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Rebrickable and MOC quality
It's time for a new mumbling episode .
Lately I started joining facebook groups to advertise my work like other AFOL/TFOL. I even saw somebody building my Venator which made me so proud, it's very rewarding.
And then I saw this: Somebody acquired instructions on rebrickable, build the model using real bricks and reached that outcome. Here is what it immediately made me think:
- The model looks allright in 3D. Not the best but the main elements are here and the proportions OK.
- The real brick build is a joke. What the hell with this gap between upper and lower hull. the design relies on additional stands not appearing on the 3D model
- The designer could not possibly have built this with real bricks. Proved wrong in comments = www.flickr.com/photos/185425388@N06/50411900357/in/dateta...
- ...which would not be an issue if the instructions were free because as a 3D LEGO designer I went through this steps as well, it's part of the MOC learning curve let's say. But this design costs 5.49 $.
So whom is to blame here?
> The designer? Nope. Although the design is defective, it is likely that the designer did his best to recreate is favourite ship. I don't think any designer could craft a scam by intentionally selling a defective design (Hanlon would agree heh).
> Rebrickable? Pretty much yeah. As per their FAQ their are some criteria to fulfil in order to sell a design, being buildable and consistent with the 3D model is not one of them.
Rebricable allowed 1 defective designs to be sold. How many are defective in their database? How much profit do they make from customers thanks to those? Isn't it some kind of scam because you only detect it's defective after you bought the instructions AND parts to build it? not proven, but it would seem Rebrickable does not profit much from this anyway.. Reduced team for community service like MOCpages, but with the possiblity to sell designs.
To be noted that amazing designs can also be found on Rebrickable from various designers. Some are sold but others are free!
And also, there is no such issue with Brickvault which emphazises MOC quality before all, testing all models on the catalog before selling (and showcasing them).
So what do you think? is my analysis of the situation correct? Feel free to comment.
new info following discussion with other AFOL/TFOL
Rebrickable and MOC quality
It's time for a new mumbling episode .
Lately I started joining facebook groups to advertise my work like other AFOL/TFOL. I even saw somebody building my Venator which made me so proud, it's very rewarding.
And then I saw this: Somebody acquired instructions on rebrickable, build the model using real bricks and reached that outcome. Here is what it immediately made me think:
- The model looks allright in 3D. Not the best but the main elements are here and the proportions OK.
- The real brick build is a joke. What the hell with this gap between upper and lower hull. the design relies on additional stands not appearing on the 3D model
- The designer could not possibly have built this with real bricks. Proved wrong in comments = www.flickr.com/photos/185425388@N06/50411900357/in/dateta...
- ...which would not be an issue if the instructions were free because as a 3D LEGO designer I went through this steps as well, it's part of the MOC learning curve let's say. But this design costs 5.49 $.
So whom is to blame here?
> The designer? Nope. Although the design is defective, it is likely that the designer did his best to recreate is favourite ship. I don't think any designer could craft a scam by intentionally selling a defective design (Hanlon would agree heh).
> Rebrickable? Pretty much yeah. As per their FAQ their are some criteria to fulfil in order to sell a design, being buildable and consistent with the 3D model is not one of them.
Rebricable allowed 1 defective designs to be sold. How many are defective in their database? How much profit do they make from customers thanks to those? Isn't it some kind of scam because you only detect it's defective after you bought the instructions AND parts to build it? not proven, but it would seem Rebrickable does not profit much from this anyway.. Reduced team for community service like MOCpages, but with the possiblity to sell designs.
To be noted that amazing designs can also be found on Rebrickable from various designers. Some are sold but others are free!
And also, there is no such issue with Brickvault which emphazises MOC quality before all, testing all models on the catalog before selling (and showcasing them).
So what do you think? is my analysis of the situation correct? Feel free to comment.
new info following discussion with other AFOL/TFOL