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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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Re: Two versions of 33bc01? - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] I have several of these in red ABS
(70 months ago, Aug 7, 2018, to Catalog)

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)

Re: Two versions of 33bc01? - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] These variants are cataloged (Part 33bc01) (Part 32bc01) [...]
(71 months ago, Aug 5, 2018, to Catalog)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Re: Picture Needed of Minifigure - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Excellent. Now maybe I should list it for sale. Since there is no established sales history for this apparently quite rare figure, the sky's the limit on the price...
(72 months ago, Jul 2, 2018, to Catalog)

Re: Picture Needed of Minifigure - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Thanks - I've photographed more than a few minifigs in the past several years. You really can get pretty good results with natural light and a cellphone.
(72 months ago, Jul 2, 2018, to Catalog)

Re: Picture Needed of Minifigure - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Happy to oblige, sir. I used my select VIP photshoot setup for this, consisting of a piece of copy paper propped up on a shoebox, a large window, a cloudy day, and my [...]
(72 months ago, Jul 2, 2018, to Catalog)

Re: Picture Needed of Minifigure - 62Bricks (1455)

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(72 months ago, Jul 2, 2018, to Catalog)

Re: Image not displayed when item has no colour? - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Might be a local cache issue - I see the small image of the pen in this inventory as well as the inventory of the other set it is in. But you are correct that the same [...]
(72 months ago, Jul 1, 2018, to Catalog)

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Well the color information is actually in two places - in the color field as well as in the name - and like the part number search, it will default to searching the color [...]
(72 months ago, Jun 16, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Improvements needed on My Inventory Page - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] The issue is that although the search option is labeled "Catalog Name and Number" it is actually Catalog Name OR Number." BL has the part numbers and part names in separate [...]
(72 months ago, Jun 16, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Separate professional and private sellers - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] The law says what a business is - not what "professional" means. The OP appears to be suggesting that if you are filing taxes on your revenue (for example) that [...]
(76 months ago, Mar 8, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Separate professional and private sellers - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] In the US it is not so clear cut whether an individual selling Lego online is a business or not. From the point of view of the Internal Revenue Service if you are engaged [...]
(76 months ago, Mar 7, 2018, to Suggestions)

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6081-1 - 62Bricks (1455)

These are photos of the set as built by a fan and don't really prove anything one way or the other - if the instructions are incorrect and the fan followed them, then you [...]
(79 months ago, Nov 23, 2017, to Inventories Requests)

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6081-1 - 62Bricks (1455)

None of the scans I find show them, but it would seem logical that two more would be used on the other two corner panels to support the roof assembly. In Inventories Requests, [...]
(79 months ago, Nov 23, 2017, to Inventories Requests)

Inventory Change Request for Set 049-1 - 62Bricks (1455)

Please make changes to the following inventory: (Set 049-1) * Add 6 Part FTBushPF Green Plant, Tree Flat Bush plain with feet (Alternate) (match ID 1) * Add 6 [...]
(92 months ago, Oct 28, 2016, to Inventories Requests)

Re: Add select all checkbox to wanted list - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Could have used this today.
(98 months ago, Apr 26, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: RSS Feed for Stores - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] There aren't any, but it would be great if there were. I voted yes. You can subscribe to announcements from a store, and you can manually send out announcements to [...]
(98 months ago, Apr 21, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: The simple solution is "give us the median Price" - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] No matter what method is used, you can dream up some data set where it would not work as expected. But the pool of BL sellers is large enough that for the vast majority [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 11, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: The simple solution is "give us the median Price" - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] I don't know if there's a setting to change this, but the default setting in the price guide rounds to two decimal places, so that would smooth things out, especially [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 11, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: The simple solution is "give us the median Price" - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] I think the most useful information for both buyers and sellers would be neither the mean nor the median but the mode - the most common price. That's really what [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 11, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price Manipulating - What Prevention? - 62Bricks (1455)

Not sure which terms you're looking at, perhaps the ones for larger businesses. The language in the terms for individual sellers really couldn't be simpler: "Individual [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 11, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price Manipulating - What Prevention? - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Classic troll-jitsu - ignore the substance of the matter by deflecting it into a discussion on grammar, punctuation or semantics. When I use the term "layperson" I mean [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 11, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price Manipulating - What Prevention? - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Maybe pay those bar dues and get a class action suit together against Amazon for setting maximum prices for sellers using their venue service, since you have the expertise. [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price Manipulating - What Prevention? - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Well now this is interesting that you criticize my response for being a "lay opinion," because that implies that your opinion is not a "lay opinion." That in turn implies [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Price Manipulating - What Prevention? - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Bricklink is a corporation that sets its own terms of use for this site. It could tell us we have to sell all bricks for 5 cents each if it wanted, and our options would [...]
(99 months ago, Apr 10, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Stop Linking to LUGNET - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] Which saddens me, although I cannot say I contributed much to keep it alive lately. I registered for Lugnet by mail. That would have been almost 20 years ago. '97 [...]
(100 months ago, Feb 20, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] It would be a simple thing to link to the search results for decorated versions of the part from the catalog entry, similar to how links to similar and related parts [...]
(100 months ago, Feb 18, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: A potential huge improvement to the catalog - 62Bricks (1455)

[...] I would say not like that. That requires knowing the part number and doing a wildcard search. The OP I think is suggesting something like making the decorated parts a [...]
(100 months ago, Feb 18, 2016, to Suggestions)

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