Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Nov 3, 2018 21:58 | | Subject: | Re: Second Catalog Project Underway | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
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| | Slides - create new category titled Slide
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Not many people objected here, but some felt the rope bridge was a problem and
wanted to see these all combined with stairs and conveyors in one category.
The problem would be titling that category. You may notice that there aren't
many (if any) part categories which have titles like Stairs, Conveyors, Bridges,
and the Like. Part categories are simple, direct, and singular. That was wise
and I'd like to keep it that way. So I'll hold off on this one, too,
for further thought and await any further comments.
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Building Elements would have been my suggestion if it could be understood
in a restricted sense.
Or Large Building Elements.
| | | | Power Bursts - move to Minifigure, Utensil
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The consensus here was a new category titled Effect. Not a bad idea, but it
seems like it would be hard to understand. Even Power Effect seems questionable,
though better. It would be great if we could come up with a title to describe
all forms of effects (waves, flames, power bolts, etc.) and group them all together
as suggested.
I thought Plasma Effect would be perfect, but Wikipedia tells me that flame is
not a plasma. So what about Plasma / Gas Effect?
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(BURP is already in use….)
And aren’t some of them neither plasma nor gas (nor liquid) but energy? Qi/chi?
Phlogiston?
| | Still no mention of flame
in the title, though, which some wanted to see.
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(Wow, dangerous to mix Flame with Gas Effects….)
| | Open to suggestions and am hoping
for some along these lines.
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What about Powers and Natural Effects?
That would cover supernatural projections and simple flames and spouts/jets/waves.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 2, 2018 08:54 | | Subject: | Re: Quattro Leg? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | […]
| | I don’t know anything about McDonald’s characters, but wouldn’t Quattro be their
here-depicted four-legged spiderish characer?
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What you have said does kinda make sense, but surely the naming of the set could
be a little 'clearer'?
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Yes it could 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 2, 2018 08:13 | | Subject: | Re: Quattro Leg? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | Hi
I saw this on Amazon Prime, and I was instantly curious as to what the name really
means
Why is this packaged as a McDonalds set, and it has nothing to do with Quattro?
Maybe this is an item that needs to be 'sorted out'?
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I don’t know anything about McDonald’s characters, but wouldn’t Quattro be their
here-depicted four-legged spiderish characer?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2018 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Part 3062old in projects AFOL | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, jpascual writes:
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I did not know that the part 3062old has not been made for 50 years
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On the part’s page, on the right of the picture, there’s the period the sets
in which the part appears.
The last time there was a set in which 3062old was included was 1967:
Be careful using this info for other parts though because the dates are those
of the sets. Sets that have been produced for a long time often have had their
latest runs use newer variants.
I could say it’s because the “modern” round brick is more versatile or whatever
(e.g. it can be place in the center of 4 studs) but that kind of decision often
ends up in:
The Ways Of The LEGO Group Are Mysterious 
| | because she is so useful and prettier than the two current versions
of the 3062. Could not do it again?
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For similar purposes, they made
but they also discontinued this one.
Now they use
with pins.
You can also use
with a
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2018 09:35 | | Subject: | Re: Part 3062old in projects AFOL | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Biglesdug writes:
| | In Suggestions, jpascual writes:
| | Allow use of part 3062old in the projects for AFOL. It is prettier than the current
3062 and allows to make thinner columns more elegant.
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Are you not allowed to use them now?
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jpascual is talking about the Studio contest.
And 3062old is not an “active” part allowed in submissions. It’s not been produced
for more than 50 years!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 1, 2018 09:25 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project Request "Bar" vs. "Weapon" | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
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And, the 4L Bar is called "Bar 4L (Lightsaber Blade / Wand)", so I'd say
the other one is something like "Bar 1L with top and bottom stud (Lightsaber
Hilt)"
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Actually, it’s 1.6L long if you don’t count the studs. That is, between two
plates attached to the studs, there’s room for 4 plates.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 31, 2018 21:33 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Project Request "Bar" vs. "Weapon" | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
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To make an attempt at answering your question: this project will not launch until
we have clear written definitions for every single part category. At that time
any parts which do not fit their category definitions will be moved. Again,
I have no idea how long any of this will take or exactly how disruptive it will
be.
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Hmm, that means some of the “(Other)” parts that are being categorized right
now might end up being moved again in a few weeks.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 31, 2018 21:00 | | Subject: | Re: Second Catalog Project Underway | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, brikomania writes:
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Same goes for the hilt. The standard hilt is only used as a minifig hilt, right?
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Wrong. It’s used for many things, just look at the pictures of the sets it has
been used this year alone: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=64567&in=S&itemYear=2018&ov=Y
| | However that hilt-looking bar is used for other things so it makes sense for
it to be a bar.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 31, 2018 18:51 | | Subject: | Re: Second Catalog Project Underway | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Okay, okay, I can’t refrain myself anymore:
Why is there a project for a second catalogue? The first one isn’t finished
yet.
There. I feel better. Sorry to unburden here. I’m out.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2018 19:50 | | Subject: | Re: Some recessed studs are recessed. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, mfav writes:
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I'll attach the first image without lines. If you think it's easier to
tell the difference without the lines please let me know.
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*facepalm*
I see it now: I wrongly understood the stud was deeper, not also lower, so I
saw what I wanted to see.
Too many lines for my feeble mind 
The last “two-halves” picture you posted is perfect.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2018 18:38 | | Subject: | Re: Some recessed studs are recessed. | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, mfav writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Give me some more information including comparison photos which show the actual difference
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I don't know how to better show the difference than in the photo I provided
above. If you have some idea how to better illustrate the difference, share,
and I can attempt another photo.
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The problem with your photo is it’s just lines you drew. Not easy to see for
oneself.
Try a close-up of both studs from an angle so we can see how deep they are?
If the parts are side by side or the same relative size and if you manage to
show the inside border of the studs…
Or maybe insert a common LEGO part and show how far it goes?
This way, anyone could easily do the same.
(A nozzle? They have grips that can help see the length. Better than plain
bars.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2018 19:27 | | Subject: | Re: New Catalog Roadmap | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Want to know where we're going with the catalog? Hard to do without a map,
isn't it?
I'm excessively pleased to announce the all-new Catalog Roadmap in the Help
Center:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2473
If you lose that link, you can always find the page in the Help Center for the
catalog:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21
This is an effort to increase transparency about what is happening with the BrickLink
catalog and to make it feel more like a community effort. And, of course, to
get some stuff done.
And no, before anyone asks, I don't know what's going on with the site
roadmap. I thought it was a fantastic feature and I'm quite excited to finally
have something similar for the catalog.
Feedback? Ideas? Comments?
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 I don’t see the “World domination” bullet.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 26, 2018 16:18 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Catalog Admin! | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Congrats StormChaser!
In Catalog, Rainey writes:
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But I was just wondering if this job pays anything or if it is still a volunteer
job. I just don't see how you can manage to find all the time to do all
the work you do while still paying the bills! If this job doesn't pay anything,
I think it should!
