Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies Author: | WoutR | Posted: | Sep 5, 2019 15:39 | Subject: | Re: What year were part numbers introduced? | Viewed: | 38 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
| In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
| In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
| I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all
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The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.
David
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Part number such as 3001 for a 2x4 brick ? Certainly the older CA parts had that,
so it must have been in the earliest days.
Nita Rae
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The CA parts did have mold numbers (5 04) but not the part number (3176)
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Author: | WoutR | Posted: | Sep 5, 2019 15:29 | Subject: | Re: What year were part numbers introduced? | Viewed: | 33 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
| I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all
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If I remember correctly, around 1985.
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Author: | cosmicray | Posted: | Sep 5, 2019 15:27 | Subject: | Re: What year were part numbers introduced? | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
| In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
| I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all
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The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.
David
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Part number such as 3001 for a 2x4 brick ? Certainly the older CA parts had that,
so it must have been in the earliest days.
Nita Rae
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Author: | crazylegoman | Posted: | Sep 5, 2019 11:37 | Subject: | Re: What year were part numbers introduced? | Viewed: | 40 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
| I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all
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The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.
David
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Author: | 1271moggy | Posted: | Sep 5, 2019 07:51 | Subject: | What year were part numbers introduced? | Viewed: | 96 times | Topic: | Catalog | Status: | Open | |
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| I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Sep 2, 2019 06:45 | Subject: | Re: Elements Exclusive to BaM | Viewed: | 60 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, constructibles writes:
| Just to add to the never-ending "identify this part" questions, it's now
been semi-officially confirmed that LEGO has created exclusive elements for the
BaM (Build a Minifgure) bins in LBR stores. I'm sure this will give more
people headaches for authenticating parts, since they will not appear in any
inventories. Looks interesting though, and I hope they keep introducing new
elements.
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It looks like there are other exclsuive parts that are going to cause some confusion.
These pics are on eurobricks. Look at the vampire torso, very similar to Lord
Vampyre's but a different colour waistcoat and tie. So a BAM exclusive that
will probably be confused with an existing one.
The spiderwoman - look at the large spider print, it used to be located lower
and was printed across the torso and dress. So that's another two parts very
similar to existing ones from sets but exclusive to BAM.
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Author: | MidwestBrick | Posted: | Aug 30, 2019 18:18 | Subject: | Re: Technic heads: Do the categories make sense? | Viewed: | 54 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm not super technical and as a kid I was terrible at making anything out
of Technic Lego so in spite of my dad's efforts I quickly abandoned it and
never picked it up again. But I'm seriously wondering if the Technic categories
make any sense at all. I'm not good at the jargon and especially not in English,
but here's my observation:
- There's a category called "Link", which includes belt/chain items as well
as suspension parts. Is that just a random semantic, well, "link" between these
parts?
- It seems like there's a whole family of parts that have to do with driving/gears
- clutches, gearboxes, driving rings, changeover catch.. all of these parts are
scattered across categories but I think they are supposed to work together.
- There's a category called steering but it seems to be about wheel suspension
as well as, well, steers. And then there are suspension arms in both "Link" and
in the generic "Technic" category that I think are equally involved in this stuff.
- There's a generic "Technic" category which includes very random items.
While there was a fanatic impulse of emptying out the "(other)" category, apparently
the "Technic" category is still full of randomness. And it's now the biggest
Technic category (if you don't count decorations). That isn't very helpful
is it?
So... I never used this stuff, but a question to the Technic pros: Do you find
that the Technic categories make sense to you, or is it just a fairly random
division that you just memorised the way it is? Should it be improved?
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I sometimes have trouble guessing where something is, but the categories aren't
too long and I have memorized some things that were hard before.
It could definitely be improved.
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Just call it all technic.
