Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 16:40 | | Subject: | Re: Color Add request | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, edeevo writes:
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| | Precision: all faded Blue parts aren’t Brittle Blue parts. Brittle Blue parts
are brittle, they break easily, and I believe their production was rather recent
(post-2000 I think) or at least limited in time.
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Literally brittle or not, that item in Blue can definitely fade darker (brittle,
sunburned, whatever)... and that particular part was produced post-2000, regardless
of color (though I have never really experienced the "brittle" issue others seem
to find in parts, so I am somewhat ignorant to that issue)... essentially, I
was just attempting to use familiar vernacular that had been mentioned prior...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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That’s understood
That’s why I “precised” that “Brittle” really means brittle: just use the parts
and they break.
Otherwise, faded parts are like the non-faded ones, it’s just discolouration
(or rather, re-colouration, as it’s yellowing: more yellow not less “original
colour”).
Note that there’s another Brittle colour: Reddish Brown, but this one affected
NEW parts and, IIRC what I read on the forum, it was produced during the LOTR
sets.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 15:50 | | Subject: | Re: Color Add request | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
| In Colors, edeevo writes:
| | In Colors, TimsBrickHouse writes:
| | Dark Turquoise correct? Lighting affects image.
Not listed as a color for p/n 42022
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...as has been mentioned, it's a faded Blue (aka "Brittle Blue"); I recently
sorted a bunch of curved slopes from a sorted lot I'd purchased this year,
and there were tons of this particular item in Blue that had faded to Brittle
Blue (the lot contained a large ziplock bag sorted by color with just this part
in Blue, and the fading was really noticeable when they were all together)...
Life is Good.
~Ed.
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Precision: all faded Blue parts aren’t Brittle Blue parts. Brittle Blue parts
are brittle, they break easily, and I believe their production was rather recent
(post-2000 I think) or at least limited in time.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:57 | | Subject: | Re: VAT Receipt | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, TakeAbricK writes:
| | […]
What do you mean by member not VAT-registered. VAT-registered EU buyers also
have to pay VAT, if they buy in the UK.
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Answer 3 on https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518 :
“BrickLink will not collect VAT if the buyer is VAT registered and provides their
valid VAT number (in these cases, the VAT registered buyer will be responsible
to account for VAT).”
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They only offer PayPal Onsite.
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Yes, but they say the buyer paid “directly” because they can’t make Onsite work.
So either the buyer did it themself, or the seller asked them to. Either way,
it’s wrong.
| | I think this is a technical issue, like I had the other way around.
UK order in Dutch Store.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:36 | | Subject: | Re: What is that on set parts list? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, psusaxman2000 writes:
| | In Help, The_Final_Brick writes:
| | Hi,
Can anyone tell me what meaning have those numbers and color on set parts list?
Thanks!
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I believe this means that this parts has an alternate item. Depending on when
it was packaged, if there was a different model for that given part, it could
come with variant A or B. Has no impact on the build.
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On the contrary, this particular number, 99, is used when there have been a (minor)
modification of the set, so there’s an impact on the build.
When the MID is 99 = remodel, all the parts in the Regular section with MID 99
have been replaced in the second version of the set with all the parts in the
Alternate section with MID 99 (thus, you can find the same part in both sections
but with different quantities).
When the MID is not 99 = just a variant, you can get all your parts as the Regular
variant, or all as the Alternate one, or any combination (some of one variant,
some of the other). It’s how LEGO handles their stocks / introduce new variants:
they don’t care when they are mixed.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:28 | | Subject: | Re: VAT Receipt | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, bofox69 writes:
| | Just had an order from France paid for direct through PayPal as I'm still
having trouble receiving payment from overseas direct through the site and now
I can't download the VAT receipt and the option has gone completely. Is there
a way around this?
Thanks in advance.
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Was that really a case when BL should have collected VAT? (Amount below €150
/ $180, and a member that isn’t VAT-registered.)
