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This is the part that gets me excited!
"In 2002 LEGO builders will be able to build any three dimensional creation
using free software to create building instructions for their model - and
then order the appropriate number and type of bricks."
Torben Ballegaard Sørensen, Executive Vice President, The LEGO Company
Things are certainly going to change, now we just have to wait and see
exactly how. No more will buying a set for pieces be necessary. Lego's
going to have some more competition, us. This will probably be a large
source of income for TLC.
Hundreds of people sending in 'prescription' Lego plans, not
over-the-counter Lego, wonderful!
Free, 3D Lego building software is mentioned...LDraw's prosperity?
Nathan Falslev
nfalslev@netscape.net
AIM: ExplorienCommand
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Explorien Command
www.go.to/explorien
In lugnet.announce, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> There's a new TLC press release at:
>
> http://www.lego.com/info/press.asp
>
> here's the good stuff:
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> http://www.lego.com/press/
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> -Suz
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"Nathan Falslev" <nfalslev@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:G54o7E.GuF@lugnet.com...
> This is the part that gets me excited!
> "In 2002 LEGO builders will be able to build any three dimensional • creation
> using free software to create building instructions for their model - and
> then order the appropriate number and type of bricks."
How about the part where it states that all instructions to sets from 1955
onward will be available online?
Second paragraph on this page: http://www.lego.com/press/legocompany.asp
Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Mike Walsh writes:
> How about the part where it states that all instructions to sets from 1955
> onward will be available online?
>
> Second paragraph on this page: http://www.lego.com/press/legocompany.asp
This makes me wonder about the future of set instruction scans on
www.brickshelf.com. It seems like LEGO (if they do it right) is going to make
those scans obsolete. I'd like to hear from Kevin on this issue.
Ben Roller
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"Ben Roller" <broller@mail.clemson.edu> wrote in message
news:G54pu9.KEz@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Mike Walsh writes:
> > How about the part where it states that all instructions to sets from • 1955
> > onward will be available online?
> >
> > Second paragraph on this page: http://www.lego.com/press/legocompany.asp
>
> This makes me wonder about the future of set instruction scans on
> www.brickshelf.com. It seems like LEGO (if they do it right) is going to • make
> those scans obsolete. I'd like to hear from Kevin on this issue.
Perhaps Kevin's site will somehow be involved.
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tony Kilaras writes:
> Perhaps Kevin's site will somehow be involved.
Perhaps. I have good reason to believe that TLC uses Kevin's site now,
internally.
Or perhaps (the scan part of) Kevin's site will be made obsolete. I suspect
that if TLC did a bang up job, it would not bother Kevin too much, running
brickshelf is a LOT of work and a lot of donated bandwidth.
++Lar
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Tony Kilaras writes:
>
> > Perhaps Kevin's site will somehow be involved.
>
> Perhaps. I have good reason to believe that TLC uses Kevin's site now,
> internally.
I have been referred to Kevin's site by TLG when I asked for a copy of old
instructions.
>
> Or perhaps (the scan part of) Kevin's site will be made obsolete. I suspect
> that if TLC did a bang up job, it would not bother Kevin too much, running
> brickshelf is a LOT of work and a lot of donated bandwidth.
I have my doubts as to how far back the official Lego archives go. I would
be impressed if they have instructions going all the way back to 1955
internally available. I would expect them to have most, if not all, of the
instructions from the 1980's on. Also, I wonder if they will make old
catalogs available. That would be great!
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Tony Kilaras writes:
>
> > Perhaps Kevin's site will somehow be involved.
>
> Perhaps. I have good reason to believe that TLC uses Kevin's site now,
> internally.
They certainly use the gallery - a link to the Globe and Mail article
("Dot-com crowd loves LEGO") that I scanned and posted there in August
was on their media links page for this press release.
http://www.lego.com/press/facts.asp#9
I just about died when I saw it.
> Or perhaps (the scan part of) Kevin's site will be made obsolete. I suspect
> that if TLC did a bang up job, it would not bother Kevin too much, running
> brickshelf is a LOT of work and a lot of donated bandwidth.
It would be lovely if they did so, and did a good job, but if they took it
over and it deteriorated or turned out to be harder to use (weren't there
Shockwave instructions for something Technic a while back?) we'd be back to
square one. Hang in there Kevin, we still need you.
Cheers, Heather
--
Heather Patey
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Pirate Wench / Brick Detective
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I am curious as to how they plan to do this. Of course
it's already true to a large extent.
KL
In lugnet.lego.direct, Ben Roller writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Mike Walsh writes:
> > How about the part where it states that all instructions to sets from 1955
> > onward will be available online?
> >
> > Second paragraph on this page: http://www.lego.com/press/legocompany.asp
>
> This makes me wonder about the future of set instruction scans on
> www.brickshelf.com. It seems like LEGO (if they do it right) is going to make
> those scans obsolete. I'd like to hear from Kevin on this issue.
>
> Ben Roller
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> How about the part where it states that all instructions to sets from 1955
> onward will be available online?
>
> Second paragraph on this page: http://www.lego.com/press/legocompany.asp
Read it again very carefully:
"Within a year building instructions for LEGO sets developed since 1955 will
be accessible online."
It does obviously NOT say the following:
---Within a year building instructions for *all* LEGO sets...
I rather read it this way:
---Within a year building instructions for *some* LEGO sets ...
It clearly doesn't say 'all' of them, let's hope that at least all the good
ones will be among and that we will not have to pay anything for viewing
these files.
Bye, Christian --- xTI@N.
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> It clearly doesn't say 'all' of them, let's hope that at least all the good
> ones will be among and that we will not have to pay anything for viewing
> these files.
I would imagine that the folowing might cause problems:
1.licenced sets like SW (lucasfilm might not want the instructions to go
online)
2.promotional sets (like the shell gas station sets)
3.sets that they have lost the instructions for or whatever
But I imagine that most general release sets wouldnt cause a problem.
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