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October, 23rd 2018, a single player won $1,537,000,000 in the Mega Millions lotery.
October, 25th 2018, StormChaser is appointed Catalog Administrator.
Coincidence? You decide….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 21, 2018 06:51 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6927-1 | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, Hygrotus writes:
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Hard to tell now if it is instruction mistake in printing or really both color
variant were included in set in different periond in time. I think we can add
Light Gray as an alternate to Yellow one.
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I don’t know about the LG one but I can vouch for the Yellow one.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2018 16:38 | | Subject: | Re: Dimensions vs studs vs CM vs MM | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
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| | Anyway, we, users, don’t have any way to change “2 x 2 x 1 in studs” to “2 studs
x 2 studs x 1 brick.”
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I am ok with the above if it were labeled as 'Logical Dimensions'. What
appears to missing here is the 'Physical Dimensions', i.e. the specific
numbers in metric measurement. Before you tell me how easy it is to convert,
it's not. The above examples illustrate the problem.
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Something must be lost in translation:
You: There are inconsistencies and confusion.
Yorbrick: System studs and Duplo studs differ.
Me: There are other problems too.
You: No, the catalogue is confusing!
Me: Yes, I just said that.
StormChaser: Just contribute!
Me: We can’t change the website.
You: That solution won’t do!
It wasn’t a proposition for a solution. It was an example of what users can’t
do.
If users can’t change a wording, how could they add information?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2018 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Dimensions vs studs vs CM vs MM | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | My point exactly: WE know that but the website (catalogue, IC info…) is obscure,
confusing, and inconsistent.
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Yet some of us are working every day to make it less so. There's still plenty
of work to be done if you'd like to help.
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Your (personal and group) work on the inventories is highly appreciated. You
can verify I have already contributed several times when I could but for me to
contribute more, you’ll have to send me free sets to inventory.
Anyway, we, users, don’t have any way to change “2 x 2 x 1 in studs” to “2 studs
x 2 studs x 1 brick.”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2018 12:33 | | Subject: | Re: Dimensions vs studs vs CM vs MM | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
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| | There are two other big problems:
1. The dimensions aren’t given in “studs,” there are given in “studs x studs
x brick-height.”
2. Dimensions in studs are “width x depth x height,” others are “width x height
x depth” (Y is often up in 3D software).
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I know that, you know that, but the catalog pages (for either of them) represent
all three as studs.
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My point exactly: WE know that but the website (catalogue, IC info…) is obscure,
confusing, and inconsistent.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 15, 2018 12:03 | | Subject: | Re: Dimensions vs studs vs CM vs MM | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
| | I am incrementally becoming more confused about the issue of catalog dimensions.
I know that bricks are supposed to be stored as studs. and set/books/gear are
stored as cm.
When I look at the catalog page for I see 'Size: 2 x 2 x 1 in studs'
When I look at the catalog page for I see 'Size: 2 x 2 x 1 in studs'
When I look at the dimensions in a catalog XML file I see (for both) …
ITEMDIMX 2 /ITEMDIMX
ITEMDIMY 2 /ITEMDIMY
ITEMDIMZ 1 /ITEMDIMZ
When I look at the values beneath an actual listed lot (3003) I see: 16mm 11.2mm
16mm
When I look at the values beneath an actual listed lot (3437) I see: 32mm 23.6mm
32mm
So that suggests that the XML download file does not actually represent the values
being used by IC … or does it? I don't mind the values I'm receiving,
but I would like access to the real numbers as well.
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Remember that LEGO bricks are measured in lego studs, whereas Duplo bricks are
measured in duplo studs. So while both are 2x2x1 in studs, they are measured
in different stud units.
The metric measurements make sense, as the duplo piece is 2x bigger in all dimensions
than the LEGO brick.
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There are two other big problems:
1. The dimensions aren’t given in “studs,” there are given in “studs x studs
x brick-height.”
2. Dimensions in studs are “width x depth x height,” others are “width x height
x depth” (Y is often up in 3D software).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 12, 2018 13:22 | | Subject: | Re: Block buyers with a different country email p | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, matejo writes:
| | Attempting to associate emails with countries sounds messy, however it seems
that BrickLink could verify member's country addresses against their IP address
location.
I know this is imperfect, not to mention a little big brother-ish, however it
would clean up the accuracy of members' locations and probably reduce order
problems.
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People move. Either for years or only months or even weeks. And the Internet
has no frontier.
Will you force buyers to open a new e-mail account in the country they are while
they had had one for years that works pretty well anywhere in the world?
| | Do IBAN transfers use a particular service? I guess I need to conduct such a
transaction to see how they work. If they can decrease fraud with greater payee
control over funds, that sounds nice.
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So-called “IBAN transfers” are just bank transfers.
When you do a bank transfer, you need to identify the accounts (more precisely,
the banks and the accounts within the banks), so that the banks can talk to each
other. IBAN (International Bank Account Number), is just a scheme to identify
accounts, it’s an international standard, ISO 13616.
One other identifier that’s often used is BIC (Business Identifier Code), which
identifies the bank in the Swift network (an agreement network between banks).
In the olden times (and in remote locations), transfers were (still are) a PITA,
involving letters and faxes to correctly identify and verify who’s who. When
it’s at all possible.
In the modern times (and enlightened countries  ), you just need an IBAN.
There are services that proxies for the banks, like iDEAL (NL-based), making
bank transfers a bit easier than from the bank’s own website, and “instant” (meaning
they can immediately tell the receiver the transfer has been entered).
What’s great in EU is that we created an(other) agreement: SEPA, which states,
among other things, that any payment in Euro in the SEP-Area has to be treated
the same way as a local payment. And as local bank transfers have mostly become
free in the past decades (especially online), that means they are mostly free
for the whole SEP-Area
So, see if you have an IBAN somewhere in your bank papers, or ask your bank if
you can easily (and cheaply) receive or send international bank transfers with
just an IBAN.
And if your bank can’t or won’t, you can still see if another one does. Opening
an account shouldn’t be expensive, even in the USA. (Don’t you get a free toaster
when you do? That’s what I learned watching US shows )
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 12, 2018 08:31 | | Subject: | Re: Need help to determine gray color | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Help, bricks2you writes:
| | there is a very light gray, in limited pieces, looks like that might be what
you have.
Jim
In Help, Black_Armor writes:
| | Hi
I just opened a sealed set 9470, released in 2012. There seem to be two shades
of gray. There is Light Bluish Gray and I cannot determine the other. It is not
the same as the Old Light Gray(not shown in picture). Bricklink catalog stated
Light Bluish Gray but the parts look more like Pearl Light Gray. Any idea? Thanks.
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No, it’s not Very Light Gray, nor Very LBG, because very few parts were made
with these colours:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=49
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=99
IMHO, it’s just a light batch of LBG: not enough dye in the plastic.
