Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2021 07:49 | | Subject: | Re: Part colour matching | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, enfurnoh writes:
| | One thing I would find VERY useful would be the ability to pick a selection of
part and then see what colours they have in common.
I do a lot of MOC's in Studio before I build them in the real. A lot of
times I just want to a colour change but many parts are not available in all
colours. If I could choose the parts I want to check and then see which colours
they all have in common it would save a ton of time. I doubt I'm the only
one who would find this useful.
You already have all the data in your system, it wouldn't be that hard to
code that option.
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First, it’s not clear if you’re talking about Studio or if you want that suggestion
for the website/catalogue.
If the former, the dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is here: https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).
AND, you can already simply do that in Studio: check “Hide unavailable colors”
in the general Colour Palette (on the top right), then select the parts in the
viewport, then open the colour palette, and only the common colours will be available.
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| Author: | enfurnoh | | Posted: | Mar 19, 2021 05:35 | | Subject: | Part colour matching | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| One thing I would find VERY useful would be the ability to pick a selection of
part and then see what colours they have in common.
I do a lot of MOC's in Studio before I build them in the real. A lot of
times I just want to a colour change but many parts are not available in all
colours. If I could choose the parts I want to check and then see which colours
they all have in common it would save a ton of time. I doubt I'm the only
one who would find this useful.
You already have all the data in your system, it wouldn't be that hard to
code that option.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Mar 17, 2021 07:24 | | Subject: | Re: Forum for new seller testing | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, TechnicBuilt writes:
| | As a new seller I think it would be nice to have a dedicated forum category where
you can ask people to test your store setup when you first open so they can catch
any issues and provide feedback to ease a new seller into their first few days
of opening.
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My spin on this subject is that every seller, not just new sellers, should have
a sand box where they be a pretend buyer. They can do everything other
than create a real order, make real payments, or leave real feedback. All of
those would be simulated, from a simulated buyer.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | roguemjr | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 18:31 | | Subject: | Re: Choosing stockroom when adding to inventory | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| Thank you for this, but this does not do what I am requesting. I am inventorying
all my parts and sets. I am using all 3 stockrooms depending if it is set I
am keeping, parts i am keeping, or parts to keep and sell later.
What I am looking for is when I pick the A, B, or C from the drop down menu,
then it automatically checks the box for storeroom so I don't have to do
2-3 clicks.
Does this make it more clear?
Thanks,
Michael
In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, roguemjr writes:
| | Is it possible to have the box automatically pick add to stockroom when you use
the drop down menu to pick which stockroom you want to put part in. Right now,
if i pick "B" in the drop down menu, I have to make a second click to add it
to stockroom B even after I pick "B."
Thanks,
Michael
roguemjr
Madstone's Emporium
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Check the checkbox Select default stockroom here
https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 16:11 | | Subject: | Re: Choosing stockroom when adding to inventory | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, roguemjr writes:
| | Is it possible to have the box automatically pick add to stockroom when you use
the drop down menu to pick which stockroom you want to put part in. Right now,
if i pick "B" in the drop down menu, I have to make a second click to add it
to stockroom B even after I pick "B."
Thanks,
Michael
roguemjr
Madstone's Emporium
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Check the checkbox Select default stockroom here
https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp
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I swore I was through all the different option screens and never saw that. Thanks
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 15:55 | | Subject: | Re: Choosing stockroom when adding to inventory | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, roguemjr writes:
| | Is it possible to have the box automatically pick add to stockroom when you use
the drop down menu to pick which stockroom you want to put part in. Right now,
if i pick "B" in the drop down menu, I have to make a second click to add it
to stockroom B even after I pick "B."
Thanks,
Michael
roguemjr
Madstone's Emporium
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Check the checkbox Select default stockroom here
https://www.bricklink.com/invOptionsAdd.asp
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| Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 15:50 | | Subject: | Re: Choosing stockroom when adding to inventory | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, roguemjr writes:
| | Is it possible to have the box automatically pick add to stockroom when you use
the drop down menu to pick which stockroom you want to put part in. Right now,
if i pick "B" in the drop down menu, I have to make a second click to add it
to stockroom B even after I pick "B."
Thanks,
Michael
roguemjr
Madstone's Emporium
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I don't know of anyway to do this, but like the suggestion. I use the stock
rooms all the time and would love to see the ability to default the check box
and the actual stock room option (A, B or C) by default.
