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Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:06:37 GMT
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Has anybody ever sold just instructions for an MOC they'll built.
If so are there any legal ramifications of doing so, especially in the
context of using LDraw/MLcad to generate the images?
Due to an overwhelming demand for two of my MOC outside the Lugnet community
I've been pondering doing this.
Why charge for the instructions you ask? Well I'd like to think of it as a
way to support my hobby much in the same way people use Brickbay shops to
support there's. It is definitely not a sustainable source of income by any
means. This is also not a simple set of instructions either. There are
about 500~600 parts and you'll probably find 10 bricks in there.
Here's the model:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9143
If I do decide to do this, I intend to try to add as much value as possible.
I'll be creating interactive instructions using either Macromedia Director
or Flash and burning them onto pocket CD's. Fully designed case, MOC
stickers, and reference pictures too.
In any case I wanted to ask everybody here on their thoughts. I'm kinda
torn between just giving them out and charging for them. It's always nice
to have a means to support an expensive hobby, at the same time it's also
cool to get things for free.
Let the discussion begin and thanks in advance.
sun
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Message has 7 Replies:
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| I DO NOT SPEAK FOR THE GUILD OF BRICKSMITHS...just lil' ol' me :-) Those models are awesome (and I'm not a big mecha fan)...I can see why you have a demand for instructions. If the demand is already there then by all means make them. (...) possible. (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Yep. I've bought a set of instructions. The kit sellers do it all the time (of course they include the parts also...). (...) I believe not, this was one of the things which was a factor in the licensing discussion for LDraw. (...) I think it's (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) In general, no. But in your case, I suspect there is a problem. Not with LDraw/MLcad, but with the fact that you are modeling a toy with its own copyright and trademark issues. I don't think that Robotech toys or other products are currently (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I don't know the answer to this particular question, but I do think it's an excellent idea. I mentioned something similar just the other day: (URL)If so are there any legal ramifications of doing so, especially in the (...) The only concern (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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| this is a good question. i've been publishing instructions on my site for a few years now. at the beginning i wondered if i should sell the instructions and even wondered if there would be demand (folks buy the official models, have all of the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Sun, I'm not in the know so much about the custom industry, as I'm just getting into it, but I would be interested in buying instructions, maybe not of the Valk. but defintily of your Zaku, but that's beside the point. I think that doing them in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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