LEGO's official site seems a much better source: https://wwwsecure.us.lego.com/en-us/service/buildinginstruct...
Yeah, My kids love downloading instructions from the lego site for sets they don't have, but still have almost all of the pieces.
BrickInstructions.com: Lego booklet site
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#22With the explosion of 3d printing I would love to see what Lego does to capture this market. I can already print lego clone pieces. My niece doesn't really know about intellectual property, she know about mashing plastic together. They can be the leader, but the window that they can take advantage of this is closing quickly. A 300 dollar printer id not that big of an investment and once you have it you can print a bi…
There are already a few sellers of 3d printed Lego compatible pieces. They usually sell to special minifig accessories (armors, weapons, headpieces), sometime hand painted or hand finished.
These accessories command relatively high prices and cater to a market not covered by Lego itself.
Re: BrickInstructions.com: Lego booklet site
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you give evidence to it only lasting a year? I print in PETG which is the same plastic used by Coke to create their 2 liter bottles. Even "if" it only lasts a year, the cost of the plastic is cents so I'll just print another. I'll pass down the schematics which are more durable than even plastic.
If you print another brick, what happens to the old brick? Another piece of trash for landfill?
PLA is easy to recycle, though as I said I mostly print PET. That does seem to be recyclable though I question the cost/benefit of doing so since the recycling itself has cost and it may weaken the plastic.
Personally I have a bucket filled with the scraps till I can figure out what I want to do. But I know I've thrown away far more plastic packaging than I waste printing so I don't stress about it.
Nevertheless your point is valid and needs to be considered as 3d printing becomes mainstream.