I had never noticed before that Part Two, Tree Two and Part Sixteen, Tree One matched.
Edited by Soupie, 06 August 2008 - 01:27 PM.
Posted 07 August 2008 - 04:30 AM
Posted 07 August 2008 - 10:06 AM
At the moment, nothing. But let me explain my reasoning behind grouping them.What are you seeing from these?
Yes, we are definitely on the same page here. How can we tease this information out of the data?For example, Part 3-Tree 1-Tree 5 has Red and Orange as common. Part 7-Tree3-Tree 17 also has Red and Orange as common. But they don’t share Magenta, Purple, and Green. And while both have Dark Blue one is Rare and the other is uncommon.
But maybe Dark Blue is classified correctly? Maybe we are looking at three factories.
Factory 1 has both trees and makes Red, Orange, and Dark Blue.
Factory 2 has Part 7-Tree3-Tree 17 and makes Purple and Magenta.
Factory 3 has Part 3-Tree 1-Tree 5 and makes Green.
Edited by Soupie, 07 August 2008 - 10:09 AM.
Posted 07 August 2008 - 11:08 AM
Yes. We know there were multiple factories. The patterns from the Trees and colors really seem to support this too.(1) You threw out the possibility that the trees were divided up between the factories.
Hmmm...you’d think so. Why would they not make every color? I think the easy answer would be that because Dark Blue, Red, and Purple were first so they are common. Anyone wanting a Purple Claw can tell you it isn’t too easy to come by. The answer has to be in the break-up of the Trees and the colors available to each factory. Factory A might have the Tree with the Claw, but they sure can’t make it if all they have is Dark Blue and Red.(2) You would think that Bandai would try to make sure that each Tree got "dipped" in at least one run of every color. I mean, why wouldn't they? (They made all the Kinkeshi in every color, right?)
For me, we throw the board game out. Wasn’t the board game made in Mexico? Those figures could have been made in Mexico?! Which might even explain the different Purple.(3) So why do we see EXACTLY no less than four colors for each Tree, and no more than eight colors for each Tree? (With the exception of the board game tree.)
I think so.(4) I figure there has got to be a reason why Trees are missing certain colors? Is it because they were made in factories* that didn't have these colors?
I agree 100% here. Based on the other thing I’m working on there’s really just two rankings. I think the rares (super or otherwise) are the result of a Tree not going to more than one factory.(5) Veers, when looking at the data -- the most reliable data is definitely the "missing" colors and secondly probably the "rare" colors. The distinction between "uncommon" and "common" isn't great enough to be very accurate. Just keep that in mind when looking over this data.
Again, agreed.(6) I think the answer is right in front of us and is tied to which colors the trees are missing and which colors they are rare in.