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Author: | axaday | Posted: | Aug 30, 2019 17:09 | Subject: | Re: Technic heads: Do the categories make sense? | Viewed: | 28 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm not super technical and as a kid I was terrible at making anything out
of Technic Lego so in spite of my dad's efforts I quickly abandoned it and
never picked it up again. But I'm seriously wondering if the Technic categories
make any sense at all. I'm not good at the jargon and especially not in English,
but here's my observation:
- There's a category called "Link", which includes belt/chain items as well
as suspension parts. Is that just a random semantic, well, "link" between these
parts?
- It seems like there's a whole family of parts that have to do with driving/gears
- clutches, gearboxes, driving rings, changeover catch.. all of these parts are
scattered across categories but I think they are supposed to work together.
- There's a category called steering but it seems to be about wheel suspension
as well as, well, steers. And then there are suspension arms in both "Link" and
in the generic "Technic" category that I think are equally involved in this stuff.
- There's a generic "Technic" category which includes very random items.
While there was a fanatic impulse of emptying out the "(other)" category, apparently
the "Technic" category is still full of randomness. And it's now the biggest
Technic category (if you don't count decorations). That isn't very helpful
is it?
So... I never used this stuff, but a question to the Technic pros: Do you find
that the Technic categories make sense to you, or is it just a fairly random
division that you just memorised the way it is? Should it be improved?
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I sometimes have trouble guessing where something is, but the categories aren't
too long and I have memorized some things that were hard before.
It could definitely be improved.
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Aug 30, 2019 16:39 | Subject: | Technic heads: Do the categories make sense? | Viewed: | 93 times | Topic: | Catalog | Status: | Open | |
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| I'm not super technical and as a kid I was terrible at making anything out
of Technic Lego so in spite of my dad's efforts I quickly abandoned it and
never picked it up again. But I'm seriously wondering if the Technic categories
make any sense at all. I'm not good at the jargon and especially not in English,
but here's my observation:
- There's a category called "Link", which includes belt/chain items as well
as suspension parts. Is that just a random semantic, well, "link" between these
parts?
- It seems like there's a whole family of parts that have to do with driving/gears
- clutches, gearboxes, driving rings, changeover catch.. all of these parts are
scattered across categories but I think they are supposed to work together.
- There's a category called steering but it seems to be about wheel suspension
as well as, well, steers. And then there are suspension arms in both "Link" and
in the generic "Technic" category that I think are equally involved in this stuff.
- There's a generic "Technic" category which includes very random items.
While there was a fanatic impulse of emptying out the "(other)" category, apparently
the "Technic" category is still full of randomness. And it's now the biggest
Technic category (if you don't count decorations). That isn't very helpful
is it?
So... I never used this stuff, but a question to the Technic pros: Do you find
that the Technic categories make sense to you, or is it just a fairly random
division that you just memorised the way it is? Should it be improved?
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Author: | Hygrotus | Posted: | Aug 30, 2019 04:23 | Subject: | Re: 49595 contents | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, BigBBricks writes:
| I have added the contents of 49595, a-g, for catalog submission but do not have
images since BL requires minimum sizes and I only have smaller images which I
could not upload.
I am asking that the items be allowed to be added without the photo or allow
the smaller image as having a photo does not seem to be a prerequisite considering
the vast number of empty cape boxes that are being added without photos.
(I'm not questioning why empty cape boxes are trending in the new items added
category, everyone has a thing)
Thank you for your consideration in adding without photo or feel free to add
the photo without me
- Big B
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Sorry but they won't be approved without images. General rule is that almost
(because there are some exeptions of course) every item to be approved need to
have image.
Exeptions are:
1) torso for torso assembly - because when you have torso assembly submitted
with image you know how the torso without arms and hands looks like as the print
is the same as in the main torso assembly entry,
2) stickers sheet but only when correct information is submitted in description
so it have to be design id number printed on stickers sheet entered to describtion
by submitter (without it and without image stickers sheets won't be approved),
3) carboard sleevs as they looks the same they just differ by number printed
on it and this number is in description and part number.
