Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | Hexy | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 19:56 | Subject: | Re: Item number changes | Viewed: | 19 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| This is a good idea however, there can be many changes to item numbers in a day.
The team might become overloaded by changes and notifications. Unless they can
find a way to automate this, this idea is something to look for further in the
future
In Suggestions, Doodlebug writes:
| It would be helpful if Admin would send out a notification when they change an
item number.
How frustrating is it to look for a part in my inventory only to find the number
has been changed.
If a notice is sent out for items marked for deletion, why can't it be done
for changes.
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Author: | Doodlebug | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 18:41 | Subject: | Item number changes | Viewed: | 63 times | Topic: | Suggestions | Status: | Open | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| It would be helpful if Admin would send out a notification when they change an
item number.
How frustrating is it to look for a part in my inventory only to find the number
has been changed.
If a notice is sent out for items marked for deletion, why can't it be done
for changes.
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Author: | Stellar | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 18:13 | Subject: | Re: Fix color inconsistency | Viewed: | 52 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Swamp_Kryakwa writes:
| Bricklink is missing lots of colors, and says that parts produced in that colors
have some different ones. Also, Trans-Medium Blue is treated as non-neon color,
which is big mistake. Trans-Medium Blue IS Neon color, and I want such issues
to be fixed
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You can cross-reference colors with this chart: http://ryanhowerter.net/colors.php
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Author: | BrickCompulsion | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 17:32 | Subject: | Re: Fix color inconsistency | Viewed: | 54 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Swamp_Kryakwa writes:
| Bricklink is missing lots of colors, and says that parts produced in that colors
have some different ones. Also, Trans-Medium Blue is treated as non-neon color,
which is big mistake. Trans-Medium Blue IS Neon color, and I want such issues
to be fixed
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What colours are missing?
I would disagree that trans medium blue is a neon colour
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Author: | Swamp_Kryakwa | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 17:08 | Subject: | Fix color inconsistency | Viewed: | 199 times | Topic: | Suggestions | Status: | Open | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| Bricklink is missing lots of colors, and says that parts produced in that colors
have some different ones. Also, Trans-Medium Blue is treated as non-neon color,
which is big mistake. Trans-Medium Blue IS Neon color, and I want such issues
to be fixed
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Author: | Grosoleil | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 13:34 | Subject: | Re: Image recognition feature | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Grosoleil writes:
| It would be nice to have an image recognition feature for parts, especially minifigure
heads, there are so many
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Thanks all
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Author: | Brickwilbo | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 06:30 | Subject: | Re: Mark wishlist "ordered" | Viewed: | 17 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, aquarian writes:
| If you have multiple wishlists, some older, some newer, some ordered, some not,
it may be difficult to remember what you still need to order. So I'd suggest
a checkbox or something inside a wishlist to mark a whole list or individual
parts as "ordered". They wouldn't appear in your wanted part listing, so
you'd see what parts you're actually still missing.
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The Apply Order function, kind of, already does that.
It changes the Have quantities in the Wantlist(s).
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Author: | aquarian | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 06:08 | Subject: | Mark wishlist "ordered" | Viewed: | 59 times | Topic: | Suggestions | Status: | Open | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| If you have multiple wishlists, some older, some newer, some ordered, some not,
it may be difficult to remember what you still need to order. So I'd suggest
a checkbox or something inside a wishlist to mark a whole list or individual
parts as "ordered". They wouldn't appear in your wanted part listing, so
you'd see what parts you're actually still missing.
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Author: | CPgolfaddict | Posted: | Mar 13, 2021 02:02 | Subject: | Add tier price indicator to price guide pages | Viewed: | 58 times | Topic: | Suggestions | Status: | Open | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
| Price Guide lots that are part of a super lot have (S) next to the quantity.
Lots with a bulk quantity have (xNN) where NN is the bulk quantity.
Please add (tNN) when a lot has a tier discount. "t" for tier and the number
NN is the smallest quantity tier offered for that lot. For example: if a seller's
lot has tiers of 100 and 500 then show (t100)
Having just (T) or (t) in the price guide would be better than nothing.
