Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | wildchicken13  | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 20:59 | | Subject: | Re: Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| Awesome!
In My Own Creation, chetzler writes:
| | A while ago I shared a "restoration" of the Ecto 1 back to its original 1984
Cadillac Fleetwood hearse incarnation.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1257201
The recent Batmobile set inspired me to do the same for Adam West's sweet
ride. As far as I could tell the original 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car was
white or possibly light pea soup green (it's hard to tell from the old photos).
I found lots of photos of people's own concepts cars in a rainbow of colors
and red looked the sharpest so I went with that.
Even though I tried to stay close to the original LEGO design, this project wasn't
as easy* as I initially thought it might be. I had to significantly rework the
front and back ends and raise the body by half a plate so the wheels would clear
the new wheel wells (the Batmobile added a fender whereas the original Futura
really didn't have much of one). Undoing the enormous rocket booster was
also a challenge.
I'm still not totally satisfied with the back end (I've tried a number
of variations), so if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. Overall
though it was a fun little distraction!
* and what's the deal with this part?
It hasn't been produced in red in 10 years! I didn't think such an unassuming
piece would be so difficult to acquire. Finding a seller with 6 in stock was
a challenge.
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| Author: | chetzler | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 20:31 | | Subject: | Another re-skin: Lincoln Futura | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| A while ago I shared a "restoration" of the Ecto 1 back to its original 1984
Cadillac Fleetwood hearse incarnation.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1257201
The recent Batmobile set inspired me to do the same for Adam West's sweet
ride. As far as I could tell the original 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car was
white or possibly light pea soup green (it's hard to tell from the old photos).
I found lots of photos of people's own concepts cars in a rainbow of colors
and red looked the sharpest so I went with that.
Even though I tried to stay close to the original LEGO design, this project wasn't
as easy* as I initially thought it might be. I had to significantly rework the
front and back ends and raise the body by half a plate so the wheels would clear
the new wheel wells (the Batmobile added a fender whereas the original Futura
really didn't have much of one). Undoing the enormous rocket booster was
also a challenge.
I'm still not totally satisfied with the back end (I've tried a number
of variations), so if anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them. Overall
though it was a fun little distraction!
* and what's the deal with this part?
It hasn't been produced in red in 10 years! I didn't think such an unassuming
piece would be so difficult to acquire. Finding a seller with 6 in stock was
a challenge.
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| Author: | thee0581 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| | | Look at the UPC bar-code on the box edge. That should give you a clue what market
the set's box was originally destined for. If it begins with 0 or 6, that
is likely North America. If it begins with a 5, that is typically Europe.
Nita Rae
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They both seem the same to me. For better understanding, I will include some
pictures. Also, how the box is organized inside seems slightly different. First
3 pictures are from the 7-12 set, the other ones from 8-12.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | In LEGO, alexwilcox writes:
| | In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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At a guess I would say one is set 6098 and one is 6091?
Or it's possible one of the copies you have was originally sold in Europe
and one in maybe North America and they had different boxes / age guides for
the different areas they were being sold in.
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They have both written 6098 on them, I already checked whether that could be
the case.
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Look at the UPC bar-code on the box edge. That should give you a clue what market
the set's box was originally destined for. If it begins with 0 or 6, that
is likely North America. If it begins with a 5, that is typically Europe.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | thee0581 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, alexwilcox writes:
| | In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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At a guess I would say one is set 6098 and one is 6091?
Or it's possible one of the copies you have was originally sold in Europe
and one in maybe North America and they had different boxes / age guides for
the different areas they were being sold in.
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They have both written 6098 on them, I already checked whether that could be
the case.
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| Author: | alexwilcox | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, thee0581 writes:
| | Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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At a guess I would say one is set 6098 and one is 6091?
Or it's possible one of the copies you have was originally sold in Europe
and one in maybe North America and they had different boxes / age guides for
the different areas they were being sold in.
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| Author: | thee0581 | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 11:31 | | Subject: | Different versions for set 6098 | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Hello everyone,
since I am quite new here, I am not even sure this is the right forum, if not,
please tell me.
