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Re: Question on LUGNET Set Listing - Combo Packs of sets
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 14 May 2003 21:06:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Scott E. Sanburn writes:
> Basically, 6569 lists itself as Piece Count 76, and Minifigs as 2. The
> individual sets also list part counts and minifigs. So if I put 6569 down,
> and the set numbers, then that doesn't accurately reflect my set count, etc.
> What would be a good way to approach this? Is there something that might
> need to be done because of this? I can fix this in Excel easily enough, but
> I am not sure what to do with the 6569.
I guess the problem is what you're looking to do with the data. For accurate
piece counts, you'd obviously want to just enter either the combo set number
*OR* the individual sub-sets. That'd mean your piece counts would be
accurate, your "My Parts" on Peeron would be accurately reflected, etc.
If you're more concerned about set counts instead of piece counts, then you
just have to figure out what constitutes a "set" for you, and denote
accordingly. IE do you really consider 6569 a single set or 2? Or maybe even 3?
And of course if you're interested in "Do I have this set or not?" data,
then just mark off everything, counting it as 3 sets. But that data's
honestly less handy unless you're a hardcore set collector. In which case
you've got plenty of other issues to resolve like "do I have both the 2001
and 2000 releases of this set?" and "Do I have the Japanese, Australian, US,
and European versions?", etc.
In your own personal file this is stuff is easier to reflect. You might do
something like:
Set# Owned Theme Pieces Figs
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6569 1 Polar 0 0
6578 1 Polar 21 1
6586 1 Polar 55 1
Which denotes that you *own* a combo set, but won't go towards a piece/fig
tally.
I guess ultimately the Lugnet database would be configurable to
automatically recognize "sub-set"'s, and would do something similar to the
above in the "My Collection" summary page. Tough call, tho...
DaveE
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| (...) This is what I do in my set inventory, since I want a good estimate of the number of pieces in my collection. Of course, honestly, it wouldn't actually matter which way I do it since eBay and BrickLink purchases are not inventoried, and thus (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Question on LUGNET Set Listing - Combo Packs of sets
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| Dave & All, (...) Indeed. Part counts are probably the most important. (...) Well, I don't want to mis-represent my counts, I guess. I can either list the 6569 and the numbers there, and not worry about the individual sets. I would consider these (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Question on LUGNET Set Listing - Combo Packs of sets
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| To All, I am not sure where to post this, so I am starting in general! : ) I have been using the LUGNET inventory to make sure I have decent inventory of my sets and parts (Thanks Todd). I also use Excel, for tracking other items I am related in, (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-03, to lugnet.general)
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