Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | edeevo  | | Posted: | Jan 17, 2022 15:13 | | Subject: | Re: Here is a brain teaser for those interested | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Gandalf68 writes:
| | Can you find how the 2 "1x2 teeth plates" are attached to the body ?
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This:
On this:
connected to this:
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2022 16:56 | | Subject: | It's been a long time coming... | | Viewed: | 263 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| ...but at this pace, I should get that dark pink brick later this year!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2021 13:19 | | Subject: | Re: 76989 Horizon Zero Dawn Tallneck | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, Poncke writes:
Absolutely instant buy... there are already a bunch of brilliant MOCs out there
associated with that amazing game (such as the Thunderjaw in the image I'm
going to build someday!)...!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2021 15:32 | | Subject: | Re: Selling new Lego as used? | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I was wondering if anyone is listing both there new and used Lego as used. I
can see a lot of benefit to it and very little reasons why I shouldn't.
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There are two fairly obvious reasons:
It cuts the prices you can ask for the new parts (and still sell it).
It cuts the number of people likely to be interested.
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My high prices and continued sales would refute that reasoning...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2021 15:18 | | Subject: | Re: Selling new Lego as used? | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, 9_lives_bricks writes:
| | Hi,
I was wondering if anyone is listing both there new and used Lego as used. I
can see a lot of benefit to it and very little reasons why I shouldn't. Just
wondering if anyone has tried it and how it effected sales.
Thanks
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Been doing that for years; it makes managing a massive inventory (I've maintained
over a million parts for years now) much simpler that way by myself... the only
items I will typically list as new are minifigures, cloth items, sticker sheets,
and a few various items (like stuff on sprues)... but the bulk of my parts is
listed as Used, even though many would be considered brand new; I find my Buyers
are always really happy to find that the "Used" items they ordered, are in like
new condition...
Still though, it makes managing a massive parts inventory easier as one inventory
("Used"), as opposed to two ("Used" & "New")...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2021 15:08 | | Subject: | Re: Action Comics Poster | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Huskers1236 writes:
| | Trying to find info on the Action Comics poster that Lego released, presumably
around when the SDCC set came out. I haven't had much luck finding it in
the Gear section, anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
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I'm guessing you mean this one?
I don't have one (found the image on the internet), but I have seen a framed
one before in person--which I thought was a custom, until I saw the LEGO
logo and references at the bottom of it (making it seem a legit LEGO-produced
poster), but I don't believe it's currently in the catalog (& there
may not be many of them out there regardless)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Dec 3, 2021 14:05 | | Subject: | Re: How big is your store? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | How big is your store? I'm trying to figure out how to classify shops by
size. I'm talking about shops that mainly sell parts.
I arrive at the following classification, from very small to very large:
1. very small store 1-500 parts
2. -----------------500-2500 parts
3. -----------------2500- 2500
4. -----------------12500-62500
5. -----------------62500-150000
6. -----------------150000-360000
7. -----------------360000-864000
8. very large store 864000-and more
Do you think this is useful? Apart from the two first classes (1-500 and 500-2500)
every next step is about 2,5 times the size of the previous one.
What do you think?
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Apparently, I'm an 8; but I *feel* like a 4...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Nov 19, 2021 17:04 | | Subject: | Re: Admin; please help, potentially serious bug | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, par016 writes:
| | In Problem, peregrinator writes:
| | In Problem, Heartbricker writes:
| | That actually helps a lot!
Hopefully it gives admins an answer on how to fix.
Thank you!
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NP - hopefully your customers can work around it. It also explains why people
responding to your initial post were getting different results.
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Yup can confirm, that I show the same error when accessing my cart from BrickLink
and not directly in your store.
-Pete
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Seeing the same here (error from my cart, but not when in your store)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Nov 16, 2021 14:53 | | Subject: | Re: Set with blue stagecoach ? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Stuart9 writes:
| | I suspect this is custom.
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A couple of parts there that point to it being a custom... take this part:
It came in a variety of colors, but based upon the photo, it is Brown (and it
didn't come in any similar color that could be confused with that, such as
Reddish-Brown)... and it was only produced in these two sets in that color:
And in this "gear":
None of which have anything resembling that build...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Nov 16, 2021 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Set with blue stagecoach ? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Stuart9 writes:
| | Is there such a set ?
Cheers
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First ones that came to mind were these:
Also this more recent set has a blue one as well:
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2021 13:31 | | Subject: | Re: Stormtrooper? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brick_professor writes:
| | Hi Lego fans,
I bought a set (75132) but 1 according minifig was changed by this one…
I can’t find it at the storm trooper page, especially the body part and the legs.
Does any one know wich figure this is?