I recently acquired 2 sets 6098, both sealed, but one has written age "8 - 12"
while the other one has "7 - 12". I found images of both versions online, but
not whether there are any more differences or if one is more rare than the other.
Any help would be appreciated.
Regards,
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| Author: | leggodtshop | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 05:49 | | Subject: | Re: 12V train motor melt by permanent use | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| LOL, yes that happens with continues running. Everything needs a break now and
then. So maybe you could built in the program for regular pauzes?
In LEGO, OldBrixAndMore writes:
| | Hi everybody,
just have a look at my 12V train motor. It melted from inside until it stopped
running.
Wow cannot restart ist, think it is trash.
I used to run the disney train in my load storefront permanently, so i need any
ideas/experiences how long i can run these motors without trashing another one?
Will try to put the next on a timer.
Maybe there is also a way of cleaning or oiling those motors for a better run,
i have no experiences with that.
Some infos on how to proceed would be gladful.
Best regards
Pierre
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| Author: | OldBrixAndMore | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2021 04:28 | | Subject: | 12V train motor melt by permanent use | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Hi everybody,
just have a look at my 12V train motor. It melted from inside until it stopped
running.
Wow cannot restart ist, think it is trash.
I used to run the disney train in my load storefront permanently, so i need any
ideas/experiences how long i can run these motors without trashing another one?
Will try to put the next on a timer.
Maybe there is also a way of cleaning or oiling those motors for a better run,
i have no experiences with that.
Some infos on how to proceed would be gladful.
Best regards
Pierre
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 14:43 | | Subject: | Re: 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | I have to say the chessboard looks nice. But why they decided to make a Lego
chessboard all smooth on top is beyond me. And no lip around the edge, so don't
try to carry the thing with chessmen on top... Unless you want to build them
again.
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I gotta agree with Bret’s input: movie scene driven, and I like it.
Empirically, I appreciate smoothness in Lego builds. Not a fan of stud exposure
for builds. It’s more of a challenge to create/design Lego builds without it,
but well worth it.
After all, we can’t have it all, though it doesn’t stop us from trying... Just
refrain from moving the build around, or take the pieces off of the board before
doing so 
Btw, too many of the recent (Disney) Lego SW set designs seem not to consider
this, and they suck completely, imho of course.
-popsicle
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 13:06 | | Subject: | Re: Please Help With Set 7868-1 | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | In LEGO, jennnifer writes:
| | In LEGO, axaday writes:
| |
If you have this set in your collection and can confirm you Mace Windu came with
it, please reply. I suspect that the Mace Windu figure in this set is actually
an unrecognized variant that ought to be added to the catalog, along with his
head.
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I've got a fresh unopened copy. I think I bought it for my son who wanted
the Tactical Droid, but we never built it. I can open it though if no one else
comes forward to help out.
It's a bit...pricey. 
Jen
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I'm not asking you to blow $250 on this question unless you really want to...
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Well, the price tag on the box says only $39.99
But, now I see the Tactical Droid was featured in the last Bad Batch episode
so I should open the set and keep the droid, right??
Jen
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 09:07 | | Subject: | Re: 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, starbeanie writes:
| | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3cjWc-XXCg
The pieces need to move to reenact the scene. While some way to stick the pieces
down would be useful, it would look odd because in the movie, the pieces glide
around the board.
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And scratch the Lego????!!!!!  
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| Author: | starbeanie | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 08:56 | | Subject: | Re: 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3cjWc-XXCg
The pieces need to move to reenact the scene. While some way to stick the pieces
down would be useful, it would look odd because in the movie, the pieces glide
around the board.
In LEGO, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | In LEGO, starbeanie writes:
| | Beacause it's not meant to be a chess set. It's a movie scene.
In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | I have to say the chessboard looks nice. But why they decided to make a Lego
chessboard all smooth on top is beyond me. And no lip around the edge, so don't
try to carry the thing with chessmen on top... Unless you want to build them
again.
