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| Author: | hpoort  | | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 06:40 | | Subject: | Re: Potato Servers | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, PupKiwi writes:
| | When will Bricklink update its servers?
It seems like they are incredibly outdated because of daily maintenance that
lasts too long, as well as the designer program orders breaking the website as
well.
I am struggling to do any order processing because of this.
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Daily maintenance does not have to do anything with the state of their servers.
It is part of Bricklink's database design that it clusters all statistical
operations into a single daily batch so as to guarantee consistency and not interrupt
daily operations. This is by design, not by outdated servers.
As Russell has written in a recent post, the peak for the BDP far outweighed
their already very high expectancy and planning for much increased bandwidth.
AFAIK, updating their servers is one of the things that Bricklink has done during
the years.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2024 05:38 | | Subject: | Re: View Previous Orders | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, illswerve2 writes:
| | Is there a reason why I can not see my past orders in the orders link under purchases
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How can I view my previous orders ?
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The reason is: more than 6 month old orders are purged from the system --
as Bricklink does not have a legal reason to keep these personal data for longer
and for no other purpose than to maintain the historic price list and any disputed
order (those are kept indefinitely).
For financial reporting purposes, the headers and financial totals of all your
orders are available for an unspecified (very long) time at https://www.bricklink.com/orderExcel.asp?orderType=placed
If you still need more details, refer to your personal e-mail archive outside
Bricklink.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 01:41 | | Subject: | Re: Plate Variations | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, FarmerTed1971 writes:
| | Hi all,
I am in the process of constructing older space sets and just in general Lego
from the 80s-90s. It would be really helpful if someone could tell me what year
Lego changed the underside of the plates to have the little circles in between
the studs not filled in. Specifically, I'd like to know when they did so
for part #4865 Panel 1x2x1 https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=6812-1
as I am trying to complete the Grid Trekkor and I care about having the specific
pieces from the era. Please message if you have any info, thanks. 
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AFAIK, the difference between hollow and solid bottom pins can not be tied to
specific years.
Have a look at https://www.leggodt.nl to see what is known about similar changes.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 01:37 | | Subject: | Re: Strange Plate from the 60's? | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, FarmerTed1971 writes:
| | Hi again all,
I was recently at my local Bricks and Minifigs when I pulled two 2x4 plates in
light gray from the bulk parts bin. The strange thing is, these have a different
font on the studs and are the patent pending versions as it says so on the bottom.
Can someone tell me what era these are from and what sets they came in?
Also, sorry for the really crappy photo.
Thanks
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Have a look at this site: https://www.leggodt.nl
All about marks from different eras.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2024 07:16 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 31 | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | We have a meeting on Monday (Feb 5) with our catalog admins to go through the
rest of the list and make final decisions. After that meeting, a schedule will
be made for the merges. Due to the large number of minifigure heads in the catalog,
the merge process is likely to not be complete until the end of May.
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.....
What a mess. Why does Bricklink never keep its own promises? Russell please....
don't do it like this, this is chaos. I have been a seller here for a very
long time, I have paid thousands of dollars to you guys and I really don't
want to close shop but you're really forcing my hand here. I simply cannot
manage my inventory if changes are randomly happening on random days over a course
of MONTHS.
The change was scheduled for 1 Feb. We sent out a newsletter to our customers
about the date. Then it was 15 Feb. That's ok, at least more time to prepare.
I've spent a full day writing software to handle the transition form old
to new item IDs. But now it turns out that the changes are going to be all over
the place between basically today and MAY. And even THAT is not
sure...?
Why wasn't it possible to simply set a date, announce it, and stick to that
plan? Why can't Bricklink go offline for maintenance on the set date of 15
Feb and come back up with the changes in place? It's a real shame that Bricklink
really doesn't seem to take these changes seriously and try to understand
the implications.... Does it really take that long to come up with new numbers?
And if it does, can you at least update them all at once by then, and announce
it properly?
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I think what Russell said before was that he is going to do each mutation manually
through the user interface on their back end. This to ensure that all change
logs are filled normally, same as with any change. Doing it the other way - by
a bulk update directly in their database - they seem to lack the ability to keep
all logs updated as well.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 10:20 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, cartman1 writes:
| | In Catalog, Stellar writes:
| | In Catalog, hpoort writes:
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| | | | | | Can anyone point me to a post of admin Russell where he has acknowledged that
any site enhancement regarding variants is actually taken up? (Meaning the coding,
not the database contents). In my mind he has never responded to any of the suggestions
to enhance the handling of variants.
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This post?
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1450855
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Yeah, that's the only one I've seen that comes close. At least they have
given it a name internally, although 'Checkbox solution' does not inspire
too much confidence yet.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 09:18 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
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Hmm 🤔, I’m wondering how Studio, or even a ‘simple’ Wanted List for a MOC, could
work with an umbrella system. Should BL propose to change the variants to cheaper
ones / more recent ones? How to know if they (functionally) work in the build?
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How about to split the database field 'item number' into two subfields,
at every place where a part type is described:
(1) the base part number
(2) a set of which variants are acceptable
Ad (1): this would be the unbrella entry
Ad (2):
For stock inventories ('items for sale' : which variants could this be
/ are not distinguished (= by default: all)
For set inventories: which variants were found during the lifespan of this set
(= by default: the latest)
For wanted lists ('wanted items': which variants would you accept (=
by default: all)
In Studio: which variant to show (by default: the latest) + which variants would
work (= by default: all)
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 08:35 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | You’re arguing for a real umbrella system while Yorbrick was answering BUC who’s
arguing for using a supplementary Undetermined entry “in the meantime.”
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Indeed, the suggestion I was replying to clearly suggests that no new coding
would be needed, and so would be using the existing undetermined parts method.
But the "checkbox solution" Russell references would require time
and new coding. Using "undetermined type" utilizes an existing
method that would be a quick and easy fix to this so-called problem.
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I'm going to jump in here and say that the site's current 'undetermined
type' system is not a good solution overall. (Even in the meantime.)
Our set inventories need to have the correct variant listed as using undetermined
parts there would water down our info. Therefore, the undetermined parts would
all be orphaned...ie not showing in the Known Colors or Appears In lists. This
means people creating wanted lists or parting out sets would have to know to
go and switch to the undetermined listing if they did not care to shop for or
list that specific element.
Without the 'umbrella' coding, it would create a lot of duplication and
confusion in the Marketplace.
Thanks,
~Jen
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So if I conclude correctly, the only proper way forward is to START with the
'umbrella coding' - that have been asked for since many years.
Can anyone point me to a post of admin Russell where he has acknowledged that
any site enhancement regarding variants is actually taken up? (Meaning the coding,
not the database contents). In my mind he has never responded to any of the suggestions
to enhance the handling of variants.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 12:33 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | My initial post on this subject earlier this month has garnered almost 700 replies,
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I would like an official response on why the website is choosing not to implement
the suggestion many have recommended for years. Many of us would like
to see a redesign of basic catalog functionality which allows everyone to be
served equally.
Selectable variants is a long-term solution which demonstrates there is a vision
for the future of this website and a care for all members. What are the difficulties
with implementing a visionary solution? Not enough money? Not enough staff?
Not enough vision at the top?
Looking forward to a quality response to this question which many of us have
asked.
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+1
Exactly what I was trying to convey with my reply to the original post and the
suggestions to this end throughout the years.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 08:03 | | Subject: | Re: Help with Studio | | Viewed: | 19 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: | 64 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: | 61 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: | 64 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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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2024 11:56 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hurt writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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I would love to have a catalog as detailed as possible (e.g. the bottom pin form
of a regular 1 x 2 plate, either filled or with a hole), while at the same time
have this level of detail optional for e.g. new users or user who don't care
about it.
Something like a "main item" (e.g. the current "undetermined type"
that, when you add it to a wanted list, is considered to be the same as all "sub
items". So they should be linked somehow. Like "add the undetermined
type" can be any of the "sub items" when you use the wanted list
for buying, or when you want a specific sub type, you just add the sub type to
your wanted list.
Just dreaming
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Exactly, that is how it should be done.
Catalog = as detailed as possible
Items for sale = as detailed as you as a seller are willing to sort
Wanted items = as specific as you need the parts to be
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. No need to touch the catalog at all.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 9, 2024 00:38 | | Subject: | Re: Important proposal regarding catalog variants | | Viewed: | 900 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| As a database engineer, this is the worst idea ever. To dumb down your core database
rather than solving it on the usage side.
