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Re: Announcing LEGO Digital Designer 1.0
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct
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Tue, 29 Apr 2003 20:51:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Ben Roller writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Jake McKee writes:
> > In (or around) June we will be releasing the latest and best
> > version, tentatively codenamed "LEGO Digital Designer."
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> Is this the program announced three years ago?
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> "And in 2002, we will begin a program
> where 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," says Torben Ballegaard Sørensen.
Oooh. I had forgotten about that. If this option of ordering the elements
needed for a design were included in the package, I would suddenly develop a
better liking for CAD... :)
> (quoted from this December 2000 post
> http://news.lugnet.com/lego/announce/?n=24 , and thanks Suz for copying it,
> the URL you mentioned in the post no longer contains this release)
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> It's very disappointing that now, a year past the release date, we are being
> told of the software, but get no mention of the ordering service T.B.S.
> promised. Is this the future of Lego? It seems that lately Lego is very
> happy to solicit market research and make secret deals with developers, but
> we end users and consumers get only empty promises.
Software in general, as I have noticed, tends to be fraught with delays and
postponements of release dates. The film industry does this a lot too.
Yet, I don't hear people complaining of empty promises from those industries
(except when they rush the development and end up with a product full of
bugs and low quality. I'd rather wait if it means better results.).
> Last year, I remembered that Press release from December 2000 and posted a
> check-up message in lugnet.lego.direct
> (http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=4443) asking for an update. Has it
> taken Lego a full year to formulate a response?
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> Disillusioned customer,
> Ben Roller
It is unfortunate, but I don't think TLC has the resources to answer every
question directly, especially not questions posted on a third-party board
(Lugnet). Of course, I shouldn't be speaking for them, rather just
paraphrasing things I have heard before. As a fellow fan, I am sorry you
feel disillusioned, and I do understand your reasoning. But until I see the
product, I will be hopefull that things will turn out for the better.
-Hendo
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| (...) Is this the program announced three years ago? "And in 2002, we will begin a program where LEGO builders will be able to build any three dimensional creation using free software to create building instructions for their model - and then order (...) (22 years ago, 29-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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