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Re: Blacktron Website
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Date: 
Tue, 11 Apr 2000 22:12:34 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.space, Patrick Justison writes:
> > What in the way of dislaimer should I post on the site?  I was wodering
> > about this before I put it together, but wasn't sure what I should do.
> > Would something like this be appropriate:
> > 
> > Set Number Disclaimer
> > The set numbers used on this website are fictional and are not sponsored by
> > the LEGO group of companies.
> > LEGO® Disclaimer
> > This is an unofficial LEGO® web site. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group
> > of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site. You can
> > visit the official LEGO® site here.
> > 
> > Thanks for all of the wisdom Todd,
> > Pat J
> 
> IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer) and this is not legal advice, but the safest thing
> to do (IMHO) would simply be not to use 4-digit LEGO set numbers -- not just
> from a legal standpoint but also from a viewer confusion standpoint.  Some
> other hard questions:  How do 4-digit LEGO set numbers help viewers anyway?
> Do you really want to take the chance of appearing as though you believe that
> your MOC's are so darn great that they should've been official sets?  (I think
> what you've got up so far is really special and super-great, but is it your
> intention to project arrogance, mild or strong?)

Lol!  Mild to none.  I have always been humbled by the creations of others.

  What if other people start
> making MOCs and giving them faux 4-digit LEGO set numbers?  How would you feel
> about collisions?  What if LEGO resurrects the Space system in 2006 and ends
> up using those numbers?  What if one of those numbers had actually been used
> by LEGO once upon a time in a really rare set that we don't know about yet?
> (6855, for example, might very well have been an Exploriens set that never
> got released.)  What if the numbers you picked aren't consistent with the
> numberings that LEGO would have used at the time the Blacktron theme was
> available?  For example, LEGO never would have used 6918 at that point in • time;
> except for 6901 in 1980, the entire 6900-6919 & 6960-6969 sub-ranges were left
> mysteriously unused until 1997-98, while all other sub-ranges of the 6800-6999
> range were in use throughout the 1980's.
> 
> Do what you want, but I get a funny feeling when I see fake set numbers.
> 
> --Todd

Several interesting questions.  But for the simple reason that there is no
reason to be there, I'll remove them.

Thanks for your thoughts,
Pat J

P.S. I just had a good idea, start my own numbering system.  PJ30, PJ31, PJ33,
etc...... for the blacktron models.



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I fixed it by removing the numbers. I also uploaded most of other links. (URL) J (...) Group (...) can (...) think (...) feel (...) left (...) 6800-6999 (...) (26 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish)  

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(...) IANAL (I Am Not A Lawyer) and this is not legal advice, but the safest thing to do (IMHO) would simply be not to use 4-digit LEGO set numbers -- not just from a legal standpoint but also from a viewer confusion standpoint. Some other hard (...) (26 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.publish)

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