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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 create
instructions 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.
eric
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| I am cautiously optomistic about this entire revelation, but I am skeptical about whether or not they will have an extensive part/color inventory for us to use. If so, here is a scenario that I would consider: ---...--- For those of you who have (...) (24 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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