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Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

75880-1 (Inv) McLaren 720S
157 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 2017
Sets: SPEED CHAMPIONS

* Add 1 Part 6179pb215 White Tile, Modified 4 x 4 with Studs on Edge with Black and White McLaren 720S Car Pattern (Sticker) - Set 75880 (Alternate)

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Feb 6, 2022 01:09

Subject:

Added 100+ instructions!

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Topic:

Sales

I'd never got around to inventory my collection of instructions, and thanks
to the help of my wonderful partner, it is now done!

Please check them out, there are some rarities in there and they are occupying
a whole cabinet in my apartment so every sale is reclaimed space!

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Feb 3, 2022 17:42

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 75888-1

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Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

75888-1 (Inv) Porsche 911 RSR + 911 Turbo
377 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2018
Sets: SPEED CHAMPIONS

* Add 1 Part 28802 Red Bracket 1 x 2 - 1 x 4 with Two Rounded Corners at the Bottom (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 1 Part Red 2436b Bracket 1 x 2 - 1 x 4 with Rounded Corners {match ID 0 to 1}

Comments from Submitter:
Brand new parts bag

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Nov 4, 2021 03:30

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 70500-1

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Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

70500-1 (Inv) Kai's Fire Mech
93 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 2013
Sets: NINJAGO: The Final Battle

* Add 2 Part 14769pb472 Pearl Gold Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Bottom Stud Holder with White Lion Head in Red Circle Pattern (Sticker) - Set 70500 (Counterpart)

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Nov 3, 2021 08:24

Subject:

Re: Add an alternate stickered part

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Topic:

Catalog Requests

Thanks, I submitted it successfully with 0 for the stud dimension, along with
the image.

[p=14769pb750,115]

In Catalog Requests, randyf writes:

I believe the reason it probably was not working for you was because you were
not entering a zero for the final stud dimension. You have to enter 2 x 2 x 0
on the form instead of just 2 x 2. I haven't tested this to be sure, but
I got it to work the first time with all of the information you provided plus
the added zero.

In any case, the part has been added as

14769pb472 Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Bottom Stud Holder with White Lion Head in Red Circle Pattern (Sticker) - Set 70500
Parts: Tile, Round, Decorated

You can now submit the Inventory Change Request to add it to set 70500.

Cheers,
Randy

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Nov 2, 2021 20:12

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 41126-1

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Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

41126-1 (Inv) Heartlake Riding Club
567 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 2016
Sets: Friends

* Add 1 Part 89801pb06 Light Bluish Gray Minifigure, Utensil Trophy Cup with Magenta Number 1 Pattern (Sticker) - Set 41122 (Counterpart)

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Nov 1, 2021 12:16

Subject:

Re: Remove my store from wanted lists

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Topic:

Selling

The Auto-Select feature isn't the only one that buyers use. But dredabeast's
store specifically stunts the Auto-Select engine with rock-bottom prices, a tiny
lot limit and a conditional but in practice unavoidable fee per order.

In Selling, tec writes:

and you will lose all your legitimate clients.
the proper way is to fix the engine asap.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 31, 2021 22:11

Subject:

Add an alternate stickered part

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Topic:

Catalog Requests

For:

Catalog Associate

Status:

Completed

Hi,

I tried to add a part but I kept getting the error "The page cannot be displayed
because an internal server error has occurred.". Please add the part manually
with the following data:

Required fields
- Category: Tile, Round, Decorated
- Item No: 14769pb750
- Item Name: Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Bottom Stud Holder with White Lion
Head in Red Circle Pattern (Sticker) - Set 70500

Optional Fields
- Weight: 0.33g
- Stud Dimensions: 2 x 2
- Packing Dimensions: 1.6cm x 1.6xm x 0.32cm
- Packing Type: Volume
- Note for Catalog Admin: Alternative to part 4150pb129 with the bottom
stud holder in the set 70500-1.

4150pb129 Tile, Round 2 x 2 with White Lion Head in Red Circle Pattern (Sticker) - Set 70500
Parts: Tile, Round, Decorated {Pearl Gold}

70500-1 (Inv) Kai's Fire Mech
93 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 2013
Sets: NINJAGO: The Final Battle

Please use the attached image. Credit would be nice but at this point I'm
just disappointed in the systematic error so I don't really care.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 29, 2021 23:52

Subject:

Re: Second round of crowdfunding for the BrickLink Designer Program opens November 9th featuring these nine LEGO® IDEAS 10k Club Projects!

