![]() ![]() This major outcry from the LEGO fan community must have taken LEGO by surprise, and they hastily followed up with a second announcement by LEGO’s Community Support Senior Manager, Tanja Friberg: The response from LEGO fans was overwhelmingly negative – you can see a sample of responses at Brickset to give you an idea of how passionately LEGO fans feel about this subject. This came as a shock to the LEGO Ambassadorsthemselves, and they quickly shared the news with their user groups. ![]() Thank you for your time and continued support for the LEGO brand and hobby.” Although this may not be the answer you were hoping for, I hope this information will be of use to your RLUG members. We have decided to pursue other digital experiences. For now the program will continue to be offered to anyone interested in utilizing it, but please do not expect any updates regarding functionality, the adding of new LEGO elements, or glitch fixes. A business decision has been made to no longer allocate resources towards the LDD program/initiative. “Good afternoon everyone, I’ve just touched base with one of our Digital Product Specialists within the Consumer Services team. Kevin Hinkle, Community Manager for the Americas, looked into getting an official answer by contacting the right department within the LEGO Company, and shortly after made the following announcement: Thus the question at the LEGO Ambassador Forum about when the next update can be expected. However there has been no update since version 4.3.8, and no new parts have been added since the fall of 2014. And it also maintained its compatibility with Windows and Mac devices. LEGO regularly updated LDD by adding newly released elements to the virtual bricks selection within the program. In other words, the software has been used extensively by the LEGO fan community for all these years. And it is a great way to share building instructions of custom LEGO models with others. LDD is also used for collaborative projects between several builders. It is often used by people to work out concepts, scales, shapes, and colors before committing to buy actual LEGO elements to build a model. LDD has been immensely popular with LEGO fans, as it is the easiest and most intuitive software to design and share custom LEGO models. However LEGO continued maintaining LEGO Digital Designer itself as a free design software. LEGO eventually decided to discontinue the service, and by early 2012 models created in LDD could no longer be purchased as LEGO Design byMe sets. Because these custom sets needed special handling by LEGO, the price for the kits was significantly higher than that of normal LEGO sets. LEGO Digital Designer was originally released in 2005 as part of LEGO Design byME – a service that allowed kids and adults to design their own LEGO models, share them with others via a gallery, and even order the models as actual LEGO kits. The response from LEGO’s representatives came as a great surprise and sent shockwaves through the LEGO fan community. At a recent discussion at the LEGO Ambassador Forum members asked when could we expect an update to LEGO Digital Designer (LDD). ![]()
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