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Re: Non-numbered sets in the database (Re: Book Reviews, feedback)
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Sat, 18 Jun 2005 16:33:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Johannes Koehler wrote:
> Hello!
>
>
> Sorry for revitalising an aged thread...
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> In lugnet.books, Frank Filz wrote:
> > The guide is intended to only list official LEGO sets (I don't think it even
> > lists the various official, but non-set items).
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> The main problem with the database probably is its strict limitation to numbers.
> While I like set numbers and actually prefer them over set names (because
> numbers are universal while names differ from country to country) this
> limitation is not entirely helpful.
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> There _are_ sets without a number. For example there are some Weetabix sets from
> the early Seventies that are without a doubt official sets but don't have the
> slightest sign of an official set number. Those are - naturally - missing in the
> database. It's obvious why: There is nothing to base a database search on, no
> name, no number. Still, sets like these _should_ be in the database, if need be
> with a self-invented name like "weetabix-xyz". I don't know, though, if besides
> those Weetabix sets other sets (models) exist that came without a number,
> meaning my "for example" was a bit upbeat...
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> Additionally I think everything set-like containing official LEGO elements is
> worthy to get incorporated in the database. I'm speaking of stuff that's in the
> "Gear" category in the Bricklink database, for example keychains (some are in
> the Lugnet database already), picture frames that contain minifigures and
> bricks, small polybags with an assortment of bricks for promotional purposes,
> tabletop games, watches/clocks and the like. Some of these items come with a
> barcode number that would suffice for a set number, some even have an official
> name at Shop-at-Home.
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> I would not like to see incorporated items that already come glued (like i.e.
> glued roses you can get at the Legolands or pre-glued sculptures). Just as
> little I'd incorporate other Legoland stuff like those foam swords and shields
> (unless they come _with_ regular LEGO sets) or clothes like Harry Potter capes
> for kids and baseball caps, nor coffee cups, stickers, pencils and other writing
> utensils and the like. Basically everything that doesn't include any "real" LEGO
> falls in this category. If items in this category _come_ with a number that's
> identifiable as a set number (no barcode, no combination of letters and numbers)
> they have to be classified as sets of course. For example the number of the
> current Knights' Kingdom Chess Set doesn't qualify as a "set number" because it
> is G678. Yet it may be used in the database since we don't have anything better.
> In case of this Chess set I would label it a "set" anyway because it comes with
> real LEGO elements (unglued figs) (see above).
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> So much for my idle talk.
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> Bye
> Jojo
THIS REPLY WENT TO ADMIN.SUGGESTIONS (where no one can see it from the main post
pages), SO I AM REPOSTING IN LUGNET GENERAL.
I agree Jojo,
There are a few regular Lego sets that have rather strange numbers. The
(Denmark Only) education sets of the 1960's are an example. You have "Terapi"
sets "I", "II" and "III", and "S/8" sets and "K/12" sets.
Gary Istok
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