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Topic:

Administrative

Yes, after the first round debacle with a limit of 5, they reduced the limit
to 1, see https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/support/main.page

Section "July 7th Program Update", question "Why are additional pre-orders a
limit of 1 per customer when previously you could order 5?"

In Administrative, shumbu writes:

Will there be limits on how many a buyer can purchase? No one should be allowed to buy more than two, in my opinion.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 29, 2021 23:47

Subject:

Re: Second round of crowdfunding for the BrickLink Designer Program opens November 9th featuring these nine LEGO® IDEAS 10k Club Projects!

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Topic:

Administrative

The shipping date is supposed to be earlier next year, but later than what they
announced initially (January) because they doubled the number of produced sets.

In Administrative, 3ofmomlego writes:

when does the Kakapo from round 1 get shipped out?

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 29, 2021 18:52

Subject:

Re: exclusions or alerts

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Topic:

Also a duplicate of https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1306990

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 29, 2021 18:51

Subject:

Re: exclusions or alerts

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I'm sorry you got Georgia Bricked.

As the others in this thread said:
- Always check carts created with Auto-Select before paying, several limits beyond
the lot limit aren't checked during the search.
- Least favorite the difficult and price-baiting stores.

I may add:
- You can convert the content of a cart into its own Wanted List so that you
can more easily order these parts only from different stores.

In Suggestions, Snippy1 writes:

I created a default list of approximately 800 items. The auto select returned
7 stores. I placed orders in the first 6, the 7th would not let me as the seller
had a limit of 3 lots per sale. My order with him was comprised 139 lots. He
has not responded to messages asking for a bypass password, an option he offers.

It would be nice if the auto select could either allow you to exclude particular
sellers, those with lot limits and/or provide some warning up front that a limit
exists prior to placing orders.

I have had to recreate the subset of items in another default list to only now
have another 5 carts created, one of which is the offending store.

I am unable to complete my in a logical manner. Were I able to manually do so,
it will be at significantly increased price do to the added shipping/handling.
I had 4 or 5 projects I was trying to complete. None of them can occur now.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 29, 2021 18:45

Subject:

Keep Have qty when updating Wanted qty in inv

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Topic:

Status:

Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

After updating the Wanted quantity of a part through the wanted list modal on
a set inventory for example, I had the negative surprise of finding out the Have
quantity had been reset to 0.

Reproduction steps:
- Add a part to a wanted list, set the Have quantity to 1.
- On an inventory featuring the same part in the same color, click on the Add
to Wanted list heart-shaped link.
- In the modal, select the wanted list, the existing Wanted quantity shows.
- Change the Wanted quantity, click on the Update button.
- Go back to Wanted List.
- The Have quantity for this part is now 0.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 17, 2021 15:45

Subject:

Re: Architect turns 67,000 Lego pcs into Vatican

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Topic:

It's a micro scale model, so I'm not surprised about this relatively
low part count.

In My Own Creation, macebobo writes:

In My Own Creation, Llewyn writes:

In My Own Creation, macebobo writes:

I am impressed as well. Can we please have a link to the article.

My gut tells me that there is more there than 67,000 pieces in that work of art,
but willing to be wrong.

-- John

It's what the artist himself claims at least. This (I think) is the first
Instagram post revealing the finished build last year: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIYN_3Ppck5/

Similar parts total to his earlier Imperial Rome build, but dwarfed by this year's
114k piece 1st Century Jerusalem display!

67,000+ (~1,300 unique) - I read that as at least 67,000 pieces, likely more.
Still impressive though.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 13, 2021 23:09

Subject:

Re: Label parts in orders with wanted list name

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When you create a cart from the Auto-Select feature of the Wanted List Buy page,
the cart knows what wanted list the parts ordered come from. But once the order
is created, this information is lost and this feature is the only remaining way
to link an order with the Wanted Lists, but it matches by Element, which means
all the Wanted Lists including the same part with the same color will show up
in that search.

The main caveat is that a part ordered in a specific color from a "Not Applicable"
color wanted list item will not match the relevant item in the same wanted list
in the "filter by order" feature. But it will match all the items in the other
Wanted lists with the exact color ordered even though they weren't the "source"
of the ordered lot.

