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Re: LEGO 2001
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 26 Oct 2000 05:33:05 GMT
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Steve Baker wrote:
> Dean Husby wrote:
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> > I have bricks numbered 026985, 131860 &155226. All 1.0's.
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> (I have 191316 - a 1.0 set that was bought in July this year - so
> it was probably a late-model 1.0)
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> > 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...
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> 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'.
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> Adding check digits is a VERY common practice for things like barcodes,
> bank account numbers, etc.
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> 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.
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 around the
home have a serial number. That's the RCX's. The 1.5's (Which never got the number
changed to 1.5 DOH!) kept the same number from where the 1.0's left off. It's my
impression that the 2.0's will continue this number.
> Either way - if we are seeing sets with numbers over 500000 then
> Lego are going to run out of numbers pretty soon!
I'm sure they would just add a digit or a Letter.
There are a LOT of RCX's in the world. I own three myself.
Lugnet is what, about 2% (Total Guess) of the total English speaking Lego World?
Dean
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