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Lego blew it YET AGAIN...
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 29 Sep 2000 20:46:55 GMT
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Go to http://www.lego.com/silverchampion/
Choose Web Extra
Choose "Build the Street Sensation"
Choose "Download building instructions tool to your computer"
Download the offline building tool (takes forever even on a T1).
Install it.
Run it.
Problem 1 - it requires Shockwave 7.03r1 - if you have the Shockwave 8
installer, TOUGH it won't work with it, it says Shockwave is not on your
system. You MUST use the shockwaveinstaller703r1.exe install file (for
PCs).
Problem 2 - once you have used the 703r1 install file, run the building
tool. It pops up a little BIT window, asking for a username and password.
Why in the HECK do they need my username/password for an OFFLINE building
tool???
Problem 3 - if you are actually ONLINE (again, WHY for an OFFLINE building
tool), enter your Lego Club username/password. It pops up a window:
"That is a new username. Would you like to connect to the server to confirm
loging?"
It tries to contact somewhere at lego.com.
Result:
"Could not connect to Server. Error: 4165"
Result:
The tool WON'T RUN.
Looking in various files in the BIT install directory, I see srv.txt
contains only the URL http://www.lego.com/techfiles/projector/
Try that URL - Lego's standard Page Not Found error.
LEGO - GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!!!!!!
So I go to view the instructions online. Surprise, surprise, they are in
Shockwave format. They load. They are so zoomed out that you can't see the
pieces worth a crap. There is no way to zoom in enough to see the detail
and no way to save the pics.
MAKE THE INSTRUCTIONS HTML AND JPGS WITH ENOUGH DETAIL TO *SEE* what is
trying to be done!
http://www.lego.com/advanced/m2p0.asp had it right, don't fix what isn't
broken!
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| Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
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| (...) Another Bug: If you're a User of a german windows version, the browser jumps to (URL) the OK Button, and..... (URL) a Loop forever ??? Cookies are turned on and Flash is installed (I can see the spinning Brick) Werner P.S. Every new Flashpage (...) (25 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| I got the 8458 Silver Champion a couple of days ago. In the instruction booklet, it shows a web browser (looks like Netscape on a Mac) open to www.legotechnic.com. OK, fine, go to (URL) .... Unable to locate server. <sigh> Here's a penny, buy a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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