In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:

I'm not sure I fully understand the suggestion, but I did want to mention
a feature you might not be aware of.
When you list your placed orders, you can select the scroll icon to see which
items in that order are on which wanted list.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 12, 2021 22:31

Subject:

Re: TAXES

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Topic:

Thank you for the tip!

In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:

In Off Topic, MrPetovan writes:

Oh great, shipping is included in this then, which may put some folks over the
line even if they didn't sell for $600 of actual merchandise.

You have to report the income whether or not you get a 1099 from PayPal though.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 12, 2021 20:31

Subject:

Re: TAXES

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Oh great, shipping is included in this then, which may put some folks over the
line even if they didn't sell for $600 of actual merchandise.

In Off Topic, galeatter writes:

In Off Topic, galeatter writes:

our fine federal govt has thrown in a rule for paypal or similar users. Used
to be a cap of $20,000 of goods and services would trigger a 1099. As of Jan
1 2022 it is now $600.00 Probably not going to affect me finacially just going
to be a huge pain in the butt doing all the paper work to show costs of doing
my lego business. Anyone else just seeing this information? Don't want
others to be shocked at tax time. Thank you Joe Biden.

third party network platforms like PayPal will be issuing forms and reporting
to the IRS for all accounts if the transactions exceed $600 for that year. Fortunately,
they did make the clarification that this will only apply to things that are
categorized as “Goods or Services” as opposed the “Friends and Family” option
with PayPal.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 12, 2021 18:45

Subject:

Re: fees for payment not for shipping

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Topic:

Payment Methods

What kind of fees were you expecting to apply to your orders?

In Payment Methods, Roxyncz writes:

Why isn't it possible to set payment fees in the Edit Store, but only for
shipping?

Wouldn't that be better?

Each payment has different fees.

thanks for the anwers

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 12, 2021 12:37

Subject:

Re: My model of an Office/Residential Tower in UK

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Topic:

Nice, how did it go?

In My Own Creation, neiluk88 writes:

I was on my local radio station today about this.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 11, 2021 21:27

Subject:

Re: How would you handle this?

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Topic:

Selling

In Selling, M.Boss writes:

In Selling, cosmicray writes:

To prevent this in the future, figure out how to set up Instant Checkout. That
will force the buyer to make a final decision before an order exists (and not
afterwards). It's really better for everyone, as it provides the maximum
information way up front.

Nita Rae

Thanks.
I like to charge actual shipping cost. BrickLink still hasn’t implemented USPS
zone shipping methods correct? That is why I don’t have it enabled.

I'm in the same boat, I quote the exact USPS shipping price and for First-Class
Package at least, it depends on the delivery state, which isn't included
in shipping zones yet. It also depends on the weight, and for used sets without
instructions not box it doesn't match the recorded weight in the catalog.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 11, 2021 12:08

Subject:

Re: Add filter by shipping time for auto-buy

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This is tricky because shipping methods vary with an order size. It's barely
able to take into account the existing limits on order size (minimum order amount
is supported, maximum lot number isn't), so I don't think it would be
easy to filter on shipping carrier.

The closest we have right now is the filter on stores that don't ship to
your registered address. It isn't perfect, I've been suggested stores
supposed to ship to me but when going to check my cart out, it said that it wasn't
shipping to the state of New York.

In Suggestions, That_1_Guy writes:

Most stores provide information on what they use to ship, and it tends to be
pretty standard - USPS, DHL shipping (for international), et cetera. Information
on the average range of ship times for those shipping methods are available on
the site of the shipping method. So why not add the ability to filter for those?
Or, at least, filter by shipping method?

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 11, 2021 12:02

Subject:

Re: 10294 Titanic

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LEGO products

I've told several people getting into LEGO is the safest collection hobby
someone with kids can get into because if a model falls, it can be repaired.

It may not be the funniest, but at least it's possible, unlike several other
hobbies with variously fragile subjects like antique porcelain!

In LEGO, Hardstone writes:

In LEGO, axaday writes:

https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-titanic-10294-officially-announced/

People will 53 inches to display a Lego Luxury Oceanliner can't be that common.

As an enthusiast of the Titanic, part of me feels like I may want to get that
set some day. Another part of me is worried about what might happen if someone
tries to move the ship from where I have it displayed and drops it.

