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:
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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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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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