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View Thread Re: How should i name this set? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Timeo hominem unius movie.
(63 months ago, Mar 7, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 10159-2 - SylvainLS (46)
[...] You say “plate,” OP says “brick.” (I say tomato.)
(63 months ago, Mar 6, 2019, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: paint in studio 2.0? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] We are talking about a format created in the 1990’s. Maybe you aren’t old enough to remember how slow personal computers were at this time. I am :| Drawing a simple [...]
(63 months ago, Mar 6, 2019, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: paint in studio 2.0? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Longer answer: soon. [...] LDraw (the underlying format for parts in Studio) is an old format. It’s not a bad thing but it explains why, at the time it was [...]
(63 months ago, Mar 6, 2019, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Why is Finch Dallow sw1005 from 2017? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] If minifig dates work the same way than for parts, they are automatically set from the (oldest) set they are from. So, unless the new version of the set gets its [...]
(64 months ago, Feb 20, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: We need a modern way to part out sets. - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Which ones? Look at the “new” (3 year old) Wanted List features: We can’t merge WLs, we can’t intersect WLs, we can’t manage our own inventory without becoming [...]
(64 months ago, Feb 19, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Official LEGO Colour Palette - SylvainLS (46)
[...] The most complete list: (URL)
(64 months ago, Feb 16, 2019, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] The database isn’t made for this, and the only way now is to have “undetermined” variants, which just adds another variant, fouls the price guide, and makes half the [...]
(64 months ago, Feb 12, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Three variants. Don’t exaggerate, you’re showing them ;) (Part 3307) (Part 15254) (Part 12939) [...] Yes, the variants are important: 1. You can fit some parts [...]
(64 months ago, Feb 12, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: My Pet Peeve of the day - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Nope, a new, blank sticker sheet already has the backing. The backing is like a sprue. LEGO doesn’t put the sticker on the backing, they print on the sticker while [...]
(64 months ago, Feb 4, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: My Pet Peeve of the day - SylvainLS (46)
[...] They said they wanted to HAVE a pet, not to BE one ;)
(64 months ago, Feb 4, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: My Pet Peeve of the day - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Or you if you get them directly from LEGO (or their supplier) before they are filled. Unless in that case you call them “pre-new” or “not-even-new-yet” :D
(64 months ago, Feb 3, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: A Smidgen of Lego History - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Indeed, Happy Birthday! [...] Well, the first train that looked like a train and had tracks to roll on. There were Duplo connecting cars before 1980. Even without tracks, [...]
(64 months ago, Jan 29, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Wanted List Colour "I don't care" - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Still works for me.
(65 months ago, Jan 28, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: How to Use MY REMARKS when Parting Out :Video - SylvainLS (46)
[...] And that here is why you should have started numbering from zero: you columns would have been 00-09, 10-19, etc. First digit = column, second digit = row. Of course, [...]
(65 months ago, Jan 24, 2019, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Affiliate fees for custom sets - SylvainLS (46)
[...] I’d rather say that: 1. Sellers saw how the MOC Shop faired. 2. Sellers understand that MOCs are a niche market. Best-sellers are very rare. Even MOCs-that-sell are [...]
(65 months ago, Jan 20, 2019, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Decorated tiles - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Oh yes, different shapes too.
(65 months ago, Jan 17, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Decorated tiles - SylvainLS (46)
[...] (Part 2431pb159) and (Part 2431pb477)? None that I can see….
(65 months ago, Jan 17, 2019, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Please change "Coral" to "Vibrant Coral" - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Coral is orange, not pink or red. And “vibrant” means “flashy” as in “Wow, these 1980’s skiing outfits are really ‘vibrant’!” :D
(65 months ago, Jan 8, 2019, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7722-1 - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Sorry if I wasn’t clear: I meant to say it was debattable, with a “New” argument (screwing isn’t clicking) but starting with a “Used” arguments (opening isn’t [...]
(66 months ago, Dec 8, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: Brown vs reddish brown cape - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Er, now they look aubergine (egg plant / dark purple), not (reddish) brown.
(66 months ago, Dec 5, 2018, to Colors)
View Thread Re: 60592c01 - whos idea was this? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Well, the definition says New should have been manipulated for sorting only. Opening isn’t sorting… unless you sort by production date ;) Now, it’s about screws, [...]
(66 months ago, Dec 5, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 40292 minifig error - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Well, we’re assuming it’s a “dad”. It could be a “big brother” or a “young uncle” too ;) And anyone can change the interpretation (and minifigs) to better [...]
(66 months ago, Dec 4, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 40292 minifig error - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Actually, it IS a “dad’s hairdo optionality feature”: there are two versions of the instructions and each one uses different hair for the dad. See (URL) ;)
(66 months ago, Dec 4, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Something I Just Threw Together - Updated - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Chronogical order and something like “discontinued,” or more simply the era / production years next to the title.