As suggested many times before, why don't you allow sellers to indicate which
variants may have been mixed in a lot and allow buyers to specify which variants
they care about.
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Hello everyone,
As a platform, we have decided to take a hard look at some of the mold variants
that we are currently asking you to recognize. For sellers, more variants means
extra sorting and extra work while pulling orders, plus the issues that arise
from variant misunderstandings.
For buyers, excess variants mean that it's harder to assemble a wanted list,
find stores, and ultimately obtain the parts you are looking for.
I have put together a quick Help page to outline these proposed changes:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2625
Notice the date on this is coming up quickly (Feb 1), so I'm not giving a
lot of time for discussion. I'm aiming for about 1 week of discussion and
then we'll give sellers 2 weeks to adjust the descriptions on affected items
if they wish to retain the distinctions.
I plan to construct a full FAQ page with answers to all your questions. This
will serve to inform users about what was done here in February 2024, and also
help point the catalog in the right direction in the future.
To get started, I'll list a few here:
1. This sounds like you're dumbing down the BrickLink catalog to make
it easier for new users. Is that what is going on?
Not really. There are many, many other variants we expect people to sort and
care about. These ones don't really seem to matter much, and some of them
(e.g., the minifigure heads) actually cause problems for the catalog that cannot
be corrected otherwise.
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.
3. How do I know which exact variants will be merged? I only see one example
in each category.
Please ask in this thread and I can be very specific. Usually we are talking
about a handful of parts and the printed versions.
4. Has a merge like this ever been done before?
Yes, there was a precedent - the Headlight Brick with Slot:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1016584
It was marked for deletion a few years ago and was finally merged last August.
5. Are these the only parts up for consideration, or are there other variants
that will be merged as well?
This is all for now. Based on how well this goes, we may elect to remove other
entries later. However, we will keep all functional variants and important cosmetic
variants.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2024 12:37 | | Subject: | Re: Got refund; no explanation from seller | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Zabeth writes:
| | I'm new to Bricklink. Placed an order several days ago and paid via PayPal.
This morning I have a notification from PayPal that my money has been refunded,
but no message from the seller as to why.
Is this normal seller behavior on Bricklink? Should I just move on and place
an order with another seller?
Thanks!
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Did you pay through PayPal OnSite or through another flavour of PayPal? If the
latter, the seller may not have been able to properly receive your payment.
Also look at the order details and both your Bricklink and e-mail messages, including
the spam box; it is possible that you may have missed a message or that it has
been automatically flagged as spam.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2024 01:44 | | Subject: | Re: stud io parts. | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, computer_073 writes:
| | how often does the part's selection in Stud.io update? Because I want to
use the Lego part 92221 from hero factory for a build and wondering if it will
ever get added
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Updates happen continously, but that does not mean that all parts can be added.
Please head over to the Studio forum to read more. You might want to start here:
https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?t=6368
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2024 01:30 | | Subject: | Re: COLOUR AVAILABILITY | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, Kennedy_Telford writes:
| | Hello Friends!
I am new here & haven't yet found a way to see what colours are available
in a part that is not available in the colour that I would like, I've just
been trying every colour 'til I get one that works.
Is there a button to push or some other method that I am not seeing?
THANKS!
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Since on Bricklink, colour availability is to be found nearly everywhere, I've
got the feeling you are talking about Studio, which has its own help site and
its own forum (https://forum.bricklink.com). See this help article: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/5459441964695
and look for section D on 'availability'.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2024 10:19 | | Subject: | Re: storage | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, mike1burns writes:
| | In General, Nomercy01 writes:
| | I am trying to see if people can share pictures of their storage so I can determine
the best way to go forward with storing around 200k parts.
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I think multiple shallow drawers work best. Here is a snippet of my setup.
I have around 430 drawers like this for 600,000+ parts.
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That looks quite like my storage solution. One tip: glue some cut pieces of baseplate
to the front of the drawer, so you can put example bricks that visually show
what's inside.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2024 04:02 | | Subject: | Re: How to download master parts list | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, MsLaura writes:
| | Hello
Is there a way to download a master spreadsheet list of part numbers with description
so that I can keep track of and upload my parts inventory.
I cannot find it on my own.
thanks in advance and Happy New Years to All
Laura
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You can navigate to [Market] [Catalog] and then visit the [Download] tab:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogDownload.asp
Plenty of download options available there.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2023 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: BrickStore price guide question | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, Cob writes:
| | The price guide in BrickStore is now in a SQLite file. In the past I would would
gather all of the txt files and accumulate them into one price guide file to
assist in determining my item prices.
Doing limited research I have been able to open the SQLite file but cannot access
the price guide data. Does anyone have suggestions on what to use to export
the data from the SQLite file?
From my research there appear to be many options but I can't find the "SQLite
for Dummies" version of how to do export the data.
Thank you,
Cob
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Assuming you want the data in Excel, instead of looking for 'export'
you should look to access and use the data directly. For this you need a way
to connect Excel's query engine to SQLite files, which can be done through
the ODBC driver for SQLite files. There are several of these available on the
web. After having installed this driver, you can use all features of Excel's
Power Query functions, same like you would import the CSV or text files.
ChatGPT gives the following instruction outline:
Microsoft Excel does not have native support for connecting directly to SQLite
databases. However, you can use third-party tools or methods to achieve this
connection. Here's a general approach:
ODBC Driver for SQLite:
You can use an ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) driver to connect Excel
to SQLite. SQLite provides an ODBC driver that you can install and configure
on your system.
SQLite ODBC Driver Installation:
Download and install an SQLite ODBC driver compatible with your operating
system.
Configure the ODBC driver to connect to your SQLite database. This usually
involves specifying the database file path, authentication details, etc.
Excel Data Connection:
Open Excel and go to the "Data" tab.
Select "Get Data" or "Get External Data," depending on
your Excel version.
Choose "From Other Sources" and then select "ODBC."
In the ODBC dialog, choose the DSN (Data Source Name) configured for
your SQLite database.
Querying Data:
After establishing the connection, you can use Excel's Power Query
Editor to write SQL queries or load tables from the SQLite database.
Power Query can be accessed through the "Data" tab, and you can
use the "Advanced Editor" to write custom SQL queries if needed.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2023 00:25 | | Subject: | Re: Store Search Help | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, ghsieh writes:
| | Is there a way to search all US based stores by how many total Star Wars mini
figs that they have available? I can't seem to find a way to do this.
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You can first put all the minifigures you are interested in into a wanted list*,
and then search for the number of matches shops have.
*) See the posts about the .csv to .xml conversion; you can download the catalog
section, do your magic in a spreadsheet and import the resulting .xml into a
wanted list.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 21, 2023 01:03 | | Subject: | Re: Crane Bucket | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Announce, Bracie11 writes:
| | Hi there. Im looking for a part from set 911. Or similar later set. Its the yellow
crane bucket. My set has this part missing. With it will be a complete set. If
anyone knows where I can get one would be great to know.
Bracie11
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Welcome to Bricklink! You'll definitely be able to find those parts on this
platform, where thousands of independent sellers sell loose parts like these.
You could have searched for '911' in the search box at the top, and you'd
have ended up at:
Click on the (Inv) link to see the whole inventory of this set. This set contains
several crane accessoiries; have your pick. Add the parts you need to a wanted
list and find one or more sellers that has them.
Please read the help pages so you'll don't get lost. Bricklink is huge
and a great resource, but can also be confusing at first.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2023 09:08 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink vs. Rebrickable Discrepancies | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I often use Rebrickable to check inventories as they have a nice 'view'
where parts are shown large and easy to identify. I have not found a similar
view in Bricklink.
Lately however, I noticed there are discrepancies between the two systems. I
was under the impression these were from the same source, but apparently not.
Anyone has info on this issue?
Thank You
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They are not from the same source.
Inventories on Rebrickable are taken directly from LEGO, which means they contain
the inventory as reported by LEGO, which may not be the same as was actually
shipped out and which does not cater for all variants that Bricklink distinguishes
(but may distinguish variants that are considered as the same on Bricklink).
Inventories on Bricklink are (nowadays) pre-filled from the same source of LEGO,
but are always manually checked and verified against what was actually packed.