Thoughts anyone? If a lot has both tier and bulk how about (x,t) with no quantity?
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 15:42 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, randyf writes:
Okay thanks but back to Jennifers point it might work well if you already know
what minifigure you have in your hand but if you don't know the name of the
character your looking at it may have been a reliable means of searching for
minifgs using these kinds of search options but I get it people(as well as myself)
ar'nt keen with the awkward looking description titles so I won't push
it any further
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Author: | randyf | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 15:08 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 27 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| Just to add how are you getting just 24 Spider-mans on one page as when I search
Spider-man I get 139 results which includes everything from Aunt May to all Spider-mans
nemisis
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https://www.bricklink.com/catalogListOld.asp?pg=1&q=%22spider%2Dman%22&catLike=W&v=2
Then narrow it down by "Minifigs" item type.
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 15:03 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
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| Yeah Popsicle its a terrible idea and almost as bad as the OPs suggestion
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSudkID3zJM
In my small world, if you wish to be taken seriously when critiquing another's
idea, you are expected to follow-up with an idea of your own
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Sorry, I’ve run out of lollipops.
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Don't be sorry, you've got a ice lolly (popsicle) here
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Author: | psusaxman2000 | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 15:01 | Subject: | Re: Option to exclude incomplete instructions | Viewed: | 21 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| In Suggestions, psusaxman2000 writes:
| I don't spend much time search the catalog for instructions, so I'm more
curious than anything. Are you saying you are seeing instructions that are torn
or missing pages? This is the only reason that I would think for having "incomplete"
as an option.
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Some instructions have multiple booklets, so if one or more are missing that
would be an "incomplete" set of instructions. For example, if you had only 1
or 2 booklets from the following instruction set and wanted to sell them, how
would you list them?
Of course this is just an example and not a very good one, I doubt many people
are looking for these. But maybe this one?
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Duh (smacks forehead).
I have this set and didn't even think about that.
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 14:59 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 22 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
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| Yeah Popsicle its a terrible idea and almost as bad as the OPs suggestion
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSudkID3zJM
In my small world, if you wish to be taken seriously when critiquing another's
idea, you are expected to follow-up with an idea of your own
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Sorry, I’ve run out of lollipops.
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 14:13 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 83 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| Just an idea I’m putting out there for future consideration because with colour
abbreviations it can give you useful options for catalog use/navigation!
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It's a strong idea that's getting some push back. How about...
For color descriptors within the title, just using the color itself
as a small box next to the part within the description, as in the Color Guide?
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And then people will have to hover over the patch to know the name of the colour
because the colours are undistinguishable unless they are side to side and named?
Not very practical, I fear.
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Yeah Popsicle its a terrible idea and almost as bad as the OPs suggestion
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSudkID3zJM
In my small world, if you wish to be taken seriously when critiquing another's
idea, you are expected to follow-up with an idea of your own
I like where your thinking is on this, though. To simplify where possible
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Author: | Ninepartsred | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:55 | Subject: | Re: Option to exclude incomplete instructions | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, psusaxman2000 writes:
| In Suggestions, Ninepartsred writes:
| We have the option to exclude incomplete sets from searches but I'm coming
across a lot of instructions entries that are missing parts and I'd like
to filter them out as I'm looking for complete ones.
I'm not suggesting disallowing individual parts as people may need them to
complete a set.
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I don't spend much time search the catalog for instructions, so I'm more
curious than anything. Are you saying you are seeing instructions that are torn
or missing pages? This is the only reason that I would think for having "incomplete"
as an option.
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As peregrinator says, there are often several books that make up the full instructions
for a set, so when I visit stores with those listed, there is sometimes a note
to say, for example, "books 2 & 3 only". In the case of games/gear, it may say
"build instructions only, no rules booklet", or vice-versa.
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:54 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| Just an idea I’m putting out there for future consideration because with colour
abbreviations it can give you useful options for catalog use/navigation!
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It's a strong idea that's getting some push back. How about...
For color descriptors within the title, just using the color itself
as a small box next to the part within the description, as in the Color Guide?
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And then people will have to hover over the patch to know the name of the colour
because the colours are undistinguishable unless they are side to side and named?
