Author Topic: PDFs online at playmobil.com (Read 43790 times)

Tiermann · « **Reply #60 on:** December 13, 2014, 01:40:51 »

Hi Heather, You don't have 5621 listed at all yet. The instructions are available at playmobil.us

sbblabotw · « **Reply #61 on:** December 13, 2014, 02:56:52 »

Thanks Tim! Got it. Now that IS a bother - how did I miss that? Back to the debugging drawing board...

henry_martini · « **Reply #62 on:** December 13, 2014, 17:52:18 »

Indianna · « **Reply #63 on:** December 14, 2014, 18:30:55 »

Heather - I've had 5621 in my list since mid-October when I learned how to download all the available pdf numbers - is there anywhere on Playmodb where I could compare my list of 1921 numbers to your list?

Henry - can you tell us how you came up with all those pdf links? Thanks!

henry_martini · « **Reply #64 on:** December 15, 2014, 00:21:13 »

- I used a script written in python to 'ask' http://playmobil.scene7.com/is/content/Playmobil/ if there exists SETNUMBER(1000 ... 9999)pdf.pdf or not.
- so I got a list of 1976 SETNUMBERs for which exist pdf-files (see attachment)
- I fetched (using another python script) the html for each set of the list from playmodb and searched if it contains a link/URL to 'http://playmobil.scene7.com/is/content/Playmobil/SETNUMBERpdf.pdf' or not

Indianna · « **Reply #65 on:** December 15, 2014, 01:25:24 »

Wow! That's impressive, Henry - way beyond my level of tech expertise. Thanks, too, for sharing your list of set numbers!

Just finished doing a comparison of lists and found an interesting thing: I had 2 sets on my list that were not on your list. For set 3252 Zoo Fencing, putting the set number in the website search box yields a result of "1 building instruction found" but the thumbnail icon is "no image available." For set 5962 Ice Cream Cart, the search also yields "1 building instruction found" and the thumbnail icon is there, but clicking on the icon yields a result of "HTTP 404 Not Found." So they have a little clean-up to do over at Playmobil.com.

henry_martini · « **Reply #66 on:** December 15, 2014, 02:28:52 »

Quote from: Indianna on December 15, 2014, 01:25:24

Wow! That's impressive, Henry - way beyond my level of tech expertise. Thanks, too, for sharing your list of set numbers!

Just finished doing a comparison of lists and found an interesting thing: I had 2 sets on my list that were not on your list. For set 3252 Zoo Fencing, putting the set number in the website search box yields a result of "1 building instruction found" but the thumbnail icon is "no image available." For set 5962 Ice Cream Cart, the search also yields "1 building instruction found" and the thumbnail icon is there, but clicking on the icon yields a result of "HTTP 404 Not Found." So they have a little clean-up to do over at Playmobil.com.

It seems one should bypass their 'database'/web interface and search the pdf repository (http://playmobil.scene7.com/is/content/Playmobil/[insert setnumber here]pdf.pdf) directly and exhaustively. Probably there are other tools e.g. for automatic downloading that can be used to do such tasks regularly. Otherwise I can repeat this and will do so from time to time.

sbblabotw · « **Reply #67 on:** December 15, 2014, 02:57:38 »

Thanks Henry, great job! That's sort of what I was doing, except I was parsing the text returned from the search for " " (space) and the pages for the current sets - so if the sets don't exist on the official site or are returned by the space-search, I didn't collect their PDF status. Obviously my process is flawed (but so is Playmobil's, since their search doesn't turn up everything available - and, occasionally, results that aren't, see 5962 and 3252!). From comparing Henry's and my lists, I find these existing sets that now have PDFs:

PlaymoDB List - Stealth PDFs

...and these sets that aren't in the database nor the official site (I just checked), as of today, Dec. 14:

Sets to be added

Most of these, the 6000-ones certainly, we knew were coming - I guess the 56xxx ones are US-only, or some kind of exclusive. I'll get these added ASAP so the instructions can be fetched easily.

