Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | FantasyBricks  | | Posted: | Apr 30, 2021 17:27 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Socks | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I wonder if the socks are located in the clothing areas of Walmart (men's/women's/children's).
I also wonder if there really IS a Lego dinosaur or if they just show that dinosaur
to get people's attention for the socks.
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| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Apr 30, 2021 17:12 | | Subject: | Lego Socks | | Viewed: | 174 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Early this morning, out doing some shopping, and spied this LEGO endcap at WalMart.
On the side was a dino and images of LEGO socks. They were not in the endcap,
nor on the LEGO aisle. Has anyone seen these in stores ? Youth or Adult sizes
? I don't see these in the Catalog.
Nita Rae
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| Author: | crepundi | | Posted: | Apr 30, 2021 05:20 | | Subject: | image of part 3192a | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Please correct the image of door 1 x 3 x 3 right in colour blue. It
is showing the door 1 x 3 x 4
Regards,
Gisela
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| Author: | _djm | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 18:38 | | Subject: | Looking for set image from Dacta (?) catalog | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| I'm hoping someone with Dacta catalogs from the mid(?) 1990's (perhaps
1993 - 1997) can help.
I recently acquired a somewhat obscure Control Lab set:
which I am in the process of creating the catalog inventory for. There don't
appear to be any references to this set of most of the other standard sites (e,g,
brickset, peeron) and the only image I could find of this set was at http://www.miniland.nl/Dacta/sets/2001187.htm.
The set in question is the set in the yellow case at the rear of the photo.
Via the wayback machine, I've had a trawl through LEGO's various sites
and have had no joy in finding any image for this set. Based on what I have found,
my presumption is that this set would have been listed in a Dacta catalog from
sometime in the mid-1990s - it may be that this set only was for sale in the
UK/Europe, although that is speculation on my behalf.
I was wondering whether anybody with Dacta catalogs from the mid-1990's would
be willing to take a look through their catalogs to see if they can find an image
for the set. My photo skills are "lacking" and if an image for the set is available
in a catalog, it will likely be better than any photo I add. If you do find an
image for the set, would you please submit it as the image for this set. I'd
also appreciate it if you would send me a copy of the image too please, as I
would like to be able to add this set to rebrickable.com.
Thank you and regards,
David
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| Author: | Erikmax | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 06:48 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, Erikmax writes:
| | In Catalog, enig writes:
| | In Catalog, Erikmax writes:
| | I recently bought YELLOW axles 50450 from a dealer on Bricklink offering them
in quantities at a reasonable price.
After arriving I noticed these axles being a bit lighter of colour. Because the
are more colour varieties I wasn't alarmed directly.
But when I looked a bit closer to the axles I also noticed the 'cross'
on the edge of the axle was a bit less sharp. I think normally there is a dimple
at one of the ends- these axes don't have one.
The combination of a quantity offer of this part, the colour difference and the
slightly rougher shape raises some questions.
If it is original: Perfect. If it isn't: How could we stop this? I guess
99% of the customers won't notice.
Or is it simply the end of the premium prices for this sort of parts??
Or place a warning with a clear description of the original?
|
* Do they have similar clutch power to the other axles? This is the first thing
to test. If not, might be an indication that they are indeed fake.
* Newer 32L axles should have ©LEGO and a mould number on them - at one of the
ends. NO mould pip at the (other) end.
* No idea if this also concerns axles, but recently we have been finding a scary
amount of pieces to be manufactured from that new bio-plastic crap. Does the
surface of those axles feel the same, and do they sound the same?
|
Thanks! The white 32 clearly has LEGO, the yellow one doesn't have it. The
material is the same. Clutch power not tested yet. So the question is: Do all
original 32 axles have the LEGO sign. Main difference is the cross the 32 had
slightly undeeper grooves and the cross is between 0,50- 1 mm thicker.
|
Mine don't have the lego sign. Although they are not as fat looking as yours.
Mine are from 2013 #60004.
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Thanks! Yes the fat cross is the big question. But anyway you can see how difficult
it is to find out what is original and what isn't...and this is a bit worrying.
I started the whole post because I am reselling the parts and I want to be sure
that I sell original parts, especially because these parts fetch a large premium.
And of course the idea of paying 90 Euro for 10 axles that maybe can be bought
from Ali for 2 Euro all 10... free postage..If this is the case I don't blame
the seller directly, because there may be more chains in the selling process..but
if it are really fake parts someone is making a giant profit...
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 06:32 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Erikmax writes:
| | In Catalog, enig writes:
| | In Catalog, Erikmax writes:
| | I recently bought YELLOW axles 50450 from a dealer on Bricklink offering them
in quantities at a reasonable price.
After arriving I noticed these axles being a bit lighter of colour. Because the
are more colour varieties I wasn't alarmed directly.
But when I looked a bit closer to the axles I also noticed the 'cross'
on the edge of the axle was a bit less sharp. I think normally there is a dimple
at one of the ends- these axes don't have one.
The combination of a quantity offer of this part, the colour difference and the
slightly rougher shape raises some questions.
If it is original: Perfect. If it isn't: How could we stop this? I guess
99% of the customers won't notice.
Or is it simply the end of the premium prices for this sort of parts??
Or place a warning with a clear description of the original?
|
* Do they have similar clutch power to the other axles? This is the first thing
to test. If not, might be an indication that they are indeed fake.
* Newer 32L axles should have ©LEGO and a mould number on them - at one of the
ends. NO mould pip at the (other) end.
