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(...) Personally, I see no point in posting to ask Lego. 1. Because what we are doing is outside the realm of Lego's concerns and 2. I'll bet whoever reads it would not know anyway and may overreact out of ignorance. (...) I think Kyle set up a (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I completely agree here. I believe it was clearly noted at the beginning of this thread that we were not going to copy Lego's designs to avoid any copyright issues. All the stickers are going to be custom work. (...) Again, I completely agree (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, yeah, but that's sort of missing the point of novel usage. Perhaps the "cheez-n-crackers" baseplate? It's obviously single-fluid in potential, unless one decides to build up other containers out of 1xn bricks (and uses a sufficiently (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.year.2001)
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In lugnet.castle, Joel Jacobsen writes: Okay, I just caught up with what's going on here (I'm on west coast time). This is Jimmy - I started this thread on professionally making torso stickers. I also happen to be a lawyer and I took every (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) agreed. for the purpose of selling or probablly producing for other than your own personal use. original designs are the only way to go. What about posting to ask lego, etc. to see what their stance is. Where are we going post our original (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Actually I spent about an hour and a half reading the entire thread last night. But you didn't quote what I said so maybe you were replying more to the other person who brought up the possible legal ramifications. (...) Scans of Lego stuff or (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Kerry Raymond wrote in message ... (...) need (...) It's been called the "Pool and driveway" baseplate since it first appeared in 6416, Poolside Paradise Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.year.2001)
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In lugnet.castle, Mike Stanley writes: <he's a lurker and he'll buy> Not big on ME TOO posts but I'm lurking this thread too, and I would buy too, in moderate quantity, especially if some of the stickers were usable in townish stuff, and if the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ack. My only point was that while options A and B were bad, option C (making stickers to size with original art), which is what I thought was being discussed, shouldn't bother TLC at all- so there shouldn't be any legal ramifications. I don't (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Uhm... I think people have been skimming a little too much and not looking -closely- at what we've been saying. At no time did we say we'd charge for stickers made from SCANS of existing TLC artwork. I did scans for my own uses, and used them as an (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I've been lurking for a while watching this thread and I can tell you where I'm coming from. I'd buy some of these sheets no matter what ends up being on them - original art, scans/copies of Lego stuff, you name it. I agree the original (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I am not a lawyer. That said, I can't imagine that it would be a good thing to either directly scan TLC classic Castle designs and put them on the sheet, put things that are simple color mods of TLC designs on the sheet, or take existing TLC (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) (URL) wouldn't necessarily be so bad. I wish the Creator-scale figs were a bit more articulated, but I don't see what everyone's big problem with them is. Yeah, I'd be upset if they completely replaced Minifigs, but I don't think that's going (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think I'm looking at this project from a totally different perspective than everyone else. I'm viewing this project primarily as a group of people who have some design ideas and want to combine efforts to save on the cost of making quality (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Frankly, this is where I'm coming from. I'm excited by this conversation as I'd already done a little customizing, and I'd love to get professional-quality pre-cut printing, but I don't want the same minifigs as someone else. For this reason, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) From understanding is that this is *NOT* amongst the current options for JUST the you specified, copyright violations are not what we are looking to do. We just want to convert non-castle compatible minifigs to castle ones. (this I believe has (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I think the idea is to keep this small time. I can't see anybody ebaying them. But then again, people in the US will ebay/sell almost anything. Does everyone want the same looking custom figs, sort of getting away from customisation isn't it. (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Umm, good question, Joel. I've been too busy to participate in the thread but I did read a few posts, and TLC's reaction never even came to mind. Hmm. That's definitely something to think about, especially the manufacturer, and especially if the (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes: <snipped> (...) This is a really interesting idea; having read through all of the thread as it stands right now, I have a few questions/reservations that come to mind(1) -- == Scanning torsos/shields to print out (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) origin (...) Ogel's (...) on (...) Well, if the Chip-n-Dip is a completely different baseplate, we clearly need a different name for the Ogel's Control Center baseplate. The Olive Pit, perhaps? Kerry (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.space, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.build, lugnet.year.2001)
