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Re: Why not update BrickShelf to the present?
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lugnet.db.scans
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Sat, 4 Mar 2000 17:37:23 GMT
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In lugnet.db.scans, Richard Marchetti writes:
> ...but why don't we, or Kevin, bring the BrickShelf scans current to the
> present date?
The original purpose of the scans archive was as an historical archive.
> Its my understanding that Lego is okay with that since they view the
> instructions to be something they DO indeed want consumers to be able to get a
> hold of. Why they don't set up a scans and parts server of their own is
> anyone's guess, but its still a good idea.
It would cost them well over $500K, perhaps $1.5M do do it themselves.
> Frankly, I do see it as a kind of advertising for sets that I might not
> otherwise buy...
I'm not opposed to having current sets but the current policy stands
unless TLC offers guidance to the contrary.
Of course for anything
released in the past 5+ years they should be able to export jpegs/tiffs from
whatever modeling or layout system they use. That would produce much
more professional results than scanning (and would save an enormous ammount
of time).
KL
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| (...) Forgive me if my memory is faulty -- but I thought it was you, Kevin, who interpreted a statement of Brad Justus' to mean that up to the present/current scans were okay. I think it was stated in one of those tedious threads about the Huw (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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| | Why not update BrickShelf to the present?
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| Hey y'all and especially Kevin: If I am wrong as to some very important particular issue here, just disregard the following... ...but why don't we, or Kevin, bring the BrickShelf scans current to the present date? Its my understanding that Lego is (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.db.scans)
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