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The total is about 1 DVD and 3 CD's, if anyone is interested, please contact me by email the lot is also downloadable at: ftp://ftp.hobby.nl/p...rick/scans Bert (URL) Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> schreef in bericht (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I totally agree. It appears from the spolighting of your post, others do as well... (URL) I've carried your suggestion to LEGOFan.org> Felix (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) maj.com probably gets more ad revenue since its audience is wider and the ads are more varied. I'm not sure why that couldn't subsidize BS though... --Bram (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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Yeah, I'd be interested in instruction scans on a DVD. I never slogged through Brickshelf to build a DVD, because I didn't want to chew up KL's bandwidth. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'd certainly be for micropayments for uploading images. I don't know how many images are uploaded each day/week/month, but at $.01 each, I should think the income might add up, yet wouldn't break anybody. It'd be nice to keep the ability to (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Jake said that MOC Pages is OK (URL) (see here)>; it's just that Sean Kenney is away on his honeymoon, so he can't fix the glitch that's got the site down. (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Just out of curiosity, how much data is that? Could it fit on a single DVD? David "Fuzzy" Gregory (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Sean Kenney, the owner/webmaster of MOCpages.com, asked me to send along an update note. Sean recently got married and went on what has to be the coolest and longest honeymoon - a trip around the world in 80 days still adventure. Unfortunately, (...) (21 years ago, 28-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish) !!
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As a heads up, anyone in need of instructions or catalog scans can go here: The Brick Factory (URL) I have also downloaded every catalog and instructions scan from both bricksehlf and the Brick Factory. E-mail me with a request. "Steven Asbury" (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The web is wonderful but it ain't permanent or free. If the people who use brickshelf think so much of it (and I have always been impressed with it), then they should be willing to pay for a subscription to upload and download images. Or have (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Joe Strout wrote: snip 8< snip 8< (...) $60/year? I Never pay that much for a domain! I can't believe people still do! Here's where I shop: (URL) There may be better deals out there. If you're looking for a deal on hosting, try (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Eeesh, let us hope that this is not the case. Let this only be a duck and cover drill... Lugnet, Brickshelf, MOC pages are the three points of conjunction for all LEGO interests. This would be really bad, as in a death blow to the greater (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That is not necessarily true; brickshelf.com could run a simple CGI that redirects any queries to the corresponding location on maj.com. Since they seem to be running the same software and have the same URL structure, it would be pretty (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Raised some good points. I had similar thoughts/feelings on reading the news. This is big, and it's bad. Don't forget we've already lost MOCPages (at least for the moment; I've crossed my fingers) So losing BS would be like losing a fat chunk (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks, Kevin! That message about transferring files to maj.com made it sound like the galleries were going away, too. Is there anything we can do to help? I've already donated, but would be happy to add to my donation if there's a funding (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Brickshelf.com is not going away, at least not if I can help it. I am working with someone to rehost the instruction scans, and they will be in their new home as soon as we can get them moved and they can get the necessary permission from (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general) !!
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(...) What's the traffic for the instructions? I mean I've been running a little website for years and if you need hosting space, I'll get a somewhat large HD installed. I can't guarantee 100 percent uptime, but for the past 10 years, my little (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Have you visited The Brick Factory (URL) ? You can probably find the instructions there. -Steven (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm trying to not go into a total panic on this. Even if we can shift everything over to Maj.com, it would be a huge hit to the community. For one, not everyone will shift everything over, either because they don't reallize that the site is (...) (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) What about legofan.org picking this up? Jude (21 years ago, 27-May-05, to lugnet.general) !!
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