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Fixed. -- joshua (...) (25 years ago, 16-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: lego color names (what color is the starwars windscreen)
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my inventory program will be pertty basic. i picked it as the second assignment in my b102 computer science course at university (we were allowed to pick our own projects) i am making it in java. it will not have anything fancy like sub-models. if (...) (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Joshua please read the message before this on..(Was: What do the set numbers mean?)
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Selçuk sgore@superonline.com (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.database)
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I just was browsing around the sets and noticed that 7820 Train Station has ? listed for MSRP, but the scan clearly shows a list price of $49.00 (of course I suppose the scan may not be from a U.S. catalog). Just curious Frank (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: lego color names (what color is the starwars windscreen)
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(...) What platform and development system are you using for your inventory program? I have been contemplating a Windows 95 Delphi based inventory database. I have contemplated making it fairly complex with multiple linked tables (for example a (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: What do the set numbers mean?
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Hi Joshua, I've the admin right to the lugnet database, too, but have not much time to enter the missing sets/pictures to the database recently, and this seems to be continuing for a while. I have more than 600 pics (of sets already in database but (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: What do the set numbers mean?
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(...) <big ol' snip> (...) Hmm. I am uncomfortable with the term "discovered". Let's say I recently _entered_ them. (...) There are the original "Universal" building sets, from the very beginning of LEGO releases. Surf here for more... (URL) see (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Star Wars fixes
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(...) According to your arguement, any brick (not plate) can be classified as a minifig. You did not limit the definition of "torso", and all bricks can accept minifig legs. Maybe the only qualifier should be the single long neck stud. (emphasis on (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, since it's for the FAQ, gimme the days-long explanation. :-, (...) Ooh, good exception. Thanks. (...) Cool, thanks for the analysis, Todd. Should I quote the list verbatim with a note of when the sample was taken, or will there be a (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Generally, they mean quite a bit, but there are a lot of exceptions. The full answer can take days to answer. :) (...) Yeah. (...) No, some are 1 digit, some are 2, some are 3, and at least one is 6 digits (that's the soccer starter set: (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Star Wars fixes
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(...) Yup. (...) Ah, nice one. I think I would say that that was a minifig, because of the standard head. (...) The torsos still accept the new-style legs though, don't they? Do they have long neck studs, or did the torso just have a normal stud on (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Circle/Disc terminology
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(...) Ahh, good points. Both the "2x2 Cylinder Brick" and the "2x2 Quarter-Circle Brick" are 1 brick tall, but a cylinder (in geometry) actually has a volume and a circle (in geometry) has only circumference to speak of. This is an anomaly to be (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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Isn't there any web site that has generally agreed on names for all the lego bricks? (Or even better - one where the names are being decided and we can all argue over them <grin>) Simon (URL)I think I see what happened -- the source of the confusion (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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In your terminology, though, I'd argue that they should not be called circles! Circles have no thickness. What will you do if TlG brings out the following bricks... a 4 radius cylinder with a 2 radius cylinder subtracted b 4 radius cylinder with a 3 (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) I think I see what happened -- the source of the confusion is in the terminology -- and I made the same mistake that Tom made when I read his post (I just saw the words "quarter-circle" and "white" and glossed over the "4x4" part). The (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Star Wars change: Change to "Y-Wing"
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(...) I ran out of time last night to get to that. S@H has lower 'w' as well. Now fixed. -- joshua (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Personally, I have Four catagories: Humanoids, Characters, Animals, and The Created(1). Humanoids includes all Minifigs (including Jar-Jar) and Minifig-like figures, like Battle Droids and skeletons. Characters is sorta a catch-all catagory (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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(...) So the old Castle queen/maiden minfigs with 2x2x2 sloped bricks for dresses pass this test then, right (because they have a torso able to accept the standard leg-connection studs)? (URL) by this rationale, a skeleton is not a minifig then in (...) (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Star Wars change: Change to "Y-Wing"
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(...) What about X-wing? I don't have a relevant S@H catalog to check, but (URL) is pretty clear. Steve (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Personally, I see the acid test as the special torso<->legs connection studs. If it uses those, or has a torso able to accept them, then it's a minifig. (26 years ago, 7-May-99, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.starwars)
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