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It seems that in the latest round of in-store rearranging, several things have changed at Walmart stores. The ones I visited now have Black signage with white lettering that hang from the store shelving. The new sign for Lego® brand building toys is (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LDD Introductions
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I downloaded LDD immediately at the time, but I didn't get to responding before. My main regret is that the system requirements and program size (download time) are so bloatingly huge. After I dowloaded the whole thing and installed it, I was (...) (21 years ago, 27-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Introductions
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(...) Hi Chuck, The problem with corrupt or missing thumbnails is a known issue on GeForce2GTS and GeForce256 cards, and possibly some others. It will be fixed in the final release but here's a workround in the meantime: Edit C:\Program Files\LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Feedback (Was: LDD Introductions)
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(...) I definitely agree. (...) BlockCAD? (...) Ditto. (...) Definite usability problem there. (...) You can edit the file ...\LEGO Digital Designer\database\ui...onment.xml to change the baseplate size. (...) All-in-all, I agree with everything (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | LDD Feedback (Was: LDD Introductions)
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(...) the (...) these (...) More seriously ... Feedback from a computer-literate 43 y-o using a laptop configured primarily for work purposes rather than for gaming or graphics-intensive apps (mobile AMD Athlon XP1800 with 256M RAM, 40G hard drive, (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The ancient legends from our Dreamtime tell of our people travelling in the stomach of the giant white bird Goorgoorgaga to distant shores. Could these stories really be true? Kerry (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: LDD Introductions
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:HGEGox.Co2@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) is the (...) discussing (...) I had alread sent a note to that address prior to my post, just thought I would share my results as part of (...) (21 years ago, 14-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LDD Introductions
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(...) Actually, I replied about a week and a half ago or so in a different post. I'll reiterate the key points here to be helpful. I'm glad to see that you've finally released a public beta. I am disappointed that the program use the binary form of (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Introductions
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(...) For all bug issues, please send a note to: digitaldesigner@lego.com. That is the best place to send these issues. Martin and Marc will be focused on discussing non-Beta issues. Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Developmemt Manager LEGO (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LDD Introductions
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"Chuck Sommerville" <chucks@he.net> wrote in message news:HGEDpG.21rC@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) think they (...) I (...) I am unable to get it to run. The README file suggests deleting this file: C:\Documents and Settings\(user name)\Local (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LDD Introductions
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I can't believe nobody has replied to this yet! I am excited about this new software. I downloaded it and tried it out. The only problem I had was the bitmap versions of the parts inventory on the right of the screen did not render properly. At (...) (21 years ago, 13-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | LDD Introductions
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Hello all! As you know, we recently released (URL) LEGO Digital Designer>. We are privledged to have two developers from this team who will float around the discussions here and answer some of the questions that come up. As you can imagine, these (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX)
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| | Re: Updated lego.com: Fresh'n'Clean
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(...) Dear LEGO, Although I liked the homepage described previously, I'm not thrilled with the new: "kid getting shot in the head" version. :-\ -Suz (21 years ago, 9-Jun-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Lego Digital Designer Feedback
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I emailed the feedback email address and I got back: Your message To: digitaldesigner@lego.com Subject: feedback on Lego Digital Designer beta Sent: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 06:08:19 -0400 did not reach the following recipient(s): DIGITALDESIGNER@LEGO.COM on (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jun-03, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Star Wars MINI Kit II -- Error in Shop-At-Home Description: TIE Bomber?
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(...) Just noticed they fixed it now. (21 years ago, 4-Jun-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Four LEGO Auctions on eBay – All For Charity!
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Sorry about the cancelled post... I chose the newsgroups incorrectly. ======= Four LEGO Auctions on eBay – All For Charity! The LEGO Company created a year-long program to raise awareness and funds for the Hartford-based (URL) Connecticut Children’s (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Star Wars MINI Kit II -- Error in Shop-At-Home Description: TIE Bomber?
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(...) I belive Paul was refering to the fact that you get the pieces for a y-wing not a tie bomber with the second wave sets. (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Star Wars MINI Kit II -- Error in Shop-At-Home Description: TIE Bomber?
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(...) The capital T after Bomber must be a TM (Trade Mark) sign. It is correct now. If it is not with you, I think your settings may be wrong? Jaco (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Star Wars MINI Kit II -- Error in Shop-At-Home Description: TIE Bomber?
