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Re: Official and Unofficial theme categories
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Thu, 7 Jan 1999 21:18:49 GMT
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Huw Millington wrote:
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> > Something like 2188 would probably
> > go in as 100% "Colorline", 0% "ferry", and 100% "FreeStyle" (100% rather
> > than 80% or 90% because it actually says "FreeStyle" on the instructions).
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> But given that 2188 is available only on ferries, doesn't that count for
> something? Its not a ferry per se, but in some way it is related to 'ferry',
> taking 'ferry' to be a generic term for a group of co-promoting companies.
This is an attribute of availability, just as (US only), or (Shell
Stations in Holland) or (Worldwide) are. It has nothing to do with the
subject matter of the model. So I would not like to see the
categorization muddied up with it.
I suspect I am in a minority on this but I feel strongly about it. We
must use multiple dimensions in this area. Subject matter, official LEGO
categorisation, and availability are all different dimensions of
understanding about a set.
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
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 | | Re: Official and Unofficial theme categories
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| A lot of what you guys are talking about goes right over my head as I'm not as familiar with set numbers vs. content as you all seem to be, but I've got some input "from a lowly user": I am an avid boater and SCUBA diver, I also like LEGO and (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
| | | Re: Official and Unofficial theme categories
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| (...) Let's take a 90-degree turn and explore that more... What are all the possible dimensional attributes of sets and/or themes? - subject matter . type of model (plane, train, automobile, etc.) . scale (minifig, maxifig, microfig, etc.) . (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
| | | Re: Official and Unofficial theme categories
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| (...) Here's another example of where purely word-based attributes can lead things astray -- I just noticed this: (URL) says that "egypt" contains "pyramid", which makes sense. OK so far. But -- if you click on "pyramid", (URL) comes up with this (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| | Re: Official and Unofficial theme categories
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| (...) But given that 2188 is available only on ferries, doesn't that count for something? Its not a ferry per se, but in some way it is related to 'ferry', taking 'ferry' to be a generic term for a group of co-promoting companies. (...) To my mind, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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