The Bricklink inventories are also amended by distinguishing variants, counting
the extras (like most small parts), alternates (like different variants) and
counterparts (like stickers applied on parts, or wheel-tire assemblies).
Also, please keep in mind that although LEGO's part numbers (design ids)
are used on multiple platforms, the numbering of variants and decorated parts
may differ from platform to platform.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 12, 2023 00:34 | | Subject: | Re: Finding/Exporting old order with details | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, p1boxnow writes:
| | Hello,
I purchased from a bunch of sells on 12/11/2020, i have the order ID via export
but i cannot seem to pull the individual items I purchased.
I do see the order status is purged. Does that mean detailed information is gone?
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Yes, the details of completed orders are purged after six months.
Maybe you still have the e-mail? That will contain the details as they were at
the time of ordering.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2023 07:15 | | Subject: | Re: 3% handling charge | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Erikmax writes:
| | I ordered two 200 euro sets. To my surprise there was besides the postage costs
a 12,17 handling fee on the invoice what i did not expect. Yes it was mentioned
in the terms -3% handling fee- but I did not notice it, I am a very frequent
buyer but never have seen such a practice before.
I regard it fair when someone adds external costs such as paypal charges and
packing costs. But this is simply a raise of the price. In my view orderpicking
costs simply should be included in the product price. And charging over 12 Euro
(the handling was also calculated over the postagen costs) for 'picking'
two sets looks as bit adsurd to me.
Maybe I am wrong...the same set was offered from two anothe Dutch dealers for
200 euro
as well. But a surcharge of 3% on the price makes the pricelist less transparant
as well.
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Voor de Nederlandse markt is deze vorm van prijsopslag volgens mij niet toegestaan:
https://www.acm.nl/nl/verkoop-aan-consumenten/consumenten-informeren/prijzen-vermelden
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 9, 2023 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Parts database Excel file | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, JoBen writes:
| | Is there a partsdatabase of Lego parts used in technic sets ?
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The catalog download page is here: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogDownload.asp
You can download a list of all parts, or you can download the inventory of a
single set, but there is no way to classify these parts as 'used in technic
sets' directly.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 8, 2023 00:28 | | Subject: | Re: Did this part use to have a different name? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, janzenroth writes:
| | I am looking for a part in my inventory:
Brick, Round 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 2/3 Dome Top
and I was wondering if this part had been renamed as I cannot seem to find it
in my Brick Round category.
Is there a way to find out a part's naming history. For example, part 6091
used to be a brick modified before it was changed to a slope curved.
Thanks,
Evan
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There are catalog change logs at [Market] [Catalog] [Logs]
For your question, you can find out at:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?nID=&viewDate=Y&viewType=E&viewStatus=A&itemType=P&viewAction=N&q=20952
but there are no name changes for this part at all.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 6, 2023 12:29 | | Subject: | Re: virtual store | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Giacomo9812 writes:
| | This is Grandpa Giacomo.
Here in Reggio Emilia Italy we are the third generation of Lego fans.
I in the 70s with my 300-400 pieces almost all red (some white, and black) not
bought, but given away with my father’s gas vouchers, I built a house, all red,
throughout childhood.
In 1983 my son was born and as soon as I could I bought him many boxes, someone
complicated even at 20 years.
I kept his boxes while waiting for the birth of my nephew in 2012.
Also for him many boxes bought and also the boxes that my son had as a child.
Now he is 11 years old and with his grandfather he has built lately the titanic
10294 and
Mom I missed the 21330 home alone plane. We did not respect the colors but they
are very beautiful the same and equal to the original.
When we like a box, with brick lik we see which pieces we need, we remove the
ones we already have and we buy the rest.
I would store everything we have available and just press a button to get what
we are missing for construction.
Here I explained my idea. Thanks for the answers
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Thanks for your story with a personal touch.
It sounds like you are looking for a site such as https://rebrickable.com/
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 4, 2023 06:19 | | Subject: | Re: no difference upper and lowercase in nick? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, legojos writes:
| | It looks like it makes no difference if you use upper- or lowercase characters
in your nickname or not: you can still log in. Shouldn't a nickname be case
sensitive?
|
It is very common for login names to be case insensitive and hence very uncommon
to be case sensitive. It is only passwords that are (nearly) always case sensitive.
The same goes for e-mail addresses and the base part of url (websites): they
are case insensitive by definition.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 2, 2023 05:06 | | Subject: | Re: add items to cart | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Rumps21 writes:
| | I Having problems adding the correct amount of items to a cart. eg. 77 available
i can only add 75.
this happening with all sellers and had this issue for a couple of weeks now.
any advice would be great
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Can it be that you already have 2 in your cart? The dropdown will allow you to
scroll to 77 regardless of what is already in your cart, but if you are already
buying 2, you can only add 75 more to your cart.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Nov 22, 2023 14:50 | | Subject: | Re: Reply to emails from blservice@bricklink.com? | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, jennnifer writes:
| | In Technical Issues, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | When a user contacts me (via messages), I receive an email from blservice@bricklink.com.
What happens to the reply I send via my email client?
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It goes to blservice@bricklink.com and then disappears into the nether. If you
want to contact a member, do it through BrickLink or put their email address
in yourself.
~Jen
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This is not the behavior that it used to have. Last I can check was a message
from 2022.06.06, which has a reply-to field with the e-mail address of the member,
not blservice.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Nov 22, 2023 00:33 | | Subject: | Re: complete status | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, missory writes:
| | Hello,
I have a customer who received his order more than 10 days ago and he doesn't
want to put whether it's complete or not. He tells me to wait until he has
received all his orders.... I don't know why, but I delivered what he asked
for!
What do you do in this case ????
Thanks a lot!
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File the order and move on.
Whether the status is set as Shipped, Received or Complete should not be any
of your concern, as long as the customer is happy. These are statuses for the
customer's use only.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Nov 19, 2023 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: Where to find list of part Category changes | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, outofthe60s writes:
| | Recently I saw a Bricklink page that had part Category changes by year. If I
remember correctly it showed the part picture along with the old Category and
the new Category. For example: it showed part 6215 as moving from Brick, Modified
to Slope, Curved. It even showed what was planned for 2024. I can't seem
to find the page again. Can someone send me in the right direction? Thanks.
|
Start at [Market] [Catalog] [Logs], then at the bottom choose [Item Category
Changes]
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?nID=&viewDate=Y&viewType=E&viewStatus=A&viewAction=P
As for planned changes, that was on a special help page:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?q=category
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Nov 19, 2023 00:44 | | Subject: | Re: Color Of The Milky White (Allianz Arena) | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Catalog, LocuraHobbies writes:
| | Any way we can get a deferent color name for the Allianz 3001 bricks? like...
"Satin Milky White" or something? Makes it difficult trying to order
Milky White bricks when you arent sure what you are going to get.
|
If it doesn't come in the little box, then I'd assume it's not one
of the originals.
David
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Thousands of the 2x4 and 2x6 bricks were brought onto the Bricklink market as
leftovers from the Allianz model build. No boxes involved. Just sold as Milky
White with a comment "Milky White Brick 2 x 4 These bricks were specially
made for the Allianz Arena in Legoland Germany. They shimmer with tiny glitter-like
particles. RARE!" (14-08-2016, bought from a German store that is well known
for its bulk amounts of rare colors)
I made a similar purchase in 2021 from a different reputed store but at that
time, there was no comment. Same parts thought.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Nov 17, 2023 00:34 | | Subject: | Re: Exciting New Feature! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Buying, StormChaser writes:
| | So apparently there's a new security feature. If you click around too much
in one store, you're locked out from all stores on the website. Unknown
for how long. It just happened about 30 minutes ago to me. All stores now show
the same thing.
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This has been around for several years already. It has been brought up in the
forum several times.
That there is a limit is understandable, unfortunately the limit is too low.
AFAIK the blocking is reset at the nightly maintenance.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Nov 10, 2023 12:28 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory vs unchecked-out carts | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, mooselover writes:
| | In a Facebook post, several buyers were talking about how they will often make
a cart in several stores, then compare and go with the one that's the best
value. Great, smart move.
BUT - when you put items in your cart, does that temporarily remove them from
the store's inventory, so they'll still be there when you checkout? If
you wait too long, might those items be snatched up by someone else?
