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I don't know if this will mean anything. Ok, I have been watching this subject for a while. To make a long story short I have and still collect sets from different Markets over the world, such as Asia, Europe, The Americas (Canada,North America, (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) Dan:I sent the corrections to you and they are still going to the person that was doing them before. I can send them all to you if you want. I do not know how you can veryify these as I do from the actual sets. At most the wrong ones were (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) I did not think that there was a problem because I would go with the inventory on Peeron, not building all the sets. But once I started building them and checking the problem appeared. I was doing this because I wanted to make sure that my (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) John, I got your email 2 days ago, and was trying to find out more details before replying to you. These 1000 emails you sent? Where did you send them to? When? In the past month, I see you sent something like 6 emails to inv@peeron.com? You (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) I have inventoried about 900 sets so far. What I do is to print the inventory on Peeron. Check it against what is in my set (most of which I bought and kept myself since 1974), compare the pieces against peeron and then built the item. I think (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) Agreed, Orion. I've never submitted an inventory, but I've had occasion to double-check sets against what's listed on Peeron, and haven't had anywhere near the results stated above. The only inconsistency I've found have been in the "extra (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) Is that 95% of the total? I must say, I'm entirely satisfied with the accuracy of the Peeron inventories, but then, I'm only referencing a very small selection. If your claim isn't about 95% of the total, could you clarify what your sample is? (...) (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) This is a pretty strong statement. Being someone who has submitted an inventory in the past, I'm curious to know exactly what is wrong with them. -Orion (18 years ago, 8-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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I still have not heard from Dan, but I am finding that 95% of the inventories are incorrect. I would suggest not to go by the inventories on Peeron as I have now sent in 1000 emails with corrections and pictures and most are just sitting there not (...) (18 years ago, 7-Mar-07, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) That's a ZNAP part. It is LEGO. (URL) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.inv, lugnet.town)
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While wandering around Bricklink, I found this auction. (URL) Does anyone recognize the curved part in the lower left of the 3rd photo down? I am not nearly up to speed on technic parts as I should be. The curve appears to be made around a 3 stud (...) (18 years ago, 28-Feb-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.inv, lugnet.town)
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Hi John-- Tim is correct, this probably belongs in a different Lugnet group such as lugnet.db.inv or lugnet.inv. Personally, I guess I'd recommend lugnet.inv, since I believe "lugnet.db" was generally more intended for database discussions rather (...) (18 years ago, 12-Feb-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.inv)
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There are now over 80 sets broken out by their full contents in an easy to view listing. (dialup warning, it's a big one) (URL) all the photos can be browsed in my Brickshelf folder here. (slightly more dialup friendly) (URL) note: Almost 25 (...) (18 years ago, 13-Nov-06, to lugnet.inv)
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I wrote awhile back complaining about the inventories at Peeron. I am happy to say that Clark has been taking my emails and correctingthe inventories and adding the pictures of sets and parts that I have been sending. I feel rather sorry for him as (...) (18 years ago, 6-Nov-06, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) Probably bad to reply to myself, but I've had a change in thought on the last comment I made above. I'm now thinking the sensitivity/tolerence of the scales (and other counting devices/methods) has been increased. The change in thought came (...) (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.inv)
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Lately, I've been noticing that the extra parts included with sets is no longer consistent. The extra parts in the set I have can be a lot dfferent than those listed in the inventories at Peeron or BrickLink. (I've also noticed differences in what (...) (18 years ago, 17-Oct-06, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) That was my guess too, but yeah, no way to verify. Unless of course someone wants to take a high-precision scale to every Lego element out there and post the results. Or, if the Lego Company wants to tell us all what the weights are! (...) I (...) (18 years ago, 18-Sep-06, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) We assume, but cannot verify, that the weight submissions we get on BrickLink have actually been weighed on a scale. Some submitters add notes with their submissions such as "100 white bricks weighed on a +/- .01g scale" or something like (...) (18 years ago, 18-Sep-06, to lugnet.inv, FTX)
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(...) We discussed average piece weight in a recent thread: (URL) actually collected a lot of BrickLink's data in mid august. IIRC, I found in general that the BL weight was a little bit too heavy on average, when comparing to a few other sources of (...) (18 years ago, 17-Sep-06, to lugnet.inv)
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(...) Bricklink records the weight of many LEGO parts, however it's only approximate because two items of the same part can have different weights. ROSCO (18 years ago, 16-Sep-06, to lugnet.inv)
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