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Re: [FA] - eBay - Lego CUSTOM: - Unique 4 axle custom Hopper
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sun, 12 Dec 1999 06:14:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> I am very pleased to present what I feel to be a historic lot:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=218843966
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> This first of 9 lots to be sold on SC, eBay and perhaps BRICKS is an
> instance of my custom hopper. Big deal, you say? True, I've sold these
> before. But this is historic because I sincerely believe that this is
> the first time ever that a model has been commercially offered
> UNASSEMBLED, and WITH INSTRUCTIONS by anyone other than LEGO.
>
> Unlike Steve Barile's offering of the Chessie (a ground breaker in
> custom trains, and a great model) and unlike Suz's offering of CEKs,
> this model actually comes with instructions showing step by step how to
> build it, and will be shipped unassembled. At the end of the
> instructions is a partslist.
>
> In theory I can begin counting out parts and never actually doing the
> assembly, simulating by hand what the TLG bagging machines do. In
> actuality, I still did the assembly to make sure the model was complete,
> but it will be sold unassembled.
>
> I'd like to thank the members of the train community for encouraging me
> in pushing the limits of what is modelable, and the members of the CAD
> community for helping me create the instructions. Special thanks go out
> to Mike Poindexter for all his help with MLCad, Steve Bliss, for all his
> general help, and to Michael Lachmann for a great program. Of course, we
> cannot forget to thank James Jessiman in spirit for making it all
> possible.
>
> I hope this sparks other members of the community to offer custom models
> in kit/instruction form.
>
> Normally I would not cross post to this diverse a newsgroup list with an
> auction announcement, but I do think it's significant. Follow ups set to
> market.theory because I think discussion of kit sales (how to foster a
> cottage industry, what sort of kits are good candidates, etc...) belongs
> there.
>
> PS, another minor first is that I think this is the first time a POVRay
> illustration has been used as a gallery picture, but that's not as
> significant as initiation of third party kit sales.
>
> --
> Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com http://my.voyager.net/lar
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>
> NOTE: Soon to be lpieniazek@tsisoft.com :-)
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