TLG’s quality control doesn’t care much about colours 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2018 17:47 | | Subject: | Re: technic pins | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In LEGO, Skylar2010 writes:
| | how are technic pins measured? or how do i know I am looking at right size?
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Ah, yes, BL’s catalogue measure them in “pins.”
That is, “full” pins are:
They are 2 studs-long (= 2L). (1L = 1 stud = the width of a brick = LEGO’s “Module”
or “M”.)
So, the “half pin”,
is actually a 1 stud-long “thing that goes in technic holes” with a stud on top.
And the “¾ pin” is a 1½ stud-long part = a 1-stud-long thing that goes in technic
holes and a half-stud-long one that goes in thin/half beams
Then, when “L” is used, it’s in studs.
So, if the catalogue were coherent, the following parts would be called “1½ pins”
Axles are in studs.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2018 09:52 | | Subject: | Re: Correct yellow for old hands | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, Hunny1 writes:
| | In Colors, Hunny1 writes:
| | hi there,
I have here several yellow hands from the old former minifigs.
Looks mor "plastic".
What is the correct description of this yellow? I want to add to my inventory.
Thanks,
Markus
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No idea?
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The catalogue doesn’t differentiate the yellows.
It also doesn’t differentiate the hands variants ( https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/themes-minifigs.php?language=en
), unless you’re talking about the maxifig hands:
* | | 3614a Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Tow Ball with Round Hole (Homemaker Figure / Maxifigure Hand)
Parts: Plate, Round |
* | | 3614b Plate, Round 1 x 1 with Tow Ball with Hexagon Shaped Hole (Homemaker Figure / Maxifigure Hand)
Parts: Plate, Round |
As for your inventory, you might add a note on the items.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2018 14:05 | | Subject: | Re: What about meeting the Buyers? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | | | Now I know your in California as I am —I’ll be right over !!!
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Maybe do a detour to the UK, and bring a UCS Y-wing instruction book with ya....
I'll let you build my Eiffel Tower if you want....
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Looks like the “special ads” section in some 1980’s newspaper
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Now you are showing your age... lol
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Nah, it’s only second hand knowledge
What it shows though is I think “dirty” otherwise I’d have referred to spy stuff,
like 1940’s BBC’s “Les Français parlent aux Français” (French speak to French,
résistance’s coded messages).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2018 12:20 | | Subject: | Re: What about meeting the Buyers? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, WhiteVanMan writes:
| | | | Now I know your in California as I am —I’ll be right over !!!
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Maybe do a detour to the UK, and bring a UCS Y-wing instruction book with ya....
I'll let you build my Eiffel Tower if you want....
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Looks like the “special ads” section in some 1980’s newspaper
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2018 13:08 | | Subject: | Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
Perfect
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2018 12:45 | | Subject: | Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here! | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
| | No, I'm simply stating that the "rocket science" argument is flawed. It
implies that you don't need the intellect of a very scientific person, as
if said person has the capacity to know how to do everything very well.
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Er, no. The “rocket science” argument means it’s intellectually difficult and
outside the capabilities of average people. It doesn’t imply that the person
should be very scientific, just very intelligent. And it doesn’t imply a “rocket
scientist” would have the capacity to know to do everything very well, just rockets.
The same argument is often rendered as “it’s not brain surgery.”
If you think a task needs someone with rare abilities, then it is “rocket science.”
Otherwise, that means you think anyone could do the task, and then “it’s not
rocket science” applies.
Well, you could also think that it both doesn’t need someone with rare abilities
but it also demands attention and time. Then, it’s both not “rocket science”
and not “not rocket science”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2018 07:55 | | Subject: | Re: Lego 10214 Tower Bridge 2 types of blue | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Brick_Buyers writes:
| | Hi, I recently purchased The Tower Bridge and have noticed that the medium blue
4x8 plates are actually 2 different colour. I have shown pictures below that
outline this. The instructions say there are 18 4587271 plates, actually there
are two slightly darker plates. The lighter 16 say 4-35 on the bottom but the
darker 2 say 2-35. Can someone explain this? It is the same with some of the
other medium blue colours in the set as well.
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2-35 and 4-35 are just numbers indicating from which mould and from where in
the mould the piece came.
Either the parts come from two different colour batches, or there was a dye error
(one wrong batch), or it’s a different colour that was wrongly stored.
Anyway, fine example of LEGO quality control
You can always try and call LEGO, they have a good customer service and might
offer free replacement.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2018 18:58 | | Subject: | Re: Classic Space - SP005 | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog Identification, Crafteewon writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Crafteewon writes:
| | I am wondering if there is a way to identify period specific legs for the original
classic space minifigures.
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No logo / number in the legs or the hips.
| | | | Also wondering if the solid stud head should be the squared off version as opposed
to the rounded version?
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I’m not sure when they were rounded but I find them difficult to differentiate.
I have a couple unmarked yellow heads from old figs (the ones that had their
hands in their pockets and their feet like Charlie Chaplin) that look more square.
I have new heads (2010-) that look rounder.
In between, I have old classic grin heads that seem rounder than the unmarked
ones but squarer than the newer ones
| | | | Anything to look for with the tanks?
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There’s at least two versions / two plastics from that time:
https://www.leggodt.nl/items/lego/themes-minifigs.php?language=en
But:
— no logo / number under the “collar”
— no ridge inside the bottles / same diameter all the way up.
I only checked on a dozen or so old airtanks but the pip seems to always be
on the right of the bar on top of the bottles (right = the right of the MF, so
near its right shoulder).
On the 5 new ones I have, it’s on the left.
Could be chance though.
| | | | I am comfortable identifying the original helmets and torsos.
Trying to re-assemble original versions and want to make sure I am doing it right.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 29, 2018 19:24 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7789-1 | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, axaday writes:
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| | Neither Stretch nor Lotso came preassembled. The Committee for Obvious Things agrees.
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Why isn't Lotso a minifig?
*ducks
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Isn’t it Obvious or do you not want Things to Change?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2018 14:07 | | Subject: | Re: 3626bpb0318 - head | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, goldknight writes:
| | […]
| | A blocked open stud is totally open, except there is what looks like a Mercedes
Logo made of plastic in the hole.
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Yes—I call it the drain head
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The two best descriptions I’ve ever read
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2018 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 1371-1 | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, stephannie writes:
| | hello to all ! i am currently building the 1371 set
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| | and, according to the official
instruction, 6 Black Brick, Modified 1 x 1 with Headlight ref 4070 are needed
(1 page 10, 1 page 11, 1 page 12, 1 page 14 and 2 page 16. But the BL parts inventory
says we need 5 to build the set. It's not enough. Can we change this ? have
a good day !
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Hmm, I count only 5:
1 on step 6 page 8,
1 on step 7 page 9,
1 on step 10 page 12,
2 on step 12 page 14.
From https://www.lego.com/biassets/bi/4161787.pdf
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 23, 2018 18:50 | | Subject: | Re: White brick with holes? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog Identification, normann1974 writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, normann1974 writes:
| | I found this in my spare parts. Which part is it? It seems not to neither
or .
