BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Designer Program, gustonator writes:

yes, I saw them, but I'm not sure, if they are really the official ones which
were here on bricklink.

And also... those prices are in euro, so... are they the european prices? If
yes, for which country. Cause the VAT can differ also per Country. Like Germany-Slovakia
have (I think) 1% difference in VAT.

They should be the original RRPs and the Euro price we show is the German price.

Huw
Brickset.com

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jul 31, 2023 06:04

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Re: (Cancelled)

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Off Topic

In Off Topic, Daves writes:

(Cancelled)

The ads are shown to casual users and are unfortunately a necessity in order
to keep the site online and us able to create the content that our visitors expect
to find there.

As others have said, log in and you won't see any ads. The cookie has a long
lifespan so you won't be troubled to do so every time you visit.

Huw
Founder and owner, Brickset.com.

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jul 25, 2023 05:46

Subject:

Please correct number of minifigures in 10320

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Catalog Requests

For:

Catalog Associate

Status:

Completed

The inventory suggests there are six PI193s in it when I think there is only
one.

Thanks

Huw

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jul 17, 2023 17:54

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Re: Instructions List

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In Catalog, gunga writes:

Brickset has a database you can download, but I noticed that it is not correct
- I noticed several errors in the 1xxx range of sets. So I can't trust it.
For example, I have set instructions 1248-1 and their database doesn't list
it.

They are not errors as such. We only list those that have been published by LEGO.

Huw

Author:

Huw

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Jul 8, 2023 17:12

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Re: List price when set released

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In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:

In Suggestions, masoucy writes:

Would love to have Bricklink add a new feature that would show the list price
for sets at their time of release when known.

The problem with MSRP is that you would need/desire to list all the MSRPs for
every market TLG sold the set. There could be dozens, and there is no guarantee
that any retailer actually observed it. When the NBA collector sets came out
in 2003, every retailer listed them for $5.99, excelptWalMart which went with
$7.99.

At one time brickset was listing MSRPs, but I don’t know if that is still true.

Nita Rae

Yes it is: we show them on set details pages, under the 'prices' tab.

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jan 13, 2023 15:47

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Re: Brickset down again?? 🙄

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General

In General, BricksOfFaith writes:

Is Brickset down for everyone or just me??? Thanks

The site went down at around 01:32 and was back up at 02:09 GMT.

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jan 13, 2023 15:45

Subject:

Re: Brickset down again?? 🙄

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General

In General, Cardok12 writes:

It looks like it is back up. I hope they were upgrading their servers. They have
been extremely slow. I also have about had it with all of their pop-up ads. There
are so many it interferes with the site.

If you create an account and log in you won't see any ads. They are only
shown to casual users.

Huw

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Dec 21, 2022 17:18

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Re: parts exclusive to sets

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In Suggestions, jennnifer writes:

In Suggestions, Goujon writes:

I would like to suggest a sub section for a sets inventory page, one that shows
the exclusive parts to the set, as I think this will help many people when looking
to rebuild models and is also a way of seeing what parts are exclusive to what
sets. I desperately need this feature to help with rebuilding sets, and specifically
to make sets out of other parts that are already in my collection. I'm aware
that a way to do this already exists (go to a specific part and look up what
sets it comes in), but I feel like this will be an easier and quicker solution
and will help people a lot to discover what parts are needed. This could also
be expanded to exclusive minifigures, and who doesn't love exclusive parts?
thanks,
-INMB

It kinda works on brickset. On any set inventory page, do a text search for ‘In
1 set’ and see what you get. I use this to scan for new stuff when creating our
set inventories.

However, not all unique parts appear there, there will be duplicates from Lego
changing their part codes, and sometimes the data for older sets disappears.

It would be a great feature!!

Jen

There are also links at the top of inventory pages to show just unique parts,
or rare parts (in 5 of fewer sets)

Huw

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Dec 11, 2022 18:00

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Re: Classroom Packs

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Catalog Requests

In Catalog Requests, StormChaser writes:

I approached Brickset about this, since they already have a section of their
site devoted to catalog scans. Unfortunately, I didn't get much encouragement
that my catalog collection would be hosted on their site. It would've cost
me around $1,000 to have the catalogs professionally scanned, and I'm not
going to waste money like that without knowing the scans would have a home.

Sorry if I gave that impression. I would happily host them although I would not
advocate spending $1000 to have them scanned!

Huw

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Dec 3, 2022 04:56

Subject:

Re: "My collection" - brickset CSV import crashes

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Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, BricksOfFaith writes:

In Technical Issues, tsi writes:

Hi,

I administer my LEGO with Brickset and made a CSV-Export of my collection.
By importing this CSV-file using the the direct "import Brickset CSV" option,
the import ends with the message "We were unable to import your file. Please
make sure it is properly formatted."

Who had success importing a Brickset set-collection-CSV?
The error appears too only using a Brickset-CSV with online line ...