Please let me know
Kind regards,
Arne
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It looks like you got this guy:
But with this helmet:
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2021 15:53 | | Subject: | Re: California Issues | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, The_Panther_X writes:
| | Anyone one else having issues with USPS in California? I have had to eat over
$600 of lost or stolen orders to various CA addresses in 2021. Not one of the
insurance claims have been honored. I have literally lost 2/3 of the inventory
sent there even with tracking numbers. It has been a very frustrating year in
that regard...didn't lose one other package even to foreign countries. Curious
if it was just me or if there is legitimately some issues with USPS in CA. Thanks.
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I've shipped nearly 300 orders to California addresses this year, and have
not had any go missing... not sure if that is simply because they were shipped
from within the state(?)
I do know that the local Los Angeles USPS Sorting Facility is not the best at
*scanning* packages that leave through it--so the tracking information is
always delayed showing up online--but the packages do seem to arrive without
issues...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2021 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: 5006890-1 Rebuildable Flying Car: thoughts? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | New Sets | |
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| In New Sets, Erkiles writes:
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I know one can't / shouldn't argue about tastes and preferences but I
have to admit that when I saw a leak about this set on social media a couple
of weeks ago I figured it was someone trolling as the item seemed far to amateurish
/ childish to be a real Lego set.
Imagine my surprise seeing this fugly thing becoming a GWP ... 
Again, just my POV, but this is to me the most disappointing GWP to ever come
out and seems at best a joke. I can't imagine more than 30 seconds of thought
went into this "project".
The color scheme just hurts my eyes and the build looks like something that belongs
in the monthly mini-build series.
All kidding aside: was this a special project where a child could enter to create
the next GWP? If so, kuddos to the child for succeeding in making its build into
an actual Lego set.
If this was genuinely created by a certified Lego builder: how drunk was that
person and moreover, how drunk was his / her boss to approve this for a GWP?
Friday rant over.
Erikk
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I stand by my first thoughts (see image)...
...just realizing that is referencing a Simpson episode that aired over
30 years ago... man, I'm old...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 21, 2021 18:21 | | Subject: | Re: When you see a list of prices like this ... | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| In Price Guide, popsicle writes:
| | In Price Guide, cosmicray writes:
| | In Price Guide, popsicle writes:
| | In Price Guide, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | In Price Guide, cosmicray writes:
| | You have to wonder if that is a typo, or if someone is trying to corner the market
I'm leaning towards typo, but who really knows ... only The Shadow knows.
Nita Rae
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I've sent the seller a message.
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+1
or we could speculate some more 
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We will always speculate some more ... it's how the Forum functions.
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Don't I know it!
I get it, something to post about. But more often than not, such posts lead to
public assertions of another member.
If it’s actual concern or curiosity, contact the member directly. Doing
so you may just be helping them out, beyond satisfying your curiosity.
I know I'd appreciate it as a seller
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...you never really know; perhaps this particular Seller *really* values those
Sand Blue 1x4's, and will only part with them at that price...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 20, 2021 11:47 | | Subject: | Re: When you see a list of prices like this ... | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| In Price Guide, cosmicray writes:
| | You have to wonder if that is a typo, or if someone is trying to corner the market
I'm leaning towards typo, but who really knows ... only The Shadow knows.
Nita Rae
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It looks like most of their prices have three digits (ex: $0.431), so it just
appears that they missed a decimal point when listing those...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2021 12:16 | | Subject: | Re: Please explain the Flying Car GWP to me | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, superchicken77 writes:
| | I don't get it. Why would anyone want this? And who would want to spend
$160 to get it? $50 maybe, but $160? ($160 being Canadian Dollars)
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...looks about right...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 18, 2021 21:22 | | Subject: | Re: INSTANT CHECKOUT | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, randyf writes:
| | In General, pitz8008 writes:
| | In General, edeevo writes:
| | In General, pitz8008 writes:
| | Is there a way for instant checkout to still be used even if there is no "volume"
listed for an item. I have a bunch of the collectible minifigure sets listed
but most of the newer ones don't have any volume dimensions listed. So I
have to send the invoice manually because instant checkout won't work for
those items. Is there a way too get around this so instant checkout will work
even if there's no volume listed. I've had about 10 of these orders in
the last day and it's like being back in the days of no instant checkout.
I know some people may prefer that but definitely not me.
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...and in case you didn't know already; you can check all the items in your
inventory that are missing some bit of information that prevents them from being
purchased via Instant Checkout by going to "My Store--Inventory", then making
sure the "Instant Checkout Unavailable" box is checked, and hitting the "Go!"
button... if anything pops up, they are items missing information that would
allow for IC; you can then add whatever info (volume or weight) is missing manually
(as you can see in the screenshots, I added a weight to them)...