You see, I don't live alone. I have relatives living with me. Should one
of them decide to take it upon themselves to clean my personal room without my
input someday. If while cleaning they try moving the ship and it flies apart
after being dropped, at over 9000 pieces, it will be a nightmare to find all
the pieces to put it back together.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 11, 2021 11:59

Subject:

Re: Really ?????

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Topic:

Not going to lie, I'm not loving the bunch of older white men giving their
sadly predictable opinion on gender, diversity and inclusion in this thread.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 11, 2021 09:40

Subject:

Re: Slow orders, help a store out 5% sale

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Topic:

Sales

Hi, I'm sorry you are worried about sales, but also you only have had 45
orders so far, and only 14 of them were placed in the last 6 months. Please take
a deep breath, it's going to be okay.

If you are staking your livelihood on this activity, I suggest you start doing
some market research to figure either cheaper inventory sources or a more competitive
pricing.

In any case, if you're looking for gross sales, more inventory is always
better.

In Selling, jgrossman1025 writes:

Hello,

My sales are dwindling really fast, if i have anything in my store you could
be interested in please check it out.

Thanks for all your help, NG

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 18:45

Subject:

Re: My model of an Office/Residential Tower in UK

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Did you use a Wanted List for this search? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/list.page

And the associated Wanted List Buy page? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page

In My Own Creation, neiluk88 writes:

Thanks for the excellent tips, I will print them and use for future models.

I did encounter quite a few issues with Brick Link. Some sellers said they had
300 parts, but then said they made a typo and only had 30, etc. This involved
lots of searching around, more expense, rebuild, etc.

This was the problem with making a model with most rare parts. I spent more than
I intended building this model. Originally it only came to £160, but in reality
it soon increased when parts were rare and people only had a few quantities of
each, meaning multiple purchases from several countries. I just hope I've
picked the right colour grey, after all the stress I've been through making
this.

In My Own Creation, SylvainLS writes:

In My Own Creation, neiluk88 writes:

Hi all

Hi,

[…]
What I found frustrating with Brick
Link, was that you didn't know a part was rare or out of stock, until you
had built it and imported it into Brick Link. So I had to go back into my design
a few times and replace types of brick and rebuild the model a few times. This
caused a lot of additional work.

Actually, Studio tells you the price of each part (you can choose your currency
and if which value to consider) and which colours it comes in.

Method 0:
Select a part (or several!) in the build area and the price is indicated in the
status line (the semi-transparent line at the bottom of the build area).

Method 1:
Menu Model, entry Model Info opens a window with all the parts in the model that
shows their prices (per unit and total) and the total estimated price for the
whole model.

Method 2:
You can also check the box “Hide Unavailable Colors” in the colour palette and:
0. only the colours the selected parts come in are available in the colour palette,
1. dollar signs appear next to each colour: more $, more expensive,
2. the price is shown in a tooltip if you let the mouse over a colour for a couple
seconds.

Method 3:
There’s a similar box in the colour palette of the Building palette (the White/coloured
square at the left of the search box)… and then only the parts that exist in
that colour are available and their name is in Yellow if they are expensive.
(But be wary of this checkbox because many forget it’s on and then think parts
aren’t available at all while they are only not available in the selected colour.)

Method 4, sort-of (no price, only “known” or not):
In the steplist, parts that are in a colour that’s not “known” by the catalogue
(= they don’t appear in an inventory in that colour) have a yellow ! on the left
and a tooltip saying the colour is not available.
The old “check errors” at the bottom of the steplist or the new Color Validator
can tell you which parts don’t exist in the colour they are painted in. And
the Color Validator can also repaint all of them in one or two clicks.

[…]
The other challenge I had was that I didn't know there were different versions
fo grey brick. I just hope that my choice of Light Grey (older style),is a right
one.

It may be for the accuracy of your build but it’s definetely not for your wallet:
if, as you put it, Light Gray is “older style,” it’s because production has stopped
in the Great Colour Shift of 2003-2004 and now all bricks produced are Light
Bluish Gray.

Parts that are not produced anymore are generally more rare & expensive than
common nowadays parts.

The building does look white and silver, and grey. It catches the light,
so it depends on the angle of the sun. I hope it turns out well in real life
when I eventually finish it. I will aim to finish it before Christmas. Would
be keen to hear your comments. Cheers. Neil

Nice build!
Don’t forget to post a pic once really built

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 18:21

Subject:

Re: My model of an Office/Residential Tower in UK

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About putting my BrickLink credentials inside a piece of software downloaded
from the same BrickLink website?