Thanks
Thomas

Unfortunately nobody has had success with this feature. Just continue using Brickset.
BrickLink’s “new and exciting feature” is 100% useless. Even if you do succeed
in the import, it automatically says your entire collection is “New, Sealed”
and you can’t change it.

Didn't work for me either. Errored, and imported less than half of the file.

I wonder if it's due to mismatched set numbers, which is always going to
be a problem when transferring data between sites.

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Nov 21, 2022 18:08

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Re: Upload Brickset Wanted Sets list

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Help

In Help, Maffyd writes:

Hi! Is there a way to upload a Brickset Wanted Sets list as a Wanted List here
all at once?

Yes,

Export it here: https://brickset.com/exportscripts/sets/wanted/xml

Then either cut and paste or upload here: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page

Huw

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jul 16, 2021 14:16

Subject:

Re: Where can I check the upcoming sets?

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General

In General, Tim1234567 writes:

I remember I visited a site that showed the upcoming Lego sets but I forgot to
bookmark it, now I am unable to find out. By searching "upcoming sets 2021" I
could only find out those already released recently but not those to be released
later. Would anyone suggest a link for me Thanks

You can view a list of unreleased 2021 sets in the Brickset database here: https://brickset.com/sets/year-2021/filter-NotReleased

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Sep 10, 2020 10:53

Subject:

Re: General question about Super Mario 'minifigs'

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Thank you. I don't envy you having to decide what's a figure and what
isn't.

In Catalog, StormChaser writes:

In Catalog, Huw writes:

Could someone explain why the mushroom in sets such as https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=71366-1
is not counted as a 'minifig'?

This is a good question, Huw. For most of BrickLink's history there were
no written definitions of figures and thus no criteria for categorizing them
or even what they were.

We're in the middle of trying to make sense of all that right now and the
Mario figures have been a good test of our standards and how well they work.

There is presumably some logic to it but, given it has eyes and appears to be
as sentient as the other two in that set, I'm not sure I understand why.

Although a mushroom is just an object in the Mario games, it is similar to what
we would consider a figure in this set. It has a scanner code like other figures,
a name, a face, and doesn't appear to be just an object. So this one should
probably have a figure entry on BrickLink.

Are the 'rules' concerning what constitutes a minifig explained anywhere?

Now there are, yes. They were created (not just edited/updated) a few months
ago:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=170

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Aug 28, 2020 08:48

Subject:

General question about Super Mario 'minifigs'

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Open

Could someone explain why the mushroom in sets such as https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=71366-1
is not counted as a 'minifig'?

There is presumably some logic to it but, given it has eyes and appears to be
as sentient as the other two in that set, I'm not sure I understand why.

Are the 'rules' concerning what constitutes a minifig explained anywhere?

Thanks

Huw
Brickset.com

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jan 4, 2020 18:24

Subject:

Re: New 2020 Colors

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In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:

New color
Glitter Trans-Orange

65580 Minifigure, Weapon Harpoon Head
Parts: Minifigure, Weapon {Glitter Trans-Orange}

I think these two parts are in new color also
https://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6290571
https://brickset.com/sets/containing-part-6299252

Yes, that does appear to be a new colour, which LEGO abbreviates to 'TR.
BLUE OPAL'.

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jul 10, 2015 14:25

Subject:

Re: Ability to see what's new in a certain year

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Seems it does include parts that already existed.. not just the new ones..

The list linked to in the thread will show parts that have been added to set
inventories added to LEGO Customer Services in 2015.

If LEGO renumber old parts, which they often do, if moulds change slightly, for
example, then they will appear in the list.

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Jun 7, 2014 16:05

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Re: Improve search to allow for generic terms

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And I do not like their new interface at all

Sorry to hear that, Troy. Do me me know why and I'll see if I can improve
it.

Huw

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Aug 30, 2012 14:44

Subject:

Re: Allow Brickset to Link to Part List & Sellers

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In Suggestions, mnementh writes:

In Suggestions, goshe7 writes:

I don't really have a strong preference about the catalog. I've uploaded a minimal
amount of info to it and don't really care how it gets used/abused. I'm just
trying to explain some of the rationale I have seen in these discussions previously.

If I wanted to champion the release of BrickLink catalog data, I'd start the
argument with BrickStore. That is oddly omitted from many of these discussions.

The catalog is, and has always been, freely downloadable:

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogDownload.asp

All of it.

With no restrictions placed on it.

By design.

Dan was always more community oriented than commercially oriented and believed
in freely sharing information to foster the community. Yes this may lead to
some use that we do not like, but that was the tradeoff for for the positives.

Brickstore would be one of the positives. It gives users the ability to do things
that Dan either could not or would not support on BrickLink. It was a winning
situation for everyone. Dan didn't have to provide features that only a small
subset of users wanted/needed. Members still got the features they wanted.
The author of BrickStore was able to make some money to defray the cost of producing
the software. The only negative is that the software is no longer being developed.
But in true community spirit, it is open source, so people can continue the
development on their own.