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Why not 3709c?
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Because 3709c is made from two parts (notice the line in the picture),
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Well, I know 3709a is split, but the pictures of 3709c are just bad renders,
so I wasn’t sure 3709c was split too.
| | and it doesn't exist in white.
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No. The catalogue doesn’t know it exists. It doesn’t know a set where the part
would have appeared, or of one such part sold in the last 6 montths.
Now, as it’s not split, but (as shown on another of your posts) it has a bottom,
maybe it’s a prototype?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 23, 2018 17:55 | | Subject: | Re: White brick with holes? | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog Identification, normann1974 writes:
| | I found this in my spare parts. Which part is it? It seems not to neither
or .
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Why not 3709c?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 22, 2018 19:45 | | Subject: | Re: set 7676 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Help, mophead writes:
| | Am I to believe set #7676 (as shown in sets and their parts info) that part #4515
listed as only 4 pieces in set. Yet by all indications there are six stickers?
peeron also lists only four pieces in set. I know you cannot apply sticker to
both sides of that piece. Anybody know what I am dealing with here? trying to
put it together...not sure how many of 4515 I really need.
Thanks
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Yes, strange, 4 plain slopes in the Regular section but 6 stickered slopes in
the Counterpart section.
The instructions say 4. But stickers just magically appear and p038 doesn’t
seem to be used.
I’d say you can choose which pair of stickers to apply on the front?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 22, 2018 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: Alternate Version of set 6386? :O | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, David892 writes:
| | […]
My question to ou guys is how can we document this? And is this something that
you guys see all the time with older LEGO sets?
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For now, they are handled with the special Alternate group 99:
— add the Match ID 99 to the Regular parts that change¹ or that you don’t have
in your version,
— add the parts that change¹ or that are only in your version as Alternate with
a Match ID of 99,
— add a note.
(¹ If it’s just the quantity of a part that changes, the part is both present
as Regular and Alternate with different quantities.)
E.g. Wall-E has two versions, the neck having been made more stable
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2018 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Shades of blue | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | In LEGO, SylvainLS writes:
Those are all between them ON THAT CHART, but I would only say Maersk Blue is
actually between the colors.
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Yeah, sorting something that has at least two dimensions isn’t easy
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 11, 2018 05:38 | | Subject: | Re: Difference between mold types | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Help, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Help, mfav writes:
| | It's very subtle, this difference.
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So 19159 might no accept a bar in those pins (easily), correct?
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Yes. A bar wouldn’t fit at all.
Some pins allow bars, and some official sets do use the possibility.
Newer variants not accepting bars while older variants did can be annoying
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 10, 2018 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: Difference between mold types | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Help, randyf writes:
| | […]
Did this fast, but you can see the Technic pin difference.
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Great, thanks.
But that’s not a “Center Cut.”
A “Clip with Center Cut” is this:
Here, both parts have “Clips with Center Cut”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 9, 2018 05:49 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8290-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | […]
| | | | I said, of course, that my preference would always be for Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, although the other Kurts ain't bad, either.
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Oh, that explains so much.
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I had no idea that preferring an author over a vocalist, an actor, and a mathematician
would provide such an illuminating insight into my psyche. Nevertheless, I'm
glad to hear you found it so.
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Well, to begin with, you know his name and that he was a writer.
More simply, that meant I find similarities with what I remember from the few
works of his I read and your comments in ICRs.
Next, yes, preferring an author over a vocalist, an actor, and a mathematician
does provide insight into your psyche.
Actually, that you have reduced the differences between the Kurts to their professions/occupations,
instead of their works, acts, words, lives, last names, or whatever else, tells
even more.
Sure, any of that could be a dissemblance, but I also know that and it is well
noted and annoted on the wall in the center of which your name and a question
mark are written.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 8, 2018 18:58 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 8290-1 | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | […]
I said, of course, that my preference would always be for Kurt Vonnegut, Jr, although the other Kurts ain't bad, either.
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Oh, that explains so much.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2018 05:41 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 9516-1 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, Hygrotus writes:
| | […]
| | Maybe one-part minifigs should still have a one-part inventory instead of being
tagged “Can’t be inventoried”?
This way, “breaking” them will not make them disappear.
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But then it will complicate situation for sellers and buyers. Some listings would
be for part and some for fig. Now they are all under one entry. It would be unnecessary
doubling of the entry.
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Ah yes, I hadn’t thought about that. It would be annoying indeed.
Pesky little minifigs, requiring exceptions everywhere
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 6, 2018 05:05 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 9516-1 | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, Hygrotus writes:
| | […]
So what happen. It turns out that when you have minifig which can't be inventoried
in the inventory. This one have:
[m=sw408]
and you choose option in the inventory page "Break Minifigs" to have only list
of separate parts to better count them (it is very useful when there are more
complex with more parts minifigs) this one disappears form the inventory and
then one part is missing and inventory have 716 parts
I also try it in easiests examples I tried to use this function on Duplo sets,
figs always disappear
So many years here and there is still something new to learn about this system
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Maybe one-part minifigs should still have a one-part inventory instead of being
tagged “Can’t be inventoried”?
This way, “breaking” them will not make them disappear.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 18:49 | | Subject: | Re: Update: Part Assemblies in Inventories | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, 62Bricks writes:
| | In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | […]
3937c01 came already assembled, which makes it a Regular part in my book.
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[…]
In what sets did 3937c01 come assembled? I was not aware they ever did.
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I remember using a butter knife to separate them to make droids like
I remember it hurt to re-assemble them (it still does).
And I thought I remembered they came assembled in the 1980’s.
But I might just be getting confused.
Anyway, that doesn’t invalidate the second part of the difference Woutr wanted
to know about: they can easily be broken when disassembled, not the brick hinge.
Agreed.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 16:15 | | Subject: | Re: Update: Part Assemblies in Inventories | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, WoutR writes:
Well, it does say:
“Examples include […] assembled parts which came unassembled and would be damaged
or destroyed if disassembly were attempted.”
3937c01 came already assembled, which makes it a Regular part in my book.
And it now comes unassembled and it could be damaged or destroyed during disassembly,
which makes it a possible Counterpart according to the current definition.
3830c01 comes unassembled and would not be damaged or destroyed with dissassembly.
It’s not a candidate for Regular. And it would not be a candidate for Counterpart
without the proviso:
“At the present time, however, the Counterparts section is used for anything
which does not fit the definition of a regular, extra, or alternate part.”
“At the present time” means it will change when the new “Assembly” section exists.
And when that happens, 3830c01 won’t be a Counterpart.
This explains why the difference is relevant.
Now, this does not explain why the part is marked for deletion, au contraire.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 15:18 | | Subject: | Re: Update: Part Assemblies in Inventories | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, WoutR writes:
| | […]
| | According to the part I emphasized, I’d say it’s because 3830c01 doesn’t break
when one tries to get them apart.
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Maybe...
