Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Re: discolored new white parts - hpoort (412) | [...] I've separated all my basic white parts in translucent white (modern) and opaque white (older) just to avoid these color differences. The translucent [...]
(46 months ago, Jul 28, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: How to make an inventory - hpoort (412) | [...] Easiest for you will probably to make a separate wanted list for the parts you have already ordered and move those items from your 'need for MOC' wanted list [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 19, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Dark Green - hpoort (412) | [...] [...] You are presented with both on the catalog item page. Because for more than half of the parts the official Design Id (BL: Part number) or Element Id (BL: [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 11, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: Dark Green - who's going to crack first? - hpoort (412) | [...] Bricklink managed to include a fair list of the matching color names with Studio (data/StudioColorDefinition.txt) in which those few name clashes posed no problem. [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 11, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: Collecting the parts catalog - hpoort (412) | [...] That shows the PCC list is far from complete and includes many duplicates (variants not distinguished by Bricklink). The easier answer finally came to me: it [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 8, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Collecting the parts catalog - hpoort (412) | [...] With over 60.000 parts in the catalog (14.969 without pattern, (URL) it is a challenge indeed. Some shops come a long way: (URL) (But you can't really trust [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 7, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Smooth Slopes - hpoort (412) | [...] That must be (Part 3678a) versus (Part 3678b) That's the only slope I can think of that is as smooth as a windscreen. There might be smooth slopes around for the purpose [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 4, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Sprues - hpoort (412) | [...] To have several parts on one sprue is quite common ((URL) but to have only one part on a sprue I can think of only the plant leaves. Are there other single parts [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 2, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Sprues - hpoort (412) | [...] I would have been interested in buying them when I first discovered their use in MOCs. I had to buy new leaves instead, in the hope they would include the sprues. This [...]
(47 months ago, Jul 2, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Number bricks: which is which - hpoort (412) | [...] (Part 3005pt9b) is the bold font (NL: 'vetgedrukt' ) as in the left in your picture, (Part 3005pt9s) is the serif font (NL: 'met schreef' ) [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 28, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: maybe wrong part in 8877-1 - hpoort (412) | [...] For this set (Set 8877-1) Looking at the instructions ((URL) it should indeed be 4x (Part 32526,85) The set was inventoried in 2005 and does not state a source. I think [...]
(48 months ago, Jun 20, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: New Relationship Match - hpoort (412) | [...] Great idea to do it this way. Is there a flag you can set so that this relation type also shows up at catalog item pages like other relations? Or is this up to admin [...]
(48 months ago, Jun 8, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Glitter white? Satin white? - hpoort (412) | [...] These bricks 2x4 and 2x6 are sold on Bricklink as Milky White, but actually they contain a little glitter. There is a batch of these bricks around that where produced [...]
(48 months ago, Jun 3, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: Is dual color mold really decorated? - hpoort (412) | [...] Don't forget about the choice of which of the colors is variable and which is fixed. See (URL) that I brought up two weeks ago. There is more to it than just the [...]
(48 months ago, May 22, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Dual molded arms - hpoort (412) | (Part 981982pb038) For the catalog project Figure Part Changes, number 1 on the in progress list ((URL) I just noted a significant difference between Bricklink and LDraw [...]
(49 months ago, May 6, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Junior Accounts? - hpoort (412) | [...] Yes, Studio needs to be logged in to Bricklink to do this. Some features are only available when logged in (Sculpture, Upload WL, Upload MOC). If the child is [...]
(49 months ago, May 6, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Ants - hpoort (412) | [...] That makes sense to me, but it would set a new standard. Probably in line with what BL would want for XP, but not how it is classically done. Specifically which type [...]
(49 months ago, May 3, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Ants - hpoort (412) | Except for the coloring, is there any difference between (Part 62575cx1) and (Part 23714)? Also, how do we go about numbering in such a case in general? 62575 is the LEGO design [...]
(49 months ago, May 3, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Buying random colors - hpoort (412) | [...] You are looking to buy 100 pieces of one design distributed over various lots, disregarding the color of those lots and wish for a way to find these lots. Sorry to say, [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 30, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: Instructions - hpoort (412) | [...] Still thinking about removing variants from the catalog? Why even consider this, when there are so many great suggestions to approach this differently? One simple change [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 24, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Inventory Labels - hpoort (412) | [...] (Part bb0726) or actually part thereof, glued to the front of each drawer. Significant shapes or colors of the bricks inside clicked to the front.