* No idea if this also concerns axles, but recently we have been finding a scary
amount of pieces to be manufactured from that new bio-plastic crap. Does the
surface of those axles feel the same, and do they sound the same?
|
Thanks! The white 32 clearly has LEGO, the yellow one doesn't have it. The
material is the same. Clutch power not tested yet. So the question is: Do all
original 32 axles have the LEGO sign. Main difference is the cross the 32 had
slightly undeeper grooves and the cross is between 0,50- 1 mm thicker.
|
Mine don't have the lego sign. Although they are not as fat looking as yours.
Mine are from 2013 #60004.
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| Author: | Erikmax | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 06:25 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, enig writes:
| | In Catalog, Erikmax writes:
| | I recently bought YELLOW axles 50450 from a dealer on Bricklink offering them
in quantities at a reasonable price.
After arriving I noticed these axles being a bit lighter of colour. Because the
are more colour varieties I wasn't alarmed directly.
But when I looked a bit closer to the axles I also noticed the 'cross'
on the edge of the axle was a bit less sharp. I think normally there is a dimple
at one of the ends- these axes don't have one.
The combination of a quantity offer of this part, the colour difference and the
slightly rougher shape raises some questions.
If it is original: Perfect. If it isn't: How could we stop this? I guess
99% of the customers won't notice.
Or is it simply the end of the premium prices for this sort of parts??
Or place a warning with a clear description of the original?
|
* Do they have similar clutch power to the other axles? This is the first thing
to test. If not, might be an indication that they are indeed fake.
* Newer 32L axles should have ©LEGO and a mould number on them - at one of the
ends. NO mould pip at the (other) end.
* No idea if this also concerns axles, but recently we have been finding a scary
amount of pieces to be manufactured from that new bio-plastic crap. Does the
surface of those axles feel the same, and do they sound the same?
|
Hi
I now also note that the white original LEGO axle has a flat somewhat lower recktangle
place with a dot in the middle on both sides of the end of the axle. The yellow
doesn't have this. But it could be another mold?
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| Author: | Erikmax | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 06:14 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, enig writes:
| | In Catalog, Erikmax writes:
| | I recently bought YELLOW axles 50450 from a dealer on Bricklink offering them
in quantities at a reasonable price.
After arriving I noticed these axles being a bit lighter of colour. Because the
are more colour varieties I wasn't alarmed directly.
But when I looked a bit closer to the axles I also noticed the 'cross'
on the edge of the axle was a bit less sharp. I think normally there is a dimple
at one of the ends- these axes don't have one.
The combination of a quantity offer of this part, the colour difference and the
slightly rougher shape raises some questions.
If it is original: Perfect. If it isn't: How could we stop this? I guess
99% of the customers won't notice.
Or is it simply the end of the premium prices for this sort of parts??
Or place a warning with a clear description of the original?
|
* Do they have similar clutch power to the other axles? This is the first thing
to test. If not, might be an indication that they are indeed fake.
* Newer 32L axles should have ©LEGO and a mould number on them - at one of the
ends. NO mould pip at the (other) end.
* No idea if this also concerns axles, but recently we have been finding a scary
amount of pieces to be manufactured from that new bio-plastic crap. Does the
surface of those axles feel the same, and do they sound the same?
|
Thanks! The white 32 clearly has LEGO, the yellow one doesn't have it. The
material is the same. Clutch power not tested yet. So the question is: Do all
original 32 axles have the LEGO sign. Main difference is the cross the 32 had
slightly undeeper grooves and the cross is between 0,50- 1 mm thicker.
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| Author: | enig | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 05:55 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Erikmax writes:
| | I recently bought YELLOW axles 50450 from a dealer on Bricklink offering them
in quantities at a reasonable price.
After arriving I noticed these axles being a bit lighter of colour. Because the
are more colour varieties I wasn't alarmed directly.
But when I looked a bit closer to the axles I also noticed the 'cross'
on the edge of the axle was a bit less sharp. I think normally there is a dimple
at one of the ends- these axes don't have one.
The combination of a quantity offer of this part, the colour difference and the
slightly rougher shape raises some questions.
If it is original: Perfect. If it isn't: How could we stop this? I guess
99% of the customers won't notice.
Or is it simply the end of the premium prices for this sort of parts??
Or place a warning with a clear description of the original?
|
* Do they have similar clutch power to the other axles? This is the first thing
to test. If not, might be an indication that they are indeed fake.
* Newer 32L axles should have ©LEGO and a mould number on them - at one of the
ends. NO mould pip at the (other) end.
* No idea if this also concerns axles, but recently we have been finding a scary
amount of pieces to be manufactured from that new bio-plastic crap. Does the
surface of those axles feel the same, and do they sound the same?
|
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| Author: | Erikmax | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 05:54 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | I have a couple of used, genuine of the 32 long axles.
They do not have dimples on the ends, they are flat ends. They also appear slightly
lighter than flat yellow parts but this might be an effect of the way light bounces
off them as they are a much smaller flat surface area compared to a tile for
example.
|
I sure won't win the photo competition and I hope it is clear.
Left: shorter yellow axle. Middle: the yellow 32 axle. Right: the white 32 axle.
Although the photo is not the best you can see that the yellow 32 has not ther
sharp cross the other axles have.
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| Author: | Erikmax | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 05:38 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | I have a couple of used, genuine of the 32 long axles.
They do not have dimples on the ends, they are flat ends. They also appear slightly
lighter than flat yellow parts but this might be an effect of the way light bounces
off them as they are a much smaller flat surface area compared to a tile for
example.
|
Hi
Colour: I did not compare them with yellow parts, but with the hunderds of yellow
AXLES in different lenght and coming from various sources I have in stock.