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Well, I didn’t break either but, when a kid and when brick separators didn’t
exist, I had to use a butter knife to disassemble 3937c01 while I always could
disassemble 3830c01 easily by hand.
| | Next question:
How much sense does it make to mark this part for deletion after stating to be
on the sidelines of this discussion, after the discussion in this thread concluded
that we need a better definition for counterparts, and after the inventory admins
decided to add these parts to inventories for now.
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No sense at all, but the two hinges are still different.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2018 11:55 | | Subject: | Re: Update: Part Assemblies in Inventories | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, WoutR writes:
| | […]
| | I've been on the sidelines of this issue this time around (I have previously
been right in the middle of it) but I have to mention that this little 1 x 2
hinge is something I've long thought was a worthy counterpart, because of
how many of them I have destroyed trying to get them apart:
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Could you explain why 3830c01 is different?
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According to the part I emphasized, I’d say it’s because 3830c01 doesn’t break
when one tries to get them apart.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 1, 2018 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: New parameter for lots: max per buyer | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, hullboxer writes:
| | As a buyer, I would not place an order in a store with this type of restriction.[…]
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You have two ways of seeing this suggestion:
— as a new restriction upon the buyer (like done on S@H),
— or as a stockroom feature for sellers, an automation of what can already be
done manually (i.e. move stock from stockroom to store once an order has emptied
the (s)lot).
What I understand from Teup’s explanations is that the latter is more how he
sees/wants this feature.
In this case, first, there are already stores who do that, manually or with
their own inventory management tools. And, second, the buyer generally doesn’t
know about it unless they come back later, like with this suggestion.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Sep 1, 2018 15:13 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Pending Approval (?) | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, axaday writes:
| | […] But he lives in Poland and is probably in bed now.
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Not sure, 21h13 (9:13pm) in Poland now (in France too), but he might still have
something else to do on a Saturday night
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 30, 2018 09:58 | | Subject: | Re: New parameter for lots: max per buyer | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | I have this thing with 1x1 bricks for excample.
I don't want to overprice, but because of VAT not applying outside the EU
I tend to lose them all very quickly to overseas buyers if I don't, and when
I do, nobody buys them..
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What happens if you lose them?
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Then he doesn’t have enough to lure, er, attract other buyers.
(Just kidding with the vocabulary. It’s a genuine concern for a seller to have
variety and staples.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 30, 2018 09:19 | | Subject: | Re: New parameter for lots: max per buyer | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, LearnedBrick writes:
| | […]
While I understand the concept of this request, I have a simple question: What
is the virtue of this feature? What makes it good? […]
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One obvious use is to do like S@H: limit resale potential, er, I mean, allow
more customers to be served.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 28, 2018 13:12 | | Subject: | Re: The plight of part 44567 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | […]
BrickLink ID numbers are "smart" numbers - they aren't a series of digits
randomly assigned when an entry is formed. We have those types of numbers internally,
btw, and maybe one of the things we could or should do is to make those numbers
available on the main catalog page for every entry.
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Please don’t.
People, especially newbies, have already enough trouble with BL ID, which are
the same but different from TLG’s DesignID, and Part Color Codes/PCC which are
TLG’s Element ID, and Inventory IDs (used when filing an Inventory Change Request).
I don’t see the need to add the DB ID to the mix.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 28, 2018 07:58 | | Subject: | Re: The plight of part 44567 | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | […]
It would be good though to notify sellers, but before doing that, there are a
handful of other item numbers that need to be switched, and we could do it all
in one go. Please use this thread to let us know of any other item numbers that
would benefit from such a switch.
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Not switches but:
and but no [P=3634a], and 3634b is the oldest.
and but no [P=3700a], and 3700b is the oldest (and no similarity
link between them).
Also
and but no [P=3855b].
And, “worse,” , no [P=7] nor [P=7a].
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:44 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60118-1 | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part Black {44302 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End (undetermined type) to 44302b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:41 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10247-1 | | Viewed: | 15 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 48 Part 44302b Black Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End without Bottom Groove (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 48 Part Black {44302 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End (undetermined type) to 44302a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End with Bottom Groove} {match ID 0 to 1}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection. Both types (12 B, 36 A).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:36 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60097-1 | | Viewed: | 10 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Light Bluish Gray {44301 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End (undetermined type) to 44301b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End without Bottom Groove}
* Change 2 Part Yellow {44301 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End (undetermined type) to 44301b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End without Bottom Groove}
* Change 2 Part Black {44302 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End (undetermined type) to 44302a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End with Bottom Groove}
* Change 2 Part Light Bluish Gray {44302 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End (undetermined type) to 44302a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End with Bottom Groove}
* Change 2 Part Red {44302 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End (undetermined type) to 44302a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End with Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:32 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 40221-1 | | Viewed: | 14 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Dark Bluish Gray {44301 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End (undetermined type) to 44301b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End without Bottom Groove}
* Change 4 Part Dark Bluish Gray {44302 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End (undetermined type) to 44302b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:30 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 70917-1 | | Viewed: | 8 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 2 Part Black {44301 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End (undetermined type) to 44301b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:28 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 75136-1 | | Viewed: | 11 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 4 Part 44302b Dark Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End without Bottom Groove (Alternate) (match ID 2)
* Change 4 Part Dark Bluish Gray 44302a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End with Bottom Groove {match ID 0 to 2}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:25 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10260-1 | | Viewed: | 12 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Black {44301 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End (undetermined type) to 44301b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 08:24 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 70751-1 | | Viewed: | 12 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Black {44301 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End (undetermined type) to 44301b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger On End without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 07:50 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60034-1 | | Viewed: | 11 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Black {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
As said in the previous change request which created match id 3, I have both a and b in my set.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2018 07:48 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10243-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Light Bluish Gray {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Own collection.
Recent production run with all new variants.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2018 19:50 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 60034-1 | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Black {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side with Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
As said in previous ChgReq, got both types in my set.
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Argg, of course it should be the B version as the A is already there.
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Sorry about that:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1103684
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Is that all the change’s fault, meaning I entered the correct values and the
change didn’t correct them because they happened in-between, or did I enter the
wrong values because I used my outdated database?
I mean I believe I checked what I entered but I might have only read what I expected
to read
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2018 19:06 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 31021-1 | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Dark Bluish Gray {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Checked on own set.
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This one is correct. It’s the version “without,” for the three sets.
Do you want me to repost the 2 other CRs?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2018 19:03 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10243-1 | | Viewed: | 13 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Light Bluish Gray {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side with Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Checked own set.
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And of course, it’s the B version.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2018 19:02 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 60034-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Black {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side with Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
As said in previous ChgReq, got both types in my set.
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Argg, of course it should be the B version as the A is already there.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2018 18:23 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 10243-1 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Light Bluish Gray {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side with Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Checked own set.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2018 18:18 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 60034-1 | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 4 Part Black {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567a Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side with Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
As said in previous ChgReq, got both types in my set.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2018 18:15 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 31021-1 | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Dark Bluish Gray {44567 Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side (undetermined type) to 44567b Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 1 Finger on Side without Bottom Groove}
Comments from Submitter:
Checked on own set.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2018 18:54 | | Subject: | Re: Supplying a set's inventory | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Catalog Inventories, Admin_Russell writes:
| | […]
| | I think the question was “Why ‘PCC’ and not ‘Element ID,’ TLG’s term?”
