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In lugnet.admin.database, Joshua Delahunty wrote:
> In lugnet.admin.database, Samuel Christiansen wrote:
> > DK published a couple "books" last year that were essentially overpriced Lego
> > sets inside a cover. I received the Castle one as a gift (there was a Pirates
> > set also) and I'm curious how to add these to the database. It has 140 bricks
> > and 2 figures so it seems worth tracking but it only has an ISBN, no Lego set
> > number, and I'm not sure if it was ever sold by Lego directly. Inside the cover
> > was a cardboard area holding the bricks and several pages of instructions. The
> > instructions were done much like an idea book with directions for 13 different
> > models.
> >
> > Here's the information I have:
> >
> > Number: ?
> > Name: ?
> > Theme: LEGO / SYSTEM / Castle / {Skeleton Army}
> > Year: 2009
> > Pieces: 140
> > Figures: 2
> > MSRP: $24.99 (USD)
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Brickmaster-Castle-Lego/dp/0756655188/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278706596&sr=8-2
>
> I have both Pirates and Castle versions, and will be buying the Atlantis version
> when it releases later.
>
> I too struggled with how to put it into the LUGNET database. For my sets
> database, I used a fake number. Not having a number available makes the release
> tough. I've been through all the documentation looking for a good way to
> proceed, and haven't hit upon a solution. There isn't even a LEGO-style
> "8xxxxx" style number that most non-sets use on shop.lego.com
>
> Once a solution is found, I'll get the sets put in.
>
> -- joshua
Have you considered using the ISBN? It's a lot of digits but it's a known
quantity. One issue is that if there is a "second edition" I think it will get a
different ISBN if the content is in any way different. But that's analogous to
the reissued Metroliner getting a different set number.
(note that apparently there will be (is?) one of these for Star Wars as well:
http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Brickmaster-Star-DK-Publishing/dp/0756663113/ref=pd_sim_b_6
coming out in November)
How did you handle the Star Wars book that came with an embedded minifig? ("LEGO
Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary", also by DK)
Here is a link to Amazon that should, as of this writing, work
http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Wars-Visual-Dictionary/dp/0756655293
Hope that helps.
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