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| (...) Agreed. I can't see it getting through the voting process, anyway. (...) view (...) Easy, boy. Non-TLG elements have their place in Ldraw. One of the uses of Ldraw is to share models, but another important use is to keep a record of your own (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) You know, I thought of this after I posted. A while ago, someone posted a Mindstorms "Rocker Boogie Rambler". (1)(2) It used MOC LDraw pieces to represent rubber bands, and those parts were inlined into the model. I wouldn't have any moral (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | Clone "semi-bricks" (Was: Non-TLG Parts)
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| Some time ago, I made some "plates", or, as I call them, 12 LDU high semi-bricks. I call them semi-bricks for two reasons: 1. They are exactly ½ the height of a Lego brick 2. They are clones, ie not real bricks I strongly oppose the idea to include (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I think that was Linc (?) But he did that to represent TLG rubber bands, much the same as others have done to represent hoses. So that wasn't a case of "non-TLG" pieces. As far as message size goes, yes it does inflate things a bit, as do (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | | | Re: Non-TLG Parts
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| Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) One man's trash... Seriously, while the piece quality of other brands is inferior, some of the sets they are offering are at least as good if not better--especially when you consider the price. I'm not saying (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Only when the competition is (a) competent and (b) putting out superior or nearly superior stuff. If the competition puts out junk, is that an incentive to improve? Early LEGO Town and Castle sets were incredible, for example, and TLG created (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Right, but a TLG consumer affairs rep gave me the insight that the market has changed since then. The rep tells me today's child market is different, and she sees the definite change (though convenienlty doesn't call it a 'decline') in the (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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