It took me a while to figure this out because a Buyer asked about a specific
item that they were unable to checkout with, and it turns out I had a bunch of
those items that couldn't be sold via IC; because I only set sales for IC,
and the missing volume/weight info prevented any Buyer from checking out if any
one of those items was in their cart (I'm like you, I don't want to go
back to the days before IC!)...
I regularly check it from time to time now, as I add more items to my inventory,
so I don't have that issue again...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Nice. Had no idea about that. Just took care of quite a few listings on there.
Much appreciated as well.
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Please consider submitting missing weights or packing dimensions to the BrickLink
catalog so that all sellers and buyers can take advantage of your contributions.
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I was waiting for this response...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 18, 2021 19:45 | | Subject: | Re: INSTANT CHECKOUT | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, pitz8008 writes:
| | Is there a way for instant checkout to still be used even if there is no "volume"
listed for an item. I have a bunch of the collectible minifigure sets listed
but most of the newer ones don't have any volume dimensions listed. So I
have to send the invoice manually because instant checkout won't work for
those items. Is there a way too get around this so instant checkout will work
even if there's no volume listed. I've had about 10 of these orders in
the last day and it's like being back in the days of no instant checkout.
I know some people may prefer that but definitely not me.
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...and in case you didn't know already; you can check all the items in your
inventory that are missing some bit of information that prevents them from being
purchased via Instant Checkout by going to "My Store--Inventory", then making
sure the "Instant Checkout Unavailable" box is checked, and hitting the "Go!"
button... if anything pops up, they are items missing information that would
allow for IC; you can then add whatever info (volume or weight) is missing manually
(as you can see in the screenshots, I added a weight to them)...
It took me a while to figure this out because a Buyer asked about a specific
item that they were unable to checkout with, and it turns out I had a bunch of
those items that couldn't be sold via IC; because I only set sales for IC,
and the missing volume/weight info prevented any Buyer from checking out if any
one of those items was in their cart (I'm like you, I don't want to go
back to the days before IC!)...
I regularly check it from time to time now, as I add more items to my inventory,
so I don't have that issue again...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2021 15:49 | | Subject: | Re: Forum message locked | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In General, legoman77 writes:
| | In General, firestar246 writes:
| | In General, legoman77 writes:
| | In General, Stuart9 writes:
I know that the Admins can do what ever they want to do. But to lock the thread
and cancel all replies was uncalled for. There were no threats, no name calling,
no wrong information. A lot of members felt strongly about what was being discussed.
There should be a valid reason for cancelling a thread. Now, let's lock
the thread because some feelings were hurt.
John P
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I can see your point. I am glad it was finally locked, not sure if it would've
stopped otherwise. But I do agree that perhaps all of that shouldn't have
been cancelled. Amidst all the anger and fighting, there was some good discussion.
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Yea, 'single issue thinking' on Admin's part in canceling the thread.
John P
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Not at all.
I don't have time to re-read 78 posts and manually cancel each except a few
posts.
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I thought that's why you Moderator's got paid the big bucks...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2021 13:06 | | Subject: | Re: (Cancelled)... or is it?! | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | In General, jennnifer writes:
| | In General, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | In General, Leftoverbricks writes:
Yesterday I stopped reading this thread after the first five or so messages and
I cancelled my messages.
I see that the discussion is still going on.
I received a private response from someone I greatly appreciate. This person
advised me not to pay attention to the people who mainly use the forum to make
their own point and have fun with it.
To all those who have responded so far I have to say that I have not read your
response and I do not intend to respond.
It would be nice if this thread could be locked.
@Forum admins: do your work.
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So, you went to the forum to express an opinion about something that was bugging
you. A whole bunch of people disagreed and said so publicly. One person agreed
with you privately. You are now disregarding everything said by anyone who disagreed
with you. Got it.
Jen
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Here's what I contributed to the BL catalogue.
I dare MrPetovan.
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Why are you making this some sort of competition...?
(I thought making everything a competition was strictly an American thing!)
Seriously though, although I'm all for additional contributions to the Bricklink
catalog; and even a little competition in doing so can be fun; unfortunately,
it seems you are challenging someone seemingly solely out of agitation, and that's
not all that healthy IMO...
I won't tell you what to do here, I will only suggest you take a moment to
reflect on the look you are currently illustrating in the forum; and let you
decide if it is the appearance you want to maintain...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2021 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: Grand Soft Opening | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | In New Stores, edeevo writes:
| | In New Stores, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I had every intention to have all 150,000 new parts ready to go but holy snots
life loves to get in the way doesn't it?
SO! When I got the email this morning that I was now a verified seller, I had
two options... Sit on it and wait another month or so to have everything sorted
out, or go ahead and open up shop with ~54,000 new pieces and ~500 vintage used...
