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| | | Author: | Darth_Smithy  | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 14:39 | | Subject: | Obscure part search tips | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Rather than subjecting yourself to endless searches for that part you can't
find in the catalog, here are 3 time saving tools to use.
1. Google Lens App. It's free and the easiest choice. Put it on your phone
and use it to take a pic of a weird part or unknown torso and 99% of the time
it will ID it in a second. This app is not Lego specific and really useful for
IDing unknown plants and other items. In most cases it will even tell you where
you can buy said item.
2. Goatleg.com For torsos only. It has several selection boxes to reduce the
torso search to a few candidates and then you only have a small list to look
through.
3. brickognize.com Upload a pic of any Lego part and it will tell you what it
is.
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| | | | | Author: | ghyde | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 15:37 | | Subject: | Re: Obscure part search tips | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | Rather than subjecting yourself to endless searches for that part you can't
find in the catalog, here are 3 time saving tools to use.
1. Google Lens App. It's free and the easiest choice. Put it on your phone
and use it to take a pic of a weird part or unknown torso and 99% of the time
it will ID it in a second. This app is not Lego specific and really useful for
IDing unknown plants and other items. In most cases it will even tell you where
you can buy said item.
2. Goatleg.com For torsos only. It has several selection boxes to reduce the
torso search to a few candidates and then you only have a small list to look
through.
3. brickognize.com Upload a pic of any Lego part and it will tell you what it
is.
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There's also the BrickLink forums. If you upload an image to the Catalog
Identification topic, chances are it will be identified quickly. They can even
sometimes identify certain clone brands that are not LEGO.
Cheers ...
ghyde
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2023 15:52 | | Subject: | Re: Obscure part search tips | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| It’s normally fairly quick here on the forum, many find it fun and it keeps you
clued in for your own stores or collections.
Dealing with bulk Lego means you’ll come into contact with many other brands,
some of us like to know about these too.
In General, ghyde writes:
| | In General, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | Rather than subjecting yourself to endless searches for that part you can't
find in the catalog, here are 3 time saving tools to use.
1. Google Lens App. It's free and the easiest choice. Put it on your phone
and use it to take a pic of a weird part or unknown torso and 99% of the time
it will ID it in a second. This app is not Lego specific and really useful for
IDing unknown plants and other items. In most cases it will even tell you where
you can buy said item.
2. Goatleg.com For torsos only. It has several selection boxes to reduce the
torso search to a few candidates and then you only have a small list to look
through.
3. brickognize.com Upload a pic of any Lego part and it will tell you what it
is.
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There's also the BrickLink forums. If you upload an image to the Catalog
Identification topic, chances are it will be identified quickly. They can even
sometimes identify certain clone brands that are not LEGO.
Cheers ...
ghyde
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