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Re: Change in LEGO set numbering scheme?
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 23 Jan 2003 23:00:47 GMT
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"Mark D. McKean" <qpanda@quantumpanda.com> wrote in message
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> [I'm posting this in .general because none of the database groups seem
> appropriate. Reroute FUT as appropriate.]
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> I recently picked up one of the new Racers sets, Pro-Stunt, set #8350 • (don't
> bother looking it up, it's not in the database yet). Now, something • strikes
> me as odd in the numbering of this set.
It is in _the_ database:
http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=8350
> Previously, all 8xxx sets were Technic.
I think the reason for using the 8xxx series for these sets is that 'Technic
is dead' as a normal retail product line, being replaced primarily by Racers
but also a few other themes. It probably makes sense therefore to keep all
Racers sets numerically together, regardless of them using Technic parts or
not.
If youy take a look at http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Year=2003, there
are many other inconsistencies introduced in the numbering this year. Why
has Star Wars stopped using the 7xxx series, for example?
Looking at the list of sets between 8000 and 8999,
http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?Query=8000-8999, it still seems fairly
logical:
8000-19 Star Wars, Roborider minis
8020-99 Pre 1995 universal sets
82xx 'Basic' Technic sets
8300-09 Technic Competition
8310-49 Galidor
8350-99 Racers
84xx 'Advanced' Technic including this year's traditional Technic
models
85xx Slizer/Roborider/Bionicle
86xx Arctic
87xx Supplementary sets
88xx Pre 1995 non-universal sets
Given that we must be running out of 4 digit numbers, they have to use
whatever gaps they can find, I guess.
Huw
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| "Huw Millington" <hmillington@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:H96vxA.KtI@lugnet.com... (...) < snipped a lot> (...) Well, we are slowly seeing the emergence of five digit numbers in the system (trains, UCS). One thought- if it's 88xx, then the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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| [I'm posting this in .general because none of the database groups seem appropriate. Reroute FUT as appropriate.] I recently picked up one of the new Racers sets, Pro-Stunt, set #8350 (don't bother looking it up, it's not in the database yet). Now, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jan-03, to lugnet.general)
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