I chose the latter.
Special thanks to MrPetovan for his numerous responces when I had questions on
the forums.
Swing by and take a peek. https://store.bricklink.com/Yellow.Brick&utm_content=globalnav#/shop
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Now you have a second order.
Welcome aboard!
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WOO HOO! My first guinea pigs! Now to test my picking and packing workflow.
You picked up some of my favorite pieces from my childhood; this is kind of bittersweet.
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I'm a big fan of Classic Castle & Space.
How about a store logo for you to mitigate that bittersweet-ness...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2021 11:19 | | Subject: | Re: Grand Soft Opening | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Yellow.Brick writes:
| | I had every intention to have all 150,000 new parts ready to go but holy snots
life loves to get in the way doesn't it?
SO! When I got the email this morning that I was now a verified seller, I had
two options... Sit on it and wait another month or so to have everything sorted
out, or go ahead and open up shop with ~54,000 new pieces and ~500 vintage used...
I chose the latter.
Special thanks to MrPetovan for his numerous responces when I had questions on
the forums.
Swing by and take a peek. https://store.bricklink.com/Yellow.Brick&utm_content=globalnav#/shop
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Now you have a second order.
Welcome aboard!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2021 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: 'Faces of the Brick'... | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, edeevo writes:
| | ...nothing of any particular sort, just had fun creating this and figured I'd
share...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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I've heard your critiques! Fair enough; here are other options...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Sep 16, 2021 20:09 | | Subject: | 'Faces of the Brick'... | | Viewed: | 212 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| ...nothing of any particular sort, just had fun creating this and figured I'd
share...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Sep 14, 2021 14:08 | | Subject: | Re: What sets do these stickered pieces come from | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, janzenroth writes:
| | I think these are not in the catalog yet:
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The White 2x2 tile is in the catalog:
[P=3068bpb1162,1]
The Dark Bluish 1x2x5 brick is not yet, but comes from *this set:
*You can tell by the sticker sheet:
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 30, 2021 19:20 | | Subject: | Re: "gone but not forgotten" a good way to put it | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | In Off Topic, edeevo writes:
| | In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | Nice creation, Ed. Thanks!
Played with it a little...
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Me too...
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More composition mirroring ours, very nice!
Added sheen, shiny-look of plastic and a touch more shadowing to it.
I'm considering using it. Thank you very much!
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*Alternate Version*
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 30, 2021 15:27 | | Subject: | Re: "gone but not forgotten" a good way to put it | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | Nice creation, Ed. Thanks!
Played with it a little...
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Me too...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 30, 2021 11:44 | | Subject: | Re: "gone but not forgotten" a good way to put it | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, popsicle writes:
| | I was a little surprised to receive a couple of emails along the lines of this
thoughtful member's pm...
Hi popsicle! I couldn't help but notice you changed your profile picture.
You've had the Bad Robot for as long as I've recognized you as a forum
regular; any particular reason for the change? Seeing your name not paired with
the Bad Robot will be unsettling for a while He will be missed, gone but not
forgotten!
The other of a more personal nature, from a member I've gotten to know a
little better over the years.
In reply to both and to any others that may share that sentiment/curiosity ~
No particular reason beyond wanting to get the other pic up in it's place.
The new pic (actually old pic used elsewhere) holds personal significance (sentimental
value) much like my username does. Not making any outward statement with either,
it's just nice to see when I login. Evokes good feelings
-popsicle (always)
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Nothing wrong with a little change...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 13, 2021 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: Buying from overseas seller, and shipping to | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, yeethan writes:
| | I am not located in the US, but will be visiting soon.
I have some items I would like to buy from US-based sellers. They do not ship
overseas, but I would like them to ship to my hotel in the US.
Unfortunately, Bricklink doesn't seem to allow me to add a second mailing
address in the US. Because these sellers don't ship overseas, I can't
get to the Checkout page to confirm if there are ways to edit the mailing address.
I also tried to see if I can change my primary address in my BL profile, but
it seems like that will close down my store.
Is there anything I can do, short of creating a second account with a US-based
address just so I can buy from the US to ship within the US?
Thanks!
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Additionally, I suggest you contact the US-based Sellers you plan to buy from
(before you attempt to place an order in their stores), and explain what you
are planning on doing (trip to the US; have items shipped to a hotel while you're
here)... because it seems that this will be a little complicated no matter how
you work it out, and you wouldn't want those US-based Sellers thinking you
are doing something fishy just to bypass their shipping policies.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2021 14:49 | | Subject: | Re: Are sellers allowed to sell broken electronic | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brick.Door writes:
| | In Help, Crashpc25 writes:
| | So I put in a mass entry and I got a 501st trooper and 2 XL power function motors
and I didn't notice how cheap they were the condition had nothing in it saying
it was broken but the info thing said that electronics are not tested and refunds
are not possible if they are broken isthis allowed?
