Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | DeLuca  | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2019 00:49 | | Subject: | Re: Please Rename Items | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, DeLuca writes:
| | These names are too long for the Catalog Change form, hence my request here.
Part (973pb0619c01) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel
with Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron
II Logo) and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern / Black Arms / Dark Bluish
Gray Hands"
Part (973pb0619) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel with
Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo)
and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern"
* |  | 973pb0619 Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness, Dark Bluish Gray Belt, Silver Buckles, Pin with Stylized Lime Capital Letter B (Blacktron II Logo) Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso |
Part (973pb0805c01) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern / Black Arm and Hand Left / PDG Mech Arm and
Black Claw Right"
Part (973pb0805) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern"
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If they are too long for the submission form, that's an indication that they are simply too long.
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These names are over the limit by only a few characters, and just the Torso Assemblies
are affected.
| | What are you trying to accomplish by describing every detail?
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In the absence of a proper tag-system, I wanted to include searchable keywords
and use descriptive names, such that these pieces are easier to find/identify.
The existing names are fine if you are already familiar with the part/theme
in question - Part (973pb0619c01), for example, provides no searchable
material beyond names that are likely increasingly-unknown to AFOLs (since Blacktron
is roughly 30 years old!).
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2019 00:03 | | Subject: | Re: Please Rename Items | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, DeLuca writes:
| | These names are too long for the Catalog Change form, hence my request here.
Part (973pb0619c01) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel
with Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron
II Logo) and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern / Black Arms / Dark Bluish
Gray Hands"
Part (973pb0619) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel with
Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo)
and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern"
* | | 973pb0619 Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness, Dark Bluish Gray Belt, Silver Buckles, Pin with Stylized Lime Capital Letter B (Blacktron II Logo) Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso |
Part (973pb0805c01) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern / Black Arm and Hand Left / PDG Mech Arm and
Black Claw Right"
Part (973pb0805) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern"
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If they are too long for the submission form, that's an indication that they
are simply too long. What are you trying to accomplish by describing every detail?
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| Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2019 17:58 | | Subject: | Re: Please Rename Items (Space Torsos) | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, DeLuca writes:
| | These names are too long for the Catalog Change form, hence my request here.
Part (973pb0619c01) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel
with Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron
II Logo) and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern / Black Arms / Dark Bluish
Gray Hands"
Part (973pb0619) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel with
Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo)
and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern"
* | | 973pb0619 Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness, Dark Bluish Gray Belt, Silver Buckles, Pin with Stylized Lime Capital Letter B (Blacktron II Logo) Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso |
Part (973pb0805c01) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern / Black Arm and Hand Left / PDG Mech Arm and
Black Claw Right"
Part (973pb0805) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern"
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More:
Part (973p66c01) to "Torso Space Blue Armor Plates with Silver Rivets and Black
Chest Panel with Silver Hoses and Silver Belt with Blue Ring and Silver Triangles
Buckle Pattern (Spyrius) / Black Arms / Red Hands"
Part (973p66) to "Torso Space Blue Armor Plates with Silver Rivets and Black
Chest Panel with Silver Hoses and Silver Belt with Blue Ring and Silver Triangles
Buckle Pattern (Spyrius)"
Part (973p63c01) to "Torso Space Robot Silver Armor Breastplate with Rivets and
Black Trim with Silver Skeletal Spine Pattern (Spyrius / Explorians) / Black
Arms / Red Hands"
Part (973p63c02) to "Torso Space Robot Silver Armor Breastplate with Rivets and
Black Trim with Silver Skeletal Spine Pattern (Spyrius / Explorians) / White
Arms / Black Hands"
Part (973p63) to "Torso Space Robot Silver Armor Breastplate with Rivets and
Black Trim with Silver Skeletal Spine Pattern (Spyrius / Explorians)"
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| Author: | starbeanie | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2019 08:40 | | Subject: | Re: Pulling Data For Reference | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| http://brickstock.patrickbrans.com/
In Catalog, MI_Bricks writes:
| | I bought a huge bin (approx. 40 lbs. for $40!) of LEGO and am in the process
of sorting the minfigs. So far I am at about 125 that I have positively identified
here in the catalog. I have about 75 more heads and a similar number of bodies
and legs.
Is there a way to say make an Excel spreadsheet that will automatically pull
data from the catalog so I can sort which ones are of value and which ones are
relatively common.
I started a spreadsheet and added a link to each figures page in the database,
but that doesn't help me sort them by value.
Thanks for any help!
