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 Administrative / Database / *1840 (-10)
  Re: Prices in the DB
 
(...) Occasionally, I have noted prices (for sets at least a few years old) that looked like S@H prices. IIRC, S@H used to list an inflated (including shipping) price, but recently (within the last year or two) switched to a 'plus shipping' price (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  moving the ROBOLAB sets, and other notes
 
I'm altering the structure for ROBOLAB products so that teachers who search for all ROBOLAB products will get the supplemental sets in their return. So, it's moving from DACTA>ROBOLAB to DACTA>TECHNIC>ROBOLAB. This seems fairly reasonalble, though (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Carefully checking data before entry
 
Please enter your set data carefully and double (or triple) check it. For instance: (URL) are not 20 figures in this set, nor is its MSRP $1. -Suz (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Explore sets
 
(...) I should have put a smiley here. :-) (...) Oh, I forgot. We also have the icky problem of pictures of the packaging. This has happened many, many times (as everyone knows) and it's been difficult to decide what to do. Typically, I vote for (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Prices in the DB
 
Throughout the DB, values in the price field should always reflect the original MSRP of the FIRST YEAR of release. So, in a case like this: (URL) need to go back to the 1999 paper DACTA catalog and check the price there. In following years, as the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Explore sets
 
(...) That's a question with a very long answer. (...) Yes. Ideally, plus keywords. (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Re: Explore sets
 
(...) What fixes need to be done to it? Allow a set to be in multiple categories, or something else? (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Read Me: when DACTA shows up at lego.com (corrections)
 
I will fix these shortly, using my paper DACTA catalogs. Meanwhile, FYI. ---...--- All of these sets belong together under DACTA>DUPLO. correct: (3 URLs) a 9XXX set appears at lego.com, it is almost certainly a DACTA set, and the prefered source is (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  DB new set: 167_House_and_Garden_Extra_Parts_Kit
 
Clark, Here's another Samsonite set not in the db: (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)
 
  Explore sets
 
It irritates me that the LEGO DUPLO Farm sets still won't all show in one search. What should we do about these "Explore" sets that are actually DUPLO? a) file under LEGO>Explore> b) file under LEGO>DUPLO> c) fix database examples: (URL) originally (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.database)


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