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| Author: | roguemjr | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 15:44 | | Subject: | Choosing stockroom when adding to inventory | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Is it possible to have the box automatically pick add to stockroom when you use
the drop down menu to pick which stockroom you want to put part in. Right now,
if i pick "B" in the drop down menu, I have to make a second click to add it
to stockroom B even after I pick "B."
Thanks,
Michael
roguemjr
Madstone's Emporium
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| Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Constraction categorisation needs fixes | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Swamp_Kryakwa writes:
| | Constraction series parts (Bionicle, HF, SW buildable figures, Slizer, Chima
buildable figures, Ben 10) has really messy categorisation.
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Um. Yeah, about that . . . 
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| Author: | TechnicBuilt | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 14:03 | | Subject: | Forum for new seller testing | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| As a new seller I think it would be nice to have a dedicated forum category where
you can ask people to test your store setup when you first open so they can catch
any issues and provide feedback to ease a new seller into their first few days
of opening.
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| Author: | Swamp_Kryakwa | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2021 14:01 | | Subject: | Constraction categorisation needs fixes | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| Constraction series parts (Bionicle, HF, SW buildable figures, Slizer, Chima
buildable figures, Ben 10) has really messy categorisation. ATM, there are 4
categories that contain parts from that series, and the way this categorisation
is done isn't best. First and most obvious thing - "Large Figure Torso Armor
2 Chest Holes" (id 90652), which falls off the whole system (mostly, part is
categorised depending on which series presented it first - HF for HF, Bionicle
for Bionicle, Technic for Slizer and Large Figure for any other), being presented
as HF part it's treated as Large Figure one.
But things don't end there. IMO, the way constraction parts are categorised
is really off for Bricklink. What I suggest? We should have 2 categories which
will contain constraction elements: Bionicle-ish ones (parts before 2011), and
CCBS one (constraction parts from 2011 and latter ones), and maybe keep some
ones like socket parts in Technic, but I'm unsure about that. Also maybe
Ben 10 parts should stay in Large Figures, this one is fine to me. This will
suit Bricklink way better than what we have today, IMO.
P.S. If we need to keep things close to what we have today for any reason (having
parts categories based on figure series), I still suggest moving all CCBS to
one single category, their usage is really wide, we can't say about most
of them that it's HF-only part, and part "Technic, Ball Joint 2 x 7 with
2 Ball Joint" (id 32173) should be moved to Bionicle - despite appearing for
first time Slizer, it's too confusing that this part is separated from all
other Bionicle-like parts.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 07:20 | | Subject: | Re: Option to search for unprinted parts | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DeLuca writes:
| | In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Maybe an option to search for unprinted parts could be implemented. This would
include stickers, printed parts, and stickers over assemblies.
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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Search:
-pattern
The word pattern is included in the name of nearly every decorated part.
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I think perhaps the OP wants a search that will *exclude* decorated parts
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Jen is correct - Searching for a part and adding "-pattern" does exclude
decorated pieces.
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Ah, my mistake, I did not see the negation.
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 05:42 | | Subject: | Re: Option to search for unprinted parts | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
| | In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Maybe an option to search for unprinted parts could be implemented. This would
include stickers, printed parts, and stickers over assemblies.
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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Search:
-pattern
The word pattern is included in the name of nearly every decorated part.
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Whilst unofficial Stormchaser has drafted up that he does not want to see the
word pattern included for minifig parts and possibly extending that to other
parts in the long term?
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2506
"Excluded Words - The following words should not appear in figure titles: "figure"
and "pattern.""
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That refers to figure titles not to figure parts titles.
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Either way when I suggested trying to enable people to be able to search for
non decorated/patterned legs like this:-
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1256683
The change was made only to be reverted back because yourself and then other
people looked too deeply into how two-tone somehow had anything to do with dual
molded?
Two-Tone = A visual colour combination made up of two colours
Dual Molded = A manufacturing process
The point being that anything that can help narrow down peoples searches can
only be a good thing
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 05:24 | | Subject: | Re: Option to search for unprinted parts | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Maybe an option to search for unprinted parts could be implemented. This would
include stickers, printed parts, and stickers over assemblies.
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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Search:
-pattern
The word pattern is included in the name of nearly every decorated part.
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Whilst unofficial Stormchaser has drafted up that he does not want to see the
word pattern included for minifig parts and possibly extending that to other
parts in the long term?
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2506
"Excluded Words - The following words should not appear in figure titles: "figure"
and "pattern.""