As a general rule I would tend to agree with you but in this case I feel like
it was a little too late for not sending them my credentials they themselves
store since I registered.

In My Own Creation, SylvainLS writes:

In My Own Creation, MrPetovan writes:

Great news, I readily logged in the software on Day 1 with my BL credentials
so I thought it was linked.

You’re not paranoid enough

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 18:01

Subject:

Re: My model of an Office/Residential Tower in UK

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Topic:

Great news, I readily logged in the software on Day 1 with my BL credentials
so I thought it was linked.

In My Own Creation, SylvainLS writes:

In My Own Creation, MrPetovan writes:

[…]
- Studio has a BrickLink integration once you log in with your credentials […]

You actually don’t need to be logged in for that.

Logging in allows to upload your model to the Gallery or to your Wanted List
but the prices are available for everybody

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 17:59

Subject:

Re: 150+ sets need to be sold (mixed pieces)

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Topic:

Hi,

here’s the blunt of it: Bricklink isn’t suited for selling in bulk. If you do
not want to make sure your sets are complete or inventory every single part,
your best bet is to sell the whole lot on local marketplaces like Craigslist,
Facebook Marketplace, even NextDoor.

Estimating the worth of a bulk lot without knowing the sets that came into it
and whether there are minifigures or not is futile, but BL sellers usually buy
bulk LEGO by the pound between $2 and $10 per pound.

In General, shadowlinks writes:

Hello all,

hopefully there's a suggestion that helps...my kids (and myself) have over
150 sets all complete that I would like to sell, I can't sort them, its a
ton, currently occupying 4+ 20gl storage containers. Is there any ideas on how
to set a value to this? How/Where to sell it bulk? (I realize im on brick link
lol).

Any ideas or suggestions welcome,

Thank you

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 17:53

Subject:

Re: My model of an Office/Residential Tower in UK

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Topic:

First of all congratulations on your design and buying parts for it! Building
a self-designed MOC is a great if a little expensive experience.

I remember your recent post about the cost of your MOC and I replied some general
cost-saving techniques, I hope some were useful to you but I feel like I was
already too late for this particular project.

A few thoughts:
- “Light Gray” refers to a color LEGo stopped producing parts for in 2003, going
instead with “Light Bluish Gray”, same with “Dark Grey”/“Dark Bluish Grey” and
“Brown”/“Reddish Brown. As a result, “Light Gray” parts availability has been
decreasing over time as LEGO doesn’t make them anymore, and their price is generally
higher than “Light Bluish Gray” counterparts LEGO started producing from 2003
on.
- As I suspected from your original succinct description of a “tower building”,
you probably have a lot of structural parts hidden inside the model that you
could have ordered in the cheapest color available.
- Studio has a BrickLink integration once you log in with your credentials where
average prices for different parts/colors are shown directly in the editor, including
an estimate of the model’s average cost. This allows for cost optimization directly
in the editor long before the first part list export in a Wanted List.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 9, 2021 15:31

Subject:

Re: Buying MOC Instructions Online/Facebook

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There's a link to the instruction page on Rebrickable for this MOC in the
description of the YouTube video: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-76959/M_longer/42114-mining-dump-truck/#details

From there you can purchase a copy of the instructions by creating an account
and submitting your payment.

I've bought several instructions from Rebrickable and the quality has been
mostly good, however I've never bought from this designer. The Rebrickable
page states that Eric Trax designed and built the model, but M_Lauder made the
instructions for it.

In My Own Creation, mj_janssenhotm writes:

Hi everyone,
I would like to procure the instructions to the MOC 42114-B Dump Truck by Eric
Trax.
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od9x4s3mrEo
Does anyone here have any experience w/ Eric's instructions and how/where
to procure them.
Eric only has a Facebook page which forwards me to Rebrickable?
Thanks!

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 22:03

Subject:

Re: Completing Lego Set on Brick Link

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Topic:

Sorry about that, on top of straight up removing parts, here are a couple additional
general strategies for reducing the part price of a MOC:
- Reducing the number of lots: this might sound counter-intuitive because it
increases the total number of parts, but oftentimes splitting a large part into
2 smaller might bring the total cost down. This may lower the model strength
and stability but in the case of a square tower building, it should be pretty
safe to do so.
- Switching colors: some parts are only really expensive in specific colors.
Switching from Flat Silver/Metallic Silver to Light or Dark Bluish Gray may bring
the part cost down.
- Filler bricks: Identify the structural parts that never appear in the finished
model. You can use any color parts and especially any condition. Sellers will
usually slash prices for parts with heavy playwear, nicks, dents, scratches,
etc...