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Like others said: carts don't affect inventory. Parts are not reserved.
| |
I'm just wondering, because sometimes when I'm pulling an order (like
yesterday) I see that the order says this person bought 20 of this thing and
I should have 0 left... but I have 22 left. I know that everyone miscounts sometimes,
but by 22??? Is it possible that maybe those 22 were sitting in carts that were
waiting for checkout?
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No, you are misinterpreting the information that Bricklink gives you. The order
gives you the amount left at the time of viewing/printing/downloading the order,
not the amount left at the time the order was placed. This means that if two
different customers order from the same lot, the amount reported back at the
time you look will be the amount left after both of the orders have been fulfilled.
Not that one order reflects the intermediate number.
For example: you have 50. Ali orders 20 (so at that time there are 30 left) and
Bob orders 7 (so at that time there are 50-20-7 = 23 left). If you print Ali's
order after Bob's order was placed, Bricklink will report 23 left. If you
would have printed Ali's order before Bob's order was placed, Bricklink
will report 30 left.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 00:09 | | Subject: | Re: Order seems to have been stolen. | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| In Shipping, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | I received a message today from one of my buyers who said that the package I
had sent him was cut open and missing the LEGO pieces. What do I do now? The
buyer does live in an apartment if it matters.
Thanks for the help!
--Claude
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As a seller, you are responsible. You can claim damage with your shipping provider.
Whether or not this claim will cover your losses, depends on what shipping conditions
you have chosen with your carrier. It is part of the costs of doing online business.
It would help if your buyer would provide photo evidence - or even better, that
he would have refused the damaged package. But unless you can prove that it is
deliberate fraud on the buyer's side, the entire transaction upto complete
delivery into the hands of your customer is completely at your risk.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 21, 2023 22:44 | | Subject: | Re: "Chevron" vs "Chevrons" | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
| | […]
For some (strange) reason, […]
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Not strange at all. It’s only that it searches for complete words.
That’s not how some search engines work (web…) but that’s how other search features
work (editors…).
Some search features are smart enough to have it as an option… like the search-a-member/store-by-name
feature on BrickLink!
| | ]…]
So I believe it all comes down to what we expect users to search for. I would
search for "chevron" and most likely never try "chevrons", even
if no result came up.
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I, me, and myself would search for the plural when there’s more than one. And
then we would replace the final s by a * if we couldn’t find the part.
So, that’s 3 of us against 1 of you for the plural  
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Make that 4. Plurals please where they apply.
If only it were as simple for the sheep, deer, moose, trout, fish, aircraft and
species.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 18, 2023 10:46 | | Subject: | Re: I'm Designing an app that uses Lego data. | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, IndoVee writes:
| | So as part of my college final year project, I had the idea to make an app that
basically compares the value of pieces from a pick-a-brick wall to Bricklink.
I was originally going to use Bricklink's API to get data like part ID, weight,
dimensions average sold price, etc. However, I was told by the Bricklink support
team that they only offer the API to Bricklink sellers for use in their Bricklink
stores.
Does anyone have any suggestions on a way where I can get data like this from
somewhere else? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
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You could install Studio (red Studio Icon on the Bricklink pages), run it. Studio
will fetch availability and average for sale prices per part per color and caches
these in around 10,000 JSON-files, one for each part and each containing information
for all available colors. It will refresh the cache around once a day, when you
are using Studio.
This cache should cover most of the parts that are available from PaB.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 21:49 | | Subject: | Re: Sort all minifgure heads by color | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, FunnyYellowBric writes:
| | Hello,
Trying to find a way to display the full catalogue of minifig heads, sorted by
color. I'm making minifigs of my coworkers and need to find appropriate skin
tones. Is there a way to display all printed heads ever made sorted by color
(Nougat, light nougat, dark nougat) etc? I know certain themes like HP, SW are
going to be more helpful than others, obviously, but I would prefer not having
to sort through them all to find the one I need.
Thank you all for your help.
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Start at the color guide https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp and then
browse the category or do a part search like 3626* or 28621p*
For example https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catID=238&catXrefLevel=0&colorPart=240&catType=P
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 13, 2023 11:51 | | Subject: | Re: Split 3039pb041? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | Hi,
and
are actually two different patterns: the black one doesn’t have painted black
outlines.
Should they be split? Or should a note be added? Or does no one care?
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I believe there is a precedent that was not split, but did have a note. If only
I would remember which part it was.
I believe no-one cares.
It would matter for LDraw, but this print is not (yet) on there (or is it?)
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 8, 2023 21:47 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 114 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, studebakerj writes:
| | In Selling, hpoort writes:
| | In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | I'm asking physically. Here's where I am:
My house is small so I can online get so many Akro-Mils into my garage. I've
got twelve and having trouble fitting in any more. My parents offered their basement
which is far larger than my house; in the open corner alone I might be able to
get thirty-six to forty-eight. Plenty of space to upscale to many times that
if they allow it. I may be able to start carrying many hundreds of thousands
of elements.
My parents also offered their labor because they're Door Dashing to make
ends meet and I want to help them out by splitting profit for their effort filling
orders during the week while I stock, fund, supply, and manage everything else.
Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled. For me in my garage,
standing for hours can be painful so I'm afraid it'll put them through
hell.
I care about my parents. I put them through a lot growing up and I want to improve
their situation any way I can. They at the very least seem receptive to a BL
store.
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Every time I read a story here about Akro-Mils or similar systems of 'many
tiny drawers', I think: Why? Meaning, why to have a separate drawer for each
part spread out vertically, when you can also use wider drawers that can each
hold 20 to 60 cups / bags / open boxes? If you group similar but not easily confused
parts together in a drawer, you can do many sorting operations by taking out
just a few drawers at a time and can do most work sitting. In my setup I can
easily fit 4.000 lots in a few meter cupboard space.
For bigger lots, they get split over the small lot in the drawer box and the
remainder in a ZIP bag into the 40 liter containers.
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What kind of cupboards are those?
|
These are custom made, by 'just' gluing some wooden strips on plywood
and screwing some L-profiles for the drawers to slide onto. For the paper boxes,
you could use the bottom of tetrapack packages, empty matchboxes or fold them
out of paper like the ones on the picture.
For the drawers, you might also get a pile of serving trays from a budget store.
My post is more about the idea that you do not have a single drawer for a single
part, but larger drawers that show all the parts in a single view. Also, loose
boxes makes it very easy to get the parts out. You don't have to handpick
every part but can just take the box.
Also note the cut up baseplate that I glued on the front. It allows for putting
just a few samples of the parts that are in the drawer and still be flexible.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 8, 2023 08:01 | | Subject: | Re: Fake or not? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, Andr3a42 writes:
| | Is the first one an original LEGO part? TY
|
Sure, the logos on the top part are different because it's a very old part.
50+ yesrs
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2023 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Color Guide with Sort Options? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, AntOrman writes:
| | Would it be possible to get the Color Guide page to be sortable by the column
headings? I'd like to be able to easily see what colors are the most common
for example, or which ones have only existed for a set period of time.
Cheers,
Andrew
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You can download the entire table here and do all manipulation in Excel or similar
spreadsheet:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogDownload.asp?utm_content=subnav
Select:
(x) Colors
Download format = [Tab-Delimited File]
and click [Download]
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2023 12:03 | | Subject: | Re: Add alt item IDs | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, mspl writes:
| | In Catalog, pikachu3 writes:
| | I have one copy of this:
Could we add those as alt IDs, or at least in the description?
|
Why can I search by Element ID but there's no way to view an item's element
ID? Clearly the information exists in the database.
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Indeed.
For parts, we can see them in the “Color Images” page (link on the left of the
part’s image, then scroll down to see the table), but for Gears…?
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There is nowhere a link to this page, and no Element ID's mentioned for this
gear yet, but I assume it will become visible on this page:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp?itemType=G&itemNo=IB2G-ISXDEMO&v=2
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2023 11:56 | | Subject: | Re: add new color for 64179 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, galeatter writes:
| | I have technic part 64178 in White. No option to select white. It is available
on rebrickable. Please add. Thanks
|
Both for your wanted list and for your item for sale you can select any color,
even if that color is not a 'known color'.