The dimple in the black or white axles I have is very tiny.
When I compare the cross of the white and black axle 32 with this of the yellow
ones, it is much sharper.I will try to make a photo.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 05:23 | | Subject: | Re: Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I have a couple of used, genuine of the 32 long axles.
They do not have dimples on the ends, they are flat ends. They also appear slightly
lighter than flat yellow parts but this might be an effect of the way light bounces
off them as they are a much smaller flat surface area compared to a tile for
example.
|
| Author: | tec | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 04:51 | | Subject: | Re: New Packing Dimensions Feature | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I bet #Axaday made a stunning 2000 of those 2100 inputs.
I advance his name for a "Dimensions Savant" post.
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| Author: | Erikmax | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2021 04:50 | | Subject: | Original or coming from Ali? | | Viewed: | 206 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| I recently bought YELLOW axles 50450 from a dealer on Bricklink offering them
in quantities at a reasonable price.
After arriving I noticed these axles being a bit lighter of colour. Because the
are more colour varieties I wasn't alarmed directly.
But when I looked a bit closer to the axles I also noticed the 'cross'
on the edge of the axle was a bit less sharp. I think normally there is a dimple
at one of the ends- these axes don't have one.
The combination of a quantity offer of this part, the colour difference and the
slightly rougher shape raises some questions.
If it is original: Perfect. If it isn't: How could we stop this? I guess
99% of the customers won't notice.
Or is it simply the end of the premium prices for this sort of parts??
Or place a warning with a clear description of the original?
|
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| Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 20:33 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Turez writes:
Oh my gosh, I love it! The fact that you could easily identify who was who in
that comic is fantastic.
And congratulations Turez!! 
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| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Thank you for the link, I wish I could be notified of new comics, so I really
appreciate people linking to it.
In Catalog, Turez writes:
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| Author: | Emilio_Magnelli | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 15:14 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| It' s a real pleasure to welcome Turez
em
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| Author: | Turez | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 15:06 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | Thank you all! |
| Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 08:40 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Congrats Turez!
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 08:06 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | Congrats Turez! |
| Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 06:45 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
Welcome, and we hope your involvement will be one of great accomplishment !
Nita Rae
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 05:42 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| A very good selection.
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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| Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 05:18 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
Congratulations @Turez!
Hope the best for you in your position
Good to see you in the Admins page, even thought seems it was not updated completely.
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 04:48 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Nice one, congratulations and thank you.
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 03:56 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
Congrats, keep up the good work and contributions!
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| Author: | Brickwilbo | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 02:13 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
Congratulations Turez.
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| Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 00:31 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes
| | We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program.
|
Not sure why anyone is surprised about this. There was a big catalog dump that
was largely stormchaser’s baby and it was mostly cancelled at the last minute.
Was he frustrated, probably. Is this the first time he has left BL, no. This
might not be the last we see of stormchaser. He had big ambitions, but it looks
like he wasn’t given the freedom to execute his vision. Maybe BL was right to
not make too many catalog changes at once, but maybe not... Either way, when
you get paid to do a job, it’s important to do your best within the parameters
of that job. I’m just guessing, but I think he was just ahead of his time at
BL. All the best!
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Apr 28, 2021 00:21 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Welcome and thanks for stepping up!
Jen
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| Author: | atkk | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 21:57 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Congrats Turez!!
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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| Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 21:56 | | Subject: | Re: Looney Tunes Martian without cloth? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, tEoS writes:
| | My Martian did not come with the cloth piece. Did this happen to anyone else?
[s=coltun-10]
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Did you check the packet throughly? Sometimes cloth elements can stick to the
inside of the bag or get caught in a corner.
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| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 21:52 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | Congrats on the nomination! |
| Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 21:45 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
Congradz Jonas
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| Author: | DPB | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 21:35 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | Congratulations Turez! It can only get better with you onboard!! DPB |
| Author: | jbo210 | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 21:31 | | Subject: | Re: We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Congratulations Turez! Glad to have you on the BL team! Thank you to all the
Admins for keeping BL alive and thriving!
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 21:27 | | Subject: | We have a new Inventories Administrator! | | Viewed: | 289 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Dear BrickLink members,
We have appointed to the Community Expert Program one new member today! His username
is Turez and he will be assuming the role of Inventories Administrator. As with
all other admins in this area, he will be eligible to move up through the ranks
after a period of time:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=Turez
https://www.bricklink.com/memberAdmins.asp
Turez comes to us as a well-known and trusted catalog contributor who has a sharp
understanding of LEGO history and catalog related issues. He has contributed
extensively, and his contributions are of a very high quality. You can see some
of his part images here:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogListOld.asp?pg=1&imgLID=346378&sortBy=N&sortAsc=A&catType=P
We look forward to what he will bring to the team. Please welcome him.
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 19:53 | | Subject: | Looney Tunes Martian without cloth? | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| My Martian did not come with the cloth piece. Did this happen to anyone else?
[s=coltun-10]
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| Author: | qwertyboy | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: New Packing Dimensions Feature | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | That graph shows everything. The tool was needed, and it was needed long before
Instant Checkout should have ever gone live. Better late than never, but the
new tool is obviously a success and will help fill in the data for IC quickly.
|
The tool depicted in that graph was me.
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Obviously a pretty sharp tool.
