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Re: Reconstructing second hand LEGO sets
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Mon, 21 Jun 1999 20:10:46 GMT
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999 19:10:06 GMT, "John VanZwieten"
<john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote:
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> Terry K <legoverse@geocities.com> wrote in message news:376c2064.7506701@lugnet.com...
> > On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 02:33:13 GMT, "Brian H. Nielsen"
> > <70401.2635@compuserve.com> wrote:
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> > > I recently bought a medium size jumble of LEGO pieces and am trying to
> > > sleuth out and reconstruct the original sets (there are no instructions). I've
> > > done extensive browsing through the Fibblesnork LEGO Guide identifying
> > > candidate sets from some of the unique pieces in the mix and have had some
> > > small successes. The going is slow and I am hampered by the previous owner's
> > > apparent tendency to lose LEGO pieces. With substantial numbers of parts
> > > missing from the sets I believe I am reconstructing I'm not 100% sure I'm
> > > reconstructing the correct sets. I know most of the sets are from the Classic
> > > Space, Blacktron I, Space Police, Futuron, and M-Tron, with a couple from Town
> > > and at least one Technic set.
> > >
> > > Is there any reference material available which catalogs the sets that
> > > specific parts appeared in? With this in hand I could much more easily choose
> > > candidate sets for reconstruction. I feel like an archaeologist holding a
> > > femur and a tooth figuring out what dinosaur they came from!
> > >
> > > Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Brian
> >
> > There is the LEGO Parts List link on James Jessiman's page. This list
> > references part numbers by what colors and sets they came in, and how many in
> > the set.
> >
> > Sadly, with James passing, the list has not been updated in a long time. But
> > with older sets it is still quite useful.
> >
> > Of course, there have been many changes to the part numbers in LDraw, which can
> > confuse things as the page uses original numbers he had. But with a little
> > searching, you can usually track down what is needed.
> >
> > http://silo.riv.csu.edu.au/~jjessiman/lego/index.html or
> > http://silo.riv.csu.edu.au/~jjessiman/lego/legopart.html
> >
> > -- Terry K --
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> This really is a great resourse. I don't know if it's exhaustive, though, even for the years it covers. I seem to recall finding
> some of these parts in other sets from the period, but it was over a year ago, so I may remember incorrectly.
No, I don't believe it is exhaustive. And many numbers used (element numbers)
have been changed.
> Does anyone have the database on which these pages were based? I'm assuming they are based on a big pot of inventories somewhere.
Good question. James may have had a database, or maybe he just kept track in
some simple way. I think Joshua did help him some with that project as well.
> I think a link to this page should be added to the lugnet.inv page.
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> -John Van
-- Terry K --
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