The way it works is that the colors of a part will show as 'known' if
and only if the part-color combination is used in an inventory. Since you have
the part, you probably have the set where it came in, so maybe, just maybe, you
could contribute to the catalog by adding the inventory of the set.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Oct 2, 2023 23:12 | | Subject: | Re: What is this long pole? | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, yokohama writes:
| | Hi all!
Is there someone who knows this yellow one?
- Written '542' on the lower part. The letters before '542' is
unreadable for me, maybe 'S.Q.U.I.D' ?
- '@2021 The LEGO Group.' on the pole part.
- 23L, 18cm
Thanks in advance
|
It might be clutch strength measuring/testing tool that they use in the mould
making department. I vaguely remember something like this having come up on a
LEGO-site a while back.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2023 06:16 | | Subject: | Re: Red X89 XRef Change? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, axaday writes:
| | There are 144 sellers with Red x89 for sale. The final Red x89 being eliminated
from inventories cast great doubt on the existence of Red x89 and contacting
that many sellers in the hopes that they will all change is a job for a fool.
Would it be possible to just quietly change the XRef?
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 30, 2023 03:37 | | Subject: | Re: Set 1016 | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| In Price Guide, coevorden01 writes:
| | In Price Guide, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Price Guide, coevorden01 writes:
| | In Price Guide, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Price Guide, coevorden01 writes:
| | I have a set 1016 with box
Anybody have an idea what it is worth? Can not find anything
On the internet about prices, only that it is very rare.
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Better with an image and a link:
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Thxs
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You've got quite the rare set that even BrickEconomy doesn't have a price
on it.
https://www.brickeconomy.com/set/1016-1/lego-dacta-letter-bricks-for-wall-board
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Yes, thats why my question over here. Look everywhere at the internet, no known
prices
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Could you add the inventory to Bricklink? At least that would give you the part
out value as a starting point.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 25, 2023 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Lego abandons effort to make oil-free bricks | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, SylvainLS writes:
| | In LEGO products, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | […]
"It said the reason for that was because extra steps were required in the
production process, which meant it needed to use more energy.
As a result, it said it has "decided not to progress" with making bricks
from the material."
I'm somewhat skeptical. If the new bricks would have caused more carbon emissions
because they require more energy to produce, then wouldn't that be less of
an issue if the energy used to create them was sourced from wind, solar, or nuclear?
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If some of those extra steps are during brick production (moulding factories),
then tell me which of these countries are 100% “wind, solar, or nuclear”?
China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, USA, Vietnam.
My guess is (most of) the extra steps are during the making of the raw material.
So, second question: in which country should the PET be recycled to use 100%
wind, solar, or nuclear?
You have more choice here (lots of more bad choices ).
And then, how do you transport the to-be-recycled PET to this new recycling factory
and how do you transport the recycled pellets to the moulding factories? Without
adding more CO²?
(PET transport should be as CO²-expensive as for ABS (unless the weight is highly
different), so that question should reduce to: Without adding more transport?)
Besides, even if you found a magical country that has 100% wind, solar, or nuclear,
and that could produce the PET (yeah, that small 2-huts island won’t do), neither
wind, solar, or nuclear are 0% CO²: you’re using energy that could be used for
something else, so you’re requiring more energy capacity, so you’re requiring
more wind turbine, solar panel, or nuclear plant to be built, and that’s never
CO²-free.
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Good questions making a good read.
Let's make that CO² → CO₂ and I totally agree. Did you use up all your Unicode
credits with the œ explanation? The ₂ Unicode U+2082 is intended for the fractional
part of custom fractions, but since this forum strips the (sub)2(/sub) markers,
this will do. Let's not square the carbon monoxide but stick to carbon-dioxide
only - or actually, this is more about the entire picture of energy transformation
that's irrevocably lost to entropy.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 21, 2023 09:58 | | Subject: | Re: Brick studio | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Help, brickfrero writes:
| | Hi,
I would like to know if there was any "mode" on brick studio to have
different perspectives on creation?
On Maya for example you can swap beetween 4 views like this picture and still
work on your creation.
That's the mode what i'm looking for. Is there any one on brick studio
or only the 3D view?
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The program is called Studio or Bricklink Studio, and it's forum is found
at https://forum.bricklink.com
The answer to your question is yes and is found on this help page: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/5409213150487-Camera-control-in-the-viewport
Both forum and help pages can be found under the red Studio icon at the top of
your Bricklink pages.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2023 14:01 | | Subject: | Re: Alternate / New catalog - Croissant | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, jennnifer writes:
If you use the “US International” layout, it’s AltGr + E
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Or simpler, if you have US International keyboard layout, the ' " ` and
~ act as deadkeys: for é you just type ' followed by e. Works for all common
accented letters (common as in Western European languages). 'c is ç usually
(but not always).
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Don’t get me started on ‘œ’
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Please elaborate...
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 18, 2023 11:46 | | Subject: | Re: How Hard is Running A Store? | | Viewed: | 139 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, Fr0stByt3 writes:
| | I'm asking physically. Here's where I am:
My house is small so I can online get so many Akro-Mils into my garage. I've
got twelve and having trouble fitting in any more. My parents offered their basement
which is far larger than my house; in the open corner alone I might be able to
get thirty-six to forty-eight. Plenty of space to upscale to many times that
if they allow it. I may be able to start carrying many hundreds of thousands
of elements.
My parents also offered their labor because they're Door Dashing to make
ends meet and I want to help them out by splitting profit for their effort filling
orders during the week while I stock, fund, supply, and manage everything else.
Is this taxing on the body? My parents are aging and I wouldn't be helping
them out if they're having to strain to get orders filled. For me in my garage,
standing for hours can be painful so I'm afraid it'll put them through
hell.
I care about my parents. I put them through a lot growing up and I want to improve
their situation any way I can. They at the very least seem receptive to a BL
store.
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Every time I read a story here about Akro-Mils or similar systems of 'many
tiny drawers', I think: Why? Meaning, why to have a separate drawer for each
part spread out vertically, when you can also use wider drawers that can each
hold 20 to 60 cups / bags / open boxes? If you group similar but not easily confused
parts together in a drawer, you can do many sorting operations by taking out
just a few drawers at a time and can do most work sitting. In my setup I can
easily fit 4.000 lots in a few meter cupboard space.
For bigger lots, they get split over the small lot in the drawer box and the
remainder in a ZIP bag into the 40 liter containers.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: Flag 2 x 2 with stars | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Fragty writes:
| | | | Not true for this part. There are plenty of original flags of this type around
that predate the tiny print logo.
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You have a source for this? Not saying it's not true but now I'm curious
I checked my set 6017 from 1987, one year after the initial release of these
flags and they already have the logo.
And as these flags in black only appeared from 1996 onward, it's safe to
assume those should have the logo.
It could also be a custom print on a genuine Lego part of course.
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My source was just checking my collection. I have plenty of this flag in eleven
colours, all without micro printing. Most of these I bought in 2016 and 2017
from at least 10 different, reputable Bricklink sellers. Most of the ones I have
are the thin clip variety. The black ones I have definitely come from multiple
copies of .
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 09:43 | | Subject: | Re: Flag 2 x 2 with stars | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Fragty writes:
| | If it is lego there should be a (very small) lego logo on top of one of the clips.
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Not true for this part. There are plenty of original flags of this type around
that predate the tiny print logo.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 17, 2023 06:24 | | Subject: | Re: Impossible to change Have/Want quantity | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Xillusionniste writes:
| | Hello,
I created a TEST Wanted List here with only one part.
As soon as I edit "Want" or "Have" Quantity and then click Save,
this error is displayed at the top.
Impossible to change Condition too..
Is this a bug ?
Thank you !
Julien
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In one of your wanted list - and it does not have to be the current one! - there
is a duplicate entry. You have to find and fix that first before you can do any
edit on any of your wanted lists.
This duplicate entry may be caused by a catalog merge, so not necessarily something
you have done yourself.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 15, 2023 12:31 | | Subject: | Re: All Bricklink stores show 0 lots | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Technical Issues, Andrsv writes:
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| | If you use multiple browsers / devices with the same IP, they can’t share the
cache (especially images), and that quickly eats your aloted number of calls.