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I am sure it is meant to be both.
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I think if it were merely a movie scene then there would be a way to attach the
pieces to their starting positions.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 08:45 | | Subject: | Re: 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | In LEGO, starbeanie writes:
| | Beacause it's not meant to be a chess set. It's a movie scene.
In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | I have to say the chessboard looks nice. But why they decided to make a Lego
chessboard all smooth on top is beyond me. And no lip around the edge, so don't
try to carry the thing with chessmen on top... Unless you want to build them
again.
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I am sure it is meant to be both.
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I think if it were merely a movie scene then there would be a way to attach the
pieces to their starting positions.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 08:39 | | Subject: | Re: 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, starbeanie writes:
| | Beacause it's not meant to be a chess set. It's a movie scene.
In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | I have to say the chessboard looks nice. But why they decided to make a Lego
chessboard all smooth on top is beyond me. And no lip around the edge, so don't
try to carry the thing with chessmen on top... Unless you want to build them
again.
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I am sure it is meant to be both.
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| Author: | starbeanie | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 08:32 | | Subject: | Re: 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Beacause it's not meant to be a chess set. It's a movie scene.
In LEGO, axaday writes:
| | I have to say the chessboard looks nice. But why they decided to make a Lego
chessboard all smooth on top is beyond me. And no lip around the edge, so don't
try to carry the thing with chessmen on top... Unless you want to build them
again.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 11, 2021 00:03 | | Subject: | 76392 Short Review | | Viewed: | 145 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| I have to say the chessboard looks nice. But why they decided to make a Lego
chessboard all smooth on top is beyond me. And no lip around the edge, so don't
try to carry the thing with chessmen on top... Unless you want to build them
again.
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| Author: | Luloma | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2021 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Light gray tile 2 x 2 with sticker | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, MrPetovan writes:
| | Nice find, more specifically
[p=3068bpb0318,86]
In LEGO, tEoS writes:
| | [p=3068bpb0318]
In LEGO, Luloma writes:
| | Does anybody know this part? Maybe the sticker is from another brick?
Thank you very much!
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Thank you very much both of you guys.
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| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2021 17:03 | | Subject: | Re: Light gray tile 2 x 2 with sticker | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Nice find, more specifically
[p=3068bpb0318,86]
In LEGO, tEoS writes:
| | [p=3068bpb0318]
In LEGO, Luloma writes:
| | Does anybody know this part? Maybe the sticker is from another brick?
Thank you very much!
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2021 17:02 | | Subject: | Re: Light gray tile 2 x 2 with sticker | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| [p=3068bpb0318]
In LEGO, Luloma writes:
| | Does anybody know this part? Maybe the sticker is from another brick?
Thank you very much!
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| Author: | Luloma | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2021 16:58 | | Subject: | Light gray tile 2 x 2 with sticker | | Viewed: | 129 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Does anybody know this part? Maybe the sticker is from another brick?
Thank you very much!
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: New Lego Colors | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, SpaceODC writes:
| | Ryan,
would you please confirm that it is actually 366 and 367. 366 would be bad news
as we already have a LDraw color in place: 366 - Earth_Orange
How about shadow RGBs for these opal colors?
Cheers, Willy
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If LDRAW is following Lego's numbers, Earth Orange should be 12. If LDRAW
is not following Lego's numbers, then there's no problem, just use another
random number for these new ones. If LDRAW is inconsistent in its numbering,
that should probably be addressed before adding new colors
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 10:38 | | Subject: | Re: Please Help With Set 7868-1 | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, jennnifer writes:
| | In LEGO, axaday writes:
| |
If you have this set in your collection and can confirm you Mace Windu came with
it, please reply. I suspect that the Mace Windu figure in this set is actually
an unrecognized variant that ought to be added to the catalog, along with his
head.
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I've got a fresh unopened copy. I think I bought it for my son who wanted
the Tactical Droid, but we never built it. I can open it though if no one else
comes forward to help out.
It's a bit...pricey.
Jen
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I'm not asking you to blow $250 on this question unless you really want to...
