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In Catalog, randyf writes:

In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:

I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?

Minifig No: sw1146 Name: Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head

sw1146 (Inv) Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 2

is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.

And you were the one who submitted it to the catalog, so you should know, right?

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Apr 22, 2021 11:48

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Re: Sw1144 yoda

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In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:

I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?

sw1146 (Inv) Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 2

is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.

Author:

grimsbricksuk

Posted:

Apr 22, 2021 11:44

Subject:

sw1145 Poe & sw1147 Yoda

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What happened to Star Wars minifig codes sw1144 & sw1146? Are we just skipping
numbers now, as neither of them exist!
I don’t get why Yoda was changed from sw1144 to sw1145 for no apparent reason?

Author:

grimsbricksuk

Posted:

Apr 22, 2021 11:18

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Re: Sw1144 yoda

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I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?

In Catalog, goldknight writes:

This yoda is from the atlas book that I just received. The yoda is in a clamshell
in front of the book with a camera, walking stick, map, and backpack. The yoda
was assembled already. My question is that I see the picture of sw1144 with the
backpack on but it was not assembled that way on the clamshell—do we need another
picture of yoda without backpack or just let it be?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2021 10:46

Subject:

Re: Brown (Old) 3957

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In Catalog, calsbricks writes:

We have 2 of these in stock and were about to submit a photo (none in catalogue)
when we saw that whilst it is listed as a known colour it is not shown in any
sets. I thought that was not the policy - if not in set not a known colour???

Clarification, please.

3957 Antenna 4H - Round Top
Parts: Antenna

Brown isn’t in the Known Colours column for me.
It’s in the Price Guide Information column though, maybe you’re mistaking the
two?

Author:

calsbricks

Posted:

Apr 22, 2021 10:40

Subject:

Brown (Old) 3957

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Author:

axaday

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 19:12

Subject:

Re: Changes involving the CEP

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I am a curious person. I am curious about this and think it is natural to be.
I am also often frustrated by obituaries that almost never tell what happened.
No, we don't DESERVE all the details, but I totally understand why people
would be curious.

I have enjoyed many collaborations with Stormchaser. He knows how I feel about
him. Whether on staff or not in the future, I hope he will continue to contribute.
If his life has changed and he doesn't have the time, maybe he will return
later. If his feelings have been hurt and he needs some time or never wants
to come back, I understand that. There is still a lot of work to do on the catalog,
but at the end of the day none of us do it unless it is fun. Some day I will
quit. Not soon, I think. Meanwhile there are some ugly old renders and some
some undetermined coconut trees, so I'm going back to work.

Author:

randyf

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 18:33

Subject:

Re: Inventory for gear 40315

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In Catalog, normann1974 writes:

How do I recreate the image for the instructions? I can't find any upload
form for gear instructions. This image should be used.

/Jan

Submit it to the instructions entry for 40315-99. This is a special trick that
was created for gear sets that had instructions. Hopefully, all of these will
be sets come October so we won't have to worry about this anymore.

Author:

jennnifer

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 18:29

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, popsicle writes:

In Catalog, jennnifer writes:

In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.

Jen

Seems disingenuous, your expression of concern. He’s a big boy, that I don’t
believe was without compensation.

I appreciate Robert and his efforts as much as any others here, and before most:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543

He’s quit the catalog team before though: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543

He’s also gone to the extent of quitting BL altogether, unregistering vowing
publicly never to return: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1123830

Only to be reinstated by that evil BL office (admin) you seem incessant in denigrating.

-popsicle

Ouch! You got me there: I harbor no good feelings toward the BL office. However,
I do generally admire your positivity and wish I had more of it. I used to look
on the better side of things and now I don't.

There's too many things that could be better if they chose to make them better.
This rankles me. I do try to be supportive and kind when I see genuine effort.
I help newbies, I support our admin, I contribute. So, I am incessant in wanting
things to be better. You're right. 'Denigrating' implies that I am
lashing out without cause. Is that fair?

I don't feel good about what happened. I think we are worse off. If I came
across as disingenuous, that was not my intent.
Take care,
Jen

Author:

popsicle

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 16:57

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:

In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.