As TLG calls PCCs “Element ID”s, the mould number being a “Design ID.”
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PCC is more descriptive of the code than "Element ID".
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Er, if you say so…
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2018 15:57 | | Subject: | Re: Supplying a set's inventory | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Catalog Inventories, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog Inventories, Classicsmiley writes:
| | | | First thing: that 7-digit number is called a Part Color Code or PCC. These are
unique codes assigned by TLG which identify a particular part in a specific color.
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For quite some time I've wondered why the term "PCC" is used on Bricklink,
instead of the LEGO-Company term "element id."
Does anyone know?
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PCC describes the code better. The first PCC's were literally a combination
of a 4-digit part code and a 2-digit color code. Some of those original PCC's
are still being used:
3024+02
3024+21
3024+23
3024+24
The new 7-digit codes aren't "smart" like that, but they do represent the
part in a specific color, as opposed to the 5-digit mold number. PCC is easier
to read and type, too.
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I think the question was “Why ‘PCC’ and not ‘Element ID,’ TLG’s term?”
As TLG calls PCCs “Element ID”s, the mould number being a “Design ID.”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2018 10:36 | | Subject: | Re: Color question | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | What colors are these exactly?
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I’d say:
upper left = a mix of flat silver (shiny) and DBG (not shiny)
upper right = metallic silver
bottom middle = LBG
The fact the parts are round makes it difficult to see which are shiny because
they are new and which are shiny because they are silver.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2018 08:45 | | Subject: | Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In LEGO, patpendlego writes:
| | In LEGO, StormChaser writes:
| | In LEGO, ZwarteMagica writes:
| | My idea would involve a bit of programming, but might work very good as well.
Why not give the user control about what they want to see?
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This is a good idea. You could visit a set inventory and click buttons to see
the set as it appeared new or see it as it should appear used.
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It is not a matter of new or used. But I like hte idea. Perhaps it should
toggle between set inventory WITH or WITHOUT assemblies. Like when parting out
a set the system has an option for parting out minfigs as well, or not.
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One could push the idea even further and think it could be applied to time /
production runs.
Let the viewer choose what variants they want to see.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2018 18:27 | | Subject: | Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In LEGO, randyf writes:
| | […]
Just to reiterate, I am not in favor of wheel and tire assemblies in inventories
unless they came that way and are listed in the Regular Items section. Wheels
and tires are not hard to take apart. My kids have been doing it since they were
young.
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I remember having had problems with this one as kid:
* | | 8c02 (Inv) Plate, Modified 2 x 2 with Wheel Holder Bottom with Red Wheel with Black Tire Offset Tread Small (8 / 3464c02)
Parts: Aircraft |
(Both wheel from plate and then tire from hub.)
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2018 13:15 | | Subject: | Re: Just how many pieces ARE in LEGO 10214? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Catalog, SteveDJ writes:
| | I was Googling for some pictures of the LEGO Tower Bridge, set 10214. What I
find interesting, is that there are two different versions of the set BOX --
with one version showing 4287 pieces, and another version showing 4295 pieces.
The catalog entry here shows 4287. Yet, there is no supplemental information
as to what happened?
If anything, the box art WITHOUT the tree in the corner, but instead showing
the Expert label/icon, looks like the more recent box. And it is the one showing
4295 pieces.
Is the catalog entry here not up to date?
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In the recent production runs,
has been replaced with
which have holes.
So TLG added 8x White
so that you don’t see the coloured parts inside the towers through the holes.
And 4287 + 8 = 4295.
The match ID for the alternate model is 99.
Funnily, with these 2x4 plates, there are Medium Blue 1x2 plates that are not
useful anymore but that are still included.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 16, 2018 07:08 | | Subject: | Re: Cart/wishlist sharing | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, saxus writes:
| | Sometimes we make BL orders together with one or more friend to optimize shipping
costs. This is a little bit hard to do specially with lot of lots.
It would be very nice if there will be an option to invite somebody to an order
to add an another batch. For example, if i get an invite, i could add a batch
to my friend's order from my own account. It would be a spearated batch named
to me.
Obviously it could be a solution to share each's password, but obvious security
reason it's not really a fun solution.
And also: it would be nice if we have the itemNo with link to the catalog on
the shop's store page like in the global store page.
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First, sharing WLs is a “feature coming soon!” (look at the setup screen for
any of your WL).
Second, you can download ( button on the WL’s page ) and upload ( https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page
) WLs. So you and your friends can share them through other means (e-mail…).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2018 17:16 | | Subject: | Re: Wrong color item shown on Appears In page | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
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What do you mean by “on the next page” ?
Selecting a colour doesn’t change the page.
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Okay, I get it: clicking on a colour name in the Known Color column in the Color
Info tab, not the colour selection box on top of the picture.
Yes, the link leads to a page (e.g. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=4073&colorID=36&in=A
) that shows the part in another colour.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2018 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Wrong color item shown on Appears In page | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, patpendlego writes:
What do you mean by “on the next page” ?
Selecting a colour doesn’t change the page.
Anyway, when I select a colour, I get the picture in that colour.
And changing the lower tab to “Price Guide” instead of “Color Info” (my default)
shows me the price guide for the colour I just selected.
| | Even though the text states the color selected.
BrickLink... please show the image of the color selected.
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What would be nice (too) would be sorting the Known colours by name….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2018 19:03 | | Subject: | Re: Improvement to super-lots? Paired items. | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
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Paired part entries may make things marginally easier for sellers, but the added
burden of work on everyone involved does not, IMO, justify them. Also, I doubt
they'd be used enough to justify their existence.
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Also, don’t forget that when you have “left arm” and “right arm” in a wanted
list, “left and right arms” is never suggested, and vice versa.
The complete minifig isn’t suggested either if you parted it out in your WL.
Same for sets.
When looking for a minifig part (which is rare but happens), I add both the part
and the minifigs that use it (if they are affordable). I would have to do the
same if there were paired parts….
Of course, if the search algorithms were to be modified to help me do that, that
would be wonderful.
And if they could also help search for multiple colours without having to look
for N/A and a bunch of colours I don’t want…
And if they could point me to a set or incomplete set that has a bunch of the
parts I want and which is for sale for cheaper than I would have to pay for the
parts…
And I’d want a poney too.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2018 19:12 | | Subject: | Re: Fake picture for Lady Iron Dragon / Misako | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, tEoS writes:
| | The picture for this minifig seems fake or maybe a digitally altered photo from
Lego.
I find it a bit misleading since the head on the actual fig is garbage and certainly
not like the BL minifig photo. My head is such a thin yellow that the black
shows through in most spots.
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Yes, the shadows on the chin make me say “render!”