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 09:57 | | Subject: | Re: Please Help With Set 7868-1 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, axaday writes:
| |
If you have this set in your collection and can confirm you Mace Windu came with
it, please reply. I suspect that the Mace Windu figure in this set is actually
an unrecognized variant that ought to be added to the catalog, along with his
head.
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I've got a fresh unopened copy. I think I bought it for my son who wanted
the Tactical Droid, but we never built it. I can open it though if no one else
comes forward to help out.
It's a bit...pricey.
Jen
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2021 07:50 | | Subject: | Please Help With Set 7868-1 | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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If you have this set in your collection and can confirm you Mace Windu came with
it, please reply. I suspect that the Mace Windu figure in this set is actually
an unrecognized variant that ought to be added to the catalog, along with his
head.
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2021 11:54 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | If you're not a teacher, Niek, you're missing one of life's callings.
I understand now and getting me to understand these types of things, is no easy
task
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Well, to be honest, I _did_ teach quite a bit back in late 1990 - early 2000.
I was a fully licensed Microsoft/SCO/SuSE/RedHat/Symantec instructor, doing one-off
low-level network security courses for the DoD and the NATO in the Netherlands
(including some hacking stuff - that always made people "oooh" and "aaah" - fun
times). Then things became too "main stream", new "instructors" got licensed
because they didn't make enough mistakes on their instructor's exams,
they only tried to regurgitate the course material (I had to take over a few
classes because the so-called instructor was so bad), so that kinda killed the
fun for me.
And here I am, doing first-tier help desk support fixing printer connection issues.
Oh well. At least it is way less stressful at my age.
Niek.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2021 09:21 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, qwertyboy writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | Help me out here, Niek. I've always (for years) written the tags as shown
and they've worked as intended when viewed from my end. But it's because
my various browser used have been correcting the error all these years?
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Yup. Your end tag is in fact a syntax error. If browsers were to strictly follow
the HTML specs, they should throw an error and "give up"on rendering the page.
Especially in the earlier days, when pages were written "by hand", this would
cause a shocking amount of web pages to fail - not very user-friendly.
| | That perhaps others using other browsers may not have been seeing what I intended
all this time?
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The type of error here is a syntax error. Any browser will simply throw out the
malformed tag. The remaining surrounding HTML code will then show there is a
missing closing tag (a _very_ common error), and the browser will slip one in.
| | If so, don't I feel a fool...
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Nah. People are not fools because they don't know something (just because
I don't know how to do open heart surgery doesn't make me a fool). You
did something, result was as you expected, so naturally your way of doing was
correct. And in this case it still is - it gets the job done (with the help of
friendly browsers). It was just me being pedantic.
Niek.
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If you're not a teacher, Niek, you're missing one of life's callings.
I understand now and getting me to understand these types of things, is no easy
task
Thank you. Greatly appreciated!
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2021 09:10 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | Help me out here, Niek. I've always (for years) written the tags as shown
and they've worked as intended when viewed from my end. But it's because
my various browser used have been correcting the error all these years?
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Yes.
| | That perhaps others using other browsers may not have been seeing what I intended
all this time?
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It's possible but I'm guessing it looked fine on the most widely-used
browsers. Your H1/H2/etc. tag would have been closed automatically because it
was nested.
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Yeah, I don't really understand this last paragraph of clarification, considering
the code as written, worked as intended. Not only for altering text size but
other things such as boldness, spacing, etc.
For myself, I'm gonna leave it as somewhat of a mystery for now. Got other
things to manage at the moment and my brain handles only so much reasoning at
a time, these days
Thank you, both you and Niek, for taking the time to offer the heads-up and attempt
to education. Very much appreciated.
-popsicle
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2021 08:36 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | Help me out here, Niek. I've always (for years) written the tags as shown
and they've worked as intended when viewed from my end. But it's because
my various browser used have been correcting the error all these years?
|
Yup. Your end tag is in fact a syntax error. If browsers were to strictly follow
the HTML specs, they should throw an error and "give up"on rendering the page.