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Noticed this on Shop-At-Home. Must be a copy and paste error. Not sure if (or who) I should email (at) LD to warn them or maybe Jake will read this and tell the appropriate person. Wouldn't want a bunch of folks calling up demanding TIE Bomber (...) (21 years ago, 3-Jun-03, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Cargo Train 4512 missing decals
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I received the Cargo Train yesterday and built it late last evening. I didn't find the decals. I emailed Lego Direct and should hear a response Monday. I'm not too worried about getting the decals. From my experiences so far, LD is great with (...) (21 years ago, 31-May-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: More information on LEGO Digital Designer and other things
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(...) A lot of positive feedback on this, but I guess I'll play devil's advocate. If it's for kids, why are you marketing it with such an adultish, high-tech name: Digital Designer? The name sounds like some kind of powerful software program that (...) (22 years ago, 7-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: More information on LEGO Digital Designer and other things
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(...) If this license is still not yet determined, I STRONGLY urge you to make sure your lawyers are famailiar with the Debian Free Software Guidelines. They are oriented towards a particular Linux distribution but are generally accepted to be a (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: More information on LEGO Digital Designer and other things
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(...) For Perl (I think this is also true for Python) you would only need an API definition and a binary DLL or library for linux. The connection would be via XS (what I use) or SWIG. I done quite a bit of interfacing C to Perl. I think C++ is (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Actually, I *can* imagine. I work at a large institution and have to deal with this sort of thing all the time. :) But I'm hopeful, as many companies have gone through those legal and business issues before and come out on the right side. (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, to me the point is to get out to as many people as possible. However, as I have stated a number of times, we are still early in the process and have a great many questions to answer. There are legal and business issues like you wouldn't (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Sure. This message: (URL). Todd says: OK, sounds like, at least initially, the SDK source would only go to a few people for the express purpose of porting the SDK to other platforms. If it's the case that LEGO doesn't want the whole world to (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: More information on LEGO Digital Designer and other things
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(...) Must be late in the day... I didn't follow what you are asking. Can you point me to the info you are referring to, or perhaps rephrase your question? Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Development Manager - B.I. Portal (URL) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm a bit concerned about some things I read in other posts, though. Particularly, what do you mean by "release" and by "community"? From your answer to Todd's question on Python/Perl, it sounds like "release" means "not really release", and (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: More information on LEGO Digital Designer and other things
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(...) We're trying! I think at this point, after - being a (adult) fan myself for at least 5 years - having worked for LEGO Direct for almost 3 years - meeting so many folks via email/Instant Message/in person/phone that I have a pretty good idea of (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hey, wow, sounds like you "get it". :) Thanks! (22 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: More information on LEGO Digital Designer and other things
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(...) Hi Jack, I appreciate the effort the LEGO company seems to deploy just to please its adult and child customers. Whatever sparse/complete the part library, whatever basic/advanced the tools, I am sure the LCAD world will be better after LXF (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) One point of clarification... I meant that we were putting our own efforts into LXF (not LXF overtaking LDraw). Sorry for any confusion! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Development Manager - N. America LEGO Direct (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I agree this is sound reasoning. In fact with my knowledge of logistics, I will say I kind of expected this response. ...Of course the AFOL in me wishes it could be different... :) (...) One of the natures of this community we've been talking (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yep, it looks like I read your post too quickly and thought it was a company project. DOH! Ah, well...when LEGO decides to realize that many of their customers don't do windoze please feel free to contact me. Someday, I'd actually like to (...) (22 years ago, 2-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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[snipped] (...) :( If LXF does take off, expect many "historical" parts to be added ;) (...) LOL...I fully understand....build a website for users of Netscape when they only count for 4% of the internet browsers! LOL I can assume the SDK will be (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Lots of great stuff in here, please see comments (and <snips> below): In lugnet.cad, Todd Lehman writes: <snip> (...) Probably something like that. We are still working all this out. (Thus one of the reasons for the NDA that the LDraw developers (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Uh oh! I hope I was clear! I was referring to the fan created editor mentioned here: (URL) that what you meant? Jake --- Jake McKee Community Development Manager - N. America LEGO Direct (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It was just one dance on the table! Just one! Oh man... The process we are undergoing right now is just the first step. As we develop and move forward on one step, it changes the others. Our goal way back when was to have the brick by brick (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can certainly understand this and respect you descicion. However, has or will the product be tested with something like a Windows emulator/API library (such as Wine is for the *NIX platform) so that we can at least attempt to run it? For (...) (22 years ago, 1-May-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.lego.direct)
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