If you're using the Auto-Select feature of the Wanted List Buy page, here
are additional suggestions to optimize the total price:
- You can set the color of filler parts to "Not Applicable" in your wanted list
and the search will often give you the cheapest color for the relevant part.
- For expensive parts, the search might select stores carrying a more expensive
than average lot because the store is also selected for other parts. You can
set a Maximum Price in your wanted list for these parts so that these lots will
be excluded. I usually pick something close to the Average or Quantity Average
you can get from the Price Guide for the relevant part. It keeps a good parts
availability while hopefully saving on the total parts cost.
- Watch out for shipping fees. Every time you run the search, pay attention to
the number of stores the search suggest. Every store will require a separate
shipping fee, and sometimes saving £5 on the parts total isn't worth it if
it adds a couple more stores to the cart suggestion.

In Buying, neiluk88 writes:

Thanks for this info, that's a shame.

I have designed a lego model of the tower in my town and its over 1,700 pieces.
A lot of the pieces are rare and I'm getting quite a high price for all the
pieces. (£350). I have tried reducing the number of bricks down but its still
rather high. I guess I'll have to just save up or keep trying to refresh
it daily.

Neil

In Buying, MrPetovan writes:

Hi, there's no automatic relationship between orders and wanted lists. There's
a manual way to fill your wanted list with your orders though.

Once on your wanted list, click on "Apply Order" and pick the desired order,
it should increased the Have quantities of the lots you purchased.

There's a caveat though, since orders don't track which wanted list they
were created from, if you have multiple Wanted lists with the same part in the
same color, applying the same order will increase the Have quantity in each of
them, even if it wasn't meant to.

Additionally, not all orders come with perfect accuracy, so you may have to adjust
some Have quantity down if some parts of your orders end up missing/damaged/wrong
mold/wrong color.

In Buying, neiluk88 writes:

Hi all

I am new to this. I have designed a lego model and want to buy the pieces - if
I buy them on here stage by stage, does the percentage of completion automatically
increase, or do I have to manually input all lego pieces I have so far?

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 21:19

Subject:

Re: Identify set by Parts

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Set is

7703-1 (Inv) Fire Vulture
170 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 2006
Sets: Exo-Force

I identified the number from the sticker that says "7703: .

For digital instructions, check Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/sets/7703-1/fire-vulture/#bi

Otherwise, it's available for purchase here:

7703-1 Fire Vulture
Instructions: Exo-Force

In Help, Titch1949 writes:

Can anyone identify these parts.
I am sure they are a complete set and would like to know what set and get instructions
for it. Thank you
Titch1949

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 21:16

Subject:

Re: Completing Lego Set on Brick Link

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Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 15:18

Subject:

Re: UK buying? Not anymore, thanks to Brexit.....

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I'm not sure on which side of the Brexit you are, but in this case, it has
made shipping from the UK to the Netherlands as challenging as shipping from
Canada to the Netherlands which is NOT a not a good thing.

In General, LegoLDK writes:

But that can't be true, we've been told it's all Brexit's fault
and Canada hasn't Brexited has it????

In General, SezaR writes:

My buyer paid twice too. I followed the instructions of BL very accurately.
So is this the way to go for Dutch buyers?

Any info on how to resolve the same issue for other European countries?

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 09:41

Subject:

Re: Where did my designer order go?

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Designer Program

I remember January 2022 as well, but I wouldn't bet too much on that. I expect
a delay related to the increase in available sets which I'm grateful about
even if I was able to squeeze in among the first 3,000.

In Designer Program, firestar246 writes:

Ok, thank you! Btw, do you know when they are supposed to ship out? I'm thinking
January, but I can't remember.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 07:16

Subject:

Re: New store

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New Stores

Keep adding lots, and buyers will come. If you’re impatient for sales, lower
your prices, either temporarily with a time-limited discount, or permanently
by adjusting prices.

In Announce, Oliverbricks writes:

Please support my store

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 8, 2021 07:12

Subject:

Re: 10294 Titanic

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LEGO products

It depends on the number of lots, not on the total number of parts. I doubt this
very repetitive build will reach 1,000 like the infamous Ninjago Gardens did.