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For an item that isn't fit for its expected use there should be a note added
to the item description. It isn't good enough to have a general disclaimer
buried in the store terms and conditions. If the seller won't refund, file
a Paypal claim for "not as described"
I had a buyer contact me this week because a motor that I described as "tested
and working" didn't work. I refunded them completely and asked whether they
were sure the problem wasn't the connecting wire or battery box they were
using. Sure enough there was a loose connection in the battery box. In fact their
old was working all along - there was no need to order a new one. So they returned
the refund to me.
My experience with Bricklink has overwhelmingly been that you don't need
detailed store terms if you just treat people decently.
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"My experience with Bricklink has overwhelmingly been that you don't
need detailed store terms if you just treat people decently."
Could not agree more!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2021 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: Another dark pink, anytime now... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, popsicle writes:
If my current pace for feedback holds, I'll be in that group around this
time next year...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2021 19:02 | | Subject: | Re: Having a bad week | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | So did I but I had to open the window after mine.
In Off Topic, edeevo writes:
| | In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Anyone got an interesting story or an amusing tale to take my mind off things
?
Perhaps something odd and interesting about Lego, maybe something that might
start an interesting string on the forum.
Cheers.
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I made a *thing*...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2021 18:13 | | Subject: | Re: Having a bad week | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, Stuart9 writes:
| | Anyone got an interesting story or an amusing tale to take my mind off things
?
Perhaps something odd and interesting about Lego, maybe something that might
start an interesting string on the forum.
Cheers.
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I made a *thing*...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 16:19 | | Subject: | Re: Color Add request | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, edeevo writes:
| | In Colors, TimsBrickHouse writes:
| | Dark Turquoise correct? Lighting affects image.
Not listed as a color for p/n 42022
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...as has been mentioned, it's a faded Blue (aka "Brittle Blue"); I recently
sorted a bunch of curved slopes from a sorted lot I'd purchased this year,
and there were tons of this particular item in Blue that had faded to Brittle
Blue (the lot contained a large ziplock bag sorted by color with just this part
in Blue, and the fading was really noticeable when they were all together)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Precision: all faded Blue parts aren’t Brittle Blue parts. Brittle Blue parts
are brittle, they break easily, and I believe their production was rather recent
(post-2000 I think) or at least limited in time.
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Literally brittle or not, that item in Blue can definitely fade darker (brittle,
sunburned, whatever)... and that particular part was produced post-2000, regardless
of color (though I have never really experienced the "brittle" issue others seem
to find in parts, so I am somewhat ignorant to that issue)... essentially, I
was just attempting to use familiar vernacular that had been mentioned prior...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: Color Add request | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, TimsBrickHouse writes:
| | Dark Turquoise correct? Lighting affects image.
Not listed as a color for p/n 42022
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...as has been mentioned, it's a faded Blue (aka "Brittle Blue"); I recently
sorted a bunch of curved slopes from a sorted lot I'd purchased this year,
and there were tons of this particular item in Blue that had faded to Brittle
Blue (the lot contained a large ziplock bag sorted by color with just this part
in Blue, and the fading was really noticeable when they were all together)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing Sales?? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | […]
A suggestion maybe for the forum/community administrators: create a "Sales" channel
in the forum that is not in the "Marketplace" channel. Advertisement and sales
announcements should only be made there, so the "Marketplace" channel becomes
less polluted with those sales messages. […]
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Well, there already is a topic for sales, shrewdly named “Sales.”
And all the sales announcements are already posted in the Sales (or New Stores)
topic(s), or (generally) moved there when they aren’t.
And you can select topics you (don’t) wish to see here: https://www.bricklink.com/messageFilter.asp?viewFrom=P
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I was a little confused about all the discussions about sales, because I rarely
see any sales posts in the forums... until I saw the above message, checked the
link, and noticed I had selected to hide the "Sales" topic... I don't recall
ever doing that, so it must've been yeeeeeeaaaaars ago (& I'm guessing
the ones I *did* see were posted to a different topic at the time)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2021 19:40 | | Subject: | Re: Part quality control? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, crimson30 writes:
| | I haven't made purchases for years, but recently bought a number of parts
from multiple vendors and I'm wondering: did Lego Group issue some kind of
administrative crackdown as far as part quality goes, or are these vendors simply
stellar? Used to be that used parts were really risky and I could end up throwing
out as much as half because they had excessive scratching/teeth marks or were
worn out to the point that they wouldn't connect to other parts. In several
of my recent purchases, even the used tiles looked really great.
Would just like to know before I write any more feedback.
