Guide to the Unofficial LEGO® FTP Archive

This document is a guide to the unofficial LEGO® FTP archive. This page is maintained by David A. Karr. Please note that I do not maintain the archive itself.

See also: About this Guide and how to use it -- Other sites about LEGO®.

Contents

The top-level directory of the archive has the following subdirectories:

• The ``cad'' directory, discussed below, or go directly to the annotated index.
• The ``doc'' directory, discussed below.
• The ``faq'' directory, discussed below.
• The ``games'' directory, discussed below.
• The ``images'' directory, discussed below, or go directly to one of:
  • Dik Winter's collection of catalog images, maintained by Jacob Sparre Andersen.
  • The annotated index of contributors' designs (``scanned images'') at the current site.
  • The annotated index of other images at the current site.
• The ``reviews'' directory, discussed below.
• The ``robotics'' directory, discussed below.
• The ``sets'' directory, discussed below.
• The ``uploads'' directory, discussed below, or go directly to the annotated index.

• An overview (3K text) of the archive, including general descriptions, instructions for access (both uploading and downloading), and a list of contents. (Beware: the list has been out of date.)

The ``cad'' directory

This directory contains various computer-aided-design tools for drawing your own LEGO instructions or creating images of sets from descriptions. See the annotated index for descriptions of the individual subdirectories and files.

The ``doc'' directory

This directory contains just one file, a posting (5K text) to the LEGO newsgroup in October 1993 by Chris Vaughn about a telephone conversation he had with someone at LEGO Consumer Affairs. The discussion concerned various topics including differences in the selection of sets and parts packs from country to country, the availability of pieces ``a la carte'' (they aren't), trading out-of-production sets, the existence of a LEGO newsgroup, and the posting of instructions.

The ``faq'' directory

• The FAQ of the rec.toys.lego newsgroup (42K text).
• A ``LEGO dimensions FAQ'' (2K) giving some approximate measurements of a LEGO brick in inches (accurate to 1/32 inch), originally posted to rec.toys.lego by lordcat@aol.com in January, 1995. The rec.toys.lego FAQ file, above, gives metric measurements that are slightly more precise.

The ``games'' directory

This directory contains the rules for Legowars, a war game by E. O'Dell and T. Ogrin, played with LEGO Space figures with weapons and vehicles built of LEGO. There is a text version (39K) of the rules, and a PostScript version (63K Unix .Z compressed file). (You may have to download your own copy of the PostScript and run uncompress on it to view it, depending on your browsing software.)

An alternative (and presumably more up-to-date) source of this material is the LegoWars home page.

The ``images'' directory

Contains various photos and other images. See the following hypertext guides:

• Dik Winter's collection of catalog images (in Denmark).
• The annotated index of contributors' designs (``scanned images'').
• The annotated index of other images.

The ``reviews'' directory

This directory contains reviews that various contributors wrote on specific LEGO sets. It contains two ``blank'' review forms for creating your own reviews to upload:

• Review form by Joshua Delahunty (there is also an older version of this form);
• Preview (mini-review) form by Joshua Delahunty (there is also an older version of this form).

There are reviews of the following sets:

• 1785 Crater Critters. Space. By David Ellis.
• 4537 Twin Tank Transport. Trains. By Brian Kendig.
• 4563 Load 'N Haul Railroad. Trains. By Brian Kendig.
• 5591 Mach II Red Bird Rig (jet plane on flat bed semi-trailer truck). Model Team. By Joshua Delahunty.
• 6340 Hook and Ladder. Town/Rescue. By David Ellis.
• 6344 Jet Speed Justice (airplane and boat). Town/police/rescue. By Norman G. Sippel.
• 6345 Aerial Acrobats. Town/Flight. By David Ellis.
• 6350 Pizza to Go. Town. By Brian Kendig.
• 6544 Shuttle Transcon 2. By David Ellis.
• 6571 Flame Fighters. By David Ellis.
• 6670 Rescue Rig. Town/Rescue. By David Ellis.
• 6889 Recon Robot. Space/Spyrius.
• 8880 Super Car/F1 Racer. Technic/models. By Patrick Yagle.
• 8880 Super Car/F1 Racer. Technic/models. By Joshua Delahunty.

• 6561 motorcycle, two cars, and small building. By Norman G. Sippel.
• (Part number unknown) Imperial Base. Ship and baseplate. By Joel Finkle.

The ``robotics'' directory

This contains a number of files intended to help you build or control real robots built of LEGO.

The ``sets'' directory

Contents:

• Dik T. Winter's list of all set numbers and names (61K text) covering most sets since 1984, and some before.
• Dik T. Winter's list of regionally available sets (2K text) indicating sets not available in all countries, and where they were available.
• Brian Zill's list of 1993 sets (23K text) including name, type, piece count, price, and price/piece.
• Mathew Clayson's partial listing (14K text) of current and discontinued sets.
• Steve Putz's description of the #545 Build-n-Store chest, and a few other sample set prices (2K text).
• Steve Putz's partial listing (5K text) of sets by number, description, pieces, price, and actual prices and price/piece in stores.
• Another one of Steve Putz's partial listings (1K text) of sets by number, description, pieces, price, and actual prices and price/piece in stores.
• A listing of a 1994 US catalog (3K text).
• Inventories of the following sets:
  • 1785 (5K) Crater Critters (David J. Ellis).
  • 4153 (9K)
  • 6279 Skull Island (David J. Ellis).
  • 6340 (7K) Hook & Ladder (David J. Ellis).
  • 6345 (12K)
  • 6544 (11K) Shuttle Transcon (David J. Ellis).
  • 6571 Flame Fighters (David J. Ellis).
  • 6670 (5K)
  • 6949 (9K)
  • 6973 (10K) Deep Freeze Defender (David J. Ellis).
  • 8062 (6K) Technic Universal (David J. Ellis).
  • 8225 (5K) Road Rally V (David J. Ellis).
  • 8720 (4K) 9V Technic Power Pack (David J. Ellis).
  • 8818 (4K) Desert Racer (David J. Ellis).
• David J. Ellis' partial list of LEGO elements (13K), including LEGO part numbers for some elements.
• set-prices (2K)

The ``uploads'' directory

Contains various files uploaded by contributors to the archive, but not yet put in other directories where they belong. See the annotated index for descriptions of the individual files.