In LEGO, cosmicray writes:

I wonder if BL can withstand a part-out command for that set.

Nita Rae

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 23:30

Subject:

Re: 10294 Titanic

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Topic:

LEGO products

In LEGO, Yellow.Brick writes:

Looking through some of the product photos https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-titanic-10294?CMP=AFC-AffiliateUS-LNtsWdwRzsQ-2513819-115554-1

Where did you get this link? It includes an affiliate tracker that would award
their owner some sort of reward for any purchase made on the LEGO.com website
after having accessed the website through it?

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 17:23

Subject:

Re: Unfulfilled order tax return

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Yes, the BrickLink refund page shows the amount that comes from the seller and
the amount that comes from Bricklink.

The problem is that the page cuts the tax amount from the refund amount submitted
by the seller, this means that the seller has to play over/under with the submitted
amount to refund the correct amount for the missing parts since it needs to include
the tax in the first place which isn't intuitive.

Instead they should have added the tax amount refunded by BrickLink to the submitted
refund amount by the seller. I don't know what they were going for with this.

In Buying, SylvainLS writes:

In Buying, SkippersMJ writes:

I ordered 3 items and 1 of them could not be fulfilled but I was taxed for all
3. I got a refund for the item that could not be sent but I didn’t see any refund
for the tax on the item. The seller says taxes are taken by Bricklink. Can anyone
tell me how Bricklink refunds the tax money?

AFAICT, the seller needs to use the “refund” button on BL to make a refund when
taxes were collected by BL.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 17:11

Subject:

Re: What should I buy?

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The easiest way to find stores for specific part/minifigures is to fill a Wanted
List

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/list.page

Then you can choose between these Pirates minifigures and add them to your wanted
list with the desired quantity:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=M&catString=61

Then you can go over to the Wanted List Buy page where you will be suggested
stores carrying the selected minifigures:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page

You may have to do a little bit of legwork to determine the cheapest minifigure
for a given look you're going for as the theme as an extensive history and
1990's minifigures are likely to be more expensive than more recent ones.

In Suggestions, Thestudfinder writes:

Hello, I need suggestions on what stores to shop for Lego Pirates. Preferably
with imperial soldiers and Minifigures.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 13:29

Subject:

Re: How to ship via Stripe

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Topic:

Then you have the choice between these popular third-party shipping label providers:
- Pirate Ship https://www.pirateship.com
- Shipstation https://www.shipstation.com/
- Sendle https://www.sendle.com
- Stamps.com https://www.stamps.com

In Help, godfrey writes:

Right, but I'm trying to close my PayPal account since they charge you monthly
fees now if you have no transaction. If I move my payment to Stripe, then it's
likely that my PayPal will no longer have any sort of transaction going forward.

PayPal is such a ripoff when other Fintechs charge way less per transaction.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 12:46

Subject:

Re: How to ship via Stripe

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Topic:

Good point, for single shipments I simply use

https://www.paypal.com/shiplabel/create

Not sure how much they differ though.

In Help, ManyMiniBricks writes:

You can create shipping labels in paypal without having the payment go through
paypal. If you have a stripe payment copy and paste the name/address into paypal
multi-order shipping.

https://www.paypal.com/shiplabel/createbulk

Click "create shipment".

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 10:19

Subject:

Re: Missing pages in stores!!!

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Topic:

Technical Issues

There are many, many theories about what de BrickLink developer team is doing,
most of them wrong, simply because they aren't telling members what exactly
they are working on at any given time.

The best we have is the roadmap help page: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453

In Technical Issues, Hypertrophy writes:

In Technical Issues, JulieK writes:

I received a reply that developers are aware and working on a fix.

Julie

Thanks for reporting it. I reported on 9/28 and also received a reply and here
we are still. I want to know what takes priority over customers not being able
to see what is listed for sale on this website!? I truly don't understand.

-Robb

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 10:15

Subject:

Re: How to set free postage for orders over £50?

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Topic:

Shipping

This method will limit the amount of shipping methods you have to create, while
firestar246's method will enable you to have a specific label for your free
shipping method.

In Shipping, peregrinator writes:

In Shipping, firestar246 writes:

Easy, shipping options can have minimum buys. So I made a price band shipping
option with a $0 shipping charge and set the minimum buy to $60. Anyone with
$60 or more in their cart will see the shipping option, anyone under that cannot.