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I could be wrong, but I don't think TLG has been cracking down on anyone
in regards to quality; it just seems that any Seller that attempts to sell unusable
items can only do so for so long before it's reflected in their feedback,
and people quit taking the risk anymore...
Though a quick glance at some of your recent feedback shows a great group of
Sellers, so there's no doubt in my mind that you have been dealing with the
"simply stellar" ones.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | May 7, 2021 14:29 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Brock writes:
| | What color is this 1x12 technic brick? We got a couple from Legoland, but it
doesn't look like it's a color that has been produced in the last 10
years. My best guess is either dark blue-violet or blue-violet, but I don't
have any parts in those colors to verify. It looks like a darker version of dark
azure with just a little bit of green in it.
Thanks,
Brock
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It's blue that was likely molded a long time ago; and as a result of that
era's mixed materials/colors, or simply discoloration from Sunlight exposure,
etc., they have changed hue over time... I have many of various shades of blue
from various older sets... the ones I have typically look brand new (shiny, no
scratches), they're just weird shades of blue...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2020 18:31 | | Subject: | Re: Done... | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, BricksThatStick writes:
| | Done.
For today
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These are the continued efforts that keep Bricklink updated... much appreciated!
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2020 13:55 | | Subject: | Re: Copper? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Dixi78 writes:
| | Hi, I've got this bionicle-mask and I'm wondering what color it is.
I'm guessing copper but I'm not sure...I don't have anything else
in that color.
When I'm looking at the color info for this part (Item no: 32571) I can choose
from copper and metallic gold, it seems too dark for gold. On the picture it
is next to pearl gold and reddish brown.
What do you think?? Thanks!
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Having had both colors at one point, I believe it to be Copper... though I would
just use the photo you took, crop it down, and use it in your listing for the
item so any Buyer would be aware that it is the actual item.
The Bionicle part colors have always been tough to identify... that reminds me
of a bag of Zamor Spheres I still need to identify, sort, and add to my inventory;
which may just drive me insane...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Jun 24, 2020 18:00 | | Subject: | Re: Changing rules of feedback | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | […]
Part of the problem is buyers keep buying from sellers with relatively poor feedback,
suggesting (some) buyers don't care.
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I think it’s more a “it won’t happen to me” attitude.
Remember HouseOfLogo (and what a real mess it was).
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I 'memba that member... they gave many Buyers quite the wild ride...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | May 13, 2020 17:05 | | Subject: | Re: 2555 - even more variants | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, enig writes:
| | Happy day The time that is spent differentiating between mold variants is
certainly not worth it money-wise, but worth it in other ways.
A customer purchased some classic 2555's. Apparently we still sent two different
variants to him. Sure, most of the older parts have various mini-differences,
just never thought anyone would actually care about getting a specific variant.
Either way, I was not aware of this particular difference.
Our customer described it as 'The wider ones and the narrower ones' and
sent us a picture, circling the different variants. A bit hard to see, I am attaching
one more.
The difference itself is in the sharpness of the outside/inside edges - the very
tops the clips. Principally kind of similar to the difference between classic
and modern 2555, except much more subtle. Difficult to judge if looking at the
edge itself, but becomes easy when comparing from the top view. At least when
you have two pieces to compare
The left one has, call it, completely sharp edge. The right one has a slight
roundness to it. That rounding comes at a cost of reducing the top surface area
of the clip.
Complete list of the differences between the two:
The 'flat top' type:
* Sharper edge / bigger top surface area of the clip
* mold pip on a side
* now looking from yet another side, the sidewall of the clip is completely straight
in all dimensions - does not get narrower towards the top and forms a straight
rectangle (the last picture)
The 'slightly slightly rounded top'
* Slightly rounded top edge of the clip, reduced flat surface area of the top
* mold pip at the bottom
* sidewall is of slightly concave shape - forms a trapezoid
Some more differences, but only concerns the construction of the mold and the
ejection pins placement.
Question(s).
1 - How many of you have/have not noticed this particular difference before?
Curious.
2 - any other different classic 2555s than these two?
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I'd say it's pretty commonly known; the squared-top kind are the older
type, whereas the rounded-top kind are newer (the catalog entry has a note indicating
the difference)...
I actually keep the two types separated in my inventory in anticipation of a
new entry for each--which will likely never happen--but having each type
together really helps me to give a Buyer the same type whenever they buy any.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2020 15:24 | | Subject: | Re: Category Definitions Discussion - Parts B sect | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, bje writes:
| | That being said, it is sort of pointless to have a hundred themed categories
for parts. In thinking about it, I do honestly think that a Bellville part is
an oversized part specifically for that theme, but is that reasonably obvious
from the present definition? Also, for instance, back to the ball discussion,
I think Bionicle fans (*), would prefer Bionicle weapons to be under the Bionicle
theme, provided we clearly define what is a part for the Bionicle theme category
of parts.
