Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Re: wanted list - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Beware with this feature: you can apply the same order multiple times, even to the same list. So an ordered part will be counted multiple times. Also, do not take for [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 29, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Changing rules of feedback - SylvainLS (46) | [...] But that doesn’t prevent a member using “ShackyShuffle” (with or without the ‘e’) for their ID here. Are you Ricky Stratton from Silver Spoons?
(47 months ago, Jun 24, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Changing rules of feedback - SylvainLS (46) | [...] I don’t remember that name. And, of course, the forum history has been long purged. Not long ago, HouseOfLogos was still listed as a member (I’m not sure if they [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 24, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Changing rules of feedback - SylvainLS (46) | [...] From what I got from the forum at that time, there were many awful delays, lots of (tardy) refunds (so no NSS), etc. And part of the problem was that there [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 24, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Modified plate #4151 - SylvainLS (46) | [...] You’re sure it isn’t a b (with hole)? (Part 4151b,69) (URL) Or it could be from earlier versions of these sets and no one saw or said they were Alternates (or [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 21, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Tan Knit Sweater Minifig Torso (76382) - SylvainLS (46) | [...] As your first post was about PartDesigner, I’m guessing you’re asking for this part to be added to Studio. If that’s the case, the dedicated forum for Studio is (URL) [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 15, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Sea Captain's White Hat (13553 / 31841) - SylvainLS (46) | [...] As your first post was about PartDesigner, I’m guessing you’re asking for this part to be added to Studio. If that’s the case, the dedicated forum for Studio is (URL) [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 15, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Sea Captain Torso (973 / 88585) - SylvainLS (46) | [...] As your first post was about PartDesigner, I’m guessing you’re asking for this part to be added to Studio. If that’s the case, the dedicated forum for Studio is (URL) [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 15, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Captain Jones Minifig Torso (76382) - SylvainLS (46) | [...] As your first post was about PartDesigner, I’m guessing you’re asking for this part to be added to Studio. If that’s the case, the dedicated forum for Studio is (URL) [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 15, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Obi-Wan Kenobi Large Figure Head (21939) - SylvainLS (46) | [...] As your first post was about PartDesigner, I’m guessing you’re asking for this part to be added to Studio. If that’s the case, the dedicated forum for Studio is (URL) [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 15, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Inverted wanted list in shops - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Easter eggs are generally not as useful as this ;) [...] It was in 2017, 2014 is when I joined :D But still, 3 years and I still give this explanation too often [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 11, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Inverted wanted list in shops - SylvainLS (46) | [...] I think it would be confusing to be in a store and see parts that are not in the store. Besides, what would you do with that list while in the store? You need to go [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 11, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Inverted wanted list in shops - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Use the Buy page, find the store in the list (if it has many parts you want, it will be on top), and use the Wanted Item tab as explained here: (URL) (In short: [...]
(47 months ago, Jun 11, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Clikits colors - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Patient: “Doctor, I have a problem with my memory.” Doctor: ”Since when?” Patient: “Since when what?”
(48 months ago, Jun 9, 2020, to Colors) |
| Re: 88072 in Light Gray - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Found it. And he’s a shorty. So, 4 short, 3 long in Black. That may mean 6011 was a long. Or it might not.
(48 months ago, Jun 7, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: 88072 in Light Gray - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Ah, I remember having trouble identifying the variants I had when I got out of my Dark Ages. I thought I was holding them wrong and trusted the catalogue(s) [...]
(48 months ago, Jun 7, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: We have a new Catalog Administrator! - SylvainLS (46) | Congrats! In Catalog, axaday writes: [...] Maybe he should make errors on purpose, so that he can correct them just after. Doubling the contributions! And the work…. Okay, so [...]
(48 months ago, Jun 4, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Torso: Misprint or Variant? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] LEGO uses the same element ID for different variants and prints. E.g. according to BL, (Part 3626bpb0203) (Part 3626bpb0357) (Part 3626cpb0357) share the PCC 4524911. [...]
(48 months ago, Jun 1, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: post001 vs post001new - SylvainLS (46) | [...] I think the older one should have a plain-studed head too. But inventories don’t always show these differences. So it’s more that we know they use different variants but [...]
(48 months ago, May 29, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Even More Variants Discovered - SylvainLS (46) | [...] “This part has variants with and without two holes on one side (on each side of the penultimate rung from the end without clips).” Er, first, isn’t the “penultimate [...]
(48 months ago, May 28, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] What I understand is that you’re sometimes conceding there are problems and then you go harping on again about how their identified¹ causes are only theoritical, logical [...]
(48 months ago, May 28, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Well, that’s a strange way to use “yet.” (See, languages do prove problematic….) [...] And you keep dismissing and belittling examples that are not imagined. [...]
(48 months ago, May 28, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] I still don’t get the original sentence in any other way than temporal. I don’t see it applying to something placed further (and later) in the message. [...] [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Don't show impossible discounts - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Of course. But transparency isn’t the silver bullet. In France, showing prices is an obligation (and “TTC” all taxes included, too, so the 20% VAT is invisible), [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] :? [...] Indeed not. It’s an introductory sentence for the following sentences that explain the problem. :| [...] No, it’s also a problem on its own. It’s even [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] “Yet” :? Those are problems now. People can’t find parts without looking everywhere now. Parts are put into categories (and sometimes moved from one category to another) [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] But do they struggle? I think they just make choices. They also sometimes put the products in two places. (They can, we can’t.) They aren’t struggling to know [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] As you define “meaningful,” shape is meaningful and function isn’t, or is less meaningful. Function is like alphabetical order: you need prior knowledge, arbitrary prior [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Don't show impossible discounts - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Backorders are forbidden by BL ToS. [...] Isn’t it a legal obligation to show all prices in the USA? [...] The problem in the bun example is not that the clients [...]
