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Subject: Do the set numbers mean anything?
Topic-Level: 1
Content-Language: en
Originator: Jim Baker, 1998-12-28
Revision: John DiRienzo, 1999-05-12
Revision: Todd Lehman, 1999-05-12
Revision: Josuha Delahunty, 1999-05-13
Reference: http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.faq:218
Reference: http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.database:266
Reference: http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.database:269
Comment: what series discovered by Joshua? Joshua who?
Comment: refer LUGNET's sets-DB mentioned
Location: /db/
<P> There is an order to the set numbers. <I>60xx</I> is Castles,
<I>68xx</I> and <I>69xx</I> are Space, <I>40xx</I> is boats, and so on.
</P>
<P> Not all set numbers are 4 digits long. Some are 1 digit, some are 2,
some are 3, and at least one is 6 digits (that's the soccer starter set:
number <I>880002</I>). </P>
<P> Some set numbers are duplicated. According to the LUGNET sets-DB, out
of 3,112 sets in the DB (and there are still many old sets missing from it
as of 1999-05-12), there are at least 238 set numbers which have been used
at least twice: </P>
<P><I> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 20 033 041 055 060 061 063 080 105 111 112
113 114 115 120 128 132 134 137 156 157 200 205 210 211 213 214 215 217
218 221 222 226 230 231 232 250 251 252 254 256 258 260 261 263 264 265
266 268 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 320 322 324 325
328 329 330 333 335 337 338 340 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 355 357 360
361 362 363 365 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 379 381 383 385 390 391 392
393 400 402 404 420 450 452 453 454 455 456 460 462 480 485 487 490 491
492 493 520 535 537 540 545 550 555 560 565 600 601 602 603 604 605 606
607 608 615 621 622 623 626 630 640 642 643 644 645 646 649 650 651 652
653 654 655 656 657 658 659 661 662 664 695 696 697 698 699 700 702 703
705 708 710 711 712 720 722 725 730 740 750 751 760 810 813 900 901 918
920 970 1134 1135 1560 1562 1590 1610 1620 1624 1787 1843 1969 1974 2641
2650 4255 5051 5233 5235 5900 5901 5902 5909 6075 6077 6083 6375 6407 6648
6679 6799 6848 6861 6901 8857 8858 </I></P>
<P> There are also examples of pseudo-overlap where the numerical values
compare equal but the string values do not. For example, there is a set
number <I>40</I> and also a set number <I>040</I>, and there are at least
three different sets numbered <I>3</I> and at least one set numbered
<I>003</I>. Many of these oddities in numbering come from the Samsonite
era. </P>
<P> And then there are the slash-delimited set numbers (from the original
"Universal" sets) such as <I>700/0</I>, <I>700/1</I>, <I>700/2</I>,
<I>700/3</I>, <I>700/3A</I>, <I>700/E</I>, etc. </P>
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