[Bf-education] 3DMagix scam > Illusion Mage

[Katsbits.com]

It's certainly 'deceptive' marketing that's for sure. No idea how many have 
been sold, I've seen a couple of posts saying they bought it and thought it 
was great but I'm guessing those are fake posts made by the very same chap 
behind the scam using AltNicks; I've not been able to find an honest review 
or product purchase, if they're on the 'Net they're buried under the 
thousands of articles he's spammed everywhere.

Great to hear about the kids getting into Blender even if it was from a 
'sideways' (indirect) direction! I've never quite 'got' SketchUp my self 
because of the push/pull thing, heh.

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>   1. 3DMagix scam -> Illusion Mage 3D (Edwin Pilobello)
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> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 07:17:03 -0800 (PST)
> From: Edwin Pilobello <e_pilobello at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Bf-education] 3DMagix scam -> Illusion Mage 3D
> To: bf-education at blender.org
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>>Just letting you guys know that the guy behind the 3DMagix scam of last 
>>year is
>>at it again with Illusion Mage 3D.
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>
> How many has he sold, I wonder?? Maybe he is justifying the cost of
> "integration", like Redhat packaging everything with Linux for one easy 
> install?
>
> If one could truly produce full pixar models in "seconds" using his stuff, 
> I'd
> recommend it to the college bookstore as required course material.
>
> It's not what you sell, it's how you sell it, eh?
>
> P.S. Hey Kat,? In my last previous middle school Blender class, one of my
> students used your tutorial to convert a Google Sketchup model to Blender 
> where
> he finessed it.? It's not easy to convince a kid to begin modeling in 
> Blender
> after they get used to the SketchUp UI.? Push-Pull is a wonderful 
> invention,
> isn't it?