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It has come to my notice that people have been using a loop-hole to retrieve all the records in my database with one search. Besides putting an unnecessary burden on my host’s database server (which is currently being graciously provided for free), it is not what I intended my database to be used for.

So unfortunately I have taken the decision to limit instruction searches. From now on, you must enter a number between 3 and 7 digits long, and no matter what number you enter, the results list will be limited to 25 records. This should not be a big problem for people doing what I originally intended – searching for the instructions to a particular set.

I wish it hadn’t come to this, but I should have guessed there’s always someone willing to exploit loop-holes and stuff things up for everyone else.

My instructions cross-reference page can be found here.

Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them here. Highlights include:

Star Wars: Vader’s TIE Advanced
Technic: Fire Truck (2 models, 5 books!)

And a few other goodies 😉

This also marks the first update where instructions have been removed from LEGO.com. Deleted instructions include some mini exo-force, racers, and creator sets that I think were special promotions only.

Added: 31
Updated: 1
Deleted: 13

Well, my IP address is no longer blocked from the lego.com instructions server, but I still have not been able to ascertain whether or not my scans contributed to the block. If that information is not forthcoming in the next week or 2, I will attempt another scan to see what happens. Unfortunately, nobody at LEGO seems in any hurry to discuss it with me, so I feel this may be the only way to find out. Anyway, we’ll see…

Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them here. This is a corrections-only update, as it appears my IP address has been blocked from the instruction download page, so I cannot scan for new entries. Read more about the issue here. All future updates will be corrections only until this problem is rectified.

Added: 0
Updated: 48
Deleted: 0

Thanks for corrections to:

• Horzel
• Martijn Boogaarts
• Steph
• Peeron.com

Another update to my LEGO instructions cross-reference, find them here. Highlights include:

Model Team: Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Star Wars: Yet another X-Wing

And a few other goodies 😉

Added: 7
Updated: 16
Deleted: 0

Thanks for corrections to:

• Craig
• Joshua Delahunty
• Peeron.com