Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | bb2802930  | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2022 16:01 | | Subject: | Re: There is A Slim Chance on Bricklink again | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
| In New Stores, maxx3001 writes:
| | In New Stores, slimpickins writes:
| | My store is now open.
This will be considerably smaller than it was in the good old days, but there
are going to be some interesting items within.
Hoping to list some more sets ( mostly used ) in the coming weeks/months
It’s good to be back.
Slim
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Welcome back, a few of the old guard are still here.
Question, why not use your old store?
Maxx
P.s. still looking for rare 2x4 bricks 
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Hi Maxx,
You must have the 2 x 4 bricks from set 5679b I have Aston these for 15 years
( not literally ) because of the colour dispute
So can yo confirm the darker ones are indeed Lilac as it states in the BL set
inventory ?
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2022 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: There is A Slim Chance on Bricklink again | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
| In New Stores, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In New Stores, slimpickins writes:
| | My store is now open.
This will be considerably smaller than it was in the good old days, but there
are going to be some interesting items within.
Hoping to list some more sets ( mostly used ) in the coming weeks/months
It’s good to be back.
Slim
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Good Luck this time around, Slim. 
Say Hi to Granny Slim, too, from all of us here on BL.
** (where did I place all of my Tools needed to unpack a SlimPickins BL order?)
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Cheeky
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2022 12:11 | | Subject: | Re: There is A Slim Chance on Bricklink again | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
| In New Stores, 1001bricks writes:
| | In New Stores, slimpickins writes:
| | My store is now open.
This will be considerably smaller than it was in the good old days, but there
are going to be some interesting items within.
Hoping to list some more sets ( mostly used ) in the coming weeks/months
It’s good to be back.
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Wow!
How do we know it's the actual you!?
Welcome back and good luck
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How indeed ?
Chick will vouch for me
I know that isn’t much of an endorsement
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Oct 19, 2022 12:04 | | Subject: | There is A Slim Chance on Bricklink again | | Viewed: | 249 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
| My store is now open.
This will be considerably smaller than it was in the good old days, but there
are going to be some interesting items within.
Hoping to list some more sets ( mostly used ) in the coming weeks/months
It’s good to be back.
Slim
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Oct 9, 2022 06:28 | | Subject: | Re: Lego educational set 1a | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
| In Catalog Identification, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, slimpickins writes:
| | Can anyone point me in the right direction for this set ?
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Other sites list
as "Educational Set 1", and this set is related:
Is "1a" anything like the above?
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No,
I have had the wooden boxes before
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Oct 7, 2022 06:49 | | Subject: | Re: Lego educational set 1a | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
| In Catalog Identification, Dino1 writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, slimpickins writes:
| | Can anyone point me in the right direction for this set ?
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I only see, it is a set that came out between 1960 and 1964.
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My difficulty is finding it in the catalogue
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Oct 6, 2022 05:41 | | Subject: | Lego educational set 1a | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
| | Can anyone point me in the right direction for this set ? |
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Sep 29, 2022 05:18 | | Subject: | Re: Asteroids? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, rikitikitaviguy writes:
Yep, this one.
| | Goes by a different name now but will prolly see this and reply. You're
going back to the good ol days of Troy, John, Foster/Thor, me, PeoplesGeneral,
Darren, and you...
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Ash, Chickaroo, Slim Pickins, Timothy Smith, arf! Legendary ones.
Ah, and me
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The good old days.
Granny Slim says hello
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 14:08 | | Subject: | Re: Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, slimpickins writes:
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The email with the instructions was sent n 2019.
But any zip file that it says is needed to re-activate that account is not showing
up in my emails
It may have been received but I wiped a lot of emails in the last few years.
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Yeah, it happened to many (especially if the e-mail went to the spam folder).
| | If anyone who knew me before wants proof of who I am then tell them to ask Granny
Slim
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No one’s saying you’re not who you say you are 
I was just telling you about the e-mail in case you didn’t know about it and
still had it.
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What’s 14,000 +ve feedback anyway.
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 13:42 | | Subject: | Re: Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Off Topic, slimpickins writes:
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| | Die to health problems I stopped selling Lego for a long time.
When I checked back on Bricklink my account had been deleted.
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You should have received an e-mail with an archive of your account and instructions
on how to reactivate it.
(Thanks to CCPA/RGPD, websites can’t keep personal data without express consent.)
| | | | Same old Slim, just a little more so
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*Due
What an unfortunate typo there.
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| | Used to be able to edit forum posts after posting
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I don’t think so.
Everybody already complains enough about the lack of this feature that I doubt
the old timers would never have said it was possible before 
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The email with the instructions was sent n 2019.
But any zip file that it says is needed to re-activate that account is not showing
up in my emails
It may have been received but I wiped a lot of emails in the last few years.
