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Re: Questions for FAQ
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Mon, 4 Jan 1999 02:16:14 GMT
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Robert Wallace wrote:
Q1:
> How do they (TLG) determine which pieces go into which bags in a kit?
<snip>
Q2:
> Related: Is the kit inventory build process automated? Or is there
> some poor guy with really thick glasses going "Seventeen black 1X2s?
> Check. Two black rubber bands? Check. Thirty-four glow-green dots?
> One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...".
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> If it's automated, I'd sure be interested in how that works.
The process is automated. Some digging on Dejanews will get you a number
of posts that describe it in detail. These posts would form the basis of
a good A to your Q2.(1)
Unfortunately, they do not answer your Q1 question, which is a good one.
AFAIK, no one has ever said how Lego set designers make the partition
the set into bags decision.
It is clear, though, that size is a factor, You will almost never find a
2x4 brick and a 1x1 round plate in the same bag except for the smallest
sets (pre Town Jr. that is... all bets are off now.) So the set into
bags decision may soon be a lost art.
1 - See also "The World of Lego Toys" (2)chapter "Precision in Plastic"
starting on p. 67... p. 74 and 75 have good pictures. Text on p. 74 says
that there are 16 cassettes per bagger. Can anyone validate if 16 is the
largest number of different element types in a bag??
2 - copyright 1987. I got mine at the Orlando (Disney Village) LIC. I
heard they're out but Mall of America (Minnesota) LIC still has them. I
will check in late Jan as I have arranged an all day layover in MSP.
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| Another question for the FAQ: 'What books are available for or about Lego?' Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) What I find _really_ odd, is that multiples of a piece may appear in different bags. Fore example, in the 8880 I oipened a few days ago, black 1*2 plates were in at least 2, possibly 3 bags. Weird? yes. :) Jasper (26 years ago, 5-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) I do not know. (...) The process is automated, and I do not think I am giving away any secrets...I have not worked for LEGO Systems Inc. since 1987 As I remember there were about a dozen baggers around 1986-87. Most of the baggers had 16 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| I've got a couple that come from my curiosity about TLG itself: How do they (TLG) determine which pieces go into which bags in a kit? Sometimes it seems logical: one bag of 5 1X12 beams, for example, or all technic connectors (but they might put a (...) (26 years ago, 3-Jan-99, to lugnet.faq)
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