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| Author: | VOTB | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2019 13:56 | | Subject: | Re: Pulling Data For Reference | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| I have been working on a way to do this. There are a few ways to go, one with
macros, another with web scrapers, having an API with the data would be helpful.
The main issue I come against is the server draw. I am pretty convinced this
is one of the reasons we get so many 500 errors. There are those out there pulling
pricing for hundreds or thousands of parts every day. This draws the BL server
down. I read somewhere that bots and spiders are not permitted. Therefore if
found out you could be banned. Currently, I have only scrapers pulling pricing
from retail locations, then I manually go in and pull pricing from BL on items
I feel may be profitable.
It would be nice if BL would simply publish a daily csv file that included all
the pricing of each piece. Then we could just plug that into a spreadsheet or
google doc with vlookup and have a really good simple pricing tool.
Not to get too many people riled up, but I am hopeful that XP will have some
updates that will help us in this regard.
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2019 12:56 | | Subject: | Re: Pulling Data For Reference | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Just scanning my insta for some of the legacy ones I ran. Looks like I did an
astromech one, and a Yoda one too.
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2019 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Pulling Data For Reference | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, MI_Bricks writes:
| | I bought a huge bin (approx. 40 lbs. for $40!) of LEGO and am in the process
of sorting the minfigs. So far I am at about 125 that I have positively identified
here in the catalog. I have about 75 more heads and a similar number of bodies
and legs.
Is there a way to say make an Excel spreadsheet that will automatically pull
data from the catalog so I can sort which ones are of value and which ones are
relatively common.
I started a spreadsheet and added a link to each figures page in the database,
but that doesn't help me sort them by value.
Thanks for any help!
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I once made something similar to what you're asking at my old job using macros
and web queries in excel. The macro would loop through each line on excel and
use the itemID to spit out the pricelist sales history on New and Used.
I would use it to find the most valuable versions of figures (example, most valuable
battle droids in picture.
Sadly, I lost this spreadsheet when I left that job.
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| Author: | MI_Bricks | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2019 12:25 | | Subject: | Pulling Data For Reference | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I bought a huge bin (approx. 40 lbs. for $40!) of LEGO and am in the process
of sorting the minfigs. So far I am at about 125 that I have positively identified
here in the catalog. I have about 75 more heads and a similar number of bodies
and legs.
Is there a way to say make an Excel spreadsheet that will automatically pull
data from the catalog so I can sort which ones are of value and which ones are
relatively common.
I started a spreadsheet and added a link to each figures page in the database,
but that doesn't help me sort them by value.
Thanks for any help!
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2019 03:13 | | Subject: | Re: No idea what some pieces are | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, DeLuca writes:
| | In Catalog, Monica.angres writes:
| | I recently bought a huge bin of legos from a friend for 50 bucks. I’m still sorting
and cleaning, but realized these are probably all 15 to 20 years old! I’m desperately
trying to find someone who could help me identify these older pieces. Some of
them I have never seen! I would be more than happy to share with anyone willing
to help. Thanks!
Monica
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Pictures would be helpful.
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Indeed, a picture is worth a thousand words and with them we can help identify
parts very quickly.
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| Author: | leon112 | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2019 21:55 | | Subject: | Re: No idea what some pieces are | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| There are a couple of ways going about this.
1. With a magnifying glass, you can read the part number. Enter it into the search
function to see what it is.
2. Become familiar with the categories of parts. Plates. tile modified, wedges
etc. Then look around.
Some parts just might be Lego.
Deb
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| Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2019 21:35 | | Subject: | Re: No idea what some pieces are | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Monica.angres writes:
| | I recently bought a huge bin of legos from a friend for 50 bucks. I’m still sorting
and cleaning, but realized these are probably all 15 to 20 years old! I’m desperately
trying to find someone who could help me identify these older pieces. Some of
them I have never seen! I would be more than happy to share with anyone willing
to help. Thanks!
Monica
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Pictures would be helpful.
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| Author: | bb1454090 | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2019 20:57 | | Subject: | No idea what some pieces are | | Viewed: | 168 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I recently bought a huge bin of legos from a friend for 50 bucks. I’m still sorting
and cleaning, but realized these are probably all 15 to 20 years old! I’m desperately
trying to find someone who could help me identify these older pieces. Some of
them I have never seen! I would be more than happy to share with anyone willing
to help. Thanks!