(67 months ago, Nov 26, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Something I Just Threw Together - SylvainLS (46)
[...] This question is flawed. You should add things that are clearly not figures, like cars or houses, and things on the line, like Cars (the movie) characters. As [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 26, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6591-1 - SylvainLS (46)
[...] As there are two plates on each sprue, the numbers should be halved.
(67 months ago, Nov 26, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6393-1 - SylvainLS (46)
[...] 4073 always came by pair on a sprue in the 1980’s. [...] See (URL)
(67 months ago, Nov 26, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Inventory Change Request for Set 71043-1 - SylvainLS (46)
Please make changes to the following inventory: (Set 71043-1) * Add 2 Part 60601pb017 Trans-Clear Glass for Window 1 x 2 x 2 with Arched Gold Window Pattern (Extra) * [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 24, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: What is the difference? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] And… that’s why admins are paid the big bucks and, my not having either of the parts, why I can now go to sleep with a clear conscience ;):P
(67 months ago, Nov 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: What is the difference? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] I looked on Brickset, the images are the same but a bit bigger and placed the same way, so going back and forth from one image to the other is possible and shows the [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: What is the difference? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] I looked at the two BL pics (official Lego renders?): I believe there’s a difference around the stud hole (red circles) and, maybe at the top of the fender [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: (MARKED FOR DELETION) Why?? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Sorry too, I put it a bit rudely… maybe should have added a smiley or something :D [...] Anybody can ask whatever but only admins can accept or decline requests. [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: (MARKED FOR DELETION) Why?? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] StormChaser IS admin.
(67 months ago, Nov 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: 60592c01 - whos idea was this? - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Not. The hinge brick and the hinge plate always came separated. [...] This assembly can’t be New: you have assembled the parts yourself, that’s the definition of Used.
(67 months ago, Nov 15, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Fourth Catalog Project Underway - SylvainLS (46)
[...] I prefer one nullable field to twin-fields (boolean field + non-nullable field) but I’m no DB expert, so efficiency rules (speed-wise and size-wise, but also [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 10, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Fourth Catalog Project Underway - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Well, it could be done with only one field: plain, printed, stickered, moulded… (I.e. allowing “plain” (nil/null/none/empty…) as a type of decoration.) [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 10, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Baseplates not (easy) to find - SylvainLS (46)
[...] A precision: As Jennifer said, the years for the sets are the years the sets were first released. But the years for the parts are the oldest and newest years of the [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 10, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Catalog: Strongly disagree 3830c0 deletion - SylvainLS (46)
[...] This one seems more 6 ft under than up in the air. :P
(67 months ago, Nov 8, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Q about (Other) Minifigures Have Moved! - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Perks of the position ;)
(67 months ago, Nov 8, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Try that again - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Maybe add a simple line in the picture to show it’s both sides of the same part and not two parts. [...] It would need a pin too ;)
(67 months ago, Nov 8, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6445-1 - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Soon, there’ll be deepfakes videos of LEGO sealed sets opening :D
(67 months ago, Nov 5, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 21309-1 - SylvainLS (46)
[...] The “no related alternate” part of the rule was a bit fuzzy in my mind (half-remembering the 4599 Tap situation) :D [...] Thanks.
(67 months ago, Nov 5, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Inventory Change Request for Set 21309-1 - SylvainLS (46)
Please make changes to the following inventory: (Set 21309-1) * Add 8 Part 44302a Dark Bluish Gray Hinge Plate 1 x 2 Locking with 2 Fingers on End with Bottom Groove (match [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 5, 2018, to Inventories Requests)
View Thread Re: Inventories pending approval - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Many thanks again!
(67 months ago, Nov 4, 2018, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Inventories pending approval - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Many thanks! Is there a way to find it or should I bookmark the page? (Not linked from the Catalog/Inventories page (URL) )
(67 months ago, Nov 4, 2018, to Inventories)
View Thread Inventories pending approval - SylvainLS (46)
Is there a way to see an inventory which is “pending approval” (when you’re not the submitter)? Or at least a way to know why it’s pending? I can’t find either….
(67 months ago, Nov 4, 2018, to Inventories)
View Thread Re: Second Catalog Project Underway - SylvainLS (46)
[...] They are wasp and hornet nests, not bee.
(67 months ago, Nov 4, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Second Catalog Project Underway - SylvainLS (46)
[...] Look at Wikipedia, they have pictures (esp. on English and French versions, a little less on the “Nederlands” one). Some wasps and hornets make roundish nests [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 4, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Second Catalog Project Underway - SylvainLS (46)
[...] As WoutR already pointed out, Beehives aren’t made by bees but by minifigs… er humans. Bees live in hollow trunks or such cavities, they don’t build such nests. [...] [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 4, 2018, to Catalog)

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