Because, if not, there’s nothing to do, just proceed with the order.
If yes, then you need to refund and ask them to pay with PayPal Onsite.
And if they can’t pay this way because Onsite doesn’t work, I fear you’ll have
to cancell the order.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 21, 2021 11:23 | | Subject: | Re: About IMPORT ONE-STOP SHOP (IOSS) | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Yourbricks writes:
| | Hello
I am seller from Norway, it is outside from european union.
I have to be register in IOSS if I sell to european union? or is bricklink already
register in the IOSS?
What I have to do if I sell something to european union and buyer already pay
tax here in bricklink and customs(Spain) want pay also tax
I call them(custom Spain and post Spain) they say, dont have to much information
about IOSS and they dont know how it work yet.
Thanks
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BL is registered as marketplace, you don’t have to register yourself.
See https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2517
and https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2518
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 18:08 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing Sales?? | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
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Cool! Thanks for pointing this out.
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Happy to help.
| | (Shows the UI of BrickLink is up for some improvements thought 
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Oh, I think this one is easy to find: you go to Settings (which you always do
on any website or application ) and then you have only 10 topics…
Well, 13 because there’s three more that are relegated to links at the bottom
and aren’t worth their own icons…
Hem…
Okay, I think I see your point
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 16:59 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing Sales?? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
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A suggestion maybe for the forum/community administrators: create a "Sales" channel
in the forum that is not in the "Marketplace" channel. Advertisement and sales
announcements should only be made there, so the "Marketplace" channel becomes
less polluted with those sales messages. […]
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Well, there already is a topic for sales, shrewdly named “Sales.”
And all the sales announcements are already posted in the Sales (or New Stores)
topic(s), or (generally) moved there when they aren’t.
And you can select topics you (don’t) wish to see here: https://www.bricklink.com/messageFilter.asp?viewFrom=P
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 10:23 | | Subject: | Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
Yes, and then you can see them when viewing your WL, after having enabled the
“Show (Items for Sale)” in your WL (see pic).
But this shows stores item per item, while you can choose multiple items on the
Buy page
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 10:15 | | Subject: | Re: allow a picture attachment in messages | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, liisb writes:
| | I loaded the pic directly to the item in my inventory which allows the buyer
to see it. The link you posted says it adds a pic to my splash page/about me
page which I do not wish to do for an item part.
(on the page)
On this page, you can upload images to be used on your about me page and store
splash page. Images for your items for sale and discussion forum posts are uploaded
and stored elsewhere
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The operative words are “to be used”: it’s a place to store images FOR your About
Me and Splash pages, but putting images there doesn’t make them automatically
appear on those pages.
Once you have images in this place, you can link them “easily” in those pages…
or in your messages.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 09:12 | | Subject: | Re: Option to show ‘Favorite’ stores first? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
| In Suggestions, Guardian_bear writes:
| | Is it possible when searching for specific parts/etc to have a ‘Show favorite
stores first’ option? There are sellers that ship quick, great customer service&
decent pricing that I’d prefer to goto first, even if they don’t have the lowest
price for that particular part/etc. Currently I’m doing it manually store by
store, but working from a list of needed parts for a build it get time consuming.
Don’t know if this has been asked & answered before-I went back a couple hundred
messages to check but that only went a couple of months back. If covered previously,
please link me to said past conversation. Thank you.
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You can do that on the Buy page https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/buy.page
All you need is a Wanted list….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 08:48 | | Subject: | Re: The page cannot be displayed... | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
| In Problem, ZwarteMagica writes:
| | […]
Chrome 91.0.4472.124
&
Edge 91.0.864.67
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Off-topic: What happened with version numbers? They look like phone numbers
nowadays *sigh*
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 08:47 | | Subject: | Re: Amazing Sales?? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, infinibrix writes:
| | […]
I agree but it also hurts everyone else too because all these exagerated sale
claims overshadow worthwhile sales meaning decent buying/selling opportunities
get lost in all the noise to the point that nobody actually beleives the word
'SALE' anymore!
