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Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 05:08:29 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Joe Strout wrote:
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Well, I’ve built my first LDD model (a Railroad Crossing sign) and uploaded
it to LEGO.com. Some initial impressions:
1. LDD is very frustrating if you’re trying to do anything even slightly
nonstandard with the parts. In my example, I want to attach the crossing
arms, which are rotated at 45 degrees, to an unrotated 1x1 brick (attached to
a lantern brick). This appears impossible. I spent probably 10 minutes
futzing with this last step, which I earlier did in about 30 seconds in
Bricksmith. I finally gave up, and just put the crossing “close enough” but
not actually attached.
2. The “instructions” that LDD generates are not very good. I checked the
“Build Up From Base” option in Preferences, and it still had me positioning
three parts floating in midair in step 3, to be connected to other things in
step 4. From this I conclude that the LEGO software engineering team has
been operating from a top-secret space station in orbit about the Earth, or
possibly Mars.
3. The part selection is a little frustrating too; it doesn’t even have any
1x1 black bricks, nor brown lantern brick. I had to stick a black lantern
brick at the top of my brown post, which looks rather dumb. I know, they’re
planning to add more parts, but I thought they’d at least pick a handful of
useful colors, and make sure all the standard bricks are provided in them.
That doesn’t seem to be the case, at least not yet.
4. Perhaps the most disappointing realization: my 13-piece model costs $18.95
from S@H. Yes, it also comes with 401 extra parts, but I didn’t want 401
extra parts — I wanted my 13-piece model.
The new LEGO Factory is an impressive beginning, and the poor instructions
really aren’t a big deal. But the other limitations above conspire to really
limit what we’ll be able to do with this.
Best,
– Joe
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Today I downloaded the Lego Factory software for the first time. I tried
playing with it a little but I was disappointed in the parts selection.
Based on what was just mentioned in this thread.....
...If I say wanted to build a model with 24 1x4x3 black windows, and there are
only 6 per House model set, does that mean that I have would have to buy 6 times
401 extra pieces (guessing at a number here) since it would take 6 sets worth to
build my model of 24 black windows?
Originally I thought that you would be able to order from a design palette which
would allow unlimited parts of a specific color (from the palette) for model
building. If that is not the case, then this will really put a damper on design
creativity.
Gary Istok
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