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In lugnet.castle, Mike Timm writes: <snip> (...) Better: get the polybag from Shop at Home in multiples of ten. $1.20 (plus shipping) for an equipped Castle 'fig plus extras--now *that's* a good deal.;) TWS Garrison (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I'll try and work on the template this weekend..... Kev... : ) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, I didn't put them up as I don't realistically think that we are going to get people to buy up more than 500. For the record, yeah, if we printed a couple thousand, we can get them near the $1.50 mark, but I don't think that is going to (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Jimmy, I looked and didn't see a price in your earlier posts for the larger qualities printed, just a comment that printers don't like small jobs (understandable some runs may take more time in setup and cleanup then in the actual printing). (...) (24 years ago, 9-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yeah, shipping might end up killing whatever price advantage there might be. I've also posted the prices I got from my printer. That includes making the die and shipping to my place. From there, I would distribute it out to everyone. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Midifigs? Is this the new music stuff from Lego? Cheers, - jsproat (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I never got my own torso sticker project very far off the ground, but I did do up a template. I was able to fit 192 torsos into a space that was 7.5" by 10" - no shields, though. You can pack a *lot* more torsos into a given space if you use their (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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OK.... I just read everyones posts... as I'm on the other side of the world, I havent been able to contribute to this disscussion..... I was sleeping.... Anyways..... Considering I work in the industry you all are talking about, I'd be happy to do (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) They are two separate processes. First it is printed, then cut. (...) Yes, I talked about this possibility in another previous post. First though, I think we should give it a go with one sheet, before tackling multiple others. Jimmy (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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Ack! Don't suggest it! You know why? To get the right scale, they'd end up using minifigs for the Hobbits, and the new Midifigs for humans. Ick! (...) -- | Tom Stangl, iPlanet Web Server Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | iPlanet (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I took the liberty of setting up a private discussion group at: (URL) forgive me if someone else already has. It might be a good idea if we start to migrate our discussion over to that forum? Or perhaps if Todd is reading this he might allow (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Forgive my ignorance--I don't know how this all works. Are the printing and the cutting integrated, or two separate processes? Can't you have different sheets that use the same die? IE, each sheet has 30 shields and 50 torsos in the same (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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1. Someone needs to volunteer to draw up a template to show how many stickers can fit on a standard (8.5" x 11") sheet of sticker paper. Current estimates are at 80-90 stickers per sheet. Whoever does this must give the printer 1/4" blank space on (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, I think this is precisely the next step we need to take. I'll post some of the details in a new thread so people can more easily find it. Thanks Ed, Jimmy (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) When considering the number of designs, and number of iterations per design, keep in mind that there is room for an "aftermarket" of unused/unwanted parts. Suppose a sheet had 5 of design A and 5 of design B. I want 20 of A and someone else (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, what I was thinking was that it's not necessarily 10 peasants, so much as 10 misc. designs. These of course would encompass peasants, but also merchants, squires, nobles, clergy, etc. I imagine we were just using the generic term (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yes, I think a vote would be appropriate. BTW, I think Kevin Hall's female torsos/skirts are an excellent start to the project. (...) Yes, once the die is made, we can just continue using the same template for future sticker sheets. (...) Yes, (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Not trying to pick an argument, but 10 male peasant designs? Really? I think that may be a bit much. There's got to be close to at least a dozen 'peasant-type' torso designs currently in the Star Wars line, and with 2 more movies, and dozens (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) each (...) I think it's a good start. One of us should probably come up with a full-sheet template to demonstrate one or more possible ways of lining up the stickers in an efficient manner. I think we need to know -exactly- how many stickers (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I was only skimming through the thread, and thought people were talking as though more than one sheet design was going to be printed up at a time. Given that it is only going to be one, I think 5 is enough for a given design, certainly. eric (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.castle)
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