Jen

Author:

jennnifer

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 15:54

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.

Jen

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 15:16

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

Dear community,

We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.

StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.

We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.

The BrickLink Team

We hope he continues to be a part of the community and want to express our deepest
gratitude for his help personally to us as users and broadly to the community
here on BL.
We can't imagine what a thankless 'job' it is to volunteer for the
betterment of a community and be constantly criticized by users who can't
deal with changes even though those changes have only upgraded and elevated the
catalog.
StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

VERY WELL SAID.

Author:

TheBrickGuys

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 15:15

Subject:

Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).

They should clearly be transparent about decisions connected to the catalogue.
However, they should not be transparent about why someone is no longer doing
something they used to do. It could be a whole range of things, from wanting
payment for voluntary work, a difference of opinion over part movements or definitions,
things moving at the wrong speed, through to more personal reasons such as someone
deciding they cannot do it for employment or medical or family reasons or just
that they have done it long enough and want a break. Unless the person involved
wants to tell us, then I don't think we need to know the reasons. I don't
see that as a lack of transparency, just privacy.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 14:16

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).

Author:

normann1974

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 14:02

Subject:

Re: Inventory for gear 40315

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How do I recreate the image for the instructions? I can't find any upload
form for gear instructions. This image should be used.

/Jan

Author:

Heartbricker

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 12:11

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 11:03

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

Author:

elias3

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 10:05

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

🙀

Author:

Macaronis

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 10:01

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:

In Catalog, jancg writes:

BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.

I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

The catalog didn't use to be this way. I was an admin for three years. We
were members and leaders and accountable to the community. For years now, when
you ask an admin for an explanation for a decision, you get one. Robert made
the system even better with published goals, definitions, plans, and community
discussion. Every move the BL office makes to move the catalog more toward them
and away from us is bad news. They are not accountable to us, have practically
no customer service, and have very little LEGO expertise among them. They didn't
build this catalog but they did buy it. So, there we are.

I've noticed for months that our admins, who have traditionally been some
of the most vocal people here on the Forum, are now largely silent. I doubt this
is a coincidence. I wouldn't speak for them, but I will speak for me. Whatever
the reason, the admins that work so hard and support our community have my respect
and support. I think we can all see from the XP site what our catalog would look
like without them.

Jen

+10

Author:

jennnifer

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 09:49

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, jancg writes:

BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 08:59

Subject:

Re: Changes involving the CEP

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Just because people are curious about it doesn't mean they are entitled to
the information. People have lives beyond BrickLink which details they rather
not share on BrickLink, it's perfectly fine you have to respect that.

It isn't about transparency, it doesn't change anything for the BrickLink
Catalog Admin team whether you know why two of their members left it.

If StormChaser wants to share the reasons of their departure, they'll do
it, in the meantime please stop prying.

In Catalog, jancg writes:

Why not?

Users might be interested to know.
Maybe some user considers volunteering.

If the former volunteer doesn't want to share it's fine, but a company
can of course share this information if the former volunteer is OK with that.

Not giving such insights generally results in negative thoughts. Transparency
and clarity goes a long way!

Jan.

Author:

normann1974

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 08:49

Subject:

Re: Inventory for gear 40315

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2) This gear has an "instructions" entry, but my set had no instructions in the
bag. Is this the correct way to handle this situation?

The instructions entry should be removed.

Oops. In other words, I found the instructions. How they ended up where they
did I can't guess.

So please recreate the instructions entry. They weigh 5.6 grams. I don't
see the possibility of setting a weight in the gear change form.

I'd like to include the dimensions of the instructions as well. Do I enter
the folded or unfolded size in the form?

/Jan

Author:

jancg

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 08:05

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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Author:

Hygrotus

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 06:08

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

I'm very suprised of his departure

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 05:15

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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In Catalog, jancg writes:

BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.

Why?

The reason that a volunteer no longer volunteers is nothing to do with anyone
else. If the volunteer wants to say why then that's fine, but a company should
not give out such information without the volunteer knowing.

Author:

jancg

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 05:08

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.