Either way when I suggested trying to enable people to be able to search for
non decorated/patterned legs like this:-
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1256683
The change was made only to be reverted back because yourself and then other
people looked too deeply into how two-tone somehow had anything to do with dual
molded?
Two-Tone = A visual colour combination made up of two colours
Dual Molded = A manufacturing process
The point being that anything that can help narrow down peoples searches can
only be a good thing
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 04:01 | | Subject: | Re: Item number changes | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | 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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There is this: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?viewAction=I
where you can see and search the entire changelog.
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How strange that there are no dates in that list? I would like to see which numbers
have changed but without dates, well, I know nothing. It just becomes a sum-up
of every single part that was once changed..
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Just click show dates 
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Aaah  Thanks! I am bookmarking that page right now, because tomorrow I will
have forgotten how to get there 100%
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| Author: | Hygrotus | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 03:52 | | Subject: | Re: Item number changes | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | 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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There is this: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?viewAction=I
where you can see and search the entire changelog.
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How strange that there are no dates in that list? I would like to see which numbers
have changed but without dates, well, I know nothing. It just becomes a sum-up
of every single part that was once changed..
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Just click show dates
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| Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 03:49 | | Subject: | Re: Item number changes | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | 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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There is this: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?viewAction=I
where you can see and search the entire changelog.
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How strange that there are no dates in that list? I would like to see which numbers
have changed but without dates, well, I know nothing. It just becomes a sum-up
of every single part that was once changed..
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 02:50 | | Subject: | Re: Item number changes | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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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There is this: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?viewAction=I
where you can see and search the entire changelog.
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| Author: | Swamp_Kryakwa | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 01:29 | | Subject: | Re: Fix color inconsistency | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DeLuca writes:
| | In Suggestions, Swamp_Kryakwa writes:
| | In Suggestions, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | In Suggestions, Swamp_Kryakwa writes:
| | Bricklink is missing lots of colors, and says that parts produced in that colors
have some different ones.
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What colours are missing?
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Things like Pearl Red, Pearl Green, Trans-Neon Red
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Do you have examples of these colours?
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Don't have pic, but can tell you set names
Rahkshi Turahk, Rahkshi Lerahk, Tahu Nuva respectively
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| Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 01:23 | | Subject: | Re: Fix color inconsistency | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Swamp_Kryakwa writes:
| | In Suggestions, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | In Suggestions, Swamp_Kryakwa writes:
| | Bricklink is missing lots of colors, and says that parts produced in that colors
have some different ones.
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What colours are missing?
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Things like Pearl Red, Pearl Green, Trans-Neon Red
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Do you have examples of these colours?
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| Author: | Swamp_Kryakwa | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 01:00 | | Subject: | Re: Fix color inconsistency | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BrickCompulsion writes:
| | 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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Things like Pearl Red, Pearl Green, Trans-Neon Red
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| Author: | albumman | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2021 00:17 | | Subject: | Re: Fix color inconsistency | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Stellar writes:
| | 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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WOW, Beautiful job on that chart!
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| Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 21:05 | | Subject: | Re: Option to search for unprinted parts | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
| | In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Maybe an option to search for unprinted parts could be implemented. This would
include stickers, printed parts, and stickers over assemblies.
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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Search:
-pattern
The word pattern is included in the name of nearly every decorated part.
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I think perhaps the OP wants a search that will *exclude* decorated parts
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Jen is correct - Searching for a part and adding "-pattern" does exclude
decorated pieces.
Search for "Torso": https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=Torso+&tab=P#T=P
Search for "Torso -pattern": https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=Torso+-pattern&tab=P#T=P
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 20:59 | | Subject: | Re: Option to search for unprinted parts | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:
| | In Suggestions, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Maybe an option to search for unprinted parts could be implemented. This would
include stickers, printed parts, and stickers over assemblies.
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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Search:
-pattern
The word pattern is included in the name of nearly every decorated part.
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I think perhaps the OP wants a search that will *exclude* decorated parts
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 20:13 | | Subject: | Re: Option to search for unprinted parts | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Maybe an option to search for unprinted parts could be implemented. This would
include stickers, printed parts, and stickers over assemblies.
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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Search:
-pattern
The word pattern is included in the name of nearly every decorated part.
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| Author: | Hexy | | Posted: | Mar 14, 2021 19:56 | | Subject: | Re: Item number changes | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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] | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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] | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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] | |
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| 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] | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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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