After posting I wondered why my post wasn't in the Bug Reports Section so I traced it and found the very explanatory post. my bad
Though in fairness to myself there's still no explanation for why I can't download scans. --> (I'm a real smart-ass) <--

erm....have you perhaps realize that we have all use now credits...?
without credits u can download nothing.
the support link under my sig would still work i presume.

Userguide to Minitoyko 3: credits, browsing, groups and more <--- refer here. Thread closed