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AFAIK, the images don't count towards the limit. The catalog images are stored
on a different server than the pages. I've encountered the problem with downloading
a series of JSON-only store page fragments (i.e. without images) after only a
few hundred calls.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 14, 2023 06:17 | | Subject: | Re: Anyone know how to print parts in a grid? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Related Software | |
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| In Related Software, jonwil writes:
| | Does anyone know of a tool that can take a list of parts (e.g. a BL wanted list
or BrickStore file) and print them (or format them in a file that I can then
print) in a grid similar to how set inventories at the back of instructions
look or how BrickSet and ReBrickable set inventories look?
I know I can print in a list via BrickStore but that wastes both paper and ink.
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(1) Quick and dirty:
If you have a page that shows just what you need to see, copy the html page to
a multi-column Word-document so you can format it quickly as you like.
If you just want the part images, a convoluted way is to write the part numbers
as macro tags — or use Excel to format your list as "[p=" + partnr
+ "," + colornr +"]" — and paste that in the forum post editor.
Use the preview button and copy the resulting html into a multi-column Word document
as described before.
(2) Professional BOM:
Import the list into Studio and use the instruction maker to add the BOM to your
pages.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2023 12:27 | | Subject: | Re: 4073 - Gold Versions Question | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Uxbridgeite2 writes:
| | I've got a fair number of 4073 gold parts in inventory. The majority are
Pearl Gold but I've got two other lots that are vary noticeably. I know that
there is some color variation in the Pearl Gold parts. Are my other two lots
just variations or different colors like Flat Dark Gold or something else?
I realize that 4073 is not available in all colors. Any help/guidance would be
helpful. See picture of the three color versions I see. Thanks
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Left two are both Pearl Gold (which is known to have a lot of variation), the
right one is Flat Dark Gold.
All this assuming the color balance of your picture is not very much off.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2023 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink added wrong part | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, s0l0kr writes:
| | Hey everyone I have problem,
I have parted out set 77013, after one week all minifigures was sold (Including
Indiana Jones with the hat)
After like 2 weeks after this, another buyer ordered just this Indiana Jones
hat, how can it be possible if it already was sold with minifigure?
And what should I do now, because I dont have it
Thank you in advance
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For a next time, you should always check if what you part out matches with the
physical parts you put in your inventory.
As for , the hat is listed in the Extras section, which definitely
means you should check whether you have received this part in your box before
you add it to your inventory. It may or may not be there; some people may find
this part in their box and some may not. That's what's the Extras section
is about.
As for your current sales order that you can't fulfill: What I believe best
practice is to inform your customer of your problem and offer to source the part
for him, apologizing for the delay in delivery of this part might cause. Ask
the buyer what they feel is the best solution, but source the part anyway so
you'll be prepared regardless of their answer.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 12, 2023 06:45 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink API - Catalog and PCC | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Kuzz writes:
| | Hello there.
I would like to be able from my C# application using bricklink API to search
for parts using their PCC ID and not the model ID and color ID (in order to have
something clear with pick & build search system).
Is there any way to do this?
Thanks.
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You'll probably have to the translation from PCC to Bricklink Part nr + Bricklink
Color nr before you send your request to the API.
You can download the PCC mapping table at https://www.bricklink.com/catalogDownload.asp?utm_content=subnav
by selecting the Part and Color Codes bullet.
For updates, you could re-download the file every few weeks and cache the downloaded
file.
The change log is found at https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?nID=&viewDate=Y&viewType=E&viewStatus=A&viewAction=H
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 8, 2023 00:31 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink is listing extra pieces? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, journey2020 writes:
| | Hi, I have noticed that when you look at a set inventory via Bricklink they sometimes
list extra pieces. I have several boxed sets that didn't come with extra
pieces so I'm not sure where they are getting that information. I feel like
I then need to go through my inventory and see if I have any of the listed extra
pieces. Anyone else finding this? Thanks!
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It may be wise for you to read up on this topic in the help section: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 7, 2023 11:57 | | Subject: | Re: Original Vintage Boxes | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Price Guide | |
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| You can just lookup the prices here on Bricklink, but as long as you have buyer-only
status you can not sell them here. Note that on each set's detail page there
is a separate tab for box and instructions.
For everyone's better understanding in ease of through clicking, I have added
the macro tags in your post by adding [s=####-1] around each of your numbers.
In Price Guide, Caratt24 writes:
| | Hi there, I am wondering if someone can help me understand pricing and what I
have on my hands. I have original complete sets of several 90s lego sets with
original boxes and instructions. I was going to list on eBay but then had someone
write me and ask to buy just the boxes and instructions of 3 of my sets for $150.
I'm curious why he would pay so much for this and before I reply, I'd
love to know if anyone can help me. Should I sell the boxes and instructions
separately? Would I get more if I list these sets here? I hate to break up a
complete set if it means I am dramatically reducing what I might get out of them.
I have the following sets: , , , , , , , , ,
, , , , , , , , . Any advice? The 3 he is
inquiring about are: , , .
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 3, 2023 08:30 | | Subject: | Re: When designing something in Studio... | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Hardstone writes:
| | When you are designing a model in Studio, can you position an element at a 45
degree angle relative to the field? Using the arrow keys only seems to allow
to rotate elements in ways that orients them either vertically or horizontally.
I am designing a fighter craft that uses solar panels attached at the end of
it's wings. I want to display the panels at a 45 degree angle relative to
the horizontal axis.
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Yes, although a 37° angle might be easier to build in real life.
Help pages are here: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/5411433123351-Hinge-and-Rotation-tool
and the forum to ask such questions - after having done some searching/reading
on your own - is here: https://forum.bricklink.com
Both links can also be found under the red Studio icon on the top of the Bricklink
page.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Sep 3, 2023 02:41 | | Subject: | Re: Bricklink studio | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | LANG Deutsch | |
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| In LANG Deutsch, KS_BrickWorks writes:
| | Hallo zusammen.
Ich habe ein kleines Videoprojekt in der machen und will dafür Modell Rendern.
Jetzt habe ich das Problem wenn ich den Brick Falling Effekt beim Rendern einstellen
dass das ganze Modell mir als ganzes dargestellt wird und nicht die einzelnen
Steine herunter fallen die sich zu dem Modell zusammen setzen.
Kann mir vielleicht jemand helfen wie ich es hinbekommen dass die einzelnen Steine
fallen? Ich habe das Modell auch nicht in Gruppen etc unterteilt da diese ja
als Gesamtes dargestellt werden.
Danke schon mal.
Mfg
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Bitte posten Sie einen Screenshot Ihrer Render-Einstellungen im Studio General
Forum unter https://forum.bricklink.com/viewforum.php?f=3.
In diesem Forum werden Sie wahrscheinlich eine fundierte Antwort erhalten.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 31, 2023 06:25 | | Subject: | Re: Custom duties in india | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Taxes | |
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| In Taxes, Hhg2853 writes:
| | I want to know what is the custom duty charge to ship a product to India from
bricklink
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Welcome to Bricklink. First thing you have to understand is that Bricklink is
not a single shop; it is a platform where 17.000 stores sell their bricks and
sets.
If you buy from a store in India, there is no customs involved. If you buy internationally,
you are dependent on what regulations apply for import into India/Gujarat.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2023 12:25 | | Subject: | Re: Can someone help me to connect two pieces pls | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Metzin writes:
| | I spent litteraly 1 hour to try to connect two pieces on the step 110 of the
Hogwarts Castle, and i can't do it. Can someone help me with this issue ?
 i thinking it's because i'm stupid but i can't find the right
angle of the piece
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It's a 3-4-5 Pythagorean triangle, so the angle is 36.87 or its complement
of 53.13 degrees, plus a multiple of 90 degrees.
However, in a case like this it is often easier to first connect one point, then
hinge around that point and find the proper angle by trial and error. If you
look at the model from the top, you can see rather well whether the second hinge
is coming close to the ideal location. You can always hide all parts not needed
for the hinge operation so you have a clear view.
Please note that you have posted your question on Bricklink's Marketplace
forum. For things related to Bricklink Studio, you are supposed to search for
your question on the other forum at https://forum.bricklink.com
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2023 10:01 | | Subject: | Re: Am I allowed to promote outside sites | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Terms and Policies | |
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| In Terms and Policies, BeastMode1735 writes:
| | Was wondering if im allowed to promote outside sites that have a somewhat partnership
to bricklink like rebrickable on my terms or splash page?