(48 months ago, May 27, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Define “usefulness of the categories.” I note that you have dfficulties finding the “other aspects” a categorisation would have that could serve better (or at all). [...]
(48 months ago, May 26, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] You can also look at how LDraw describes the parts, they (try to) follow a shape approach.
(48 months ago, May 26, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] The French term is “révolution” and we make one from time to time. New boss, same as old boss. But it gets the steam out :D [...] But the categories definitions are [...]
(48 months ago, May 25, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Bracket is a shape. [...] Hinge is a function. [...] Shape. [...] Function. [...] Function. If I encounter a part whose function “obviously” is to launch [...]
(48 months ago, May 25, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Why are these Hinges? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Exactly. Because defining a category by “purpose” (or “function”) is The Problem. First, how can you know what’s the purpose of a piece you’ve never encountered? [...]
(48 months ago, May 25, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Is dual color mold really decorated? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Dang. I can’t: I only have the surface paint in black. I have both versions of the chrome ones but there already is a comparison picture. I note (Part 3010p31) exists [...]
(48 months ago, May 21, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Is dual color mold really decorated? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] :? If you actually are wondering about this part, the pattern is both embossed and painted, while on (Part 3010pb036s) it’s only painted. I’ll try to make a comparison [...]
(48 months ago, May 21, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: More Variants Discovered - SylvainLS (46) | [...] That other sets came out differently from the same (or not) factory at the same time (or not) doesn’t change the fact that one set is as it was when it [...]
(48 months ago, May 19, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: More Variants Discovered - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Er, not exactly. One’s owning the set since it was bought sealed and never having mixed its parts allows one to say one’s copy is historically accurate. Or any certified [...]
(48 months ago, May 19, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Part 4345a vs 4345 - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Sorry, I was a bit tired and the second time I read it, I thought it was “from” (as I was correcting one typo, my mind was looking for “typos”). Case in point: [...]
(48 months ago, May 18, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Parts Tracker - SylvainLS (46) | [...] It does: Want | Upload accepts LDD, LDraw, Studio, or BrickStock formats (file upload), or BL’s XML format (paste). [...] ‘Want | Upload’ only uploads [...]
(48 months ago, May 17, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Part 4345a vs 4345 - SylvainLS (46) | [...] The only blue ones I have have solid studs. They come from (Set 6882-1) (Set 6930-1) (Set 6951-1) (Set 6980-1) Old my old (letter)boxes have solid studs.
(48 months ago, May 17, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Studio Import from Official Set - SylvainLS (46) | [...] The dedicated forum for Studio is (URL) (red Studio icon on every page, “Builder Forum”). After having visited that forum, learn about LDraw. You may also give [...]
(48 months ago, May 15, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Some interface improvement proposals - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Another form: in the Wanted Items tab, you can click on the little lock icon on each part to make it a required part and only show the stores that have it. [...] A [...]
(48 months ago, May 14, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Ants - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Two injection points instead of one?
(49 months ago, May 7, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Dual molded arms - SylvainLS (46) | [...] +1 IIRC, LDraw’s rationale was that the upper part is a sleeve, so the main colour is the one used on the lower part: the arm (and hand) is yellow with a blue/red/white/… [...]
(49 months ago, May 6, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Junior Accounts? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Danger, danger. If you let kids upload their digital work in the gallery¹, it will soon be even messier than it is (or than it was at the beginning or the LDD gallery [...]
(49 months ago, May 5, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Please add new Forum Topic - SylvainLS (46) | [...] I’d say most of the answers should be in the help pages…. (Brickwilbo points to them when they are. The rest of the time, we copy-paste….)
(49 months ago, May 3, 2020, to Suggestions) |
| Re: Item Type Discussion - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Change the buying process, don’t ask anything to experienced buyers. Change the selling process, don’t ask anything to experienced sellers. Change the catalogue, don’t [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 30, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Set 6891 Gamma V Laser Craft - SylvainLS (46) | (Set 6891-1) In Inventories, javh writes: [...] (Part 4595) Both. The black one is used in the ship. The blue one is used in the droid, whose parts are in its inventory, [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 27, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Own database of parts? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] I understand you have problems with connecting BrickStock and BL. More later on that. But first, to be clear, I was just answering your remark about being wary (careful) [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 25, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Own database of parts? - SylvainLS (46) | [...] Note though that you can download your inventories from Rebrickable for back-up. The format is simple and you can download them in other formats (like BL WL). [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 24, 2020, to Inventories) |
| Re: Images/Renders Part 4447 - SylvainLS (46) | [...] So, I stand corrected: the 3D model did have hollow stud, until February 2009, which is still way older than Studio. But I still don’t get how the Studio renders used [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 23, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Images/Renders Part 4447 - SylvainLS (46) | [...] That was just a guess. They sure are renders and they sure don’t look like usual LDraw renders. [...] I beg to differ. [...] The part has solid studs. [...] [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 23, 2020, to Catalog) |
| Re: Images/Renders Part 4447 - SylvainLS (46) | [...] All the colour images look like LEGO renders and if you look closely, the studs aren’t hollow, it’s the angle and the logo that make a shadow that may look like they [...]
(49 months ago, Apr 23, 2020, to Catalog) |
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