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Re: Set Inventories - Multi-piece Parts
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Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:48:42 GMT
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I count minifigs as 1-piece things, and use this format to describe them:
"Minifig with Red Legs, Black Hips, Red Arms, Black Hands and Diver Suit
Patterned Red Torso, with Glasses and Headset Patterned Male Head"
But I've seen that this is not so helpful for you, since it achieves both
"long" and "complex" at the same time..:-)
Selçuk
Steve Bliss wrote in message <36efbf94.8571194@lugnet.com>...
> [I'm posting to lugnet.admin.database, because I didn't want to clutter
> lugnet.db.inv with discussion posts]
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> How do most people handle parts with multiple pieces when inventorying • sets?
> Examples are:
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> - Minifigs or
> - Minifig Legs & Hips
> - Wheels
> - Parts on Sprues
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> Do most people try to use the pieces that count toward the total piece • count
> shown on NA boxes? That's what I'm leaning toward, but some details are • easier
> to capture by using only single-piece parts. The inventory either ends up
> listing:
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> 1 Orange/Orange/Black Minifig Torso Assembly, Star Wars Rebel Pilot
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> or
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> 1 Orange Minifig Torso, Star Wars Rebel Pilot
> 1 Orange Minifig Left Arm
> 1 Orange Minifig Right Arm
> 2 Black Minifig Hands
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> The first is complex, the other's long. Which is better?
>
> Steve
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| (...) Since inventories are typically written with one line per item, in a fixed column format, the approach you describe also achieves the coveted "doesn't fit in the given space" award. ;) I suppose it is helpful to remember that no single (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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| [I'm posting to lugnet.admin.database, because I didn't want to clutter lugnet.db.inv with discussion posts] How do most people handle parts with multiple pieces when inventorying sets? Examples are: - Minifigs or - Minifig Legs & Hips - Wheels - (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
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