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Re: Writing A Proposal
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Mon, 2 Oct 2000 17:57:06 GMT
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To follow-up on my own post, I do most of my shopping at the LEGO Outlet Store
in Potomac Mills Mall, Woodbridge, Virginia, and scan the codes on the
packages using a Wasp bar code reader directly into a relational database table
from which I Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v'ed the relevant field into my previous post. My
point is, I was at Kmart yesterday and noticed that the Landspeeder set was
sold there with a UPC-12 bar code of the expected type, i.e., 04288407110+.
Even so, about half of my collection of sets scanned with the longer EAN codes,
so The Store may be getting its stock from other countries where the EAN code
is used rather than the UPC. Any project to accept bar codes as an entry to the
My Sets feature would, if I am correct, have to keep these international
marketing differences in mind.
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Constantine Hannaher writes:
> Yes, there are cases where this is not true.
> Sets using 00428840 as the company identifier follow with the set number and
> checksum digit.
> However, Lego has another company identifier which is 57020109 followed by the
> set number and checksum digit.
> The Technic RL500 ruler came with the EAN-13 code 5027417003702.
> Finally, I have encountered the following sets where the set number has no
> obvious relation to the EAN code.
> System Space Port 6459: 5702012000515
> Technic 8253 Fire Copter: 5702012002007
> System Star Wars 7110 Landspeeder: 5702012002649
> System Star Wars 7128 Speeder Bikes: 5702012002656
> Technic 5206 Speed Computer: 5702012007088
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> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes:
> > Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > > > I intend to set up something so that scanning a Lego UPC automatically
> > > > enters it in LUGnet as part of my collection.
> > > That would be cool!!! :-s
> >
> > Luckily, it looks like Lego uses the set # as the last part of the UPC. At
> > least from the sets I looked at -- are there cases where this isn't true?
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| Yes, there are cases where this is not true. Sets using 00428840 as the company identifier follow with the set number and checksum digit. However, Lego has another company identifier which is 57020109 followed by the set number and checksum digit. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Sep-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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