Looks like I'll be working on making this easier and more accurate. I have a few small errors to clean up as well. It really is a never-ending process!

sbblabotw · « **Reply #68 on:** December 15, 2014, 14:23:14 »

Okay, gang, I've got all the new/unreleased sets I could find, added and tossed into a temporary theme, 2015 Releases. I fetched names for some of them from Spielzeug-World and pmobil.it, and some other sets without PDFs came along for the ride, so there's a whole bunch here. Pictures, proper theme, and other info will be added when they go official (so I can grab all the pictures and names automatically!) and as time allows for work that has to be done by hand.

Hand-work includes going through all those new PDFs and recording the partnumber of the plans themselves, along with the other info I keep track of such as printing date, number of pages, colour, includes klickies etc. Question-mark icons will remain next to the set-number until that's done.

PlaymoDB's count of valid, downloadable PDFs stands at 1976, same as Henry's. So, Henry, if you get time to re-do your full scan before I do, get your script to check PlaymoDB first so you don't need to check for any PDFs that I have listed already!

For those who wish to download a lot of PDFs at once, I recommend the Firefox add-on "DownThemAll". It's very powerful so might take a bit of puttering to get it to do what you want, but really does the job.

henry_martini · « **Reply #69 on:** December 15, 2014, 16:05:30 »

Would it be helpful if we gathered lists like these?

6162:

30 83 7093 sticker sheet
30 23 6253 wheel, green 2x
30 26 5930 axle 2x
30 23 6263
30 23 6243 skull missile, green
30 23 0392 torch flame
30 23 0382 torch
30 67 6732 barrel
30 22 3502 2x
30 25 6163 flame 2x
30 23 6303 shield
30 24 5722 clip 2x

30 24 0013
30 24 0003 base iphone stand
30 23 6323 feather red
30 64 0484 bicorne, black
30 23 6313 cuff, yellow 2x
30 00 5403 pirate
30 06 2180 sabre
30 29 4670 gun

30 82 8433 instruction sheet

6163:

30 83 7103 sticker sheet
30 23 6353 wheel, red 2x
30 26 5930 axle 2x
30 23 6363
30 23 6343 skull missile, red
30 23 0392 torch flame
30 23 0382 torch
30 67 6742 barrel
30 21 8382 halberd 2x
30 23 6413 shield, reddish
30 24 5722 clip 2x

30 24 0013
30 24 0003 base iphone stand

30 07 0100 bayonett
30 02 3000 brown bess musket
30 22 7762 pompom red
30 63 1234 tricorne, black
30 27 4370 bangle, gold 2x
30 00 5413 pirate
30 23 6433 bandolier, yellow
30 09 5660 cartidge 3x
30 22 8890 dagger
30 23 6423 gun

30 82 8443 instruction sheet

6164:

30 82 7113 sticker sheet
30 23 6453 wheel, blue, gold 2x
30 26 5930 axle 2x
30 23 6463 blue
30 23 6443 skull missile, blue, gold
30 23 0392 torch flame
30 23 0382 torch
30 67 6752 barrel, gold
30 20 7053 chinoise weapon 2x
30 23 6513 shield, blueish
30 24 5722 clip 2x

30 24 0013
30 24 0003 base iphone stand

30 20 1880 feather white
30 62 6060 bicorne, black
30 00 5423 pirate
30 21 8990 bandolier, gold
30 21 0920 sabre, gold
30 21 8330 rapier, gold

30 82 8493 instruction sheet

6165:

30 82 7123 sticker sheet
30 20 3812 wheel, red, 2x
30 26 5930 axle 2x
30 23 6543 black
30 23 6533 skull missile, black, gold
30 23 0392 torch flame
30 23 0382 torch
30 67 6762 barrel, silver
30 23 6603 lochaber, red 2x
30 23 6593 shield, black
30 24 5722 clip 2x

30 24 0013
30 24 0003 base iphone stand

30 23 6613 sash white
30 20 9612 wrist protection, silver 2x
30 00 5433 pirate
30 20 5423 scimitar, anthrazit
30 23 6423 gun, silver

30 82 8513 instruction sheet

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