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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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Wed, 6 Dec 2000 15:34:47 GMT
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My concern is this:
If I design a set and post it, and it's extremely popular, what do I gain
from it? Will LEGO give me a royalty on it? Will they instead reward me with
bricks? Publicity? A job?
If I submit my own design and stand to lose my rights to it, that prompts me
to order the parts and then sell my sets on my own. I stand to profit from
that at a much greater scale. Plus, I get to keep the rights to my own
designs.
I receive several instruction requests a week. I also receive offers to buy
my models. I would love to be able to do this, but as it stands, I often use
parts that are old and unavailable. With the advent of being able to buy
exactly what I would need, I could start making "Mark Sandlin Sets."
It's all very interesting and exciting, but I'm not very interested in
losing rights to my designs. We shall see.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
--
Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
> From: "Steve Martin" <martinsa@mail.com>
> > Anyways, what will
> > happen to everyone having unique models? If Mark Sandlin builds a cool
> > little shuttle, and I like it, all I need do is order it from Lego, and
> > suddenly Mark's Lego design is mine. Will anything ever be the same? All
> > of a sudden those dreams about alternative Ice Planet models on store
> > shelves will come true... Only time will tell what will happen to Lego...
> If Mark lets TLC have his model design that is his right (after all, that is
> what designers do!) Does the community at-large really care if it is a
> saleried TLC designer that does the work or if it is an AFOL? Why should
> we? Right now, no one can force me to build the box design. There are
> people who never build the design that the set comes with and others that
> build nothing but the stock designs (some people even <shudder> glue their
> stock sets together). And when it comes down to it, that ability to choose
> what you want to do is the beauty of Lego and I wouldn't want it any other
> way.
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| ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sandlin" <sandlin@nwlink.com> <snip> (...) me (...) <snip> I would hope that Lego would use the same idea that they are using with the Brickilizer, that is, we post the design ( or image in the case of the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| (...) Rights? I don't disagree with your fundamental assertions here, Mark -- but what exactly do you think happens when you post several detailed images of your stuff to the internet? Sure, maybe some people write to you and want either the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Basically, this is all about the economic side of things. Who cares? This is a free market. People will buy what they want. As much as I have used and appreciate what AucZILLA, Brickbay, etc. have done for making available specific pieces and (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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