Not very practical, I fear.
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Yeah Popssicle its a terrible idea and almost as bad as the OPs suggestion
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Author: | DeLuca | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:49 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 17 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| In Suggestions, DeLuca writes:
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| The only abbreviations I have ever tried to use for colors are LBG and DBG and
then only when pressed for character space. Abbreviations are often difficult
to read and add to visual clutter. I am not sure why the entire minifig's
inventory would need to be listed in its name when that information is already
searchable? Sorry, I am very not onboard with this suggestion. I did a search
for 'spider-man' limited to minifigs and got 24 results. I can clearly
see all of them on one page of thumbnails and can quickly scan for the differences.
That's good enough for me!
Jen
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Well part of the reason for giving this idea some thought is because minifgs
will apparently need to have their own unique description and cannot rely on
using vague terms like Spider-man 1
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I do agree that this is a bad title, but this is an example of the more general
issues with many current figure titles, and of the need for improved standards
(which are currently being developed) - Something like “Spider-Man - Silver Web
and Eyes Pattern, Blue Arms and Legs” would be sufficient, and would not
lengthen and clog up names with unnecessary colour-abbreviations.
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unless those colour abreviations could be used to search but hidden from view
in descriptions because I agree they do look messy
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That would be something like a tag-system, which we do not have. We all
want a tag-system, but (IIRC) the site cannot currently accommodate one. 😕
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:39 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 25 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, DeLuca writes:
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| The only abbreviations I have ever tried to use for colors are LBG and DBG and
then only when pressed for character space. Abbreviations are often difficult
to read and add to visual clutter. I am not sure why the entire minifig's
inventory would need to be listed in its name when that information is already
searchable? Sorry, I am very not onboard with this suggestion. I did a search
for 'spider-man' limited to minifigs and got 24 results. I can clearly
see all of them on one page of thumbnails and can quickly scan for the differences.
That's good enough for me!
Jen
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Well part of the reason for giving this idea some thought is because minifgs
will apparently need to have their own unique description and cannot rely on
using vague terms like Spider-man 1
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I do agree that this is a bad title, but this is an example of the more general
issues with many current figure titles, and of the need for improved standards
(which are currently being developed) - Something like “Spider-Man - Silver Web
and Eyes Pattern, Blue Arms and Legs” would be sufficient, and would not
lengthen and clog up names with unnecessary colour-abbreviations.
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unless those colour abreviations could be used to search but hidden from view
in descriptions because I agree they do look messy
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:36 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 23 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| The only abbreviations I have ever tried to use for colors are LBG and DBG and
then only when pressed for character space. Abbreviations are often difficult
to read and add to visual clutter. I am not sure why the entire minifig's
inventory would need to be listed in its name when that information is already
searchable? Sorry, I am very not onboard with this suggestion. I did a search
for 'spider-man' limited to minifigs and got 24 results. I can clearly
see all of them on one page of thumbnails and can quickly scan for the differences.
That's good enough for me!
Jen
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Well part of the reason for giving this idea some thought is because minifgs
will apparently need to have their own unique description and cannot rely on
using vague terms like Spider-man 1
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Just to add how are you getting just 24 Spider-mans on one page as when I search
Spider-man I get 139 results which includes everything from Aunt May to all Spider-mans
nemisis
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Author: | DeLuca | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:31 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 20 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| The only abbreviations I have ever tried to use for colors are LBG and DBG and
then only when pressed for character space. Abbreviations are often difficult
to read and add to visual clutter. I am not sure why the entire minifig's
inventory would need to be listed in its name when that information is already
searchable? Sorry, I am very not onboard with this suggestion. I did a search
for 'spider-man' limited to minifigs and got 24 results. I can clearly
see all of them on one page of thumbnails and can quickly scan for the differences.
That's good enough for me!
Jen
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Well part of the reason for giving this idea some thought is because minifgs
will apparently need to have their own unique description and cannot rely on
using vague terms like Spider-man 1
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I do agree that this is a bad title, but this is an example of the more general
issues with many current figure titles, and of the need for improved standards
(which are currently being developed) - Something like “Spider-Man - Silver Web
and Eyes Pattern, Blue Arms and Legs” would be sufficient, and would not
lengthen and clog up names with unnecessary colour-abbreviations.