Monica
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| Author: | tonnic | | Posted: | Sep 26, 2019 05:02 | | Subject: | Re: 95327pb02 chimpanzee | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, TakeAbricK writes:
| | In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, TakeAbricK writes:
| | Hi,
Does anyone have any idea, where this Chimpanzee comes from
I have a few, but they were listed as an Orangutan 
* | | 14736pb02 Monkey / Orangutan, Friends, Baby with Medium Azure Eyes, Black Nose, and Medium Nougat Face and Stomach Pattern
Parts: Animal, Land |
Diana
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They were definitely available as an accessory in the Build-a-Minifig stations
here in the U.S., because that is where I got mine. 
Cheers,
Randy
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ok, thanks both.
Some seller must have send me the wrong ones then, because I haven't been
to a Pick a Brick for ages and they don't come in any set.
Diana
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‘What a mistaka to maka’ if you know the classics.
The colors are quite different, the arm looks in a different angle and is left
or right with both monkeys.
That means you have to look back to the orders you made in the past.
Good luck!
Ton
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| Author: | Soviet | | Posted: | Sep 26, 2019 03:04 | | Subject: | Re: Piece identification | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StephenEathanJo writes:
| | Can someone tell me what length piece number370526 is when compared to a regular
lego. I am trying to identify an piece like an axle rod. Does measure up to a
piece that is three knobs long or four or what. It may even be 6 knobs long brick
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I'm noy sure if I understand you correctly, but Axle 4 is 4 studs long so
it should be the same as - for example - a 1 x 4 tile.
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| Author: | TakeAbricK | | Posted: | Sep 26, 2019 01:23 | | Subject: | Re: 95327pb02 chimpanzee | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, TakeAbricK writes:
| | Hi,
Does anyone have any idea, where this Chimpanzee comes from
I have a few, but they were listed as an Orangutan
* | | 14736pb02 Monkey / Orangutan, Friends, Baby with Medium Azure Eyes, Black Nose, and Medium Nougat Face and Stomach Pattern
Parts: Animal, Land |
Diana
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They were definitely available as an accessory in the Build-a-Minifig stations
here in the U.S., because that is where I got mine.
Cheers,
Randy
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ok, thanks both.
Some seller must have send me the wrong ones then, because I haven't been
to a Pick a Brick for ages and they don't come in any set.
Diana
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| Author: | bb610911 | | Posted: | Sep 26, 2019 01:09 | | Subject: | Piece identification | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Can someone tell me what length piece number370526 is when compared to a regular
lego. I am trying to identify an piece like an axle rod. Does measure up to a
piece that is three knobs long or four or what. It may even be 6 knobs long brick
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| Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2019 21:25 | | Subject: | Please Rename Items | | Viewed: | 142 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| These names are too long for the Catalog Change form, hence my request here.
Part (973pb0619c01) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel
with Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron
II Logo) and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern / Black Arms / Dark Bluish
Gray Hands"
Part (973pb0619) to "Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness and Chest Panel with
Rivets and Silver Octagon Badge with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo)
and Dark Bluish Gray and Silver Belt Pattern"
* | | 973pb0619 Torso Space Light Bluish Gray Harness, Dark Bluish Gray Belt, Silver Buckles, Pin with Stylized Lime Capital Letter B (Blacktron II Logo) Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Torso |
Part (973pb0805c01) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern / Black Arm and Hand Left / PDG Mech Arm and
Black Claw Right"
Part (973pb0805) to "Torso Space Silver Armor Breastplate with Vents and Lime
Dots and Black Octagon with Lime Letter 'B' (Blacktron II Logo) and Silver
and Dark Bluish Gray Belt Pattern"
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| Author: | BricksThatStick | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2019 19:01 | | Subject: | Re: Set 1952-1 minifig and stickers | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, gekolego writes:
| | On the sticker sheet there are 5 small 'MD' stickers: One (with additional
'Danmarks Internationale Mejeri' to be placed at the back of the vehicle,
two (with additional small 'MD FOODS' print) for the doors (parts 3821pb014
and 3822pb014) and one plain 'MD' sticker for the vehicle's front
(part 3010pb132). So there is only one small plain 'MD' sticker left
for the minifig which can be either placed on the front or back of the torso.
Instructions show both variants - on the front page respectively in picture (13).
The catalog lists:
minifig mdf001 as 'MD Foods - White Torso (Sticker on both sides), Green
Legs, White Cap'
torso assembly 973pb0496c01 as 'White Torso MD Foods Logo Pattern on Both
Sides (Sticker) / White Arms / Yellow Hands'
torso 973pb0496 as 'Torso MD Foods Logo Pattern on Both Sides (Sticker)
/ White Arms / Yellow Hands'
So as there are not enough stickers for both sides and it is not obvious from
the instructions which is the correct placement – front or back of torso? - I
would suggest to just remove the term 'on both sides' in the title of
these inventory parts.