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Well, in France, we have laws to differentiate “soldes” (sale) and “promotions”:
— limited in time (two 6 weeks periods in January and July, or when you go out
of business or
change owner…),
— items must have been at the original price for a month (and sold, not hidden
in the stocks),
— only way to sell at a loss.
We also have recent laws to limit “promotions” on some products (food…), e.g.
no more than 34% (or 3rd for free…).
And my feeling is that nobody acually believes in the word “SALE” anymore.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 19, 2021 08:33 | | Subject: | Re: Are Buyers allowed to use Drop-Shipping ? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| In Buying, BrickBuy writes:
| | […]
I guess Admin allows duplicate accounts now ?
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My guess is they catch a few but mainly rely on reports for members (and it takes
them time to act on them).
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 18, 2021 13:07 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 75241-1 | | Viewed: | 16 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
| In Inventories Requests, thorrr writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 1 Part 3957b Trans-Clear Antenna 4H - Flat Top
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There’s a
in
Did you miss it or are you saying yours is flat-topped?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | thanks again.
Please advice whith billing program is compatibly whit bricklink?
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Already answered: I don’t know of one.
| | Did bricklink gives a warning before i passe the 10000€ a year in european sales?
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I don’t know.
In the message:
“BrickLink does not assume any responsibility in terms of determining or notifying
sellers about their VAT registration obligations.”
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1294893
But later, Admin_Russell said:
“We have the data on this and will be individually contacting sellers that fall
into that category. Discovering which sellers are over the limit is a legal requirement
for us.”
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1294896
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:41 | | Subject: | Re: Build instructions for Boford P. Alligator | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, yorbrick writes:
| | In General, dlpeart writes:
| | I'm looking for the build instructions for the following item.
LEGO Item#: GATOR-1
YEAR: 2006
Alis: Boford P. Alligator
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Daniel
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You have some answers on your original thread
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1
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And Daniel just answered there. So I think this thread is just an accidental
dupe….
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:40 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | the bills are only available for the last 6 months so its hard to see all?
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You can change the date to download older orders.
You won’t have the details but the countries and amounts should be there.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:39 | | Subject: | Re: 48723 and 68888 are not the same mold? | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
| In Catalog Requests, pgremeau writes:
| | […]
Oui Sylvain, the O/U clips were exactly what I was thinking. I got also confused
because on Rebrickable, they have two part relationships "same mold" and "alternate".
The recent 68888 part had been marked as a "same mold" and they changed it to
"alternate" after I mentioned this. This is why I initially didn't question
the seller on that point, thinking it was the same here.
Merci!
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More confusing: “Alternate” is also used on BL: look on for instance,
it’s written
“Item No: 6060 Alternate Item No: 15967, 30935”
So LEGO made the same¹ part with different IDs, and BL says they are the same
part/entry in the catalogue.
BL vocabulary: alternate ID vs. similar mould,
RB vocabulary: same mould vs. alternate part….
———
¹ Generally, the differences between alternate IDs are hard to tell, and you
need to look at the number embossed on the parts.
Also, TLG uses different moulds for transparent parts because different plastics
need different moulds (slightly different size to accomodate for different dilation),
so their IDs are different.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 15:26 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | ok
But if i sell more then 10000€ anual to europe what did i have to do?
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Then you have the choice to either:
— register for VAT in each EU country you sell to,
— or only register to the Portuguese One-Stop Shop (balcão único?) for VAT.
The OSS is obviously the simplest.
To register, you’ll need an EU VAT number. Your Chamber of Commerce should be
able to give you one.
Once you’re registered to the OSS, you’ll need to collect VAT from your EU buyers,
you’ll need to report your EU sales on the OSS website and remit the VAT you
collected (= give the VAT money) every quarter (3 months).