Especially in the earlier days, when pages were written "by hand", this would
cause a shocking amount of web pages to fail - not very user-friendly.
| | That perhaps others using other browsers may not have been seeing what I intended
all this time?
|
The type of error here is a syntax error. Any browser will simply throw out the
malformed tag. The remaining surrounding HTML code will then show there is a
missing closing tag (a _very_ common error), and the browser will slip one in.
| | If so, don't I feel a fool...
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Nah. People are not fools because they don't know something (just because
I don't know how to do open heart surgery doesn't make me a fool). You
did something, result was as you expected, so naturally your way of doing was
correct. And in this case it still is - it gets the job done (with the help of
friendly browsers). It was just me being pedantic.
Niek.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2021 07:41 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | Help me out here, Niek. I've always (for years) written the tags as shown
and they've worked as intended when viewed from my end. But it's because
my various browser used have been correcting the error all these years?
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Yes.
| | That perhaps others using other browsers may not have been seeing what I intended
all this time?
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It's possible but I'm guessing it looked fine on the most widely-used
browsers. Your H1/H2/etc. tag would have been closed automatically because it
was nested.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 23:35 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, qwertyboy writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | In LEGO, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
Niek is right, what I see is that my browser is correcting your incorrect code.
These aren't macro tags like you would put in a drive thru email, they are
HTML tags.
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Interesting. It works for me and has for years. Seems to have worked for the
OP as well 
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The joys of browsers trying to correct errors in HTML. Certain "classes" of errors
(which most browsers try to correct - with various success) are called "tag soup":
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_soup
Niek.
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Help me out here, Niek. I've always (for years) written the tags as shown
and they've worked as intended when viewed from my end. But it's because
my various browser used have been correcting the error all these years?
That perhaps others using other browsers may not have been seeing what I intended
all this time?
If so, don't I feel a fool...
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 23:23 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | In LEGO, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
Niek is right, what I see is that my browser is correcting your incorrect code.
These aren't macro tags like you would put in a drive thru email, they are
HTML tags.
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Interesting. It works for me and has for years. Seems to have worked for the
OP as well
|
The joys of browsers trying to correct errors in HTML. Certain "classes" of errors
(which most browsers try to correct - with various success) are called "tag soup":
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_soup
Niek.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 23:07 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
Niek is right, what I see is that my browser is correcting your incorrect code.
These aren't macro tags like you would put in a drive thru email, they are
HTML tags.
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Interesting. It works for me and has for years. Seems to have worked for the
OP as well
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 23:04 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, popsicle writes:
Niek is right, what I see is that my browser is correcting your incorrect code.
These aren't macro tags like you would put in a drive thru email, they are
HTML tags.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 22:49 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, qwertyboy writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | I see that you're using the Banner field now, good. However, you can
increase the text size by using the macro tags shown in the screenshot below.
H1 being the largest moving down in size by increasing the number value, i.e.
H2 ~ H3
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You might want to place that "/" in front of the H" at the end there in your
picture. Computers are finicky beasts.
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Nope. It's how I've always done it. And how I tested it while taking
the screenshot for the OP. But will do it again for you. Checkout my store banner
using the macro tags as shown: https://store.bricklink.com/popsicle&utm_content=globalnav#/shop
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 22:39 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | I see that you're using the Banner field now, good. However, you can
increase the text size by using the macro tags shown in the screenshot below.
H1 being the largest moving down in size by increasing the number value, i.e.
H2 ~ H3
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You might want to place that "/" in front of the H" at the end there in your
picture. Computers are finicky beasts.
Niek.
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| Author: | TheBlockShop | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 21:24 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| You are the best!!!!!! this should have solved any problems I have. I might even
just close the store up, not sure if anyone is looking at inv that way, most
people are contacting me from a different website where I just uploaded a bsx
file.
Thanks again!
Joe
In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Store is open so everyone can look at pieces.
I will add the sets later. 50k for pieces 75k for sets + pieces
Pick up only(Reno, NV) Really close to northern California right off the freeway.
email me @ theblockshop7@gmail.com for more pictures or any questions.