The head’s picture is more realistic:
* | | 3626cpb2021 Minifigure, Head Female Balaclava with Yellow Face, Black Eyelashes, Tapered Eyebrows, Neutral Expression Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head |
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2018 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: need new filter function for this website | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SGTENIGMA writes:
| | i have one suggestion that i think all would greatly appreciate. the function
capability to isolate and block individual sellers. what i mean is to make it
where if you have unsatisfactory service, you the buyer, can highlight the specific
seller and put him on your own block list. much like facebook. so that way, you
no longer see the seller when you search for future lego products. for the bad
shops will be filtered out and you wont see them. i just had an order that i
cancelled. i was instructed to go thru paypal and enter all their info in order
to buy their products. instead of going thru bricklink to get thru to paypal.
in other words, they wanted to circumvent the percentage you guys make when each
sell happens. so i refuse to let them circumvent and cut you out. pretty sure
they will give me a bad review. dont care. i believe in being honest. but i find
it frustrating that i have to write down each bad seller and have to review my
own list before buying. that is timeconsuming. appreciate it!
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See https://www.bricklink.com/pref_favorite.asp?v=L&viewType=
And all the settings for the different searches….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2018 07:30 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6881-1 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Hi Admin_Russell,
As I had mentioned, I only had one 3942a (in any color) and it came with this
set. Why is this rejected?
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I think you should take this as a nudge to go in a different direction. Instead
of splitting hairs over these early variants, there is a lot of basic inventory
work to do on the site, even in older inventories. Wrong quantities, wrong colors,
missing things...
If you really like variants perhaps you should start working more with newer
inventories where there is easy access to sealed contents. You may find it more
rewarding to work with first hand information.
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That doesn’t answer the question.
FWIW, I have five White 3942*, two come from 6970-1, two come from two 6920-1,
and one comes from 6881-1.
Three of them are 3942a, two are 3942c.
Therefore, two 3942a come from 6970-1 (1980), the two 3942c come from the two
6920-1 (1986), and that leaves one 3942a for 6881-1 (1984).
On the other hand, I have three Black 3942*, two from 1212-1 and one from 6951-1.
One is a 3942c. I can’t say for sure from where it comes, maybe my 1212-1 had
one of each….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Aug 4, 2018 05:48 | | Subject: | Re: Photo of Black 3942b | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, SezaR writes:
| | I guess something is wrong with the photo of black
It is supposed to be in two colors: black and (light) gray
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It looks like a mirror effect, not gray
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, edeevo writes:
| | […]
I don't see the point in mocking the issue I raised:
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The point wasn’t mocking the issue you raised, it was just a jest around the
admins’ argument in this recurring discussion, both to present it and to “mock”
it, because, frankly, both sides are right (or are they both wrong?).
Anyway, the only half-solution I see (and that solution is not new and shows
up as often as this problem is raised in one form or another) that could please
and help both sellers and buyers a bit more than what we have now is to have
a system where variants could be merged (in a “undetermined” upper-level part
or in some kind of group). Sellers and buyers could choose to differentiate
or not. Buyers would be presented with XXX*, XXXa, or XXXb when they say they
want XXX*, but not with XXX* if they want XXXa.
Notwithstanding the many technical and especially UI problems (How to present
this so that newbies understand?), the problem would also then be with the “Price
Guide Which is Not a Guide but Which is Used as One” (Where do you place sales
for XXX*? Are sales for XXXa and XXXb also included in XXX*?…).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 15:19 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, edeevo writes:
| | […]
Except that the problem with doing this (removing the undetermined entry) will
only cause many Sellers to list either/or version of the flag into either/or
entry... meaning that they will continue to not make a distinction between the
two, but list them in one of the two available entries (and *maybe* leaving a
note stating that they "do not distinguish between versions of this part" if
you're lucky)... In other words, you may think you will not have a catalog
"stuffed with undetermined entries", but the two catalog entries will actually
be stuffed with items that are really undetermined (i.e. if the goal was to force
Sellers into listing their items into the appropriate catalog entries, this will
not fix that... many still list similar items in one category or another without
an undetermined entry)...
To be clear, I will more than likely separate each of the flags in my inventory,
to maintain consistency in having my listings correctly identified... but having
been a Buyer from numerous Sellers with the same sort of parts, I can confidently
say I am one of the rare Sellers that does make those distinctions; hence the
problem I identified above...
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Thing is, if there were an “Undetermined LEGO Part” entry, some sellers would
use it to list all their parts
(Well, maybe they would need two entries: one for cheap parts and one for expensive
parts )
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2018 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: 4495, now 4495a and 4495b | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | […]
A majority of the market will not care which way the flag is waving.
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Besides the date accuracy, they are often used in pairs, and it’s really not
aesthetic not to have both flames of a pair bending the same way.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 26, 2018 17:07 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Clear not a known color for 3001? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, WoutR writes:
| | […]
Last use in a set was 1987.
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My understanding was that the catalogue wasn’t accurate as the 300[123]old entries
are relatively recent.
| | Used parts are common, but modern trans-clear bricks are rare.
(Does anyone know why?)
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TLG realized their colour QA was awful?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 26, 2018 16:32 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Clear not a known color for 3001? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| | In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
[…]
| | Trans parts don’t have internal supports, they use the old mould.
3001old doesn’t only mean old 3001 bricks, it also means 3001 without support.
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I have trans-clear 3001 bricks with cross-supports, and even a recent one with
thin walls (fully modern 3001). They do exist, but they're only used for
internal models like in LegoLand parks.
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Yes, a “Generally” or “common [parts]” was missing in my first sentence. The
point I really wanted to make was that the “old” in “3001old” is for “old mould,
without cross supports,” not “old mould, for old bricks that were made decades
ago and that are not made anymore.”
Unless TLG is sitting on a big pile of old trans bricks, they are still using
the old moulds.
Many parts have two moulds and two Design IDs, one for ABS (solid colours) and
one for PC (transparent colours) (“ABS” or “PC” is sometimes included in the
official name), even when the differences (in the resulting bricks) aren’t obvious.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 26, 2018 10:41 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Clear not a known color for 3001? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | In Colors, aleydita writes:
| | In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | Hi,
I am looking at the known colors for part 3001, cause I want to update my set
of example color bricks, there are much more in the price guide info than known
colors...
E.g. Trans-Clear is not a known color for part 3001, how is that possible?
Thx,
Arnoud
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Maybe all trans clear 2 x 4 bricks in official sets are of the 3001old variety?
Would certainly match the release dates of those sets. Current trans 3003s are
of the 3003old variety but are listed under 3003 as per BL policy, so any 3001
trans that surfaced now would probably still be of the 3001old variety.
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3001 trans clear not used in any set? that could explain it indeed
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Trans parts don’t have internal supports, they use the old mould.
