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Subject: 
Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 07:49:55 GMT
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Adrian Drake (tremor@apk.net) wrote:

Of course all of the pieces are modeled in a high end graphics package.
... making these models available to us would also make them available to the
competitors, who could then begin manufacturing exact copies of lego pieces,
thus making it very unlikely that they would release these models.

They have multiple resolution models of (some of?) the parts.  Releasing
lower resolution versions shouldn't be a problem.  Not that I ever see it
happening anyway...

Steve
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Barb & Steve Demlow  |  demlow@visi.com  |  www.visi.com/~demlow/



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  Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
 
(...) sure). (...) Of course all of the pieces are modeled in a high end graphics package. They need to include things like drafts and parting lines in order to manufacture these parts. They certainly don't make tools by hand, ya know! The problem (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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