Author:

tons_of_bricks

Posted:

Apr 21, 2021 04:30

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Re: Changes involving the CEP

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This is very very sudden without any explanation. I am very sorry to hear this.

Author:

Admin_Russell

Posted:

Apr 20, 2021 20:12

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Changes involving the CEP

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Author:

jennnifer

Posted:

Apr 20, 2021 09:58

Subject:

Re: Please approve 51515

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In Catalog, mschulte writes:

In Catalog, StormChaser writes:

In Catalog, mschulte writes:

is there any news when this set will be approved?

No one's working on it.

Can I help completing it?

If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.

I bought a copy of the set ~2 months ago. As its my only Lego set, it would
be quite easy to figure out which parts belong to the set. Are there instructions
available what I need to do to add the partlist?

I am not 100% sure of the rules regarding having a new set in hand for an inventory.
An inventory admin will have to confirm. However, if you want to give it a go:

Start at the Add or Change page.

Choose: Add Inventory - Set

Enter your set number and Reserve Set (This gives you 3 days to start the inventory.)

Navigate back to this page and now Choose: Manual Add, enter your set number
and enter 1 in the Number of Entries

This will bring you to the Add Inventory page. A pop-up will come up asking if
you want to use the known data for the inventory. Click OK.

The fields will auto-populate with the generic LEGO data for the set. Read everything
there and then come back here with all your questions!

Forum members are usually happy to help new submitters.

Jen

Author:

mschulte

Posted:

Apr 20, 2021 04:09

Subject:

Re: Please approve 51515

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In Catalog, StormChaser writes:

In Catalog, mschulte writes:

is there any news when this set will be approved?

No one's working on it.

Can I help completing it?

If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 19, 2021 11:38

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Re: Items Moved Today

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In Catalog, Greenbutterfly writes:

[…]
Also, is it just my imagination, but it seems a lot of the recent category/name
changes are taking BL along the path towards the naming conventions used in LDD's
catalogue...

It can’t be a move toward TLG/LDD’s naming conventions: they don’t exist!

It could be a move toward TLG/LDD’s categorization but
1. it’s not the intent, it could only be coincidental,
2. as seen in LDD, it’s rather simple (TLG uses more categories but LDD merges
a lot of them in its UI), so in the same way as a stick figure represents any
human and so any human can be recognized in the stick figure, any categorization
can look like LDD’s.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 19, 2021 11:32

Subject:

Re: Items Moved Today

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In Catalog, Greenbutterfly writes:

[…]
If this process is going to continue, then I'd strongly recommend wanted
list sorting have a new extra option of sorting by item category, then name...
not just item name. So that there's at least some way of getting back to
that original sort order.

(Most of the) names start with the category, so the sort is already half there.

Also, as the change was moving items between categories, even if the WLs were
sorted by Cat name » item name, the items would still have been sorted differently.

Maybe you could use more, smaller Wanted Lists instead of one (or a few) big
one(s)? (You can buy from several WLs at once.)

Author:

Greenbutterfly

Posted:

Apr 19, 2021 11:14

Subject:

Re: Items Moved Today

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In Catalog, StormChaser writes:

Everything on this list has been moved except for the last two items:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2487

We ran into a brief hiccup with those item type changes, but we plan to get them
moved later today. Let us know if you see anything on the list we missed.

As some of you already noticed, the list of moved items is about 1/9th the proposed
size. For a variety of reasons, we weren't able to accomplish the other
changes. This does not necessarily mean they won't happen, but merely that
they aren't happening right now.

For our October 1st, 2021 list, we're doing things differently to reduce
confusion. We'll post a page for that soon and begin listing items between
now and then. We'll lock it down on September 1st and every single item
placed on the October 1st page will be moved.

For anyone wondering about this process, our goal was to reduce confusion about
where things belong in the catalog. The project consisted of two steps:

1. Define in writing what should be in each category.
2. Move parts as necessary to conform with written definitions.

We've completed step one, for the most part (although it's still being
tweaked here and there). Now we're working (slowly) through step two.

