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(...) In the year 2002 the LEGO Renaissance will be upon us… The possibilities will be endless! (Unless quantity, size, color or piece availability restrictions occur.) I do believe that this concept has been proposed in the past, but it appears as (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:G54K0r.7vy@lugnet.com... (...) truly (...) anything (...) you (...) It is described on this page: (URL) is pretty amazing IMHO. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmmm,hey Tom does this mean we can design and order sets with garage doors?Or sets with dare i say MONORAIL! (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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This is great news, it look like people are getting recognize by the LEGO Company. There is a new hope for AFOL in the future... Maybe more support for LUGs, LTCs, group events and conventions? Who knows, time will tell? Robin Werner Greater Florida (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Hooray! Hmmm, LEGO is using Quicktime for their video. Hopefully they aren't going to leave us Mac users out in the cold when the Design-your-own software comes out. Still, I stand and applaud their support of... US! Yahoo! ~Mark "Muffin Head" (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey Robin,You are right about helping LTCs,Brad has offered help(plates etc.)for our train show next month.He said they are have helped train shows in the past(PNTLC and others)and will increase this help in 2001. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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This is the part that gets me excited! "In 2002 LEGO builders will be able to build any three dimensional creation using free software to create building instructions for their model - and then order the appropriate number and type of bricks." (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Quoting from the article: "...builders will be able to build any three dimensional creation using free software to create building instructions for their model - and then order the appropriate number and type of bricks" -- Torben Ballegaard Sørensen (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Nathan Falslev" <nfalslev@netscape.net> wrote in message news:G54o7E.GuF@lugnet.com... (...) creation (...) How about the part where it states that all instructions to sets from 1955 onward will be available online? Second paragraph on this page: (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hmm, that is odd. It looks like the list came from the dates page listing[1], which lists train clubs as well as general local user groups. Well, on that page I just added a graphic and a link to the world LUG Map, which includes the new (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, as exciting as this is (and it's a HUGE step in the right direction -- one can see that at last TLC is starting to "get it"), one has to wonder at the limitations. I presume that the software/sets will be limited by brick type and color (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Oh. My. I just can't help but feel that everything is about to change WAY to quickly for any of us to keep up. OK, I have to much to write, and to little time to write it (or type-who cares). Don't you guys realize what this means for all of (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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What you said, Baby! I wondered upon these issues almost immediately. Are they reinventing the wheel, or reusing the wheel that has already been made? -- Richard (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Definatly cool! Of course there is bucklies chance of this coming down under for the forseeable future. (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) www.brickshelf.com. It seems like LEGO (if they do it right) is going to make those scans obsolete. I'd like to hear from Kevin on this issue. Ben Roller (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <3A2DBF9B.B4FBF12F@t...com.au>... (...) Look here: (URL) and you'll see this: "The LEGO Shop at Home, the largest LEGO store in the world, offers consumers from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Ben Roller" <broller@mail.clemson.edu> wrote in message news:G54pu9.KEz@lugnet.com... (...) 1955 (...) make (...) Perhaps Kevin's site will somehow be involved. (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:G54HvL.382@lugnet.com... (...) So that's what having your mind blown feels like. The possibilities become endless. The quest for the holy grail is at an end. I'm sitting here trying to get (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Suzanne D. Rich wrote in message ... (...) But the way they implement their press releases is just WEIRD. All the video and hi-res pictures are zipped (and of course since the original file formats are already compressed, they only get about 5 or 6% (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Indeed... I don't know if I'm alone here, but the zip files are corrupted and won't decompress fully. I'm using a Mac, and LEGO hasn't been very friendly to Mac-users in the past, so maybe everything's just normal... <shrugs...> (...) Odd... (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) My sentiments exactly!! (...) Price my also be a factor... Sincerely, Richard Noeckel You can reach me @ SHROUD_OF_KUNG_FU@Hotmail.com -Lego good, Canada great-® (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Claus Thiim wrote in message <051220002144501196%...ja.com>... (...) The zip files are OK for me... I just object to the pointless extra step. Kevin (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) After the behaviour that followed the release of the MOSAIC facility, one wonders what wacky set designs people will come up with. Those naughty naughty parts dealers ! But it certainly is a great leap forward. Hopefully TLC will keep trawling (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Has there been any word on the release of classical sets? I sure could go for a 375:) -- Pawel (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I have my browser set not to accept cookies so I cannot access the page. Could someone possibly copy the relevant text and post it here? Thanks! Dave (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Why not just enable it? -John (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Will this reverse the 'juniorization' trend in our Train sets? Only time shall tell. I was just about to post a message saying that TLC has truly given up on trains (my opinion). But when I came across this, it really lifted my spirits. (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There's a lot to copy, and little benefit to most from doing so, I suggest that the most efficient thing to do may be for you to go to the front page, turn cookies on, read the stuff, then turn them off again. Or just leave them on. ++Lar (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Alrite!! I can finally 'design' a Metroliner and order all the bricks on-line. And how about all those classic space sets that are missing from my collection.... Mark "my bank-account sgonna faint in 2002" de Kock (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) One hopes for the latter but fears for the former. We have a licensing problem with the parts library, which we need to address, quickly, IMHO, or stumbling blocks of our own making could prevent TLC legal from approving use of the LDraw (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Something like "if you wandered in here from the pressrelease <backlink>, that list is incomplete and may be out of date, click on the globe for a complete list" Journalists aren't always the greatest at connecting dots and drawing inferences, (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Perhaps. I have good reason to believe that TLC uses Kevin's site now, internally. Or perhaps (the scan part of) Kevin's site will be made obsolete. I suspect that if TLC did a bang up job, it would not bother Kevin too much, running (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm guessing that TLC uses the word "free" in the meaning "gratis", not "free" as in "Free Software Foundation". I would be very surprised if TLC are going to use the LDraw format. It has far too many difficult issues for them to use it. If we (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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did i read that correctly ... does that say that all the instructions will be available on line ... i can't wait .. that means instructions for the 1817, 1475, old maersk truck etc. i sincerely hope it includes all these promotion sets oh it will be (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) If push came to shove you could always use virtual PC. I don't see how they could avoid the mac though. Darrell King (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The last I heard was no, LEGO will not re-release any sets. Mind you, I do not remember the source of that so at best it is a rumour and at worst it is true. :-( Sorry, Jude (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I have been referred to Kevin's site by TLG when I asked for a copy of old instructions. (...) I have my doubts as to how far back the official Lego archives go. I would be impressed if they have instructions going all the way back to 1955 (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This is excellent news! I can see an excellent possibility with the release of instructions on-line, perhaps there will be a 'Buy the parts for this set' button along with each set's instructions? i.e. they might essentially end up (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They certainly use the gallery - a link to the Globe and Mail article ("Dot-com crowd loves LEGO") that I scanned and posted there in August was on their media links page for this press release. (URL) just about died when I saw it. (...) It (...) (26 years ago, 6-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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