You can also set a discount rule on a shipping method and discount 100% of the
shipping when the order is more than $X

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 7, 2021 10:09

Subject:

Re: Possibility to block or ban buyer ?

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Topic:

Problem

Your technical question has been answered, but as for the original matter, I
don't think it was for nothing. Your terms don't shield you from legal
responsibility (for the condition of the package until reception) nor from negative
feedback.

It is always disappointing to receive parts more damaged than expected, no matter
what the lot description or the store terms say, and the least you can do is
sympathize with the buyer instead of publicly castigating them.

Selling less than ideal parts is an ongoing contentious subject, some buyers
are looking for these as filler because they're usually cheaper, and some
others don't want them at all. Bricklink doesn't make it easy so filter
them out, because the "Used" condition is currently too broad, it probably needs
a "Filler" condition that would help reduce expectation discrepancies between
sellers and buyers.

In the mean time, I think you'd be better off making your buyers happy than
asserting an irrelevant "conformity" in this case where subjectivity is key.

In Problem, Bricks_Planet writes:

Hello,

I have had very bad situation with one buyer. Not nice person and I don't
know to see this buyer once again in my store. I got negative feedback for nothing.
Order was conform. It's frustrating to get my first negative feedback for
nothing ! There is any possibility to ban buyer from my store ?

Thanks in advance.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 6, 2021 19:33

Subject:

Re: Pain in the butt…

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In Off Topic, jennnifer writes:

In Off Topic, MrPetovan writes:

Honestly, I much prefer to read comments in order of publication. It doesn't
mean that our Forum is out of date as my discord works the same way. It's
just a preference.

It wouldn't change in that regards, you'd still get the freshest topics
at the top by order of last comment, and then a click on it would bring you to
the regular thread view.

This would limit heated discussions to a single row in the topic list, even if
it would regularly stay at or near the top of the list.

Being notified of replies on one's own posts would also be nice, and it's
a piece of data BrickLink already has.

Yes. But I don't know that it can be easily implemented. Don't wanna
mess with the spaghetti code.

I know it is too much to expect people to search
for replies. I just developed a habit of searching for my name or posts by me
whenever I check in here to keep up with things. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I can't speak about the ease of implementation either. I know a couple of
the technical prerequisites exist, but it just means it wouldn't be even
harder to implement.

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 6, 2021 16:08

Subject:

Re: Pain in the butt…

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Without switching to an entirely different solution, this forum's behavior
could be overhauled to match modern forum expectations, like having the most
recent commented threads at the top of a top-level post list, instead of listing
a combination of top-level posts and comments in their publication time order.

This would limit heated discussions to a single row in the topic list, even if
it would regularly stay at or near the top of the list.

Being notified of replies on one's own posts would also be nice, and it's
a piece of data BrickLink already has.

In Off Topic, jennnifer writes:

The Forum is also an integral part of the design of our crowd-sourced Catalog.
Some inventory and catalog requests work through the Forum and are the primary
way in which new members become involved in sharing their data and expertise.

I think many of the people who insist on a more 'modern' Forum aren't
aware of these key functions.

Jen

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 6, 2021 15:55

Subject:

Re: Santa’s Visit Set

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Topic:

Colors

Cross-referencing with the Brickset inventory: https://brickset.com/inventories/10293-1

and their color name: https://brickset.com/parts/colour-Light-Royal-Blue

and spotting a familiar part in their example assortment:

3626cpb0898 Minifigure, Head Dual Sided Alien Chima Eagle with Yellow Eyes, Sand Blue Eye Shadow, Bright Light Orange Beak, and White Feathers, Wide / Narrow Eyes Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head {Bright Light Blue}

I believe it is 105 Bright Light Blue.

Rebrickable's inventory also mentions Bright Light Blue: https://rebrickable.com/sets/10293-1/santas-visit/#parts

In Colors, hullboxer writes:

What brinklink color does the blue correspond to? Thanks, Lois

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 6, 2021 14:30

Subject:

Re: Forum message locked

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Topic:

This is a good reason to lock a thread.

In General, legoman77 writes:

In General, Stuart9 writes:

Thank you.

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

Author:

MrPetovan

Posted:

Oct 6, 2021 11:17

Subject:

Re: Finding parts and sellers

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