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Subject:	Off topic question Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev
Date:	Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:12:31 GMT
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> I'm almost always against mixing LEGO parts and non-LEGO toys parts, > wherever that is, be it ldraw.org or anywhere. It makes my skin crawl, > that's all. But that's just my version of being a LEGO purist, and I > understand that it may be an extreme one. Do people model parts that don't exist in the LEGO universe? i.e. Plates with studs on both top and bottom, or bricks otherwise shaped in ways that have no real-world analogs? Just curious - I've glued plates together to get exactly that element before, and was curious how the LDRAW community feels about sticking to elements available to real-life modelers. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"

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		Re: Off topic question Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
I'm not sure I understand your question perfectly, but I can use clones for two purposes: 1. A cool colour or shape that TLG does not supply. 2. Hacking! Building in micro-switches, making cable tunnels and such things. But I am a Lego purist in (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

		Re: Off topic question Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message news:FLv94v.I82@lugnet.com... (...) I've done the same in the past. As I see it, the thoughts of the community can be broken down in the following ways: (1) The purists hate the idea of any non-LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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		Re: Clone DATs--any interest?
(...) I'm not against hosting imitation brand parts or libraries on ldraw.org, since LDraw's file format doesn't have any sort of LEGO-brand requirement. I'd personally be somewhat bothered to see non-LEGO stuff there, but I also think that it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.cad.dev)

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