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 Author: Yo_Yo_Flamingo View Messages Posted By Yo_Yo_Flamingo
 Posted: Jan 13, 2022 07:51
 Subject: Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures
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Yo_Yo_Flamingo (4561)

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In Administrative, randyf writes:
  In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink Sellers,

Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.

Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.

We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.

Thank you,

The BrickLink Team

This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).


I think the point is that the pictures shown here are *in fact* LEGO parts that
have been manufactured in a LEGO plant without the blessing of LEGO.


  However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso
 
Part No: 973  Name: Torso Plain
* 
973 Torso Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Torso
. Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?


That is pretty much what the post is stating. Those "test batches" are not authorized
by the company, so they should not be in the market.

The way I read it is that these items may have the logo, but were not manufactured
by LEGO- it would be nice to have some clarification on this point. I know red
test-moulds of parts are popular items to sell here.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Jan 13, 2022 01:23
 Subject: Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures
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In Administrative, Yo_Yo_Flamingo writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink Sellers,

Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.

Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.

We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.

Thank you,

The BrickLink Team

This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).


I think the point is that the pictures shown here are *in fact* LEGO parts that
have been manufactured in a LEGO plant without the blessing of LEGO.


  However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso
 
Part No: 973  Name: Torso Plain
* 
973 Torso Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Torso
. Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?


That is pretty much what the post is stating. Those "test batches" are not authorized
by the company, so they should not be in the market.
 Author: Yo_Yo_Flamingo View Messages Posted By Yo_Yo_Flamingo
 Posted: Jan 12, 2022 23:52
 Subject: Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures
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In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink Sellers,

Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.

Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.

We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.

Thank you,

The BrickLink Team

This certainly is interesting, and there are definitely cases where these items
are frauds (such as the pictures show here, these items can be seen to not be
LEGO parts, clear as day).

However, I think it we need to be careful before flagging every transparent minifigure
part under the sun- the catalog listing itself for minifigure torsos shows a
transparent torso
 
Part No: 973  Name: Torso Plain
* 
973 Torso Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Torso
. Transparent minifigures have made their way out
of test batches in the past- are these no longer allowed for sale?
 Author: CE_Tanja View Messages Posted By CE_Tanja
 Posted: Jan 12, 2022 15:22
 Subject: Re: Studio to replace LDD Fan
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Hi Stellar,

Your feedback is highly appreciated! We did hear this in the dialogues and I
am going back to ensure that it has indeed been added to the FAQ section and/or
the tutorials




In Administrative, Stellar writes:
  In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

Today it is announced that LEGO® BrickLinkStudio will be replacing LEGO Digital
Designer as the LEGO Group’s official 3D building app.


We are of course very excited about this step but at the same time aware that
for some this may be a difficult transition.
Leading up to this announcement we have been in dialogue with current LDD and
Studio users in the community in an attempt to make the transition as smooth
as possible, hopefully that will be the case.

Tanja, if it helps, one of the most shocking changes to some users that they
told me is the color transition from White background from LDD to Black by default
in Stud.io but it can be changed in Stud.io to White, and it helped them feel
more confortable using it.

  
  
You can read the details on the LEGO Ambassador Network here:
https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/the-lego-group-will-focus-on-bricklink-studio-and-pull-back-support-for-lego%C2%AE-digital-designer-r301/

If you haven't already tried 3D building using Studio, do check it out!

Please tell me there will be a direct link to the Studio forum on the Studio
side so we dont't get flooded with Studio issues on this forum.

It is there and it already points to the correct forum: https://forum.bricklink.com/
 Author: CE_Tanja View Messages Posted By CE_Tanja
 Posted: Jan 12, 2022 15:20
 Subject: Re: Studio to replace LDD Fan
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Hi Tracyd,

There is, all LDD Fan users are being guided to a Studio page with link to forum
as well as Q&A and video tutorials.

In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

Today it is announced that LEGO® BrickLinkStudio will be replacing LEGO Digital
Designer as the LEGO Group’s official 3D building app.


We are of course very excited about this step but at the same time aware that
for some this may be a difficult transition.
Leading up to this announcement we have been in dialogue with current LDD and
Studio users in the community in an attempt to make the transition as smooth
as possible, hopefully that will be the case.

You can read the details on the LEGO Ambassador Network here:
https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/the-lego-group-will-focus-on-bricklink-studio-and-pull-back-support-for-lego%C2%AE-digital-designer-r301/

If you haven't already tried 3D building using Studio, do check it out!