Thanks,
Joe
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I would use the Banner field, too: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/display.page
It's far more visible on all product pages of your store, and difficult to
miss or ignore. The Announcement field text, on the other hand, is small
on the page periphery and can be dismissed or collapsed.
-popsicle
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I see that you're using the Banner field now, good. However, you can
increase the text size by using the macro tags shown in the screenshot below.
H1 being the largest moving down in size by increasing the number value, i.e.
H2 ~ H3
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 20:26 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Store is open so everyone can look at pieces.
I will add the sets later. 50k for pieces 75k for sets + pieces
Pick up only(Reno, NV) Really close to northern California right off the freeway.
email me @ theblockshop7@gmail.com for more pictures or any questions.
Thanks,
Joe
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I would use the Banner field, too: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/display.page
It's far more visible on all product pages of your store, and difficult to
miss or ignore. The Announcement field text, on the other hand, is small
on the page periphery and can be dismissed or collapsed.
-popsicle
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I see that you're using the Banner field now, good. However, you can
increase the text size by using the macro tags shown in the screenshot below.
H1 being the largest moving down in size by increasing the number value, i.e.
H2 ~ H3
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| Author: | TheBlockShop | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 20:04 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| I did this on purpose because I started getting orders even though I have a 50k
minimum buy, once I agree with someone on price I will change payment methods.
In LEGO, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Sweet thanks!!!! This does seem like the best way to do it. I will be working
on that now!
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Just FYI you don't have an Onsite payment option enabled for USA buyers,
which limits who can transact with you here on BrickLink.
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| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 16:12 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Sweet thanks!!!! This does seem like the best way to do it. I will be working
on that now!
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Just FYI you don't have an Onsite payment option enabled for USA buyers,
which limits who can transact with you here on BrickLink.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Store is open so everyone can look at pieces.
I will add the sets later. 50k for pieces 75k for sets + pieces
Pick up only(Reno, NV) Really close to northern California right off the freeway.
email me @ theblockshop7@gmail.com for more pictures or any questions.
Thanks,
Joe
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I would use the Banner field, too: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/display.page
It's far more visible on all product pages of your store, and difficult to
miss or ignore. The Announcement field text, on the other hand, is small
on the page periphery and can be dismissed or collapsed.
-popsicle
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| Author: | TheBlockShop | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 10:14 | | Subject: | Re: please help | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| LOL, that is not good.
In LEGO, starbeanie writes:
| | If it was in their cart before you changed your limit, they could still buy it.
In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Hi everyone I set me store order limit to 50k then just got an order for $99,
any help would be great.
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| Author: | starbeanie | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 10:13 | | Subject: | Re: please help | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| If it was in their cart before you changed your limit, they could still buy it.
In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Hi everyone I set me store order limit to 50k then just got an order for $99,
any help would be great.
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| Author: | TheBlockShop | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 10:01 | | Subject: | please help | | Viewed: | 138 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Hi everyone I set me store order limit to 50k then just got an order for $99,
any help would be great.
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| Author: | Elkenwood | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2021 03:47 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Trying to sell my entire store as I do not have the time for it anymore and it
has been closed for almost 2 years.
Is there an easy way to make my entire store a superlot?
Also I have a bunch of sets that are not in inventory that I was going to sell
separately. I got stuck on the upload image part of creating a "bulk lot" item
Store has a "current inventory average" value of 153k and sets have a "current
inventory average" of 60k, looking to get 75k for both or 30k for sets and 50k
for store OBO.
Any tips would be helpful
Thanks,
Joe
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You could contact Brickmania and see if they want to buy a large portion of the
store. They're the biggest buyer of parts on the site and only go for new
lots.
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| Author: | TheBlockShop | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2021 21:53 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Store is open so everyone can look at pieces.
I will add the sets later. 50k for pieces 75k for sets + pieces
Pick up only(Reno, NV) Really close to northern California right off the freeway.
email me @ theblockshop7@gmail.com for more pictures or any questions.
