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Re: What is a set, philosophically
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 9 Dec 1999 21:31:22 GMT
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Jonathan Little wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Sybrand Bonsma writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Remy Evard writes:
> >
> > > 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?
> > >
> > > I'm certain this comes down to however I feel like defining my sets, but
> > > I'm interested in everyone's opinion on this...
> > >
> > >
> > > Remy Evard -- evard@mcs.anl.gov -- www.mcs.anl.gov/~evard -- 630.252.5963
> > > Manager of Advanced Computing and Networking, MCS, Argonne National Lab
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Sybrand Bonsma
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> 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
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
pieces mixed in. I know full well that CA was discontinued in the mid 1960's, so
somebody did some set re-assembly. In one case the set was #196 (Building Set with
People), a big head people set from 1975 with an old car with the big spoked
wheels. Well all the bricks in the set were old, but mint Cellulose Acetate
pieces. Someone reassembled this set using older bricks. I just got a #396
Thatcher Perkins Locomotive Model set from 1975, and there were some Cellulose
Acetate pieces as well. I like to play detective to find these anomolies. It's
almost "A hah! I caught you".
Gary Istok
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