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Author: | infinibrix | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:17 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| The only abbreviations I have ever tried to use for colors are LBG and DBG and
then only when pressed for character space. Abbreviations are often difficult
to read and add to visual clutter. I am not sure why the entire minifig's
inventory would need to be listed in its name when that information is already
searchable? Sorry, I am very not onboard with this suggestion. I did a search
for 'spider-man' limited to minifigs and got 24 results. I can clearly
see all of them on one page of thumbnails and can quickly scan for the differences.
That's good enough for me!
Jen
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Well part of the reason for giving this idea some thought is because minifgs
will apparently need to have their own unique description and cannot rely on
using vague terms like Spider-man 1
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:11 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 24 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| Just an idea I’m putting out there for future consideration because with colour
abbreviations it can give you useful options for catalog use/navigation!
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It's a strong idea that's getting some push back. How about...
For color descriptors within the title, just using the color itself
as a small box next to the part within the description, as in the Color Guide?
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And then people will have to hover over the patch to know the name of the colour
because the colours are undistinguishable unless they are side to side and named?
Not very practical, I fear.
| I've seen this type of catalog item description elsewhere, can't remember
where though
Maybe not doable, I don't know. But it would be clear and succinct.
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Author: | jennnifer | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:07 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 26 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| Just an idea I’m putting out there for future consideration because with colour
abbreviations it can give you useful options for catalog use/navigation!
For starters I glanced at all the different colours and it didn’t appear to be
too difficult to give each colour a suitable 3 Letter abbreviation though it
goes without saying that a few colours may be forced to have a 4 letter abbreviation
but they will likely be just a very few obscure colours such as Very Light Bluish
Grey (VLBG) or Trans Light Bright Green (TLBG) but even if it became problematic
some colours may not even benefit as much from the need to have an abbreviation
compared to the more widely and commonly used colours
Either way here are just a few quick abbreviation examples:-
Black – BLK
White – WHT
Reddish Brown – RBR
Dark Brown – DBR
Light Bluish Grey – LBG
Dark Bluish Grey – DBG
Dark Grey – DGR
Red – RED
Blue – BLU
Dark Blue – DBL
Green – GRN
Olive Green – OGN
Tan – TAN
Dark Tan – DTN
Orange – ORG
Dark Orange – DOR
Yellow – YEL
It’s also worth mentioning that the idea would be to have these abbreviations
on display wherever we see colour descriptions which is pretty much anywhere
in the catalog and so if we had abbreviations like this I don’t think it would
take long for people to memorize them and put them to good use so that instead
of searching for ‘Dark Tan hair’ they can just search ‘DTN hair’ or instead of
‘Light Bluish Gray Helmets’ they can just search ‘LBG Helmets’. The other benefit
is that where space is limited in descriptions a Torso could contain ‘RBR Belt
Buckle’ instead of ‘Reddish Brown Belt Buckle’
However once you have colour abbreviations in places their uses can be extended
in other ways too for instance if they are combined with a minifigure part to
create a unique combined colour/part reference such as Legs-DBR (Dark Brown Legs)
or Torso-GRN (Green Torso) these combos can be exclusively used to narrow down
search results for minifigures in ways where you barely need to worry about trying
to guess or work out what keywords have been used and in some cases you won’t
even need to know the name of the character!
For Example if I start with this Henry Minifigure description in its most basic
form it would look something like this:-
Henry - Torso-RBR, Hair-DTN, Head-LNO, Legs-OGN
Granted it’s not the most visually pleasing of minifig descriptions and right
now you’re probably thinking it looks a confusing mess but translated it basically
reads ‘Reddish Brown Torso, Dark Tan Hair, Light Nougat Head and Olive Green
Legs
Now even before I add keywords to that description or even if it already had
keywords and I wasn’t sure what keywords to try? If I had that minifig in my
hand and I didn’t know the name of the character I will at least still be reassured
that with a simple search for some or all of those main minifig part colours
it will either bring up what I’m looking for or narrow it down considerably.
