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 Author: Brickwilbo View Messages Posted By Brickwilbo
 Posted: Mar 14, 2020 07:30
 Subject: Re: Item cost auto worked out when parting out
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In Suggestions, CaseyAF writes:
  Hi there,

Do you think a feature will be added in which when you part out a set you can
add in how much the set cost and then the system would calculate how much was
paid per piece? It's a pain adding it in individually especially when you
have over 300 items! It would be nice if a feature like this also worked out
how much each part cost based on how much they sell for (depending on if you
picked current average/6 month average etc). For example if you bought a set
for $20 and it had 4 parts equally the cost would be $5, however if two of the
parts average was $10 each and the other two were $1 each having a cost of $5
for each part wouldn't make sense. Having to work that out for each part
by hand is just way too time consuming, but if the system did it on part out
entry it would be awesome.

Use Brickstock to do that.
 Author: KCFBricks View Messages Posted By KCFBricks
 Posted: Mar 14, 2020 05:21
 Subject: Item cost auto worked out when parting out
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Hi there,

Do you think a feature will be added in which when you part out a set you can
add in how much the set cost and then the system would calculate how much was
paid per piece? It's a pain adding it in individually especially when you
have over 300 items! It would be nice if a feature like this also worked out
how much each part cost based on how much they sell for (depending on if you
picked current average/6 month average etc). For example if you bought a set
for $20 and it had 4 parts equally the cost would be $5, however if two of the
parts average was $10 each and the other two were $1 each having a cost of $5
for each part wouldn't make sense. Having to work that out for each part
by hand is just way too time consuming, but if the system did it on part out
entry it would be awesome.
 Author: mfav View Messages Posted By mfav
 Posted: Mar 13, 2020 16:32
 Subject: Re: Purist Custom Figures
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http://v4ei.com/mocfig/index.php

there's a proof-of-concept for you
 Author: Acorn04 View Messages Posted By Acorn04
 Posted: Mar 12, 2020 15:51
 Subject: Re: Dealing with orders
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Is there an updated location for the BrickStock templates?

In Suggestions, tsrplatelayer writes:
  In Suggestions, billduge writes:
   This can be done as Allan Smith has produced a great order
template for Brickstock which is how we have been able to reduce the number of
pages per order -

The templates Bill refers to can be downloaded here
http://www.avalon-family-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BrickStock_Templates.zip

Allan
 Author: Teup View Messages Posted By Teup
 Posted: Mar 12, 2020 10:28
 Subject: Re: Problem/bug with shipping minimum order
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Hey BL team, any update on this? It's quite annoying and I would still really
like it to get fixed sometime. Let me know if you need more details.

In Suggestions, Teup writes:
  I've never quite understood why you are not allowed to set the minimum order
of a shipping method lower than the minimum order of your store. It's annoying
because if you have 10 shipping methods, then anytime you want to change your
minimum order, you need to also change it 10x in your shipping methods, for no
real reason, because the "master setting", the store minimum order value, should
determine it already.

However, it seems it's also causing another problem: Buyers can use the bypass
password to get around the minimum order, but it does not help them go
around the minimum order of the shipping methods. The result is that anytime
a buyer used the bypass password, they are able to order but unable to select
any shipping methods. So there will need to be a manual invoice.

I'd propose removing the restriction for shipping methods to have a minimum
order value that is higher than or equal to the store minimum order value - in
fact, I'd propose for shipping methods not to need a minimum value at all.
That should solve everything I described without any side effects.
 Author: DrDrewBlood View Messages Posted By DrDrewBlood
 Posted: Mar 11, 2020 15:01
 Subject: Re: Purist Custom Figures
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I was under the impression Rebrickable did this for builds but not figures. Can
you combine different parts of figures on Rebrickable? That may be a good platform
for this idea since it doesn't have the barriers that Bricklink has.
 Author: Classicsmiley View Messages Posted By Classicsmiley
 Posted: Mar 11, 2020 14:47
 Subject: Re: Purist Custom Figures
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In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:
  In Suggestions, DrDrewBlood writes:
  I would like a Purist Custom Figures catalog. People can submit pictures, descriptions,
and links to specific components. Buyers can click "add all to wanted list".
Picture Source: Reddit User pumpkinsunrise

What you are really asking for, is a method of taking an abstract collection
of official LEGO parts, and generating a BL compatible upload to a wanted list.
It doesn't have to be those figs, but they are a good example. It could be
for any abstract MOC.

I wonder how difficult it would be to run this on another site, and query the
BL catalog via the API ?

Nita Rae

Isn't this what Rebrickable is pretty much made for?
 Author: DrDrewBlood View Messages Posted By DrDrewBlood
 Posted: Mar 11, 2020 14:44
 Subject: Re: Purist Custom Figures
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Thanks Nita for breaking it down like this. Another user suggested just that,
and linked Bricklink's instructions for generating such a list.

I'm going to explore this more and see what I learn. Obviously best-case
scenario is having this process available on Bricklink. But as many have pointed
out, there is a lot of red tape with an official LEGO site.
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
 Posted: Mar 11, 2020 14:44
 Subject: Re: Purist Custom Figures
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In Suggestions, DrDrewBlood writes:
  I remember reading about him when I was pre-med.

  Maybe he was the unconscious inspiration for my nametage.

Often how it works

  I'll put him on the list of custom figures I need to make. It'll be an homage.

I like that!
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Mar 11, 2020 14:39
 Subject: Re: Purist Custom Figures
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In Suggestions, randyf writes:
  In Suggestions, DrDrewBlood writes:
  In Suggestions, DrDrewBlood writes:
  I would like a Purist Custom Figures catalog. People can submit pictures, descriptions,
and links to specific components. Buyers can click "add all to wanted list".
Picture Source: Reddit User pumpkinsunrise

Here is a picture of what I had in mind. The entire "Wanted List" portion may
need to be removed because of copyright issues.

In the very least, it would be cool to browse Purist Custom Figures, and see
what official parts they consist of.

This is not going to happen. As one of the other catalog admins already stated,
there is pretty much a 0% chance that anything custom will not get added to the
catalog.

Randy

That should have read "there is pretty much a 0% chance that anything custom
*will* get added to the catalog". Damn double negative...

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