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There is a sticker missing from the sticker sheet.
If you look at the attached picture you can see a feint outline where the sticker
has been removed (circled)
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2019 18:19 | | Subject: | Re: 95327pb02 chimpanzee | | Viewed: | 833 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, TakeAbricK writes:
| | Hi,
Does anyone have any idea, where this Chimpanzee comes from
I have a few, but they were listed as an Orangutan
* | | 14736pb02 Monkey / Orangutan, Friends, Baby with Medium Azure Eyes, Black Nose, and Medium Nougat Face and Stomach Pattern
Parts: Animal, Land |
Diana
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They were definitely available as an accessory in the Build-a-Minifig stations
here in the U.S., because that is where I got mine.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2019 13:32 | | Subject: | Re: 95327pb02 chimpanzee | | Viewed: | 836 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, TakeAbricK writes:
| | Hi,
Does anyone have any idea, where this Chimpanzee comes from
I have a few, but they were listed as an Orangutan
* | | 14736pb02 Monkey / Orangutan, Friends, Baby with Medium Azure Eyes, Black Nose, and Medium Nougat Face and Stomach Pattern
Parts: Animal, Land |
Diana
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Probably Pick-a-Brick.
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| Author: | TakeAbricK | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2019 13:19 | | Subject: | 95327pb02 chimpanzee | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hi,
Does anyone have any idea, where this Chimpanzee comes from
I have a few, but they were listed as an Orangutan
* | | 14736pb02 Monkey / Orangutan, Friends, Baby with Medium Azure Eyes, Black Nose, and Medium Nougat Face and Stomach Pattern
Parts: Animal, Land |
Diana
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| Author: | normann1974 | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2019 11:29 | | Subject: | Re: Two versions of 3596pb02? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
| | I stumbled today on a few of these flags
in a box that contained other parts in counts that suggest that some of the contents
may have come directly from the LEGO factory. But 4 out of 5 of these flags have
the print on the other side as the image shows.
Is that a known part or should it be considered a misprint?
/Jan
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I see now that the secondary picture shows the print on the other side. I guess
it's considered the same part, then? Could a note be made?
/Jan
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| Author: | normann1974 | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2019 11:21 | | Subject: | Two versions of 3596pb02? | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I stumbled today on a few of these flags
in a box that contained other parts in counts that suggest that some of the contents
may have come directly from the LEGO factory. But 4 out of 5 of these flags have
the print on the other side as the image shows.
Is that a known part or should it be considered a misprint?
/Jan
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| Author: | gekolego | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2019 10:58 | | Subject: | Set 1952-1 minifig and stickers | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| On the sticker sheet there are 5 small 'MD' stickers: One (with additional
'Danmarks Internationale Mejeri' to be placed at the back of the vehicle,
two (with additional small 'MD FOODS' print) for the doors (parts 3821pb014
and 3822pb014) and one plain 'MD' sticker for the vehicle's front
(part 3010pb132). So there is only one small plain 'MD' sticker left
for the minifig which can be either placed on the front or back of the torso.
Instructions show both variants - on the front page respectively in picture (13).
The catalog lists:
minifig mdf001 as 'MD Foods - White Torso (Sticker on both sides), Green
Legs, White Cap'
torso assembly 973pb0496c01 as 'White Torso MD Foods Logo Pattern on Both
Sides (Sticker) / White Arms / Yellow Hands'
torso 973pb0496 as 'Torso MD Foods Logo Pattern on Both Sides (Sticker)
/ White Arms / Yellow Hands'
So as there are not enough stickers for both sides and it is not obvious from
the instructions which is the correct placement – front or back of torso? - I
would suggest to just remove the term 'on both sides' in the title of
these inventory parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2019 12:50 | | Subject: | Gear instructions | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I notice that there are now a number of things like this in the catalogue under
GEAR:
[g=ST1]
[g=superman]
What are these meant to be?
Looking at Castle Byers, some people are usnig the listing to sell the set, some
the stickers, some sets with custom stickers, another the set with custom prints,
etc. No-one is actually selling just the instructions!
Is the intention that these should really just be the instructions given that
they come under a category called "Building Event Instructions"?
If so, why are they not listed like normal instructions? Is it because BL does
not recognise these as sets, and properly listed instructions must have sets
to go in?
I remember trying to add the Superman set long ago, and it was denied. But now
it seems the instructions do exist in BL's view, but the sets do not exist.
The strange thing is, when I got my Superman, they were using laser copy / printed
instruction sheets and you could get the PDF if you wanted it, but they did not
have "genuine" instruction sheets.
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