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Re: Selling MOC Instructions? Your Thoughts?
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 18 Dec 2001 18:21:35 GMT
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Sun Yun wrote:
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> Has anybody ever sold just instructions for an MOC they'll built.
Yep. I've bought a set of instructions. The kit sellers do it all the
time (of course they include the parts also...).
> If so are there any legal ramifications of doing so, especially in the
> context of using LDraw/MLcad to generate the images?
I believe not, this was one of the things which was a factor in the
licensing discussion for LDraw.
> Due to an overwhelming demand for two of my MOC outside the Lugnet community
> I've been pondering doing this.
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> Why charge for the instructions you ask? Well I'd like to think of it as a
> way to support my hobby much in the same way people use Brickbay shops to
> support there's. It is definitely not a sustainable source of income by any
> means.
I think it's a great idea.
> Here's the model:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=9143
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> If I do decide to do this, I intend to try to add as much value as possible.
> I'll be creating interactive instructions using either Macromedia Director
> or Flash and burning them onto pocket CD's. Fully designed case, MOC
> stickers, and reference pictures too.
This sounds good, but I'd suggest thinking about printed copies also. I
don't like digital instructions much because I don't do my building
beside the computer.
> In any case I wanted to ask everybody here on their thoughts. I'm kinda
> torn between just giving them out and charging for them. It's always nice
> to have a means to support an expensive hobby, at the same time it's also
> cool to get things for free.
Go ahead and give selling them a try. If it turns out to be more hassle
than it's worth, you can always post the instructions on the web for
download (this may annoy your early buyers but then they're getting a
nicely finished product not just a binary file).
Frank
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| (...) I actually have 5 of these kits made right now, the first two of which are on Ebay right now. I would have liked to have made a decent production run of these but sourcing was a extremely time consuming and expensive process. (...) I've been (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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