For example if I search for say both ‘Hair-DTN Legs-OGN’ that Henry minifig will
be the only minifigure match that comes up because it’s the only minifigure in
the catalog that currently includes both Dark Tan hair and Olive Green Legs.
Now even if I search for both ‘Hair-DTN Head-LNO’ I’m sure I will still only
get a very small page of matches and that’s before I’ve even attempted to narrow
down with character names Like Luke or Han or the colour/description of the torsos/legs
etc etc...
Essentially if minifigure descriptions were laid out in a format something like
this:-
Minifig Character/Type (*) - Torso/Arms-COLOUR (*), Hair/Headgear-COLOUR(*),
Head-COLOUR (*), Legs/Hips-COLOUR (*), (*Other Keywords)
where the (*) represents where keywords can be added for each core minifigure
component (as/when necessary) it would then mean a revised and more detailed
example of the Henry Minifigure might look something like this even though the
description may not need to be quite as detailed for helping to find this particular
minifig:-
Henry - Torso-RBR, Arms-WHT (Brown Waistcoat, White Tunic), Hair-DTN (Swept Back
Ponytail), Head-LNO (DS, Open Mouth Smile/Worried), Legs-OGN
Its worth mentioning that the ‘DS’ after head represents Double Sided Head (SS
= Single Sided) which would allow you to narrow down even further with just a
couple of extra letters added within search criteria
However one thing to also notice is that you can still search for specific colours
such as the ‘White’ print details found on legs or torsos such as the white tunic
without needing to worry about it bringing up core components in white as they
will only come up if you search ‘Arms-WHT’, Legs-WHT, Torso-WHT, Head-WHT, Hair-WHT
whereas searching for white alone would mean the colour can be set aside for
prints allowing you to be more specific with your overall minifig search results...
Here are a few more examples of how similar minifigs might look:-
Han Solo - Torso-WHT (Shirt), Hair-RBR, Head-LNO (SS, Smirk), Legs-RBR
Han Solo - Torso-WHT (Shirt), Hair-RBR (Wavy), Head-LNO (DS, Closed Eyes), Legs-DBR
Han Solo (Senior) - Torso-DBR (Jacket), Hair-LBG, Head-LNO (DS, Angry), Legs-BLK
(Printed Gunbelt)
Han Solo (Hoth) - Torso-DBL (Jacket), Headgear-DBL (Parka Hood), Head-LNO (SS,
Smirk), Hips-DBL, Legs-TAN (Printed Gunbelt)
Knight (Crusader Lion) - Torso-Red, Arms-BLU, Headgear-DGR (Neck Protector Helmet),
Head-YEL (SS), Hips-BLK, Legs-BLU
I appreciate in might not be to everyone’s liking but it does for the most part
seem to work and I’m pretty sure I could even use it to tackle all those samey
spider-man minifigs without having to worry too much about relying on vague (Web
Pattern) keywords and focusing more on the definitive colours of Torsos, legs,
hips, arms and definitive styles such as printed/legs arms etc…
But again just some ideas for another day perhaps?
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The only abbreviations I have ever tried to use for colors are LBG and DBG and
then only when pressed for character space. Abbreviations are often difficult
to read and add to visual clutter. I am not sure why the entire minifig's
inventory would need to be listed in its name when that information is already
searchable? Sorry, I am very not onboard with this suggestion. I did a search
for 'spider-man' limited to minifigs and got 24 results. I can clearly
see all of them on one page of thumbnails and can quickly scan for the differences.
That's good enough for me!
Jen
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Mar 12, 2021 13:05 | Subject: | Re: Colour Abbreviations for Catalog Navigation? | Viewed: | 46 times | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| Just an idea I’m putting out there for future consideration because with colour
abbreviations it can give you useful options for catalog use/navigation!
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It's a strong idea that's getting some push back. How about...
For color descriptors within the title, just using the color itself
as a small box next to the part within the description, as in the Color Guide?
I've seen this type of catalog item description elsewhere, can't remember
where though
Maybe not doable, I don't know. But it would be clear and succinct.
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