Author:  Admin_Russell  Posted:  Jan 27, 2024 18:36  Subject:  Re: Variants Thread - January 26  Viewed:  140 times  Topic:  Catalog Cancel Reply

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In Catalog, Tarkur writes:    Just thought of some extra speculative questions regarding this update. Some excellent questions, thank you!    1. So models in future designer programs will not be allowed to use any of the following variants you are removing? So for example someone uses part 30389b or 30389c with an axel through it for structural integrity of the model. Will Bricklink in this case police them to remove this at the cost of stability or the models apperance? Designers for BDP must use bricks that are in the official building palette associated with that round of the program. These are by definition only the newest versions of the part. Questions of stability and part availability are handled case-by-case by our BDP staff who take each model through several rounds of scrutiny.    2. Will we see more updates of this type in the future? depending on the answer bricklink may lose users in the future. Probably nothing this big. If we get a checkbox system there would be further large updates for sure, but they would be of a different nature.    3. Will this diminish buyers ability to report issues with their orders in cases where the seller didn't use the notes feature on a merged item? No. Buyers can always bring any concern to us - but hopefully to the seller first. We get very few complaints about variants, actually.    5. How will this update affect buyers wanted lists? Will items in those lists be merged or just deleted? Will buyers get a notice for changing their wanted lists? After the merges, when the buyer tries to use their wanted list, it will prompt them to correct any duplicate lots they may have. No lot will be deleted. At that point they may wish to make adjustments or simply consolidate their lists.    6. What will happen to colors of parts that only exist for one variant? They will appear in the resulting merged part. Images will transfer over - plus the price guide, wanted lists, my collection, etc.    7. Are you going to remove variants within stud.io as well after this change? Studio does not recognize all variants anyway, but we will be giving them a list of changes so they can update their indexes. I have a feeling it will simply be a matter of changing a few Item Numbers. They might lose a few parts, but I would be surprised.

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Re: Variants Thread - January 26 - Tarkur (124)

Just thought of some extra speculative questions regarding this update. 1. So models in future designer programs will not be allowed to use any of the following variants you [...] (4 months ago, Jan 27, 2024, to Catalog)

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Re: Variants Thread - January 26 - SylvainLS (46)

[...] Surprise! 😁 Studio actually has all the 7 & 9 teeth couples, 3734b & b, 32064 & b &c, 2454 & 46212, 4032 & b, 553a & b & c & 3262, all the heads… It also has 4079 & [...] (4 months ago, Jan 28, 2024, to Catalog)

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