Let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Also, is it just my imagination, but it seems a lot of the recent category/name
changes are taking BL along the path towards the naming conventions used in LDD's
catalogue...

Author:

Greenbutterfly

Posted:

Apr 19, 2021 10:52

Subject:

Re: Items Moved Today

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In Catalog, Teup writes:

In Catalog, yorbrick writes:

The idea of a larger-scale change conducted twice per year is working well and
is superior to occasional changes that are harder to draw everyone’s attention
to. So, the good news is that for the foreseeable future, we will shift categories
mainly at those times, with the current organizational structure.

...

2) The parts in the original April 1 list are much more common than those in
the previous list. There are some obscure and some common parts in both lists,
but as a whole, moving parts in the original April 1 list would have had an exponentially
larger impact. Even if we were ok with all of the changes, we would not want
to move this many at one time.

You seems to be favouring twice yearly large moves instead of smaller ones, but
then go on to say there were too many to move. What is the plan here, to roll
those over to the next move and possibly bumping other parts of that move if
the list becomes too long again?

That was exactly what I've been wondering for a while. The logic of not wanting
"too much" at one time escapes me. The more often things change, the messier
it is. I may open my main store back up once all of this is over (late 2022 or
so) in the meantime it's just too much chaos for me and not really worth
the hassle.

I'll say it's also been a massive hassle for me the last few days, thinking
I'm going more nuts than usual with my chemo.

I have several large wanted lists for long-term models that I'm slowly accreting
parts. One of them has minifigure parts for statues. I spent several hours today
trying to hunt down all these parts after changes. They used to all be grouped
together but now arms are in one page, the torsos are 5 pages on (with the 100-parts-per-page
setting) and so on.

This is going to be a massive nightmare for me to do something like order just
the minifigure parts. They're now no longer selectable in nearly one go.

Ditto the animals.

If this process is going to continue, then I'd strongly recommend wanted
list sorting have a new extra option of sorting by item category, then name...
not just item name. So that there's at least some way of getting back to
that original sort order.

Author:

tEoS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2021 09:35

Subject:

Re: Looney Tunes minifigures

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Personally, I would wait as there seems to be a box error where you get 6 roadrunners,
but no wiley e. coyote. You can find info on Brickset and other Lego sites.

Minifigure Madness had the boxes, but they are currently out of stock. They
have a notify feature.

I would like to know where to buy a full box at retail price, where do stores
order from ?

Author:

razorflan

Posted:

Apr 18, 2021 09:03

Subject:

Re: Looney Tunes minifigures

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In Catalog, BlackbirdToys writes:

Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?

I would like to know where to buy a full box at retail price, where do stores
order from ?

Author:

tEoS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2021 02:26

Subject:

Re: Looney Tunes minifigures

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According to the Lego (website), they are not released until April 26th. I expect
they will be in the catalog sometime after that date.

In Catalog, BlackbirdToys writes:

Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?

Author:

BlackbirdToys

Posted:

Apr 18, 2021 00:49

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Looney Tunes minifigures

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Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?

Author:

bahpstore

Posted:

Apr 17, 2021 20:59

Subject:

Re: BSX file of all SW minifigures?

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In Catalog, bricklinklp writes:

In Catalog, Royroy writes:

Does anybody have a bsx or other usable file with all the SW Minifigures that
she/he woulnd't mind sharing?

It would save me some boring work

Have a nice evening!

PM me your email address, I'll send you one with all 1209 start wars minifigs.

Oops 1210 now, just added sw1144

Author:

bahpstore

Posted:

Apr 17, 2021 20:53

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Re: BSX file of all SW minifigures?

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In Catalog, Royroy writes:

Does anybody have a bsx or other usable file with all the SW Minifigures that
she/he woulnd't mind sharing?

It would save me some boring work

Have a nice evening!

PM me your email address, I'll send you one with all 1209 start wars minifigs.

Author:

Royroy

Posted:

Apr 17, 2021 13:21

Subject:

BSX file of all SW minifigures?

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Open

Does anybody have a bsx or other usable file with all the SW Minifigures that
she/he woulnd't mind sharing?