(49 months ago, Apr 22, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Closest Color - hpoort (412) | [...] These are generally called: Light Bluish Gray (modern) or Light Gray (retired) Dark Bluish Gray (modern) or Dark Gray (retired) on Bricklink. [...]
(50 months ago, Apr 20, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: Worm Gear Ratio - hpoort (412) | [...] I remember it to be indeed 1:20. I checked the instructions and it is. See (URL) Hans-Peter
(50 months ago, Apr 18, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Category Definitions Discussion - hpoort (412) | I don't see the definition of Plate, Modified and Tile, Modified helping to choose between them for parts like (Part 33909) (Part 15573) (Part 6180). Coincidentally, earlier [...]
(50 months ago, Apr 16, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Which colors available for each part - hpoort (412) | [...] Through the wanted list functionality it is possible to get a list of shops and prices to get an idea of availability ('show shops per item'), but it [...]
(51 months ago, Mar 14, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: Can you edit the Catalog display? - hpoort (412) | [...] You can not consistently hide these categories throughout the site. However, you can append '-duplo -doll' to your search term to exclude everything that has [...]
(52 months ago, Feb 15, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Description standardization note - hpoort (412) | [...] Please drop the keyword exclusion altogether. It does not make sense to make use of a full text English language keyword exclusion list, when the contents of the database [...]
(52 months ago, Feb 9, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Keyword Exclusions - hpoort (412) | [...] It is not the title that is at fault, it is the keyword exclusion that should not be applied as is done now. The keyword exclusion is done at the programming language [...]
(53 months ago, Jan 21, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Minifig heads by colour? - hpoort (412) | [...] If you mean searching by color: (URL) If you mean listing them as a lot without specifying the specific types, you can list them only as a custom lot. But custom lots [...]
(53 months ago, Jan 16, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: catalogue problem - zero lots showing up - hpoort (412) | [...] Some statistics of average price, total sold, total available et cetera are calculated during the daily maintenance and hence may differ slightly from the actual items [...]
(53 months ago, Jan 11, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Part Variants - hpoort (412) | [...] Russell, Since my suggestion was not about splitting, but about unifying the search methods instead, I am not sure that you have completely understood the implications [...]
(53 months ago, Jan 2, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Items Being Deleted - hpoort (412) | [...] Usually, a part being marked for deletion is replaced by two or more varieties that are mentioned on the part's catalog page under the phrase 'this part is similar [...]
(53 months ago, Jan 1, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Linking parts that use the same mold - hpoort (412) | [...] Indeed, users of the Bricklink platform have to know that you always have to search for 53562* instead of only 53562 if you are interested in the patterned varieties, [...]
(54 months ago, Nov 29, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: Layout - hpoort (412) | [...] At [My BL] [Settings] [My Order Settings] you can select how to show your order notes: as icons, on the right or below each line.
(57 months ago, Sep 20, 2019, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Change time zone - hpoort (412) | [...] Have you ever thought about it's complexity? See Tom Scott's YouTube episode about implementing time zones in programming: (URL) Hans-Peter
(57 months ago, Sep 12, 2019, to Suggestions) |
| Re: found wrong category - hpoort (412) | [...] The BL database does not 'know' about parent parts. This is something that we as users understand by trimming the part number, but in the underlying database, [...]
(57 months ago, Sep 7, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories - hpoort (412) | [...] Understanding the wish for (1) having the sleeves in the catalog and thus the need to include the in inventories somehow, and (2) leaving the functionality [...]
(58 months ago, Aug 20, 2019, to Inventories) |
| Re: Alternate Item Relations - hpoort (412) | [...] Generally similar parts can be found on (URL) Not easily downloadable, but copy-paste should work. Then there is: (URL) and similar information can be found through: (URL) [...]
(58 months ago, Aug 10, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: 4070a - hpoort (412) | [...] Don't forget about (Part 3678a) versus (Part 3678b) with complete, intended smoothness in the a-version. Hans-Peter
(61 months ago, May 26, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: mx1142l - hpoort (412) | [...] (URL) According to the Priceguide (last 6 months) you have them all, 15. But who knows what is out there, as test bricks perhaps? Hans-Peter
(62 months ago, Apr 12, 2019, to Modulex) |
| Re: help by brick 2x2 - hpoort (412) | [...] All three are considered (Part 3003). These variations are not distinguished on Bricklink as they have no significant functional difference. The variations of all bricks [...]
