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Re: Estimating Piece Count
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Wed, 12 Apr 2000 19:16:40 GMT
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J.D. Forinash wrote:
Minifig count has, on the other hand, dropped in recent years. Used to be
a castle would come with a good dozen minifigs. 6090 had what, five?

6090 had 11. 6091 does have only 8, so counts are dropping a bit, on the
other hand 3409 has 12.

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Well, the minifig count will vary the most, I would guess. Freestyle sets have few minifigs and lots of other elements, while other sets will have a higher minifig:element ratio. Technic will throw off the minifig count completely (and the weight, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

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(...) A bit. I found that it's tough to do. (...) I hadn't thought of "by minifig". I suspect that bulk buckets might not cause that much of an issue by pound, but any guesstimate by pound breaks if you're trying to estimate a pile of Lego that has (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

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