit. The five on-board building experiences cover a lot of ground, from a robot to a guitar, to quasi Lego “3D printer” that’s more ...

Twenty years ago Lego introduced Mindstorms as a way to engage kids who were becoming more interested in video games and the internet than plastic building blocks. It was successful enough that ...

The Lego Mindstorms Gelo, a quadrupedal robot, is one of five programmable, computer-controlled robots available in the Robot Inventor kit. Lego; illustration by Stephen Shankland/CNET ...