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I have a few box scans that are included with the instructions,
xxxx-b1,-b2 etc.
People just haven't uploaded many. I think the problem is finding a big
enough flatbed
scanner. Try scanning 6991 sometime :)
My brother works at a company that manufactures large format scanners
(up to 60" wide), but they use
roller-feed (like large plotters) so the materials need to be flattened.
KL
Todd Lehman wrote:
>
> Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net> writes:
>
> > Is there anyplace on the net that has an archive of
> > box scans (showing the alternate models)?
> >
> > Would such an archive cause problems with TLG? I can't
> > imagine it would, since there are instruction scan
> > sites, and the LUGNET databases with catalog scanned
> > pictures...
> >
> > I don't have the time to handle this, but I think it'd
> > make a great addition to the PAUSE database on LUGNET -
> > maybe a link to click and see alternate model pics?
> >
> > Once I get my scanner working, I could scan in a few
> > Castle sets...
> >
> > J
>
> Cool, how many Castle sets do you have? It's part of our long-term plan to
> gather up scans of all the alternative models from boxes, and link these in
> with the set database for easy clickage and findage. I have all boxes for
> all the Space sets (except 453 & 454, but Joshua just filled in 454 tonight!
> :) and all the Aquazone sets... Our flatbed scanner isn't big enough to do
> some of the larger boxes, but multiple passes can be made and pieced
> together using software.
>
> If anyone has box images to contribute, they can be uploaded to
>
> ftp://ftp.lugnet.com/incoming/
>
> and I'll start organizing these along with the other set images.
>
> What we're headed towards ultimately is hosting:
>
> 1. Front panel scan of instruction booklet (where available), showing
> the set in its most preferred canonical mode according to TLG.
> These images are often very similar to the image on the front of
> the box.
>
> 2. Box panels -- front, back, and inside flap (where available).
>
> 3. Individual scenes and/or alternative models from the box and/or
> instruction booklets. (These come from cropping the large images
> in #2 into multiple separate and indexable images.)
>
> And of course links off-site to building instruction scans. We have gobs of
> disk space, so it's for legal reasons that we would rather give external
> links to instruction scans rather than hosting them directly. We don't mind
> directly hosting box scans, however.
>
> --Todd
>
> p.s. 75 dpi JPEGs are probably the way to go...
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