Now, as far I understand it, having a VAT number and having to collect in other
EU countries shouldn’t force you to collect VAT in your own country too (if you’re
still under your country’s VAT threshold)… but in order to collect VAT from your
EU buyers, BL wants you to activate VAT in your shop, so you’ll have to collect
VAT in Portugal too.
That may mean more than asking for a VAT number, it may mean changing your business
status.
In short: You should ask your Chamber of Commerce.
| | how can i see how much i sell to europe?
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Download your sales and calculate?
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 14:46 | | Subject: | Re: VAT and billing | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, DarioCruz writes:
| | Good afternoon
Could you let me know which billing program you use that is compatible with bricklink?
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I don’t think there is one: you need to do everything yourself (either manually
or with programs using the BL API…).
| | Another question is: if I sell €100 to another European country, will I pay the
vat of the country of destination and will I still have to pay the VAT in my
country or not?
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First, technically, it’s not the seller who pays VAT, it’s their buyers. The
sellers may collect VAT….
But if you sell below 10,000€ per year to other EU country (so, not counting
your sales in Portugal, you’ll need a hundred buyers at €100), you don’t have
to register to anything.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: BrickLink Designer Program Round 1 | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Designer Program | |
| In Designer Program, Laiden writes:
| | In Designer Program, Karmalink writes:
| | Maybe sent refunds to the people hoarding the sets so more people can order theirs.
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I agree.
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How would like that to happen to you if you had bought one for you & one for
a friend?
Would you be happy to let your friend have the sole copy you’ll finally get?
Or would you keep yours and loose your friend?
Also, once again, it’s illegal to cancel a sale to sell the item to someone else.
| | I would say that all the ppl complaining about exclusivity are resellers
or planing to sell their set later on. Idk man. This has shaken my faith in lego
pretty bad.
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 12:19 | | Subject: | Re: How to restore colours of Lego | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Pr1tch writes:
| | Hi,
How can we restore Lego to its original colour? We have bought some used parts
and some of the white and light aqua in particular have yellowed. We tried soaking
1 part with a small amount of diluted bleach then with Coca-Cola  but neither
seemed to make any difference.
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If by “bleach,” you mean chlorine (kitchen bleach), then it was a very bad idea.
Chlorine damages most plastics and LEGO parts are not immune. At the minimum,
it makes them brittle.
(Coca-Cola is not a very good idea either, I guess now the parts are all sticky
)
If you mean “hair bleach,” then it’s oxygen peroxide, and it’s the solution.
A 3% concentration, leave the parts a couple hours in the sun or a UV light.
Some add a tiny drop of “oxyclean” or such whitening agent as catalyser.
The problem is that it doesn’t work well on some colours (e.g. light gray may
become very light in spots) and the yellowing often comes back after a few months.
You may also want to search about RetrObright & LEGO.
Or you can buy new bricks on BrickLink 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 11:24 | | Subject: | Re: Change Flat box dimensions | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog Requests, Leftoverbricks writes:
| | Very nice that have the option to change all dimensions on a single page: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReq.asp?itemType=S
In my opinion, following the logic for instructions entries were we have width
x height x thickness the dimensions for flat boxes should also follow the
same logic and I would therefore suggest to make this: width x height x thickness
(of the flattened box).
Depth? 
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Well, if you consider the box flat on a table, ready to be packed, then the longest
side is length, the second longest side is width and the last side is thickness
because the box is not deep enough to have depth.
So you should ask for all the three names to be changed
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 17, 2021 10:04 | | Subject: | Re: Build instructions for Boford P. Alligator | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, dlpeart writes:
| | I'm looking for the build instructions for the following item.
LEGO Item#: GATOR-1
YEAR: 2006
Alis: Boford P. Alligator
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Daniel
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Well, it doesn’t seem anyone has it and none were sold in the last 6 months….
The inventory is here though, so it would help retro-engineering it
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=Gator-1
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