It would save me some boring work

Have a nice evening!

Author:

Sarahginn

Posted:

Apr 17, 2021 11:54

Subject:

Re: Adding items to BrickLink's inventory

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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:

In Catalog, alex10552 writes:

I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

Start here at the Add or Change tab:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp?utm_content=subnav

Read up on the Help pages here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21

Instructions from an admin are here:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1138517

Then ask questions here in the Forum. We love to help catalog contributors.

Jen

Also a thank you for the pointers! I've got a couple of pieces from a Disney
Frozen set and Friends set that didn't appear on the catalogue

Author:

jennnifer

Posted:

Apr 16, 2021 00:46

Subject:

Re: Adding items to BrickLink's inventory

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In Catalog, alex10552 writes:

Okay, I'm reading up more on how to create a new number for a sticker'd
part... boy, this is really out of my league. Much more involved than I was hoping.
Oofdah.

Is there anyone willing to just take the photos I currently have of the parts,
and add them into the catalog themselves? I realize this might be a big ask,
now that I'm seeing all of the steps required just to input one piece.

Yes, I can certainly help you. I can add the parts and then you can upload the
images. I will send you a PM for more info.

Jen

In Catalog, jennnifer writes:

In Catalog, alex10552 writes:

Jen

Author:

yorbrick

Posted:

Apr 15, 2021 11:05

Subject:

Re: Minecraft Water Animal should be minifigures

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In Catalog, heomin61 writes:

In CatalogueList Animal, Water (https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=145
), there are several minecraft animals, such as minedolphin01, mineguardian01,
mineguardian02, mineturtle1, but they have different characteristics from parts,
that is, they are some kind of minifigures not parts.

Almost all the part are inseparable, but the minecraft water animals are built
from several bricks. The item description says they are appeared in some sets
(for example, the mineturtle1 is appeared in 21152-1), but they are not in the
sets, only the parts of the animal appears. I think that is not good for inventory
management.

In case of minecraft iron golem (min082, min093), they are minifigures, not parts.
I think the two groups is very similar in nature. So all of the minecraft water
animals should be moved from parts to minifigures. Then, the minecraft sets management
will be more consistent, I believe.

Thank you for reading.

Min

Animals vs minifigures is a real mess for what gets included. Not just in Minecraft
but across all themes.

It happens in other animals sections too, air for example ...

smaug01 (Inv) Dragon, The Hobbit (Smaug)
Parts: Animal, Air

As the animals section exists, they put animals in there. So Scooby Doo, Smaug,
Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II (all named characters) plus other more
generic ones such as the Minecraft animals, the snail from the LEGO Movie, and
so on. Whether they are single pieces or large assemblies those animals go into
the relevant animals location. Yet Unikitty and the other animals from that series,
they go into Minifigures. I can understand un-named animals going into an animals
section, but not for named animal characters.

There is even a tea cup that also goes into minifigures, even though there is
a category for minifigure utensils where it should go with the other tea-cups
with or without faces (like there is an animals category for animals).

[m=dp115]
[p=38014pb01]

And that is without even starting with the trains, cars, steamrollers, and all
those other vehicles that are minifigures even though there are dedicated sections
for trains and vehicles.

It is not clear why (named) licensed animals are treated in such a different
way to licensed vehicles and tea cups and wardrobes.

Author:

heomin61

Posted:

Apr 15, 2021 10:49

Subject:

Minecraft Water Animal should be minifigures

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Author:

StormChaser

Posted:

Apr 15, 2021 10:46

Subject:

Re: Please approve 51515

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In Catalog, mschulte writes:

is there any news when this set will be approved?

No one's working on it.

Can I help completing it?

If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.

Author:

mschulte

Posted:

Apr 15, 2021 10:33

Subject:

Re: Please approve 51515

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Dear Bricklink Admins,

is there any news when this set will be approved? Can I help completing it?

I am trying to import this set to studio and fail importing it. I assume it is
due to the fact that the part list has not been approved yet?

Thanks
Marco

Author:

goldknight

Posted:

Apr 14, 2021 22:03

Subject:

Re: Sw1144 yoda

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