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Re: Lost Instructions
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 14 Apr 2000 05:12:44 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Benjamin Whytcross writes:

Kevin, How do you define currently available? Is it

It's simple:

     d    [ 0,1,2...n ] ^ (-i * pieces)
a =     -------------------------------   where mood != 0 and year > 1932
     dt    (year - 1932) (mood ^ 3)

Actually, it's more like:

a =  regular_retail_assortment? * f(y) * kl_discretion

where f(y) = 0 if (calendar_year - LugnetDB_year) > 2
           = 1 if (calender_year - LugnetDB_year) <= 2


if a > 0 then the set is "currently available" and it doesn't go up.

KL



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  Re: Lost Instructions
 
(...) <snip> Thanks for the explanation, and for the laugh too! It's MUCH clearer now... ;-) HAND, Kevin, and thanks a million for creating the best instruction collection on the web... I don't care if it goes beyond 1997 or not! -Shiri (25 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)  

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There's also the problem of LEGO working differently in different countries. One example of this is the ranges they allow for each country. Another is the differing numbering for the same sets [eg 4801/4811]. Further, they have different 'clubs' in (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

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