I believe that Brickset would also be a positive for all involved, depending
on how it is implemented. I believe that Brickset has a wider reach than Bricklink
in that it reaches people outside the core AFOL market. As such, it could only
drive more traffic to BrickLink, which makes BL more money and makes BrickLink
sellers more money. The only issue to be resolved would be how to compensate
Brickset for sending the traffic.

Any agreement between the two sites could stipulate that the inventory and parts
catalog information could only be used to link back to BrickLink and not to other
competing sites. Brickset maintains its own catalog of set information so it
would remain free to continue to link set info to eBay and Amazon. There is
also potential for information to travel in the other direction as well. BrickLink
could use set reviews.

Troy

I am encouraged by the generally positive nature of the discussion this time,
and thank you to everyone who's putting the case forward for allowing it.

I understand the concern about Brickset promoting eBay and Amazon, your main
competitors, but I'm pleased to see that many of you recognise that it would
be better for you if it were to promote eBay, Amazon AND BrickLink.

To clarify a few points:

- If Brickset were to display set inventories, they would not appear on any page
that also showed eBay or Amazon links at the same time.

- Links on image/part numbers would lead directly to the appropriate place on
BrickLink (whatever you stipulate that to be, the catalogue or for sale list,
perhaps)

- Currently, Brickset does not promote eBay or Amazon when viewing minifigs and
that would be the case for parts. Data provided by BrickLink would NOT be used
to promote anything other than BrickLink and would not be made available to 3rd
parties.

- There would be no stress placed on the BrickLink system by retreiving the inventories,
as it would be a one-off exercise when one was first requested by a user, possibly
refreshed every couple of months.

- There would potentially be an increase in requests for images from the BL server,
but arguably no more than if someone viewed the inventory after clicking on a
link to view it at BrickLink. In most cases users' browsers would cache these
anyway so any increase would be negligible.

My motivations for wanting to do this have been questioned in the past, often
with suspicion. Of course I want to do it to make Brickset a better website which
provides its users with more information. But, in doing so I believe it can make
for a more joined-up community which will benefit BrickLink as much as it does
Brickset. As someone pointed out earlier, Brickset's demographic is very different
from BrickLink's and many of its users do not even know BrickLink exists, or
are suspicious of it. There are several discussions in the forum where this has
been raised.

Finally, I have a working prototype showing how I would like to integrate BrickLink
inventories into Brickset and I can make it available for testing to anyone that's
interested. Drop me an email (huw@brickset.com) with your Brickset username.
(I wrote all the code to do so a few years ago but have never made it publicly
available)

Thank you for reading this. I welcome your comments. I would also welcome knowing
who ultimately can make a decision to allow this.

Huw

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Aug 29, 2012 11:14

Subject:

Re: Allow Brickset to Link to Part List & Sellers

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Thank you for discussing this. My previous efforts to do so have usually ended
in tears so I'm not going to pitch in on this thread unless I can answer any
questions.

I sincerely hope you, as a community, can see the benefit of displaying the inventories
at Brickset (most of which have been mentioned in this thread already) but I
will of course respect your wishes should the answer still be no.

Huw
Brickset.com

In Suggestions, jimred writes:

I think this is an great idea.
I'm a frequent vistor to the Brickset website and I think it's an excellent site,
providing a lot of information free of charge for people to make good buying
decisions.

There was a discussion in there forum recently regarding using Bricklink to build
discontinued sets such as cafe corner etc. and what surprised me was the number
of users who hadn't used or heard of Bricklink before and where now going to
give it a go.

Bricklink's two strengths are parts and discontinued sets. Having Bricklink integrated
into the Brickset site would make it an easy choice for people that want parts
as there's little competition here. And with discontinued sets, I would expect
Bricklink sellers with their fine reputation and lower fees to be able to compete
strongly with with Amazon Marketplace and ebay sellers. At the moment unless
people already know about the Bricklink site we're not even getting a look in.

I don't know much about the technical side of integration, but as an idea I think
it's a good one.

James.

In Suggestions, DadsAFOL writes:

This is based on this thread: http://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=128729
that discussed this idea in general. There were no opinions posted opposing
allowing non-retail, non-competitive sites to link to and refer visitors to BrickLink
stores.

I have no conflict of interest in Brickset. As an independent seller, I'm simply
proposing another way to draw traffic to BrickLink.

This suggestion would enable Brickset to 1) display the BL inventory detail and
part pictures for any set, 2) link from the parts to the BL catalog page for
that part, and 3) provide links to stores with those parts for sale on
BrickLink. Brickset would sell link placements similar to the existing Peeron
business model. Orders on BrickLink would show the "Referred by www.brickset.com"
message on the bottom of the order detail.

Per the discussion in the other thread, this suggestion applies only to this
one site. Other sites would need separate forum suggestion threads.

If you have a comment relating to a Brickset relationship, post it here.
If you have a general comment about the concept, please post it to the
original thread.

Thanks. -Jason

Author:

Huw

Posted:

Nov 5, 2010 05:06

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Re: Suggest: BrickLink Affiliate Referral Program

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