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In lugnet.lego.direct, Gary Istok writes:
> Lester Witter wrote:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Eric Joslin writes:
> > > In lugnet.lego.direct, Gary Istok writes:
> > >
> > > > Now this building I just described will look ugly as sin, but I will get
> > > > all the parts I want, and use them to build the buildings that I really
> > > > want. And even though I will be paying a premium for the pieces, I
> > > > won't have to buy 2x4 bricks in white at 20
> > > > cents each. My own building designs will still be MINE.
> > >
> > > Ding! This is why people's fears at giving LEGO the ability to market
> > > their models are bunk. If you figure out what pieces you need, you can
> > > createinstructions for an ugly "alternate model", and build the real model
> > > when you get the parts. You may have given LEGO the right to sell the
> > > alternate model(depending on what the user agreement says), but you haven't
> > > done anything about your real model.
> >
> > > Two things LEGO would be very wise to do:
> > >
> > > 1) Include some kind of box you can check to make this reselling of models
> > > a
> > > non-issue. IE, by checking a box when submitting your custom set, you can
> > > inform LEGO that you don't want them to consider selling that set
> > > themselves.
> > >
> > > 2) Find some way to store completed instructions, so that if I decide I
> > > really
> > > like my design, I don't have to re-assemble it in LEGO's software again, I
> > > can
> > > just upload the version I did before and order it.
> >
> > If LEGO offers a free program that does LEGO/CAD, It would probably have to
> > run
> > locally and store the model design locally. The only thing that would
> > actually
> > have to be transmitted to LEGO is the parts list. So the program would have
> > a
> > "Generate parts list" button and a "send parts list to TLG" button and TLG
> > using the model would be a non-issue.
>
> It sounds like this method could be useful for bulk orders as well. All you
> would
> have to do is stack up the parts/colors you want (via LEGO/CAD) without having
> to assemble them into a structure. The whole "building" issue could be moot.
Why force people to have to build it at all first - just let them order what
they want from a list and have the computer model as an alternative for
creating instructions if they want to use it.
The whole thing with forcing people, via computer, to make instructions is
rooted in the "sell 1000's to kids who need instructions" mindset. It leaks
into the MOSAIC project...
LEGO definately needs to get beyond that.
Thank heavens we don't have to design some model and get instructions just to
have the right to buy bulk packs.
-Jon
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| (...) I agree just let us order what we want from the list. Why must people be forced to either give away a design before they even have a chance to build it for themselves or go through time consuming machinations to protect their intellectual (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| (...) It sounds like this method could be useful for bulk orders as well. All you would have to do is stack up the parts/colors you want (via LEGO/CAD) without having to assemble them into a structure. The whole "building" issue could be moot. Gary (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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