Niek.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 11:41 | | Subject: | Re: New Packing Dimensions Feature | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | I'd also like to include a little chart showing the effect of releasing this
tool (see Image 3). And we still have 4 more days to go in April.
|
That graph shows everything. The tool was needed, and it was needed long before
Instant Checkout should have ever gone live. Better late than never, but the
new tool is obviously a success and will help fill in the data for IC quickly.
|
The tool depicted in that graph was me.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 11:39 | | Subject: | Re: New Packing Dimensions Feature | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | I'd also like to include a little chart showing the effect of releasing this
tool (see Image 3). And we still have 4 more days to go in April.
|
That graph shows everything. The tool was needed, and it was needed long before
Instant Checkout should have ever gone live. Better late than never, but the
new tool is obviously a success and will help fill in the data for IC quickly.
|
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 10:03 | | Subject: | Re: New Packing Dimensions Feature | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | We are pleased to announce that a major new feature was deployed to the catalog
today - Packing Dimensions!
|
Today the last bug was fixed for the new Packing Dimensions Project, Phase 1.
Contributors may now use the question mark link on the catalog detail page to
quickly and easily submit a missing Packaging Dimension (see Image 1).
If the question mark isn't working as a link, it's not a bug - just go
to your Catalog Settings page and check the box (see Image 2):
Show Links to Add Weight and Dimensions
...and be sure to save your settings. 
A full 7 months before the April 6 release of this feature, on Sep 6 of last
year I opened a new Forum Topic called Packing Dimensions X, to make it easier
to handle the large backlog of requests that had built up earlier in the year.
When I opened the topic, I actually asked people NOT to contribute except when
necessary:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1220218
As a matter of consideration, please don't add dimensions for parts with
every side under 20mm.
And then on Oct 6, I asked for the following:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1225859
...until we get a tool that goes through the normal approval channels (which
is coming in the next few weeks), please do not submit measurements for an entire
set of [300] decorated parts...
However, now that the tool is ready to use, I would like to officially remove
all restrictions from submitting Packing Dimensions. We are planning to open
up some other forms and give you some handy filters to find missing dimensions
- this will be in Phases 2 and 3. But for now, the paved road is finally open,
so drive on through!
I'd also like to include a little chart showing the effect of releasing this
tool (see Image 3). And we still have 4 more days to go in April.
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I saw the blue ? before I saw the forum post. That should speed things up.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2021 00:57 | | Subject: | Re: New Packing Dimensions Feature | | Viewed: | 105 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | We are pleased to announce that a major new feature was deployed to the catalog
today - Packing Dimensions!
|
Today the last bug was fixed for the new Packing Dimensions Project, Phase 1.
Contributors may now use the question mark link on the catalog detail page to
quickly and easily submit a missing Packaging Dimension (see Image 1).
If the question mark isn't working as a link, it's not a bug - just go
to your Catalog Settings page and check the box (see Image 2):
Show Links to Add Weight and Dimensions
...and be sure to save your settings.
A full 7 months before the April 6 release of this feature, on Sep 6 of last
year I opened a new Forum Topic called Packing Dimensions X, to make it easier
to handle the large backlog of requests that had built up earlier in the year.
When I opened the topic, I actually asked people NOT to contribute except when
necessary:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1220218
As a matter of consideration, please don't add dimensions for parts with
every side under 20mm.
And then on Oct 6, I asked for the following:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1225859
...until we get a tool that goes through the normal approval channels (which
is coming in the next few weeks), please do not submit measurements for an entire
set of [300] decorated parts...
However, now that the tool is ready to use, I would like to officially remove
all restrictions from submitting Packing Dimensions. We are planning to open
up some other forms and give you some handy filters to find missing dimensions
- this will be in Phases 2 and 3. But for now, the paved road is finally open,
so drive on through!
I'd also like to include a little chart showing the effect of releasing this
tool (see Image 3). And we still have 4 more days to go in April.
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| Author: | steverus | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2021 11:14 | | Subject: | Please add alternative item to 3626bpb0783 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Hi
Please can you add a hollow stud version of 3626bpb0783. Thank you
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2021 02:51 | | Subject: | Re: Multipack | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, The_RealRedHex writes:
| | Part
has a note displaying what sets it is in, however the catalogue states it doesn't
show in any sets. I was thinking of adding them as alternates to the sets but
thought I should get others opinions first. Should I add it as an Alternate,
Counterpart, Regular or Extra?
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
|
They are already in the inventory, as regular and extra parts. This is similar
to other parts that come in card boxes to protect them.
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| Author: | Hexy | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2021 19:56 | | Subject: | Multipack | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Part
has a note displaying what sets it is in, however the catalogue states it doesn't
show in any sets. I was thinking of adding them as alternates to the sets but
thought I should get others opinions first. Should I add it as an Alternate,
Counterpart, Regular or Extra?
Regards,
Theo - The_RealRedHex
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 23:17 | | Subject: | lol, snarling | | Viewed: | 147 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| I've trained myself to search lopsided, and smirk, but this is the first
I've seen "snarling" haha.
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| Author: | Jabbz | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 09:38 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | | This will be worth more, as it is a nice one that can also be used for variation
and not just curiousity. Did you get it in a set, or in a lot?
|
I got it in a bundle of parts from eBay.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 09:33 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Jabbz writes:
| | In Catalog, 00Mera00 writes:
| | Looks like a misprint to me! put it in a safe box, lock it up and cherish it
forever! it's a nice one
|
WOW!
Are misprints even worth anything on top of the original value? I know some people
like to collect them.
|
This will be worth more, as it is a nice one that can also be used for variation
and not just curiousity. Did you get it in a set, or in a lot? I think one of
the Chinese sellers that do missing print / bad print parts was selling that
one a few years ago. I bought a lot of LOTR parts that were missing paint from
them but didn't really pay too much attention to the SW parts. I remember
that they had a lot of partially printed ewok heads.