Thanks in advance
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I expect the same rules apply as to the forum, especially:
"6. No active promotion of a competitor's website. Linking to other websites
that offer items for sale that can be sold on the site is also not allowed."
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=126
And indeed this is specified in the terms as:
"Linking - Linking to pages outside of BrickLink which offer LEGO brand products
for sale.
Action: Submit a Problem Member Report
Members must not link from their Splash Page, Terms & Conditions, Shipping
Policy, About Me page or items for sale to another site that offers items for
sale which are LEGO brand products."
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=97
Please note that this definition includes Pick a Brick and Lego.com
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2023 00:31 | | Subject: | Re: Sellers stop listing | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, DPickard writes:
| | A seller has the right to stoplist any buyer. It has a consequence to the autoselect
function when sekin to buy items on your want list as this function may suggest
this seller in your autoselect list. May I suggest a function for the buyer to
exclude individual sellers so that the autoselect does not consider such sellers
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Already exists as such.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2023 00:29 | | Subject: | Re: Can't find this part | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, razorflan writes:
| | Cant find this (like part 27940)... but has pins not axles ? Thanks for any help
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Took some digging to find this one. I did not expect the singular 'Pin 3L'
but was expecting the plural 'Pins'.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2023 11:31 | | Subject: | Re: Ad items to BL | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Catalog Requests, Topique writes:
| | Hello,
How can i add items? i have 3 pending, but nothing change
also photo's i want to add
Greetings
Topique
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You will have to add the photos before your pending additions can be approved.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2023 12:08 | | Subject: | Re: Same part, listed twice | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, IceWorm writes:
Please use the [Add macro] button to add macro tags.
* | | 3626cpb2698 Minifigure, Head Dual Sided Dark Orange Eyebrows, Medium Nougat Wrinkles, Wide Grin with Dimple / Frown Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head |
[p=3626cpb3118]
They look very similar to me.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 18, 2023 12:44 | | Subject: | Re: Question for you all ??? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Problem, Skullfyre writes:
I don't think they "have to be" knock offs but having 6,400 of a
promo set is a little suspicious.
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Not 6400, only 100 which you need to buy in multiples of 64.
100 copies sounds reasonable enough to get from such a set. That's not truckloads.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2023 09:19 | | Subject: | Re: identify color please | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Brickman4you writes:
| | In Help, tec writes:
not damaged as backside / all edges are same color.
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tec means what on Bricklink is also called 'brittle blue'. It is basically
normal Blue, but changed in color by a degradation process. This is not necessarily
related to UV influence but is similar to the yellowing of white bricks.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 13, 2023 02:18 | | Subject: | Re: Lego studio for Ipad | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Baloo_22 writes:
| | Hey ya’ll! Please bear with me on this… I am not a techie. I’ve had a few questions
from folks on Facebook Lego groups about sharing digital schematics of my current
MOC… of which I have none. Does anyone know if and how to download and open the
studio program on an iPad? It literally does nothing every time I try. Thanks
in advance!
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You are on the wrong forum for that question.
See here for your answer: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9358
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2023 11:49 | | Subject: | Re: Receiving email about my wanted list | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BondBricks writes:
| | I would like to know how to stop people from seeing my wanted list OR sending
me email to purchase items on it.
Thanks, Mark
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Uncheck the first item on this settings page:
https://www.bricklink.com/wantedSettings.asp?viewFrom=P
and you will no longer receive any notification messages about your wanted list
items.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2023 09:28 | | Subject: | Re: Chewbacca colors? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, ToastBubbles writes:
| | What's up with the Chewbacca face printing? Is their two variants? Does anyone
actually have a Medium Nougat printed Chewbacca? Or were these mis-identified?
All of my 15307 definitely have Dark Tan Printing and the BL catalog only lists
this piece as having 'Medium Nougat' fur printing. SW1184 also looks
Dark Tan.
Even rebrickable labels the part as "Minifig Head Special, Wookiee with Dark
Tan Face Fur and Teeth Print (Chewbacca)" and it also lists both legs on
sw0532 and sw1253 as having Dark Tan Fur, but slightly different print patterns.
So I think the descriptions of these should change, because at the moment, they
are very confusing, and I'm pretty sure all the fur on these is Dark Tan.
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Shouldn't these be viewed as minor colour variations? Just like this part
...
Some of the shades in that are very pale, through to very dark. Trying to colour
match the print colours to plastic colours is an impossible task when there is
so much variation.
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As Jennnifer's picture shows more clearly, it is not just the colour of the
print, it is the pattern of the print on the legs that's different as well.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 7, 2023 11:04 | | Subject: | Re: Pre-fill a Wanted List from website? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Fouke writes:
| | Hi all, I would like to add a button to my website (12v-grey.com) that opens
the Bricklink "Upload to Wanted List" (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page)
and automatically pre-fills the "Bricklink XML" field. I imagine something
similar to the "Add to Wanted List" button in Studio.
I know the Rebrickable website has such a function, but the implementation looks
quite complex. Is there an easier way to do this? Does anyone for example know
if https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page has any query string parameters
that I could use for this? Thanks in advance!
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I don't know the exact answer to your question, but I would start with the
old version at https://www.bricklink.com/wantedXML.asp?showOld=Y
which probably uses simpler technology.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 7, 2023 06:21 | | Subject: | Re: Bulk: custom lego sets for company promo | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Wanted | |
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| In Wanted, LandieC writes:
| | Hello!
I have an awesome idea, and I hope you would be able to help me.
Our company sells Industrial agitators and mixers and one of our colleagues overseas
built this little model with his son ( see picture attached).
We love it! With the company’s 40th birthday coming up next year, we want to
make up little packs with these blocks to give to customers with instructions
to build their own little replica of our system.
Where in SA can I find a store to order specific blocks in bulk to make up these
sets?
I have asked the colleague for a breakdown of the exact blocks he used ( still
awaiting feedback).
Looking forward to your advice.
Kind regards,
Yolandie
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You may have to shop outside of your country to achieve this. Looking at the
availability of there are not that many shops that have any quantity.
For the LEGO parts, I am sure you can easily find enough quantity; for the DUPLO
parts, you may run into the limits of worldwide availability depending on how
many copies of your model you want to source the parts for.
You will have to make a 'Wanted list' of all components you need and
the quantities. After that, you best use the [Buy] function to find suitable
shops.
Bricklink being a world wide platform for sellers with a catalog of 100.000 different
items in as many shops, there is a 'slight' learning curve involved in
using this site.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 6, 2023 08:30 | | Subject: | Re: Identification help please | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Help, mervynturk writes:
| | Hi All
Been doing vintage Lego for quite awhile but found these pieces (see photo) that
I have never seen the front piece....any ideas what set it comes off...???
Thanks in advance
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It looks like and something similar to of different height.
That lead me to assume set
and thus it will be and
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Aug 4, 2023 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: Alternate item number? | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, TeaStew writes:
| | Hello,
Set 75363 includes part 6467193. (Molded is 3807 LEGO 1-01)
It appears completely identical to 87610pb19 which is 6447097.
I am new to inventories, not sure how this is resolved.
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The seven digit numbers are called 'PCC' (Part Color Combinations) on
Bricklink. You can not compare these to the Bricklink part numbers without also
mentioning the color.
The mold number usually does match the Bricklink part number, but the PCC never
does.
If you find a new PCC mentioned for a particular mold (part number) in a particular
color, you can add the PCC here: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReq.asp?itemType=P
In this case, make sure the part you have is indeed Flat Silver.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jul 31, 2023 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: 500 - INTERNAL SERVER ERROR | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, Kriemis writes:
| | Hello, When i try to add part 3041 (in yellow, but i tried other colors and they
have the same problem) to my store, i get a 500 internal server error and i have
to go back to last page.
I have never had this happen before so idk what te exact problem would be.
Any thoughts?
Kind regards, Kevin
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There is something wrong on their servers. There is currently an error message
on the Studio Forum as well: https://forum.bricklink.com
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jul 29, 2023 07:08 | | Subject: | Re: Order purge / NPB / Feedback timeline? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, enig writes:
| | A bit of a new territory for me so need a little bit of advice.
Order received on Jan 31st.
Buyer did a dirty. Have as strong of a reason as it gets to believe that not
only to me but at least one other seller between now and then.
