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Re: What is a set, philosophically
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 9 Dec 1999 17:39:53 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Sybrand Bonsma writes:
> In lugnet.general, Remy Evard writes:
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> > And on basically the same note - to be space complete in the eyes of the
> > community, do I need to have all the pieces, or all the instructions and
> > the pieces, or (augh!) all the boxes too?
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> > I'm certain this comes down to however I feel like defining my sets, but
> > I'm interested in everyone's opinion on this...
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> > Remy Evard -- evard@mcs.anl.gov -- www.mcs.anl.gov/~evard -- 630.252.5963
> > Manager of Advanced Computing and Networking, MCS, Argonne National Lab
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> In my, personal, opinion I own a set if I have the pieces for it, without the
> same pieces being used for other sets. If I have bought, say set number 1 and
> set number 2, and with ttheir combined pieces, then either I own set 1 and set
> 2 OR I own set 3 (mabe with some pieces left), but I don't own set 1, 2 AND 3.
> Instructions aren't necessary to own the set in my opinion, neither is the box.
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> Sybrand Bonsma
Obviously, if legos ever become as valuable as collector's pieces as say Barbie
and GI Joe from the 50's and 60's, it would help if they were still in an
unopened box, with everything complete. Other than that, I agree with Sybrand,
that as long as you can have the complete set built with all the correctly
colored pieces (even if they aren't the same exact ones that came in the box
originally) then you can say you have a set.
-Jonathan
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| (...) I always have fun when I buy a set from EBAY. Many times the seller isn't LEGO knowledgeable, and they may have assembled a set. I recently won a few auctions where the sets were 1970's sets. Among them I sometimes find Cellulose Acetate (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) In my, personal, opinion I own a set if I have the pieces for it, without the same pieces being used for other sets. If I have bought, say set number 1 and set number 2, and with ttheir combined pieces, then either I own set 1 and set 2 OR I (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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