BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, bwbwings writes:

There is a feature I would love to see in Bricklink, it goes like this:

I have x number of pieces that belong to a set but I do not know what the set
is. I would love to specify which pieces I have and then view all the sets that
all the pieces belong to.

I do know that I can look up a single piece but it gets difficult cross referencing
5 or 6 pieces to find the common set.

Please let me know if you think this would be a beneficial feature or if you
would like more info.

Thanks

rebrickable.com

And https://www.bricklink.com/catalogIn.asp?viewMulti=Y

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 23, 2019 17:33

Subject:

Re: 4150 not dead?

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Topic:

Catalog

In Catalog, maxx3001 writes:

[…]

I wonder though: what happens when the variants aren’t functionnally equivalent?

LEGO doesn’t really care, a brick is a brick is a brick.

Well, apparently, from the Eurobricks’ topic Hygrotus linked to, it depends whether
you get a friendly person from LEGO customer services, especially if you’re one
of the first to encounter the issue.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 23, 2019 17:27

Subject:

Re: 4150 not dead?

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Catalog

https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/78045-issues-with-window-on-set-79003-an-unexpected-gathering-help/

In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:

[…]

I wonder though: what happens when the variants aren’t functionnally equivalent?

I think here is answer for your question. I remember problems with arch mold
in this set

79003-1 (Inv) An Unexpected Gathering
623 Parts, 6 Minifigures, 2012
Sets: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Hobbit

Oh, very interesting indeed. Thank you.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 23, 2019 13:07

Subject:

Re: 4150 not dead?

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Catalog

In Catalog, maxx3001 writes:

In Catalog, Teup writes:

In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:

In Catalog, Teup writes:

That's funny. I just encountered 4 of these:

LEGO just uses everything they have, maybe they dug up an old container with
the X bottom and mixed them in with the newer parts.

LEGO never throws anything away, this is how we got old Maersk blue 3001old in
modern sets

I wonder though: what happens when the variants aren’t functionnally equivalent?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 15, 2019 12:23

Subject:

Re: Suggestion for extra function in Studio

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In Suggestions, JLvL writes:

Hello,

Over the las couple of months i have designed some cars in Studio.
Some bricks in the middle may have a different color than the color I am currently
building. So if the color doesn't matter you select 'not applicable'
for that specific brick.

It always takes quite some time to figure out in the wanted list which bricks
should be on not applicable. I think it is much easier to include the 'color'
not applicable in the list of colors in Studio.

As an extra function it is then useful to be able to choose the color of the
'not applicable' bricks. For example, if you are building a model in
red, you can set the 'not applicable' bricks to yellow. Because of the
contrast between these two colors you keep the overview on the model.

Agreed… but the dedicated forum for Studio is http://forum.bricklink.com/

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 8, 2019 14:25

Subject:

Re: Forum Reforms

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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

[…]

My point was that forum.bl.com uses a modern, off-the-shelf, forum engine (and,
if I’m not mistaken, phpBB (it uses the Ariki style, designed for phpBB 3.0)).

So BL knows about and has experience with modern, off-the-shelf, forum engines

And our experience has not been good. Very difficult to manage, and a real challenge
to customize.

Yes, that’s why new ones are always popping up.

We had a bug for over year that prevented us from deleting any
post.

And there are no notifications for private messages (took me months to see I
had some), and those can’t be deleted (well, you can, but they are still there).

I actually rather like the mailing-list / usenet look of this old forum. And
the macro tags and the inventory change messages….

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 8, 2019 13:56

Subject:

Re: Forum Reforms

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In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:

In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:

In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

[…]
Just like to add that our forum has all the functionality of this one as well
as the ability to edit, add attachments, conduct polls, plus more and its free
software - phbbs forum. It took our web guy an hour or so to get it installed
and me about a day to learn all about it (and I still don't know all there
is to know) […]

Take a look at http://forum.bricklink.com/ ….

From the front page:

Most users ever online was 20 on Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:25 pm

That was around the time ADP was announced.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 8, 2019 12:30

Subject:

Re: Forum Reforms

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In Suggestions, calsbricks writes:

Take a look at http://forum.bricklink.com/ ….

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 8, 2019 09:48

Subject:

Re: Forum Reforms

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In Suggestions, Adjour writes:

[…]
I remember a regular member posting a very nice collection photo because they
were excited about finishing or near finishing it iirc. I think it got two replies...

On Reddit, that same post would have got hundreds of positive replies. […]

On the other hand, 200 comments of “Good!” and “+1” aren’t fun to read either

I also believe that, as there are other forums that specialize in that sort of
posts, by comparison and by BL’s very nature, BL’s forum will always seem more
oriented towards selling/buying or cataloguing than MOCing or other news.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Nov 5, 2019 08:55

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 21318-1

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Topic:

Inventories Requests (Entry)

Status:

Open