(*) I only found out yesterday that this was one of TLG's most successful
themes ever. Grrr I am on intensive learning curve here after 10 years
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Did you also learn that Bionicle was pretty much the theme that saved LEGO from
bankruptcy?
People love to hate on it, but without Bionicle, the modern company may have
never existed as it does now. Personally, I love the theme, and I love a toy
company that is constantly trying out new things.
Cheers,
Randy
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This has always fascinated me... I have a fond appreciation for the Bionicle
theme nowadays, but I was a little too old to care about them much when they
initially came out (though my younger brothers loved them!)... & if TLG had never
tried to hit that market of "story-based, buildable action figures" for the young
men crowd, they never would have realized how successful it was going to be...
of course, then TLG got a little cocky about it and introduced Galidor not
long after the initial Bionicle success; so there can be drawbacks from trying
new things occasionally...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2020 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: What does undetermined means in this case. | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, tonnic writes:
| | If I have this part in hands, plate modified 1x2 with 1 stud jumper undetermined
bottom type.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3794#T=C
What does this means when selling this piece? Is it the lazy way of selling this
piece, or the way to sell it if you do not know the differences?
Is it the sort of term I can use when I do not know if it has a groove or not,
does or does not have a bottom stud holder?
In fact, if I sell a part like this, does it means I sell it in the way: I don’t
know, buy it an expect 1 of the 3 different types that are mentioned as related
items?
If not the above mentioned, what does this type of modifies plate looks like?
What can a buyer expect when they buy it?
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It's so one can expect to get a mix of any or all the different types of
that part:
Personally, I try to avoid using the "undetermined" catalog entry when I list
items in my inventory to sell (as I prefer to specify the exact type a Buyer
would be purchasing)... and I believe that the Catalog Admins are trying to remove
all "undetermined" from the catalog (at least that seems to be the trend); though
I don't think that is entirely wie to do...
I can understand the need to have the "undetermined" category, as many Sellers
out there are not as concerned about separating all the different part types
for their respective inventories... and if I were buying from one of those Sellers,
I would at least like to know that they are *not* making a distinction between
the different types and use that category for the listing (it's be kind of
like a blind-bag of parts there!)… additionally, if I were looking for a specific
part-type, I'd rather not have to reference some obscure sentence in their
Store Terms that says they don't make a distinction, and because there is
no "undetermined" category, they have to list their items as the specific type
anyways... THAT can be frustrating.
Other examples of this "undetermined" category of items includes:
* | | 30359 Bar 1 x 8 with Brick 1 x 2 Curved Top End (Undetermined Type)
Parts: Bar |
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:40 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, edeevo writes:
... the auto closing of the store is
| | something that is already kind of set up, no? (I think if a Seller hasn't
logged in during a certain amount of days, it gets locked... unless I'm mistaken)
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That feature does indeed exist, I guess my suggestion is linking into that but
using an additional trigger of "seller has not responded to buyer within x days"
where x is the number of days the seller has set as his response time. The response
could either be the issuing of an invoice or sending a message in the BL system
or similar criteria.
Robert
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Ah, that makes sense... I agree with that also; lock a Seller in, and hold them
accountable to the response timeframe they have chosen to advertise... sounds
good to me.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Apr 16, 2020 11:25 | | Subject: | Re: Buyer Lock In | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Suggestions, Wolffe72 writes:
| | I'm relatively new here, but I have about 10 purchase orders completed and
on-the-go right now. I'm not finding Bricklink overly intuitive to be honest
but I haven't goofed since my first order.
So I understand committing to a purchase. As soon as I place an order I take
the seller's item off the market which means a potential lost sale (or more
likely a delayed sale) if I don't follow through.
However, as a buyer, I now find myself in a position where I've committed
to purchase something from a non-responding seller. It has been a week and I
haven't heard a single response. The store's terms do not mention anything
about possible slow response times. I'll consider this my second goof because
I didn't pay attention to the fact that the store also had no selling history
(only purchase history). Fine.
So now I can post an NRS in an attempt to cancel my order -- but now my understanding
is that I have to wait another 2 weeks for it to be truly cancelled! There is
a really good chance that I'll miss out on picking up this item at a reasonable
price from another store during that time. If the seller doesn't come through,
I might now have to spend a lot more to get this item. On the other hand, if
I choose to buy from someone else the original seller could come in at the 11th-hour
and still ding me as a non-paying buyer (at least that's my assumption on
how this works). Right now, I'm thinking I should just take that chance.
Unlike the store who has potentially limitless buyers, item availability is
*definitely* limited and prices just tend to go up over time.