If anyone who knew me before wants proof of who I am then tell them to ask Granny
Slim
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 12:54 | | Subject: | Re: Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, slimpickins writes:
| | In Off Topic, Shiny_Stuff writes:
Die to health problems I stopped selling Lego for a long time.
When I checked back on Bricklink my account had been deleted.
Same old Slim, just a little more so
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*Due
What an unfortunate typo there.
Used to be able to edit forum posts after posting
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
| In Off Topic, Shiny_Stuff writes:
Die to health problems I stopped selling Lego for a long time.
When I checked back on Bricklink my account had been deleted.
Same old Slim, just a little more so
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In Colors, slimpickins writes:
| | In Colors, hpoort writes:
| | In Colors, hpoort writes:
| | In Colors, slimpickins writes:
| | This one is for the old timers.
Way back in 2005 toys’rus sold these tubs that had a box strapped to the top
with 500 pieces “free”
I have checked the inventory on Bricklink, but there were 2 different boxes and
there is only 1 inventory.
Anyway, I am looking at some 2 x 4 bricks which have been stored away in clipseal
bags for 17 years.
This is because I cannot be 100% certain of the 2 colours
I believe one might be lilac and the other possibly Lavender, but I need to be
certain
Can anyone help ?
Thanks , Slim
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Left: Medium Violet (and add a note to your lot as Bricklink does not distinguish
two distinct varieties: this is the Medium Bluish Violet variety); this color
is rather unique for the Brick 2x4
Right: Medium Lavender (common modern color)
That is under the condition that the colors as shown in your image do match the
colors IRL closely.
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I see that Medium Bluish Violet has been added to Bricklink recently as 'Lilac'.
See also https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3001&colorID=245&in=A
refering to
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Thanks for the help.
The picture is as near as I can get to these in real life
I am now fairly certain about the Lilac ones. Still beating on medium lavender
or Lavender.
Thankfully I only have 12 of the latter.
35 of the lilac
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The switch to Lilac only happened 3 weeks ago:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?itemType=S&itemNo=4679b-2&viewDate=Y&viewStatus=1
So, for all the time they have existed (17 years), they have been and continue
to be sold as Medium Violet. Yours would be the very first listing EVER as Lilac.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3001#T=S&C=73&O={%22color%22:73,%22iconly%22:0}
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Well they def are not medium violet by that picture
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 08:42 | | Subject: | Re: Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, peregrinator writes:
| | In Colors, slimpickins writes:
| | Still beating on medium lavender
or Lavender.
Thankfully I only have 12 of the latter.
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They look medium lavender to me as well (lavender would be lighter, I think)
but one complication is that neither color was introduced until 2011-2012. Circa
2005 would definitely be surprising for either one. Are we certain the bricks
aren't light purple?
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Not light purple
For what it’s worth way back then many UK sellers were having the same issue
trying to gauge the correct colour.
The bonus box was often called “ floor sweepings” by the random nature of the
bricks and colours within.
Quite a few of these bricks were sold under the wrong colour
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 07:48 | | Subject: | Re: Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, hpoort writes:
| | In Colors, hpoort writes:
| | In Colors, slimpickins writes:
| | This one is for the old timers.
Way back in 2005 toys’rus sold these tubs that had a box strapped to the top
with 500 pieces “free”
I have checked the inventory on Bricklink, but there were 2 different boxes and
there is only 1 inventory.
Anyway, I am looking at some 2 x 4 bricks which have been stored away in clipseal
bags for 17 years.
This is because I cannot be 100% certain of the 2 colours
I believe one might be lilac and the other possibly Lavender, but I need to be
certain
Can anyone help ?
Thanks , Slim
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Left: Medium Violet (and add a note to your lot as Bricklink does not distinguish
two distinct varieties: this is the Medium Bluish Violet variety); this color
is rather unique for the Brick 2x4
Right: Medium Lavender (common modern color)
That is under the condition that the colors as shown in your image do match the
colors IRL closely.
|
I see that Medium Bluish Violet has been added to Bricklink recently as 'Lilac'.
See also https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3001&colorID=245&in=A
refering to
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Thanks for the help.
The picture is as near as I can get to these in real life
I am now fairly certain about the Lilac ones. Still beating on medium lavender
or Lavender.
Thankfully I only have 12 of the latter.
35 of the lilac
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| Author: | bb2802930 | | Posted: | Jul 24, 2022 06:55 | | Subject: | Lego tubs 4679 | | Viewed: | 157 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
| This one is for the old timers.
Way back in 2005 toys’rus sold these tubs that had a box strapped to the top
with 500 pieces “free”
I have checked the inventory on Bricklink, but there were 2 different boxes and
there is only 1 inventory.
Anyway, I am looking at some 2 x 4 bricks which have been stored away in clipseal
bags for 17 years.
This is because I cannot be 100% certain of the 2 colours
I believe one might be lilac and the other possibly Lavender, but I need to be
certain
Can anyone help ?
Thanks , Slim
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