Thanks,
Joe
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| Author: | TheBlockShop | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2021 21:38 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Sweet thanks!!!! This does seem like the best way to do it. I will be working
on that now!
In LEGO, popsicle writes:
| | In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Trying to sell my entire store as I do not have the time for it anymore and it
has been closed for almost 2 years.
Is there an easy way to make my entire store a superlot?
Also I have a bunch of sets that are not in inventory that I was going to sell
separately. I got stuck on the upload image part of creating a "bulk lot" item
Store has a "current inventory average" value of 153k and sets have a "current
inventory average" of 60k, looking to get 75k for both or 30k for sets and 50k
for store OBO.
Any tips would be helpful
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I’d start by setting the selloff price as the minimum buy and reopening the store:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/management.page
Using any or all of these fields, Slogan ~ Announcement ~ Banner to convey
your intention with the high minimum: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/display.page
Opening your store places your inventory back onto the market, giving you more
exposure, allowing 24/7 perusal of your inventory and greatly increasing your
ability to cultivate prospective buyers.
In the meantime, you’ll no doubt generate offers to consider with your inventory
exposed with selloff caveats. Don’t drop your pricing, until you have structured
a deal. At which point, close your store and set it up, transacting with
a close store and password.
Just one of several ways of doing it, Joe.
-popsicle
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2021 21:35 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Trying to sell my entire store as I do not have the time for it anymore and it
has been closed for almost 2 years.
Is there an easy way to make my entire store a superlot?
Also I have a bunch of sets that are not in inventory that I was going to sell
separately. I got stuck on the upload image part of creating a "bulk lot" item
Store has a "current inventory average" value of 153k and sets have a "current
inventory average" of 60k, looking to get 75k for both or 30k for sets and 50k
for store OBO.
Any tips would be helpful
|
I’d start by setting the selloff price as the minimum buy and reopening the store:
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/management.page
Using any or all of these fields, Slogan ~ Announcement ~ Banner to convey
your intention with the high minimum: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/mystore/display.page
Opening your store places your inventory back onto the market, giving you more
exposure, allowing 24/7 perusal of your inventory and greatly increasing your
ability to cultivate prospective buyers.
In the meantime, you’ll no doubt generate offers to consider with your inventory
exposed with selloff caveats. Don’t drop your pricing, until you have structured
a deal. At which point, close your store and set it up, transacting with
a close store and password.
Just one of several ways of doing it, Joe.
-popsicle
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| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2021 20:52 | | Subject: | Re: Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| You can create a custom item with your entire store at a fixed price if you aren’t
interested in negotiating the price. As I understand them, a super lot wouldn’t
help since anyone wanting to buy a single item from your store would automatically
be on the hook for US $75,000 worth of merchandise 😅
You are better off with what you just did, a forum post advertising the sale
from where people can reach out to you privately if they are interested.
In LEGO, TheBlockShop writes:
| | Trying to sell my entire store as I do not have the time for it anymore and it
has been closed for almost 2 years.
Is there an easy way to make my entire store a superlot?
Also I have a bunch of sets that are not in inventory that I was going to sell
separately. I got stuck on the upload image part of creating a "bulk lot" item
Store has a "current inventory average" value of 153k and sets have a "current
inventory average" of 60k, looking to get 75k for both or 30k for sets and 50k
for store OBO.
Any tips would be helpful
Thanks,
Joe
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| Author: | TheBlockShop | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2021 20:20 | | Subject: | Selling entire store. | | Viewed: | 471 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Trying to sell my entire store as I do not have the time for it anymore and it
has been closed for almost 2 years.
Is there an easy way to make my entire store a superlot?
Also I have a bunch of sets that are not in inventory that I was going to sell
separately. I got stuck on the upload image part of creating a "bulk lot" item
Store has a "current inventory average" value of 153k and sets have a "current
inventory average" of 60k, looking to get 75k for both or 30k for sets and 50k
for store OBO.
Any tips would be helpful
Thanks,
Joe
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