Please tell me there will be a direct link to the Studio forum on the Studio
side so we dont't get flooded with Studio issues on this forum.
 Author: Stellar View Messages Posted By Stellar
 Posted: Jan 12, 2022 12:51
 Subject: Re: Studio to replace LDD Fan
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In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
  In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

Today it is announced that LEGO® BrickLinkStudio will be replacing LEGO Digital
Designer as the LEGO Group’s official 3D building app.


We are of course very excited about this step but at the same time aware that
for some this may be a difficult transition.
Leading up to this announcement we have been in dialogue with current LDD and
Studio users in the community in an attempt to make the transition as smooth
as possible, hopefully that will be the case.

Tanja, if it helps, one of the most shocking changes to some users that they
told me is the color transition from White background from LDD to Black by default
in Stud.io but it can be changed in Stud.io to White, and it helped them feel
more confortable using it.

  
  
You can read the details on the LEGO Ambassador Network here:
https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/the-lego-group-will-focus-on-bricklink-studio-and-pull-back-support-for-lego%C2%AE-digital-designer-r301/

If you haven't already tried 3D building using Studio, do check it out!

Please tell me there will be a direct link to the Studio forum on the Studio
side so we dont't get flooded with Studio issues on this forum.

It is there and it already points to the correct forum: https://forum.bricklink.com/
 


 Author: Tracyd View Messages Posted By Tracyd
 Posted: Jan 12, 2022 12:28
 Subject: Re: Studio to replace LDD Fan
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In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
  Dear all,

Today it is announced that LEGO® BrickLinkStudio will be replacing LEGO Digital
Designer as the LEGO Group’s official 3D building app.


We are of course very excited about this step but at the same time aware that
for some this may be a difficult transition.
Leading up to this announcement we have been in dialogue with current LDD and
Studio users in the community in an attempt to make the transition as smooth
as possible, hopefully that will be the case.

You can read the details on the LEGO Ambassador Network here:
https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/the-lego-group-will-focus-on-bricklink-studio-and-pull-back-support-for-lego%C2%AE-digital-designer-r301/

If you haven't already tried 3D building using Studio, do check it out!

Please tell me there will be a direct link to the Studio forum on the Studio
side so we dont't get flooded with Studio issues on this forum.
 Author: CE_Tanja View Messages Posted By CE_Tanja
 Posted: Jan 12, 2022 12:20
 Subject: Studio to replace LDD Fan
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Location:  USA, California
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BrickLink Administrator
Dear all,

Today it is announced that LEGO® BrickLinkStudio will be replacing LEGO Digital
Designer as the LEGO Group’s official 3D building app.


We are of course very excited about this step but at the same time aware that
for some this may be a difficult transition.
Leading up to this announcement we have been in dialogue with current LDD and
Studio users in the community in an attempt to make the transition as smooth
as possible, hopefully that will be the case.

You can read the details on the LEGO Ambassador Network here:
https://lan.lego.com/news/overview/the-lego-group-will-focus-on-bricklink-studio-and-pull-back-support-for-lego%C2%AE-digital-designer-r301/

If you haven't already tried 3D building using Studio, do check it out!
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Jan 11, 2022 01:13
 Subject: Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures
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In Administrative, ryanaitch writes:
  In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink Sellers,

Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.

Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.

We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.

Thank you,

The BrickLink Team

While I do love these figures, I understand why you need to match Lego's
position on this. But what will this mean for other non-production parts, or
vintage test bricks?


I would think that vintage test bricks would still be okay because those were
made for testing back in the day and not for profit. I think it is pretty obvious
that all of these modern parts are being made behind LEGOs back by some bad actors
with access to the means of manufacture for an under-the-table gain. Not cool.
 Author: rylie_aitch View Messages Posted By rylie_aitch
 Posted: Jan 11, 2022 01:07
 Subject: Re: Transparent and Glow-in-Dark Minifigures
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In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear BrickLink Sellers,

Over the past several months, we’ve seen a variety of Transparent and Glow-In-Dark
minifigures flood the market. We have determined these to be illegitimate LEGO
items, despite the fact that many of them are imprinted with the LEGO logo.

Of particular note are the Darth Vader minifigures, Batman, and other superheroes.

We will start removing these listings this week, both from the custom items section
and from listings under catalog entries. This includes whole minifigures and
minifigure parts. For those of you who regularly file Problem Item For Sale reports,
please add these to the things you screen for.

Thank you,

The BrickLink Team

While I do love these figures, I understand why you need to match Lego's
position on this. But what will this mean for other non-production parts, or
vintage test bricks?

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