Issued NPB today, Jul 29th
Question. Does NPB reset the 180 day purge timer and I will be able to leave
feedback if this takes a week or two to settle?
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Your problem order should be retained for 3 years from the original order date,
see https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=116
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jul 27, 2023 06:36 | | Subject: | Re: Unvalid Order Status - Shipped/Completed | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, Jenostra writes:
| | Hey everyone,
does someone has the same or a comparable issue that isn't able (as Seller)
to change the order status to Shipped and/or completed?
Was this issue mentioned before anywhere else? I couldn't find something.
At the moment I have this issue at order 22640701 which the customer has already
received.
But I'm still not able to change the status, reason, unvalid order status,
not more information.
Screenshot attached, thanks for your help!
KR JenosBricks
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Paid offsite while it should have been onsite?
See https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jul 22, 2023 01:39 | | Subject: | Re: Part Identification | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, TechnoCaveman writes:
| | Hi, I'm hoping somebody can provide assistance with identifying the highlighted
part. I just spent 4 hours trying to identify this part with no joy. Any help
will be appreciated. Thanks, in advance.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 29, 2023 14:45 | | Subject: | Re: symbol replacing part of item number? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Searching | |
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| In Searching, Haana163 writes:
| | Hi everyone,
In my daily working programm, I have the possibility to replace part of a Name/
Client number etc by % (ex: looking for client number 123456789 would be possible
to find by typing %345678%).
Does bricklinK have a similar funktion to find all items that are on the site
with number + pb.../px... etc?
would be great if so, mostly for items that are decorated so that one can find
all decorated variants of a part by typing "number%" in the searching
field.
Thank you in advance
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Only the * asterix at the end is supported. Like 3001pb*
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 28, 2023 18:44 | | Subject: | Re: Wanted list save error | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, engywok writes:
| | Whenever I try to save anything to my wanted lists (even if I just click into
one of the fields and don't change anything, just try to save again), I get
'Only one item/color combination is allowed per Wanted List'
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You need to fix this duplicate. It may be in another of your wanted lists. Usually
this is caused when two parts in the catalog are merged.
In your list of wanted lists, the problematic lists are flagged.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 23, 2023 12:18 | | Subject: | Re: Lego piece 2418 | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, JXC123 writes:
| | I have this roof but cannot find the part number 2418 anywhere in bricklink?
Help
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You mean or ?
Try to type an asterix after your search term like 2418* and you'll find
all.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2023 08:23 | | Subject: | Re: Price guide not working | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, EetuPirinen writes:
| | I tried to check some sets average partout value but when i clicked get value
nothing happened. How do i make it work?
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Just go to https://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp and enter the set number.
However, this only works for sets that have been inventoried.
If you look at the newest of sets, they may not have been inventoried yet, or
their parts may not have a price guide value yet.
So if you have been checking only the newest sets, it makes sense that you have
not succeeded. Try an older set to check how it is supposed to work.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 17, 2023 00:59 | | Subject: | Re: Not all parts for 8868 - searching wrong? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, steve_n_cal writes:
That's a possible strategy, but not the best. Take some time to familiarize
yourself with this website. It is a lot to take in. There are extensive help
pages (bottom of the page) and it may help if you browse through the forum and/or
search for similar questions there.
Your first step was to find a single part.
Your second step was to find a set inventory containing many parts.
If there's only some parts of this set you need and you find a single shop
that has them all, feel free to buy them directly from that page.
Normally, your next step is to collect the parts you want to buy into a wanted
list. You can even make more than one wanted list and specify things like
used/new, the maximum price you are willing to pay and the quantity you need.
After you have made your wanted lists, you can go shopping effectively. It is
recommended to use the [Buy all] feature.
There are still some optional steps after this to manage all your purchases.
When time comes, you'll find out.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2023 01:45 | | Subject: | Re: Any Idea what happened? | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In General, macebobo writes:
| | In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | You made more than 5000 requests per day.
You've to wait until midnight EDT time.
5000 requests is easy, with pictures and pages it's like a hundred shop pages.
If you've pages and pictures in your cache it'll help.
You may avoid browsing "randomly" shops, and use price guides, wanted-lists,
easy buy, searches, etc.
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Every time this comes up, I shake my head in disbelief that in 2023 an e-commerce
website still operates like this. Come on Bricklink, fix this asinine limitation.
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This limitation is one of the things that enables members like yourself to use
the site freely without concern of performance issues. Unlike many other sites,
BrickLink is a treasure trove of useful data not available anywhere else. We
can't allow people to abuse this resource at the expense of our other users.
There are no plans currently to increase the 5000-per-day call threshold for
API or other requests.
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Dear Russell,
Despite Sylvain stating the 5000 limit (for the API) and mentioning images (which
don't count towards this particular limit), the OP's report is not about
that limit but about the number of shop pages you can visit in a limited time
frame. That's a much lower limit. Can you please specify what that limit
actually is? It has been changed at some time to a limit in the hundreds. Please
re-evaluate the actual limit, as this problem comes up frequently and blocks
well intending buyers from buying.
For normal - fair - use, when preparing to buy from 10 shops only, I'd like
to compare what they have in store. With each shop having on average around 10K
lots in their store, and breaking up the browsing in chunks of 100 lots per page,
that's around a 1000 pages I need to view. The top-off limit seems to be
around 200 pages only. Not quite enough for normal use.
Thanks for your reply.
Hans-Peter
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 8, 2023 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: Any tips to dismantling old technic? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, 1974 writes:
| | In Off Topic, PaulOfBricks writes:
| | My fingers and thumbs are painful already and I've only just started lol
Do you have any tips for dismantling old Lego technic sets especially the old
toothed bushes 4265 is the most painful to my hands to separate!
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Various ways and makeshift tools (made from LEGO parts) are actually shown in
several old instructions
Cheers,
Ole
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For example
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 6, 2023 00:25 | | Subject: | Re: Does a part exist to cup 98138 tiles? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | I made a little tool out of lift arms to quickly grab 20 at a time
to prepackage them by 100/200/500. The first version was made out of 1x16 bricks
but the repeated opening and closing of the "jaws" loosens the connection
and it needs constant adjustments to stay tight. it was also 1 stud wide, so
when the jaws closed everything worked together so that they fit tightly in a
single row of 10.
During the redo I decided to try 2 rows of ten and it works if you do a lot of
jiggling. What tends to happen is a single tile wants to nestle between two
sets of two on either side (see photo). Is there something like a sawtooth plate
that can grab and align the parts?
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For round plates, a 60° triangular enclosure works better.
You just have to count a little differently; for each additional row the total
size increases:
1 - 3 - 6 - 10 - 15 - 21 - 28 - 36 - 45 - 55 - 66 - 78 - 91
So with a 45 (9x9x9) + 55 (10x10x10) you get to a 100.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 5, 2023 00:39 | | Subject: | Re: How do I post a link to recent additions? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, macebobo writes:
Your first URL should work, but I can confirm it doesn't. File it as a bug
report. The dropdown controls don't interact with the URL parameters properly.
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2023 03:31 | | Subject: | Re: Looking for Trans-Bright Green Bar 4L old V? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Starkiller81 writes:
| | Hey guys
Anyone who can help me with the old version of the bar Trans-Bright Green Bar
4L in clear with airbubbles. I need a lot of these for a moc project.
I need it with air bubbles or clear version NOT the frosted version.
If anyone can help selling me these please DM me I am based in Europe!
I could also use the red clear version if you also have this one with air bubbles
clear NOT frosted.
Hoping a friendly soul can help.
Cheers guys and girls.
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You might want to contact some of these stores that have a high quantity directly,
see:
https://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?pg=1&q=trans%2Dbright+green+bar+4l&colorID=108&shipCountryID=DE&viewFrom=sf&advOpt=Y&excFavL=Y&excStop=Y&sz=500&searchSort=Q
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Jun 3, 2023 06:56 | | Subject: | Re: is it possible to filter on favorite stores? | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Wanted | |
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| In Wanted, Amien writes:
| | In Wanted, hpoort writes:
Nicely found! .. only thing is that i need it on item level. This gives me the
number of items what are in my favourite shop. This is for solution 2
for solution 1 : I see the option, but it's still sorted on price
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I know, it is not ideal.
You could make a wanted list for a single item, and show only that wanted list
in the above overview. You can sort the overview as well, using the dropdown
selector on top.
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