3001old doesn’t only mean old 3001 bricks, it also means 3001 without support.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 23, 2018 13:25 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Part 44658c01 | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, sleeper447 writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory: [P=44658c01]
* Change {2 to 4} Part (Variable Color) 44658a Minifig, Weapon Knife
Comments from Submitter:
There is only one item (2 knives) registered, however you can clearly see on the box that there are 2 knives in the construction and 1 hold by the merman. Since they come by two as far as I know, it would seems that there are then 2 items, resulting in 4 knives.
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It seems what you want is to change the inventory of a set (the one with the
merman) but this request is asking for a change in the inventory of the part
(the two knives as they come attached in new sets), not the inventory of a set.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jun 5, 2018 10:46 | | Subject: | Re: Personal inventory (non sellers) | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, tEoS writes:
It’s a suggestion, not a question
The purpose is the following ( https://www.bricklink.com/messageTopics.asp ):
“Suggestions to the BrickLink Admininstration to improve website functionality
and design.”
Yes, Rebrickable allows to check set or public MOCs inventories with personal
part lists/inventories. But having a few inventory/WL features on BL would be
better than having to work around with third party tools (with all the hassles
of exporting / importing and handling the different nomenclatures).
Just having the possibility to merge or substract two wanted lists, or a WL and
an order or a set inventory would be a great improvement.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 31, 2018 17:32 | | Subject: | Re: Classic Wanted List Unavailable on June 5th | | Viewed: | 104 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Administrative, Bionicleseller writes:
| | […]
Remember, if we
cannot figure it out, imagine what it must be like for newcomers?
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Remember they are not hampered as you are by your knowledge of the olden ways.
| | Thankfully the new list hasn't been removed. Let's keep it that way........please.......
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I think you meant “classic,” not “new”
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 28, 2018 07:42 | | Subject: | Re: Improve add item screen | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Pippyblocks writes:
| | Out of interest, I noticed some of your used plates are slightly more expensive
than your new ones. I've noticed this with my inventory before when I've
gone through to adjust pricing and wondered why / how this happened because obviously,
customers would pick out the new over used as it is cheaper.
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Not necessarily. Some people are only looking for Used, some of them for authenticity,
some of them (wrongly) believing Used is always cheaper than New.
So the parts could still be sold
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 17, 2018 12:01 | | Subject: | Re: What happened to the best price button | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Cob writes:
| | In Suggestions, JAFO writes:
| | What happened to the best buy button when purchasing wanted lists? It a load
of poo that the system takes a much higher price. I had 6 items that came up
to over $35.00 when using auto select. The same items cost me $2.50 all from
one store when searched out manually.
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It went away a while ago, there have been some pretty long threads discussing
the disappearance of the feature.
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The three options, “Lowest Price,” “Fewest Stores,” and “Best Price,” were just
heuristical sets of parameters for the approximating algorithm, and they were
given names according to what the results were hoped to be. But:
“Fewest Stores” sometimes gave a lower price than “Lowest Price.”
“Lowest Price” sometimes gave fewer stores than “Fewest Stores.”
No one never knew what “Best Price” meant.
And I’m sure people tried all three every time.
At one time, BL realized the names were a bit too optimistic (not to say misleading),
and they chose to reduce the choice to only one option, which I think can be
dubbed “Best,” whatever that might mean.
And we still don’t know what it does.
And there are still weird, unexplained, uncommented things happening.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 10, 2018 18:16 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7817-1 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | If I may add my brick: an inventory isn’t gospel truth, it’s a crowd-sourced
work-in-progress.
We might never know an inventory is “complete” / won’t ever change anymore: fifty
years from now, someone might dig up and open a sealed set with another variant
or extra.
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Of course you're right. Your observation relates to all matters, though,
and touches on the very nature of truth itself. I am of the opinion that absolute
assurance is foolhardy and the wiser position to take regarding any fact is varying
degrees of certainty.
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You absolutely sure about that?
| | There is a celestial body we have named the Sun which casts light onto the Earth,
for example, but I am only 99% sure of that. I do not say it is a certainty
because it could be shown wrong one day.
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Yes, but there are some things we can hold for true without much consequences
in many occasions in our day-to-day lifes, and some others for which it might
be harmful more often.
It’s one thing to assume (but for one day every (about) four years when you need
to catch up) that a day is exactly 24h, it’s another to jump and buy expensive
parts because you believe an inventory is perfect and your just-bought set has
the wrong variants.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 10, 2018 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7817-1 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | | | Can we agree on the following sentence?
A set inventory is not incorrect or incomplete just because it doesn't include
every possible variant and alternate variant which ever appeared in the set during
the years it was released.
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I am sorry but I would consider it incomplete.
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Good lord, don't be sorry for having an opinion! We just disagree on that
particular point and we were finally able to pinpoint the exact cause of the
disagreement. That's a good thing.
My viewpoint is that if the inventory includes all the parts required*, then
it is complete. The inventory is imperfect (for collectors) if the variants
are not period-specific, but it is not incorrect or incomplete.
I agree with your efforts to get the inventories as perfect as possible, but
I'm expecting the highest standard of proof for tweaking inventories into
perfection. I think the collectors who care about these sets expect and deserve
only the best sources. That highest standard of proof is difficult to locate
for these old or rare sets and I understand and sympathize with your difficulties
in locating quality sources.
*All parts required to build the main model plus any other items on the official
parts list. In the absence of a parts list, the instructions, box images, and
official part count may be used to determine as closely as possible the constitution
of the Regular section.
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If I may add my brick: an inventory isn’t gospel truth, it’s a crowd-sourced
work-in-progress.
We might never know an inventory is “complete” / won’t ever change anymore: fifty
years from now, someone might dig up and open a sealed set with another variant
or extra.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 8, 2018 09:18 | | Subject: | Re: price overview when buying a wanted list | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SchmickBricks writes:
| | […]
I totally agree, and suggest BrickLink go one step further and remove the ability
for stores to adjust their prices to the current 6 month average for consolidated
lots when parting out sets as it's only serving to drive prices down either
further.
[…]
Stores would still be able to adjust prices manually of course, but who really
has the time to check the prices of 10,000 lots against the current average price?
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People are already using third party tools (theirs or BrickStock) that can do
that easily.
The more you restrict tools in BL, the more people will use tools outside of
BL (and continue bitching there aren’t enough sellers tools in BL).
| | I would imagine the declining prices would be having a knock on effect with BrickLink's
income, so any steps to address the declining prices are in their best interest
too.
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Price fixing, or limiting people’s ability to set their own prices, isn’t a solution
(apart from being illegal).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 5, 2018 16:46 | | Subject: | Re: Muting/ignoring forum member feature? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Heartbricker writes:
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Thanks Again! definitely not ignoring you! you've been a great resource and
help today and in the past!
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Thanks. I was just joking: suggestions are always triggered by recent events,
so the people having participated in the last dispute could think you were bored
with them
By the way, you can see how many people ignore you in your My Activity page (just
above the defunct Chat subsection at the bottom), but you can’t know who they
are.
I’m of the grumbling and sarcastic but helping sort, I like to think the helping
part explains why I’m only on 7 ignore lists
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