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| Author: | Jabbz | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 09:00 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, 00Mera00 writes:
| | Very collectable from what i've seen and most if not all have higher values
because of it, i don't collect them specifically but we've had a few
come through our way and i have them all bagged in a draw, like my little treasure
box, my fave so far is Theoden's armour, the printing is on the back instead
of the front, always nice to get something a little more quirky.
|
I'm not a huge SW fan so I don't think I'll keep it, I think there
are others who will treasure it more than me!
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| Author: | Jabbz | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 08:59 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
Thanks
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| Author: | grimsbricksuk | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 08:58 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| https://www.facebook.com/groups/608494213243712/?ref=share
In Catalog, Jabbz writes:
| | In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | Definitely a misprint & a pretty good one.
There’s a group on Facebook that specialises in misprinted minifigs if you’re
looking to sell it.
|
Could you provide a link or name of that group please? Thanks
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| Author: | 00Mera00 | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 08:57 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Very collectable from what i've seen and most if not all have higher values
because of it, i don't collect them specifically but we've had a few
come through our way and i have them all bagged in a draw, like my little treasure
box, my fave so far is Theoden's armour, the printing is on the back instead
of the front, always nice to get something a little more quirky.
|
| Author: | Jabbz | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 08:52 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | Definitely a misprint & a pretty good one.
There’s a group on Facebook that specialises in misprinted minifigs if you’re
looking to sell it.
|
Could you provide a link or name of that group please? Thanks
|
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| Author: | grimsbricksuk | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 08:50 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Definitely a misprint & a pretty good one.
There’s a group on Facebook that specialises in misprinted minifigs if you’re
looking to sell it.
In Catalog, Jabbz writes:
| | Hi all,
I recently came across this Jar Jar Binks head (pictured on the right) and I
can't seem to identify it on BL. It is not like any of the three variants
of the mold. I think it could be misprint of 92743pb03 (which is pictured on
the left).
If I am horribly wrong please point me in the right direction! My Star Wars knowledge
is not the best!
Thanks
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| Author: | Jabbz | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 08:49 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, 00Mera00 writes:
| | Looks like a misprint to me! put it in a safe box, lock it up and cherish it
forever! it's a nice one
|
WOW!
Are misprints even worth anything on top of the original value? I know some people
like to collect them.
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| Author: | 00Mera00 | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 08:47 | | Subject: | Re: Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Looks like a misprint to me! put it in a safe box, lock it up and cherish it
forever! it's a nice one
|
| Author: | Jabbz | | Posted: | Apr 23, 2021 07:33 | | Subject: | Misprint or am I being silly? | | Viewed: | 225 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Hi all,
I recently came across this Jar Jar Binks head (pictured on the right) and I
can't seem to identify it on BL. It is not like any of the three variants
of the mold. I think it could be misprint of 92743pb03 (which is pictured on
the left).
If I am horribly wrong please point me in the right direction! My Star Wars knowledge
is not the best!
Thanks
|
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| Author: | grimsbricksuk | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: Sw1144 yoda | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Ooops yes I’d forgotten about sw1146 pending as Blue Milk Luke, ok my bad.
But why was Yoda changed to sw1147, surely sw1144 was perfectly fine?
In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?
|
is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.
|
And you were the one who submitted it to the catalog, so you should know, right?
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| Author: | grimsbricksuk | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: sw1145 Poe & sw1147 Yoda | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Ok so I had sw1146 pending as Blue Milk Luke (totally forgotten about), which
I’ve now deleted as it’s never going to be released at this rate.
Still need no idea why the two figs changed codes though?
In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | What happened to Star Wars minifig codes sw1144 & sw1146? Are we just skipping
numbers now, as neither of them exist!
I don’t get why Yoda was changed from sw1144 to sw1145 for no apparent reason?
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Sw1144 yoda | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?
|
is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.
|
And you were the one who submitted it to the catalog, so you should know, right?
|
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: Sw1144 yoda | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
| | I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?
|
is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.
|
| Author: | grimsbricksuk | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 11:44 | | Subject: | sw1145 Poe & sw1147 Yoda | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| What happened to Star Wars minifig codes sw1144 & sw1146? Are we just skipping
numbers now, as neither of them exist!
I don’t get why Yoda was changed from sw1144 to sw1145 for no apparent reason?
|
| Author: | grimsbricksuk | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 11:18 | | Subject: | Re: Sw1144 yoda | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?
In Catalog, goldknight writes:
| | This yoda is from the atlas book that I just received. The yoda is in a clamshell
in front of the book with a camera, walking stick, map, and backpack. The yoda
was assembled already. My question is that I see the picture of sw1144 with the
backpack on but it was not assembled that way on the clamshell—do we need another
picture of yoda without backpack or just let it be?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 10:46 | | Subject: | Re: Brown (Old) 3957 | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
| | We have 2 of these in stock and were about to submit a photo (none in catalogue)
when we saw that whilst it is listed as a known colour it is not shown in any
sets. I thought that was not the policy - if not in set not a known colour???
Clarification, please.
|
Brown isn’t in the Known Colours column for me.
It’s in the Price Guide Information column though, maybe you’re mistaking the
two?
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| Author: | calsbricks | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2021 10:40 | | Subject: | Brown (Old) 3957 | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| We have 2 of these in stock and were about to submit a photo (none in catalogue)
when we saw that whilst it is listed as a known colour it is not shown in any
sets. I thought that was not the policy - if not in set not a known colour???
