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Build your own LEGO kit...

This looks great, I need to try it out - With LEGO Factory, you can now design your own original custom LEGO model, and then purchase all of the bricks and elements you need to build your model for real! LEGO Digital Designer software can be downloaded for free and used offline to design any set you can imagine! Link.

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Posted by: tacom8 on September 1, 2005 at 11:01 AM

wow very cool, i wonder if there is a homebrew kit exchange?

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Posted by: jswilson64 on September 1, 2005 at 12:47 PM

www.lugnet.com = Adult Fan of Lego (AFOL) "headquarters" - here you will find links to just about anything Lego-related, and a great message board.

the brick wiki at http://brickwiki.zapto.org/index.php/Category:LDD_tix_files
is compiling a list of parts bag contents

NOTE: LEGO Factory uses standardized parts bags to create your set. Your 145 piece creation can cost MUCH more than your buddy's 145 piece creation because of this...

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Posted by: ejhdigdug on September 2, 2005 at 2:06 PM

Wow, about 8 or 10 years ago a friend of mine pitched this very idea to Lego with the idea that we would create the software. It included building the pieces on the computer, then ordering them so you could build it physically. I guess it was just a matter of time.

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Posted by: gkoshra on September 9, 2005 at 10:32 AM

Reminded me of this site -> http://www.foundrydx.com/works.html
Just brilliant. He has some tips on modding lego bricks too.

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