(62 months ago, Apr 12, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: Window Identification please - hpoort (412) | [...] When you encouter such a part of unknown identify but of known size, try searching for just the size of it: 2x4x2 (or you might need to try 4x2x2 as well), ruling [...]
(64 months ago, Feb 26, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous? - hpoort (412) | [...] I very much agree. This abiguity should be part of both the items for sale (sellers not wanting to bother to distinguish) and the wanted lists (buyers not [...]
(64 months ago, Feb 13, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: Catalog Guidelines: Minifig Heads - hpoort (412) | [...] Definitely shrieking. The word "pattern" is used throughout the entire catalog to distinguish plain and decorated items. For most searches, the category attribute is [...]
(65 months ago, Jan 7, 2019, to Catalog) |
| Re: Add weight as a search parameter. - hpoort (412) | [...] The idea is nice to have such an intelligent scale, but this is not feasible. The weights of parts vary not only per mold variation, but also per color. And for each [...]
(65 months ago, Jan 3, 2019, to Suggestions) |
| Re: 3865 official or homemade parts? - hpoort (412) | [...] All baseplates are cut from a bigger sheet by LEGO. These are not injection molded like most other parts but vacuum formed from sheet or roll. Hans-Peter
(66 months ago, Dec 19, 2018, to Catalog) |
| Re: Something I Just Threw Together - hpoort (412) | [...] It would be helpful to mainly choose pictures with some indication of scale, such as you did with the Scala and Fabuland pictures. And I would list the statuette, microfigure, [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 26, 2018, to Catalog) |
| Re: Head Category Split - hpoort (412) | I agree on all your arguments and approach as well, but: [...] True, but it does sometimes make sense to search for an attribute a thing shouldn't have - as opposed to [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 23, 2018, to Catalog) |
| Re: Seventh Catalog Project Underway - hpoort (412) | [...] Indeed 'with' is excluded from the search criteria, but 'without' is not. This makes the distinction still useful. See the bottom of page for a list of [...]
(67 months ago, Nov 23, 2018, to Catalog) |
| Re: Fourth Catalog Project Underway - hpoort (412) | [...] [...] You just did: "dual" for dual faces and "both sides" for just printing on both front and back side of the part. Works fine for me. Hans-Peter
(67 months ago, Nov 10, 2018, to Catalog) |
| Re: Another New Catalog Thing - hpoort (412) | [...] For the list of 'Known part variants not distinguished': (Part 4287) comes in two different angles, just as (Part 3747a) and (Part 3747b) (but the additional [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 28, 2018, to Catalog) |
| Re: Price guide improvement - hpoort (412) | Reverse engineering and assuming the API provides us with a clue about the underlying data structure, I would conclude that the price is recorded in the local currency of the [...]
(68 months ago, Oct 25, 2018, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Help with some colours please. - hpoort (412) | Seems like Medium Violet, Dark Blue-Violet and Medium Azure to me. Not Light Turquoise. Photographing it next to known colors might give more syreity. Hans-Peter In Colors, [...]
(71 months ago, Jul 27, 2018, to Colors) |
| Re: Help with some colours please. - hpoort (412) | Seems like Medium Violet, Dark Blue-Violet and Medium Azure to me. Not Light Turquoise. Photographing it next to known colors might give more syreity. Hans-Peter In Colors, [...]
(71 months ago, Jul 27, 2018, to Colors) |
| Re: Sort sellers by distance - hpoort (412) | [...] Distance as in kilometers or miles is not very relevant to buying at Bricklink. Postal costs are and these are not always as closely related as one would expect. For [...]
(92 months ago, Oct 11, 2016, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Hide a Single Thread - hpoort (412) | Dear Pete, Set your view to "without replies" and just skip the thread you don't want to see. Use the small icon left to the thread title to view the entire thread. Hans-Peter [...]
(101 months ago, Feb 1, 2016, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Ability to duplicate Wanted list - hpoort (412) | [...] You could add "&wantedSize=2000" or any number to the URL, such as: (URL) and your wanted listing will no longer be limited to the 50 you selected. Hans-Peter
(109 months ago, May 26, 2015, to Suggestions) |
| Color search in catalog - hpoort (412) | When I type Red Brick 1x4 in the main search box on the top of the page, for Catalog Items, I would expect to at least see (Part 3010) in the list as it does appear in red and [...]
(109 months ago, May 20, 2015, to Suggestions) |
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