Clarification, please.
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| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 19:12 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 96 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| I am a curious person. I am curious about this and think it is natural to be.
I am also often frustrated by obituaries that almost never tell what happened.
No, we don't DESERVE all the details, but I totally understand why people
would be curious.
I have enjoyed many collaborations with Stormchaser. He knows how I feel about
him. Whether on staff or not in the future, I hope he will continue to contribute.
If his life has changed and he doesn't have the time, maybe he will return
later. If his feelings have been hurt and he needs some time or never wants
to come back, I understand that. There is still a lot of work to do on the catalog,
but at the end of the day none of us do it unless it is fun. Some day I will
quit. Not soon, I think. Meanwhile there are some ugly old renders and some
some undetermined coconut trees, so I'm going back to work.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 18:33 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory for gear 40315 | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
| | How do I recreate the image for the instructions? I can't find any upload
form for gear instructions. This image should be used.
/Jan
|
Submit it to the instructions entry for 40315-99. This is a special trick that
was created for gear sets that had instructions. Hopefully, all of these will
be sets come October so we won't have to worry about this anymore.
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 18:29 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | | | In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:
|
| | StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'
|
He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.
Jen
|
Seems disingenuous, your expression of concern. He’s a big boy, that I don’t
believe was without compensation.
I appreciate Robert and his efforts as much as any others here, and before most:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543
He’s quit the catalog team before though: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543
He’s also gone to the extent of quitting BL altogether, unregistering vowing
publicly never to return: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1123830
Only to be reinstated by that evil BL office (admin) you seem incessant in denigrating.
-popsicle
|
Ouch! You got me there: I harbor no good feelings toward the BL office. However,
I do generally admire your positivity and wish I had more of it. I used to look
on the better side of things and now I don't.
There's too many things that could be better if they chose to make them better.
This rankles me. I do try to be supportive and kind when I see genuine effort.
I help newbies, I support our admin, I contribute. So, I am incessant in wanting
things to be better. You're right. 'Denigrating' implies that I am
lashing out without cause. Is that fair?
I don't feel good about what happened. I think we are worse off. If I came
across as disingenuous, that was not my intent.
Take care,
Jen
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 16:57 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 140 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | | | In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:
|
| | StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'
|
He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.
Jen
|
Seems disingenuous, your expression of concern. He’s a big boy, that I don’t
believe was without compensation.
I appreciate Robert and his efforts as much as any others here, and before most:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543
He’s quit the catalog team before though: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543
He’s also gone to the extent of quitting BL altogether, unregistering vowing
publicly never to return: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1123830
Only to be reinstated by that evil BL office (admin) you seem incessant in denigrating.
-popsicle
|
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 15:54 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | | In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:
|
| | StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'
|
He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.
Jen
|
|
| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear community,
We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.
StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.
We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.
The BrickLink Team
|
We hope he continues to be a part of the community and want to express our deepest
gratitude for his help personally to us as users and broadly to the community
here on BL.
We can't imagine what a thankless 'job' it is to volunteer for the
betterment of a community and be constantly criticized by users who can't
deal with changes even though those changes have only upgraded and elevated the
catalog.
StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'
|
VERY WELL SAID.
|
|
| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.
|
There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).
They should clearly be transparent about decisions connected to the catalogue.
However, they should not be transparent about why someone is no longer doing
something they used to do. It could be a whole range of things, from wanting
payment for voluntary work, a difference of opinion over part movements or definitions,
things moving at the wrong speed, through to more personal reasons such as someone
deciding they cannot do it for employment or medical or family reasons or just
that they have done it long enough and want a break. Unless the person involved
wants to tell us, then I don't think we need to know the reasons. I don't
see that as a lack of transparency, just privacy.
|
+1
|
|
| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 14:16 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 65 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.
|
There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).
|
+1
|
| Author: | normann1974 | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 14:02 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory for gear 40315 | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| How do I recreate the image for the instructions? I can't find any upload
form for gear instructions. This image should be used.
/Jan
|
|
|
| Author: | Heartbricker | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 12:11 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 94 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear community,
We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.
StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.
We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.
The BrickLink Team
|
We hope he continues to be a part of the community and want to express our deepest
gratitude for his help personally to us as users and broadly to the community
here on BL.
We can't imagine what a thankless 'job' it is to volunteer for the
betterment of a community and be constantly criticized by users who can't
deal with changes even though those changes have only upgraded and elevated the
catalog.
StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'
|
|
| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 11:03 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | | I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.
|
There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).
They should clearly be transparent about decisions connected to the catalogue.
However, they should not be transparent about why someone is no longer doing
something they used to do. It could be a whole range of things, from wanting
payment for voluntary work, a difference of opinion over part movements or definitions,
things moving at the wrong speed, through to more personal reasons such as someone
deciding they cannot do it for employment or medical or family reasons or just
that they have done it long enough and want a break. Unless the person involved
wants to tell us, then I don't think we need to know the reasons. I don't
see that as a lack of transparency, just privacy.
|
|
| Author: | elias3 | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 10:05 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear community,
We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.
StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.
We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.
The BrickLink Team
|
🙀
|
|
| Author: | Macaronis | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 10:01 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog, jancg writes:
| | BrickLink,
Russell,
Can you please share the reason of his departure?
Kind regards, Jan.
|
I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.
