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Re: Official and Unofficial theme categories
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Thu, 7 Jan 1999 22:52:38 GMT
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> I'm still confused as to why there are 3 versions of Treasure Raiders --
> 2879, 5909, and 5948. I think only one of them (2879) has the mummy storage
> case -- at least they gave it a number clearly way out-of-range.
I think another extremely diverse set is the famous Explorien/UFO Hovertron
thingy. Besides being discussed if it is a UFO set or not, It has also three set
numbers: 6800 (the one released in Turkey as one of the little boxed sets in
1997) 6816 and 3000 something (released by a Japan company as a part of a series
of promotional sets). Additional to all of these, mine two copies of this set,
both purchased in Turkey, from the same company, has two different instructions
sheets, both using Explorien coloring scheme as background (although it is shown
in UFO pages in the both 1997 and 1998 catalogs). One has numbers 6800/6816, but
the other has only number 6800 printed on it. And they have both same product
numbers printed on them, 4105771. Their boxes are also identical. Another
question is that, why it is renumbered as 3xxx for Japan promotional release. It
was given as a promotional also in brasil last year, but there was no number
changes, It was again 6800.
Any idea?...(I don't think so..:-(
Oddities are countless. Especially in 0-1000 range. I'm rather deep into this
range for Lugnet update purposes (I have more than 800 set pictures from this
range) and admitedly, its too much chaotic. Therea are set numbers even shared
by conpletely unrelated 5 sets at the same time.
The most clear way to go which makes more sense to me is using logic. Main
concern should be time, scale, and appeerance when considering theme inclusions.
If a set obviously is a UFO set, I don't care if it is named as explorien by
TLG. But I should admit that this would not make any hot collectors happy, so
maybe a "see also" link at the bottom of serch results page maybe enough to see
other "suspiciously" related sets.
The most usefull keywords (IMHO) that would be used are the ones based on the
real "themes" like "construction vehicles", "aircrafts", or "Town Aircrafts" ,
"Technic sea Vehicles" and so on.
In brief, make use of 20% official catagorization, 80% logical
categorization..:-D
Selçuk
P.S. I have the 5948 version of above mentioned Adventurers set (official in
Turkey), and it has no green chair, as shown on the box and used in one of the
alternatives.
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| (...) Right -- but fuzzy categories don't necessarily have to add up to 100%. Something like the 1548 Ferry would probably go in as 100% "Stena Line", 100% "ferry" (which could be a sub-category of something associating it with boats), and some (...) (26 years ago, 7-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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