From help page (Adding images https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=87):
"Item and image submissions are accomplished separately on different pages. You
do not need to wait for a submitted item to be approved and in the catalog before
you submit images for it. You do not need to be the item's submitter.
The item must simply have been submitted before any image upload is possible.
We encourage image submission to follow as soon as possible after item submission
because an image can help catalog administrators evaluate the item submission.
For more information on item submission, see Adding Items."
So always can sombody elese add images to pending items which are without it.
We wait a month after that period items without images are deleted from pending.
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Author: | BigBBricks | Posted: | Aug 29, 2019 20:47 | Subject: | 49595 contents | Viewed: | 105 times | Topic: | Catalog | Status: | Open | |
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| I have added the contents of 49595, a-g, for catalog submission but do not have
images since BL requires minimum sizes and I only have smaller images which I
could not upload.
I am asking that the items be allowed to be added without the photo or allow
the smaller image as having a photo does not seem to be a prerequisite considering
the vast number of empty cape boxes that are being added without photos.
(I'm not questioning why empty cape boxes are trending in the new items added
category, everyone has a thing)
Thank you for your consideration in adding without photo or feel free to add
the photo without me
- Big B
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Author: | popsicle | Posted: | Aug 28, 2019 19:59 | Subject: | Re: Inviting trouble | Viewed: | 106 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, mfav writes:
Although I’m usually clueless to the subtleties here in the forum, I don’t get
the “Inviting trouble” title. I can’t see how. I assume it’s referencing your
second comment of not having an issue if someone “takes the initiative”, as in
inviting competition for you and goatleg.com?
Regardless, it’s good to hear from you again, Mark.
Your inviting trouble remark, brings to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg-1qW2xAU4
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Author: | mfav | Posted: | Aug 28, 2019 15:21 | Subject: | Inviting trouble | Viewed: | 222 times | Topic: | Catalog | Status: | Open | |
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| http://v4ei.com/mini-fig-ure-outer/
I promise not to have a conniption if anyone takes the initiative.
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 19:04 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 44 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| […]
€20 I spent on a programmer
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That’s what, one pizza and a coke?
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The programmer only asked for €13 for the tasks I gave him but I added a tip,
considering that programmers are usually too expensive and too busy
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 19:01 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 47 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, 62Bricks writes:
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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Possibly you should be made aware that Bricklink considers its part names and
numbers to be its own proprietary information, and that using them on your own
commerce site might draw unneeded problems. They have taken action at least once
in the past to require another site to stop using the Bricklink part numbers.
As a result, other sites choose to come up with their own part numbering system,
or they use the LDraw names and numbers, which can be used freely with the proper
attribution.
Of course many BL numbers are the numbers actually molded on the parts by LEGO,
and these are probably safe to use. Also, many BL part names and numbers are
from LDraw. These should also be safe to use.
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Thanks for the advice. Actually I'm not "using" Bricklink part numbers -
my sync system just needs to know what is what, so for that part, it's essential
that my software is able to "speak Bricklinkish" - I imagine that's the same
for BrickOwl and for Brickstock. I don't use it in the shop itself for the
customers. Names/descriptions I'm not using at all, I've described them
in Dutch (which was the most exhausting part of the job )
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Author: | 62Bricks | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 18:10 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 41 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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Possibly you should be made aware that Bricklink considers its part names and
numbers to be its own proprietary information, and that using them on your own
commerce site might draw unneeded problems. They have taken action at least once
in the past to require another site to stop using the Bricklink part numbers.
As a result, other sites choose to come up with their own part numbering system,
or they use the LDraw names and numbers, which can be used freely with the proper
attribution.
Of course many BL numbers are the numbers actually molded on the parts by LEGO,
and these are probably safe to use. Also, many BL part names and numbers are
from LDraw. These should also be safe to use.
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Author: | SylvainLS | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 17:19 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 26 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| […]
€20 I spent on a programmer
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That’s what, one pizza and a coke?