The catalog didn't use to be this way. I was an admin for three years. We
were members and leaders and accountable to the community. For years now, when
you ask an admin for an explanation for a decision, you get one. Robert made
the system even better with published goals, definitions, plans, and community
discussion. Every move the BL office makes to move the catalog more toward them
and away from us is bad news. They are not accountable to us, have practically
no customer service, and have very little LEGO expertise among them. They didn't
build this catalog but they did buy it. So, there we are.
I've noticed for months that our admins, who have traditionally been some
of the most vocal people here on the Forum, are now largely silent. I doubt this
is a coincidence. I wouldn't speak for them, but I will speak for me. Whatever
the reason, the admins that work so hard and support our community have my respect
and support. I think we can all see from the XP site what our catalog would look
like without them.
Jen
|
+10
|
|
| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 09:49 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, jancg writes:
| | BrickLink,
Russell,
Can you please share the reason of his departure?
Kind regards, Jan.
|
I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.
The catalog didn't use to be this way. I was an admin for three years. We
were members and leaders and accountable to the community. For years now, when
you ask an admin for an explanation for a decision, you get one. Robert made
the system even better with published goals, definitions, plans, and community
discussion. Every move the BL office makes to move the catalog more toward them
and away from us is bad news. They are not accountable to us, have practically
no customer service, and have very little LEGO expertise among them. They didn't
build this catalog but they did buy it. So, there we are.
I've noticed for months that our admins, who have traditionally been some
of the most vocal people here on the Forum, are now largely silent. I doubt this
is a coincidence. I wouldn't speak for them, but I will speak for me. Whatever
the reason, the admins that work so hard and support our community have my respect
and support. I think we can all see from the XP site what our catalog would look
like without them.
Jen
|
|
| Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 08:59 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Just because people are curious about it doesn't mean they are entitled to
the information. People have lives beyond BrickLink which details they rather
not share on BrickLink, it's perfectly fine you have to respect that.
It isn't about transparency, it doesn't change anything for the BrickLink
Catalog Admin team whether you know why two of their members left it.
If StormChaser wants to share the reasons of their departure, they'll do
it, in the meantime please stop prying.
In Catalog, jancg writes:
| | Why not?
Users might be interested to know.
Maybe some user considers volunteering.
If the former volunteer doesn't want to share it's fine, but a company
can of course share this information if the former volunteer is OK with that.
Not giving such insights generally results in negative thoughts. Transparency
and clarity goes a long way!
Jan.
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| Author: | normann1974 | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 08:49 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory for gear 40315 | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | | | | 2) This gear has an "instructions" entry, but my set had no instructions in the
bag. Is this the correct way to handle this situation?
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The instructions entry should be removed.
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Oops. In other words, I found the instructions. How they ended up where they
did I can't guess.
So please recreate the instructions entry. They weigh 5.6 grams. I don't
see the possibility of setting a weight in the gear change form.
I'd like to include the dimensions of the instructions as well. Do I enter
the folded or unfolded size in the form?
/Jan
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| Author: | jancg | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 08:05 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Why not?
Users might be interested to know.
Maybe some user considers volunteering.
If the former volunteer doesn't want to share it's fine, but a company
can of course share this information if the former volunteer is OK with that.
Not giving such insights generally results in negative thoughts. Transparency
and clarity goes a long way!
Jan.
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| Author: | Hygrotus | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 06:08 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Dear community,
We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.
StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.
We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.
The BrickLink Team
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I'm very suprised of his departure
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 05:15 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, jancg writes:
| | BrickLink,
Russell,
Can you please share the reason of his departure?
Kind regards, Jan.
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Why?
The reason that a volunteer no longer volunteers is nothing to do with anyone
else. If the volunteer wants to say why then that's fine, but a company should
not give out such information without the volunteer knowing.
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| Author: | jancg | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 05:08 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| BrickLink,
Russell,
Can you please share the reason of his departure?
Kind regards, Jan.
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| Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2021 04:30 | | Subject: | Re: Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| | This is very very sudden without any explanation. I am very sorry to hear this. |
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2021 20:12 | | Subject: | Changes involving the CEP | | Viewed: | 423 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Dear community,
We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.
StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.
We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.
The BrickLink Team
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2021 09:58 | | Subject: | Re: Please approve 51515 | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, mschulte writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, mschulte writes:
| | is there any news when this set will be approved?
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No one's working on it.
| | Can I help completing it?
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If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.
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I bought a copy of the set ~2 months ago. As its my only Lego set, it would
be quite easy to figure out which parts belong to the set. Are there instructions
available what I need to do to add the partlist?
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I am not 100% sure of the rules regarding having a new set in hand for an inventory.
An inventory admin will have to confirm. However, if you want to give it a go:
Start at the Add or Change page.
Choose: Add Inventory - Set
Enter your set number and Reserve Set (This gives you 3 days to start the inventory.)
Navigate back to this page and now Choose: Manual Add, enter your set number
and enter 1 in the Number of Entries
This will bring you to the Add Inventory page. A pop-up will come up asking if
you want to use the known data for the inventory. Click OK.
The fields will auto-populate with the generic LEGO data for the set. Read everything
there and then come back here with all your questions!
Forum members are usually happy to help new submitters.
Jen
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| Author: | mschulte | | Posted: | Apr 20, 2021 04:09 | | Subject: | Re: Please approve 51515 | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, mschulte writes:
| | is there any news when this set will be approved?
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No one's working on it.
| | Can I help completing it?
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If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.
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I bought a copy of the set ~2 months ago. As its my only Lego set, it would
be quite easy to figure out which parts belong to the set. Are there instructions
available what I need to do to add the partlist?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2021 11:38 | | Subject: | Re: Items Moved Today | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Greenbutterfly writes:
| | […]
Also, is it just my imagination, but it seems a lot of the recent category/name
changes are taking BL along the path towards the naming conventions used in LDD's
catalogue...
