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View Thread 12V Train 70026 and 73112 difference - 62Bricks (1455)
Can someone educate me on how to tell which one of these I have? (Part 70026) (Part 73112) The one I have has three electric contact holes in the end. The 3D image for 73112 [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 19, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Dark Grey 4095? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] In the Bricklink catalog, a part becomes "known" when someone lists it in an inventory. There are still many parts that are known to exist in real life, but are not yet [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 19, 2018, to Colors)
View Thread Re: Brick 1 x 6 with two bottom tubes? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] I didn't look closely. Weird. No point to the ridges without the pins. Some kind of error?
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Brick 1 x 6 with two bottom tubes? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Yes, and instead of a 3009, it is printed on a (Part crssprt02) I have tried to add printed variants like this to the catalog before and have been told they will not [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Yes I do, and it is insulting. Here is an example. I specialize in vintage parts. A good portion of my sales are to people restoring Classic Space sets. Here is an assembly [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] It is arbitrary because we only follow Lego up to a point, then we depart based on BL's own arbitrarily-applied "rules." I give examples of where we call a part a [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] No, you're wanting to change the definition of counterparts, not assemblies. Doing that means we will potentially continue to have assembly entries added that will [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] There have been, yes. But this is not an issue. We already have a method for dealing with bi-color parts, which is to define one color in the title and one in the color [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs - 62Bricks (1455)
Call it a rule that has been applied arbitrarily, then. And the method under discussion is just as subject to random application because it is apparently based on how difficult [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 18, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] I think most people would not understand why one is in inventories and the other is not. The parts are very similar. The reason is that we follow a rule that is arbitrary. [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 17, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Seeking Opinions on Part Assemblies in Invs - 62Bricks (1455)
I'll take a somewhat contrary position. I think many times we base definitions on arbitrary rules about the parts themselves and we ignore how the catalog is used. Defining [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 17, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Flag sticker or stickers? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] After looking at the note on the American flag version, I wonder if this is one of those situations where many of these flags were entered long ago with no indication [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 16, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Flag sticker or stickers? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Looks like most of them are individual stickers - am I imagining some that have one sticker that wraps around? At any rate, most of them are described as having a "sticker" [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 16, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Flag sticker or stickers? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Look at the note on this flag - seems this is an issue that has caused problems in the past. (Part 3596pb04)
(70 months ago, Aug 16, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Flag sticker or stickers? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] Do they all have two stickers or is it one sticker that is wrapped around the end of the flag?
(70 months ago, Aug 16, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Identifying sets from inventory - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] There used to be a search function where you could put in a set number and see all the parts from that set that were in a certain store. It wasn't exactly like what [...]
(70 months ago, Aug 16, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Two versions of 33bc01? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] To be clear - I have several 32b in Red ABS - I thought it was this one you said you had not seen in ABS. All of my doors of this type are 32s.
(70 months ago, Aug 7, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Two versions of 33bc01? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] I have several of these in red ABS
(70 months ago, Aug 7, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Two versions of 33bc01? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] There is no hole. In the no-hole version, the glass is cut into a perfect rectangle and attached with thin lines of glue just above and below the opening. The mold is [...]
(71 months ago, Aug 5, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Two versions of 33bc01? - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] These variants are cataloged (Part 33bc01) (Part 32bc01) [...]
(71 months ago, Aug 5, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Question on catalog image uploads - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] The error message for images that are too large specifically gives the reason. Is it an accepted file type?
(71 months ago, Aug 2, 2018, to Catalog)
View Thread Re: Damaged or Discolored filtering - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] I think they should be listed as custom lots. Looking through the current listings for 3001s, I see many, many listings at one cent each that are described as damaged, [...]
(71 months ago, Jul 31, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Damaged or Discolored filtering - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] The solution to this problem is for sellers not to list badly damaged or discolored parts at all. Rather than complicating the problem with rating systems or long descriptions, [...]
(71 months ago, Jul 31, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Feedback on Rejected Catalog Submissions - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] I don't think he's clarifying the difference between making the information public or not. What he is antagonistic toward is any kind of discussion of why an [...]
(72 months ago, Jul 3, 2018, to Suggestions)
View Thread Re: Feedback on Rejected Catalog Submissions - 62Bricks (1455)
[...] This has been suggested before. I think the message below from a catalog admin explains his opinion on the matter. I think it is unfortunate that someone in this role [...]
(72 months ago, Jul 3, 2018, to Suggestions)

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