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Re: LEGO 2001
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 04:01:45 GMT
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Steve Baker <sjbaker1@SAYNOTOSPAMairmail.net>
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Dean Husby wrote:
> I have bricks numbered 026985, 131860 &155226. All 1.0's.
(I have 191316 - a 1.0 set that was bought in July this year - so
it was probably a late-model 1.0)
> So I don't think the first number is a control number.
> I have a friend that has an 008xxx brick. He picked his up the same week as me
> so there was no relations to the numbers and locales...
Well, I'm a little suprised that Lego went to all the expense to number
each RCX individually - but given that they evidently did, I wonder
whether one or more of the digits is a check-digit. If they ever
expect you to use that number (eg when phoning them to ask for the v1.5
upgrade pack), they would be very likely to add in a check digit as a
way to prevent people from phoning in and giving a random number in order
to get 'free stuff'.
Adding check digits is a VERY common practice for things like barcodes,
bank account numbers, etc.
The fact that RCX 00002 was spotted tells us very little. That would
have been a hand-built pre-production prototype - so they may deliberately
have given it a low number.
Either way - if we are seeing sets with numbers over 500000 then
Lego are going to run out of numbers pretty soon!
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| (...) Lego had pics of the RCX factory up on their site a year ago. The one pic they showed showed about 100,000 bricks in boxes and whatnot. I think the number is legit. The number isn't used for anything other then the MS website. Most items (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) I have bricks numbered 026985, 131860 &155226. All 1.0's. So I don't think the first number is a control number. I have a friend that has an 008xxx brick. He picked his up the same week as me so there was no relations to the numbers and (...) (24 years ago, 25-Oct-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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