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Re: Another (semi-) standard field for inventories
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lugnet.db.inv
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:22:44 GMT
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In lugnet.db.inv, Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.db.inv, Steve Bliss writes:
> > I'd like to suggest another field that people should consider recording
> > and reporting: an identification of the bag and/or sub-container that the
> > parts are in.
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> A side note: The contents of any particular bag in a medium- to large-sized
> LEGO set can change over time on different production runs. I've seen it
> happen many times -- one copy of the set has, say, a 2x3 black brick in the
> same bag as a 2x4 yellow brick, another copy from a different production run
> (sometimes even bought at the same store at the same time) has the 2x3 black
> brick in a different bag as the 2x4 yellow brick.
Very interesting. I was wondering if bag-contents changed over time. But I
could only think of one or two people who I was fairly certain would know the
answer, and I wasn't sure they'd feel like sharing. So thanks for passing on
that bit of wisdom.
> The first time that happened to me, it scared me off enough not to bother
> tracking the contents of the bags. After another 10-20 times, it really
> sunk in.
Of course, even set-content can change over time or markets. Like the two
versions of the Explorien 6938 set.
> Sub-containers are a bit of a different story, though -- things like the
> sub-box in 8277, and the multiple sub-sets of 7171, and the multiple sub-
> polybags of 8002 and 6326. AFAIK, the contents of those don't change over
> time...
AFAIK2
Steve
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| (...) Hmm. Who doesn't want to share? I'll share. The most recent set I noticed this phenomenon in was the 5978 Sphynx Secret Surprise. It was pretty annoying since a bag was missing from one of the sets I got. I wanted to know what pieces I was (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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| | Re: Another (semi-) standard field for inventories
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| (...) A side note: The contents of any particular bag in a medium- to large-sized LEGO set can change over time on different production runs. I've seen it happen many times -- one copy of the set has, say, a 2x3 black brick in the same bag as a 2x4 (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.db.inv)
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