| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | hpoort  | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 08:03 | | Subject: | Re: Help with Studio | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, paul.kirk247 writes:
| | Hi. I wanted to ask the Bricklink forum users for help with a few problems I
have been having using the Bricklink Studio application.
The first problem is that I haven’t been able to download the Studio 2.23.12_1
update. When I try to click on the “Update” button on the “New Studio Version
Available” pop-up, nothing happens, it just briefly goes lighter and then returns
to the same colour as before, with the pop-up staying. No matter how many times
I shut the application down and restart it to try again, it still hasn’t worked.
The second problem is that when I am building a model that has a lot of pieces,
it doesn’t take long before the fan on my Apple MacBook Air goes to full blast
and the laptop gets overheated. It won’t stop doing this unless I shutdown the
Studio application.
I have tried asking the brick link customer support operators, but they couldn’t
work out how to sort these problems. If anyone could help me finally solve what
to do with these problems, that would be really helpful. Some other information
that might help is: the current version of Studio (that I am stuck with) is Unity
Player version 2021.3.5f1 (40eb3a945986), my Apple MacBook Air’s current version
is macOS Monterey version 12.7.1 (21G920),(and I have updated my laptop several
times since trying to sort these problems, so even though I haven’t got round
to updating it to the latest version, I don’t think that would help) and I have
attached a screenshot of the update pop-up.
Thanks
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The first that Bricklink Customer Support should have done, was to point to you
to the proper forum at https://forum.bricklink.com
There are hundreds of post and several threads about exactly these issues.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 06:45 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, WOLKsite writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | 2. What if I really care about a certain variant that is going away? Can I
still buy and sell that variant?
Absolutely! You can add notes to your listings to make them as "determined"
as you wish. Buyers can still search within notes for extra details, or they
can simply observe them as they browse listings.
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Are notes searchable in any way? Because I don't know them to be. This is
kind of moot if you're asking for us to manually look through potentially
hundreds of shops.
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Yes, they are searchable:
https://www.bricklink.com/searchAdvanced.asp?utm_content=subnav
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No, they are NOT searchable by absence of a standard.
Since you are proposing to move structured catalog information into an unstructured
comments field you are in reality removing the practical ways to list and find
parts.
Russell, I am impressed by how much effort and motivation you put into this idea
and into the involvement with this thread, but am very disappointed that you
don't actually listen to what is being said by most of the most seasoned
forum contributors, which is: (1) Yes, how the site handles variants needs to
be tackled, but also (2) No, merging specific parts is not the way to go.
Please let the developers have a look at the technical suggestions made in this
thread before you degrade the catalog.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 10, 2024 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | All this needs is an extension of how you can specify parts in your store inventory
(how about a * or ? for starters) and an extension of how you can specify parts
in your wanted list.
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No no no!!!
Nobody should HAVE to know (and remember, this specific day) that "*"
will show every version: this is "Linux" spirit, people are more "Windows".
"3068" should bring the 99.997% market of 3068b.
Specific versions can be more difficult to find, as it's reserved to highly
specialized people who will have time to learn the special features.
Normal people don't have this time/energy: they work, have a family, etc.
AFOLs are the most often casual builders.
Site should be casual for them.
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You misread what I said. Not having to know about variants but still having the
ability to choose to care and specify would make it easier for casual users -
if the user interface is properly designed and has the proper defaults. With
the '*' and '?' I refer more to the backend, allowing these kind
of expressions in the database table that contains the wanted list items.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2024 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: Keep yourself well apprised of value trends | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| In Price Guide, yorbrick writes:
| | In Price Guide, popsicle writes:
| | I would back in the day, but stopped long ago. The example of this minifig's
value (especially as new) brings home the countless potential payoffs. By necessity,
we vendors budget what little time left to us beyond that of running the store.
Nonetheless, it was always deemed as time very well spent for me, staying appraised
of market values trends - Can be enjoyable too.
-popsicle
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What is his value though? The price guide for this one indicates what price buyers
are NOT willing to pay, but doesn't indicate what price even one buyer is
willing to pay.
It is a figure with low supply, but (at the current listed prices) even lower
demand.
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There is one sales to be found at the torso level:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?P=973pb0012c01&ColorID=10
It seems that the other parts of the minifigure are low/normally priced only.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2024 12:03 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | I can definitely see the advantage of getting rid of variants that are not really
important such as the interior type "connections between studs", sprue
marks and similar. Even the 7 vs 9 teeth, as they give the same functional angles.
However, the grooved vs no groove tiles are visually quite different from the
side. That difference really shows if you have more than one next to each other
and that is how they are often used when building. Same thing with smooth slopes.
Do they just get put into the regular slopes now, as again there is a clear visual
difference between the two and again slopes tend to get placed next to each other
when building. Whereas differences inside the parts tend not to get noticed anywhere
near as much as the exterior surface differences. Even the 7 vs 9 tooth hinge
differences tend not to show when looking at a build.
I also worry about vintage vs new/reissue torsos where the same print has been
used where there are large price differences, even if sellers can highlight they
have the original in the text.
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Note that the "connections between studs" is not the functional difference,
it is just the most easily recognizable feature. The real difference is in the
angle of the slope and whether the hollow studs accept a bar connection.
The visual difference of the angle has not been enough for Bricklink to distinguish
a variant (see the 3x1 slope, which is not yet split), the functional difference
of the connectivity was.
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