Personally, I think that if a seller doesn't respond within a minimum time
(and I think a week is plenty) a buyer should be given the option to simply cancel.
Maybe it's something the store could configure so buyers can be made aware
of stores that are not managed frequently. If the seller has at least acknowledged
the buyer during that time, then perhaps different rules could apply.
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I agree with you that this can be an issue. Personally I would like to see a
feature where all sellers have to state an order response time in their terms
(a required field) and if they do not respond within that time then the buyer
can just cancel the order with no risk of NPB or bad feedback and the store automatically
closes until the seller wakes up.
Robert
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Could not agree more; that feature would be a welcome addition to addressing
this issue.
Even considering the current global circumstances, if a Seller keeps their store
open, they should be responding to their Buyers in a matter of days (3 max);
if they do not, then a Buyer should be able to cancel the order outright with
zero risk of it affecting their feedback... the auto closing of the store is
something that is already kind of set up, no? (I think if a Seller hasn't
logged in during a certain amount of days, it gets locked... unless I'm mistaken)
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2020 13:48 | | Subject: | Re: Question about part x168 | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, edeevo writes:
| | I'm confident we're in good hands with StormChaser at the helm…
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I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I am not at the helm of anything.
I am the merely the newest of three catalog associates and we all work together
as a team with the two inventory administrators.
My role on the team is to spend most of my time posting in the discussion forum
while others do the actual work. 
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...an important calling nonetheless...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Mar 16, 2020 12:00 | | Subject: | Re: Question about part x168 | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, LordSkylark writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, jonwil writes:
| | is labeled as "underwater" when it has never
appeared in any underwater type sets?
Should it be renamed?
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It has been renamed.
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Is there a reason that the "x" number is still the primary number when the actual
part number is now known?
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I'm guessing it also has to do with all the dependencies within the site
that would be affected if the numbers were simply changed... & it's probably
a bit of a chore to verify and test such dependencies *before* making the change
each time, though I'm confident we're in good hands with StormChaser
at the helm…
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Nov 9, 2018 18:05 | | Subject: | Re: Wondering if part 53588 exists - want to buy | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, RoswellGinny writes:
| | I have sold a bunch of these. I did list one that I thought had no marbling,
but then when I got ready to ship it I realized there was a tiny bit of marbling
at one corner. I think that there were some produced that had such a small amount
of marbling that if you didn't look at it closely you could mistake it for
solid as I did. Luckily my buyer seemed happy with it regardless.
This is the total of what I have currently in stock, but I'll check my storage
and if I see more I'll shoot you a message.
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^^This^^
I've also sold a bunch of these items over the years and a few had very little
marbling on them, but it was still there... I recall one of them had the marbling
that could only be seen on the bottom of the base, except for a slight marbled
curved line that ran down one side of it (the whole top looked like a solid color
with a weird curved line in it)... I remember it, because on at least a few occasions
I would see it in a certain light, and think the part was actually cracked.
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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| Author: | edeevo | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2018 19:13 | | Subject: | Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In LEGO, randyf writes:
| | In LEGO, StormChaser writes:
| | In LEGO, WoutR writes:
| | Assemblies that are combined simply because they are "easy to sell" or "probably
wanted by buyers" are no real counterparts according to this definition. (Although
I do usually buy my hinges combined/as a pair, so I have some mixed feelings
about those.)
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As I said, I imagine the catalog entries would remain. You could still buy and
sell assemblies (like the hinges you prefer to buy as a pair), but they wouldn't
be included in inventories.
As for assemblies that aren't really legitimate counterparts, I only made
two exceptions: parts with wheels and wheel and tire assemblies. I don't
feel like two exceptions is too many. The other exceptions are special/large
assemblies and those will likely have their own section in inventories at some
point.
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Just to reiterate, I am not in favor of wheel and tire assemblies in inventories
unless they came that way and are listed in the Regular Items section. Wheels
and tires are not hard to take apart. My kids have been doing it since they were
young.
| | Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. It seems like everyone who
has responded are on pretty much the same page. The only real problem I can
see with better defined inventories is that it will create more orphaned catalog
entries (entries without appearances in sets or timelines of release). These
orphaned entries are somewhat off the beaten path and thus are more difficult
to locate.
How do you feel about that?
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Orphaned entries in the catalog do not bother me. There are tons of items in
the catalog that will never be attached to any inventory, and there are also
tons of items in the catalog that will never be sold. Database storage is cheap.
If people want to use the entries to sell assemblies, so be it.
Cheers,
Randy
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I can't honestly remember if these came assembled:
What I do know is if you find one assembled still, and it doesn't have cracks,
keep it that way; because I have had very little success removing them without
cracking them(!)
Though, in general, I agree with Randy about his view on tire and wheel assemblies...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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