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It can’t be a move toward TLG/LDD’s naming conventions: they don’t exist! 
It could be a move toward TLG/LDD’s categorization but
1. it’s not the intent, it could only be coincidental,
2. as seen in LDD, it’s rather simple (TLG uses more categories but LDD merges
a lot of them in its UI), so in the same way as a stick figure represents any
human and so any human can be recognized in the stick figure, any categorization
can look like LDD’s.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2021 11:32 | | Subject: | Re: Items Moved Today | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Greenbutterfly writes:
| | […]
If this process is going to continue, then I'd strongly recommend wanted
list sorting have a new extra option of sorting by item category, then name...
not just item name. So that there's at least some way of getting back to
that original sort order.
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(Most of the) names start with the category, so the sort is already half there.
Also, as the change was moving items between categories, even if the WLs were
sorted by Cat name » item name, the items would still have been sorted differently.
Maybe you could use more, smaller Wanted Lists instead of one (or a few) big
one(s)? (You can buy from several WLs at once.)
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| Author: | Greenbutterfly | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2021 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: Items Moved Today | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | Everything on this list has been moved except for the last two items:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2487
We ran into a brief hiccup with those item type changes, but we plan to get them
moved later today. Let us know if you see anything on the list we missed.
As some of you already noticed, the list of moved items is about 1/9th the proposed
size. For a variety of reasons, we weren't able to accomplish the other
changes. This does not necessarily mean they won't happen, but merely that
they aren't happening right now.
For our October 1st, 2021 list, we're doing things differently to reduce
confusion. We'll post a page for that soon and begin listing items between
now and then. We'll lock it down on September 1st and every single item
placed on the October 1st page will be moved.
For anyone wondering about this process, our goal was to reduce confusion about
where things belong in the catalog. The project consisted of two steps:
1. Define in writing what should be in each category.
2. Move parts as necessary to conform with written definitions.
We've completed step one, for the most part (although it's still being
tweaked here and there). Now we're working (slowly) through step two.
Let us know if you have any questions or comments.
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Also, is it just my imagination, but it seems a lot of the recent category/name
changes are taking BL along the path towards the naming conventions used in LDD's
catalogue...
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| Author: | Greenbutterfly | | Posted: | Apr 19, 2021 10:52 | | Subject: | Re: Items Moved Today | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | The idea of a larger-scale change conducted twice per year is working well and
is superior to occasional changes that are harder to draw everyone’s attention
to. So, the good news is that for the foreseeable future, we will shift categories
mainly at those times, with the current organizational structure.
...
2) The parts in the original April 1 list are much more common than those in
the previous list. There are some obscure and some common parts in both lists,
but as a whole, moving parts in the original April 1 list would have had an exponentially
larger impact. Even if we were ok with all of the changes, we would not want
to move this many at one time.
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You seems to be favouring twice yearly large moves instead of smaller ones, but
then go on to say there were too many to move. What is the plan here, to roll
those over to the next move and possibly bumping other parts of that move if
the list becomes too long again?
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That was exactly what I've been wondering for a while. The logic of not wanting
"too much" at one time escapes me. The more often things change, the messier
it is. I may open my main store back up once all of this is over (late 2022 or
so) in the meantime it's just too much chaos for me and not really worth
the hassle.
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I'll say it's also been a massive hassle for me the last few days, thinking
I'm going more nuts than usual with my chemo.
I have several large wanted lists for long-term models that I'm slowly accreting
parts. One of them has minifigure parts for statues. I spent several hours today
trying to hunt down all these parts after changes. They used to all be grouped
together but now arms are in one page, the torsos are 5 pages on (with the 100-parts-per-page
setting) and so on.
This is going to be a massive nightmare for me to do something like order just
the minifigure parts. They're now no longer selectable in nearly one go.
Ditto the animals.
If this process is going to continue, then I'd strongly recommend wanted
list sorting have a new extra option of sorting by item category, then name...
not just item name. So that there's at least some way of getting back to
that original sort order.
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2021 09:35 | | Subject: | Re: Looney Tunes minifigures | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| Personally, I would wait as there seems to be a box error where you get 6 roadrunners,
but no wiley e. coyote. You can find info on Brickset and other Lego sites.
Minifigure Madness had the boxes, but they are currently out of stock. They
have a notify feature.
| | I would like to know where to buy a full box at retail price, where do stores
order from ?
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| Author: | razorflan | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2021 09:03 | | Subject: | Re: Looney Tunes minifigures | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, BlackbirdToys writes:
| | Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?
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I would like to know where to buy a full box at retail price, where do stores
order from ?
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| Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2021 02:26 | | Subject: | Re: Looney Tunes minifigures | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| According to the Lego (website), they are not released until April 26th. I expect
they will be in the catalog sometime after that date.
In Catalog, BlackbirdToys writes:
| | Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?
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| Author: | BlackbirdToys | | Posted: | Apr 18, 2021 00:49 | | Subject: | Looney Tunes minifigures | | Viewed: | 133 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?
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| Author: | bahpstore | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2021 20:59 | | Subject: | Re: BSX file of all SW minifigures? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, bricklinklp writes:
| | In Catalog, Royroy writes:
| | Does anybody have a bsx or other usable file with all the SW Minifigures that
she/he woulnd't mind sharing?
It would save me some boring work
Have a nice evening!
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PM me your email address, I'll send you one with all 1209 start wars minifigs.
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Oops 1210 now, just added sw1144
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