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 17:05 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 34 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Andrsv writes:
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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I'm eager to hear more about your webshop. As far as I've understood
you've been dreaming about it for quite some time now, and finally your on
the way. Do you have something to show? Screenshot? Do you have a markedplan?
How do you decide which features to add? How big development team have you managed
to put together?
Good luck
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Thanks! You're right! Someone I know put me on the right track with a content
management system that's featured in my hosting package. I'm essentially
able to do it all by myself, thanks to the versatile system, a bit of programming
skills I do have, and €20 I spent on a programmer to tweak some things It
has been a huge amount of work so far, 1. tweaking the store, 2. writing software
that turns inventory files that I download from Bricklink into the format I need,
3. writing an entire database of all parts and 4. finding rights free pictures
of everything. I really don't want to take anything from Bricklink that was
given by contributers and isn't mine, so I'm really working like crazy
these weeks
I won't go sharing much of it, as I don't want to border on inviting
to buy outside of Bricklink. But anyway my main idea is to make a very white,
minimal site with good overview, and make it all Dutch. I'm going to try
to focus on the Dutch market, since I believe there's an untapped market
there for people who aren't insiders but would buy from a friendly accessable
webstore they can understand easily, and use the payment method they're comfortable
with that isn't featured on Bricklink. Also, having my own store means I
can go and advertise it everywhere. That's alot better than constantly having
to tell people that my store is on some platform called Bricklink.
I don't know if I'm right. I could be wrong, but if so, it'll just
mean one wasted summer If I am right, I could be having some great business
and stability for many years to come. But probably I will be having to boost
my inventory alot more in order for my store to be significant enough by itself.
I hope hierachical category system and independent filters for many part properties
are going to be selling points.
I was willing to gamble some €2000 on having someone build me a store, so if
everything fails, I'm fine with just having wasted a lot of time and still
have all my money - except from the €20
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 16:52 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 30 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
Thanks Marek, that's useful! Looks quite intimidating anyway, all those changes.
I've now put a module into place that recognises "new" parts that have new
part numbers but are linked to previously existing LotIDs in my inventory. It
then adds the new part and updates the lot with the old part number to zero quantity.
I think that should do the trick
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Author: | Andrsv | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 15:45 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 36 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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I'm eager to hear more about your webshop. As far as I've understood
you've been dreaming about it for quite some time now, and finally your on
the way. Do you have something to show? Screenshot? Do you have a markedplan?
How do you decide which features to add? How big development team have you managed
to put together?
Good luck
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Author: | Hygrotus | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 15:39 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 37 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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Those can change as bb... are replacment bricklink numbers when part number is
not known. So wneh somebody discover correct number they can be changed
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogListOld.asp?pg=1&q=bb%2A&catLike=W&itemBrand=1000&v=1
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 15:37 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 35 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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I imagine most parts now have the correct numbers but minifigure can change,
like the extra 0 in SW figs.
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Yes, I noticed some added 0's in the pattern numbers of some parts, because
the Bricklink number did not match with what Rebrickable thought was the Bricklink
number. I wonder how regularly such things happen. If it's a rare thing then
I should be fine just whiping and reuploading my entire webshop once in a while,
but if it's regular I should think of some way to update these items specifically.
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Author: | yorbrick | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 15:32 | Subject: | Re: Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Teup writes:
| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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I imagine most parts now have the correct numbers but minifigure can change,
like the extra 0 in SW figs.
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Author: | Teup | Posted: | Aug 26, 2019 15:27 | Subject: | Do part numbers change? | Viewed: | 125 times | Topic: | Catalog | Status: | Open | |
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| I'm working on my own webshop and want it to synchronise well with my Bricklink
store. My software seems to work pretty well, but now I'm wondering, does
it happen that names/numbers of parts change on Bricklink, and if so, how often
does that occur? I want to gauge how necessary it is to do some extra coding
to accommodate for this.
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