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In lugnet.cad, Allister McLaren wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney wrote:
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Allister -
I’ve gone through about 1/3 of Powertools, and I’d say the material is
organized a bit differently. Virtual LEGO devotes an entire chapter to parts
authoring, and from what I’ve heard, it goes into greater depth with
building instruction theory/creation (but I could be wrong, I’m using
secondhand info here since I haven’t gotten to Powertools’ coverage of BI’s
yet).
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Well, based on that, I think Virtual Lego is the one for me.
I checked availability here in Australia at the local book shop today. There
is one copy in the whole of Australia, and it’s SEVENTY NINE DOLLARS!! (about
US$55). I ended up ordering it direct from No Starch Press for considerably
less than that.
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I need to get off my butt and pass along some info so the Australian clubs can
bulk order them. Though as I recall, I’m waiting for something to be finalized
from the publisher - I’ll check up on that. The Australian distributor ordered
very few copies, I imagine the rest of the copies (minus the one) have already
sold out. If you are from a club in Australia and are interested, email me.
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It wasn’t clear on the site - do they use surface or air mail?
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For order fulfillment, I’m not sure.
-Tim
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney wrote:
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I need to get off my butt and pass along some info so the Australian clubs
can bulk order them. Though as I recall, I’m waiting for something to be
finalized from the publisher - I’ll check up on that.
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Ordering direct from No Starch was fairly painless (so far ;) and it should be
here in a week or so according to the email I recieved late last week. I’ll be
taking it along to the next BUGs meeting if it arrives in time, so there may be
an increase in interest about then. If there’s an advantage in bulk ordering,
I’ll be sure to pass that info along.
Cheers,
Allister
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In lugnet.cad, Allister McLaren wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney wrote:
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I need to get off my butt and pass along some info so the Australian clubs
can bulk order them. Though as I recall, I’m waiting for something to be
finalized from the publisher - I’ll check up on that.
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Ordering direct from No Starch was fairly painless (so far ;) and it should
be here in a week or so according to the email I recieved late last week.
I’ll be taking it along to the next BUGs meeting if it arrives in time, so
there may be an increase in interest about then. If there’s an advantage in
bulk ordering, I’ll be sure to pass that info along.
Cheers,
Allister
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I ordered mine from No Starch and it arrived within 7 days and cost around $50
Aus. My opinion of the book? Excellent. I originally downloaded the all in one
installer and could not get some parts of it to work, with the chapter on
software installation in the book it was very straightforward, I look forward to
reading through the rest.
Don
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