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 Author: Jabbz View Messages Posted By Jabbz
 Posted: Apr 23, 2021 08:59
 Subject: Re: Misprint or am I being silly?
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In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  https://www.facebook.com/groups/608494213243712/?ref=share

Thanks
 Author: grimsbricksuk View Messages Posted By grimsbricksuk
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  In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  Definitely a misprint & a pretty good one.
There’s a group on Facebook that specialises in misprinted minifigs if you’re
looking to sell it.

Could you provide a link or name of that group please? Thanks
 Author: 00Mera00 View Messages Posted By 00Mera00
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Very collectable from what i've seen and most if not all have higher values
because of it, i don't collect them specifically but we've had a few
come through our way and i have them all bagged in a draw, like my little treasure
box, my fave so far is Theoden's armour, the printing is on the back instead
of the front, always nice to get something a little more quirky.
 Author: Jabbz View Messages Posted By Jabbz
 Posted: Apr 23, 2021 08:52
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In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  Definitely a misprint & a pretty good one.
There’s a group on Facebook that specialises in misprinted minifigs if you’re
looking to sell it.

Could you provide a link or name of that group please? Thanks
 Author: grimsbricksuk View Messages Posted By grimsbricksuk
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Definitely a misprint & a pretty good one.
There’s a group on Facebook that specialises in misprinted minifigs if you’re
looking to sell it.

In Catalog, Jabbz writes:
  Hi all,

I recently came across this Jar Jar Binks head (pictured on the right) and I
can't seem to identify it on BL. It is not like any of the three variants
of the mold. I think it could be misprint of 92743pb03 (which is pictured on
the left).

If I am horribly wrong please point me in the right direction! My Star Wars knowledge
is not the best!

Thanks
 Author: Jabbz View Messages Posted By Jabbz
 Posted: Apr 23, 2021 08:49
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In Catalog, 00Mera00 writes:
  Looks like a misprint to me! put it in a safe box, lock it up and cherish it
forever! it's a nice one

WOW!

Are misprints even worth anything on top of the original value? I know some people
like to collect them.
 Author: 00Mera00 View Messages Posted By 00Mera00
 Posted: Apr 23, 2021 08:47
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Looks like a misprint to me! put it in a safe box, lock it up and cherish it
forever! it's a nice one
 Author: Jabbz View Messages Posted By Jabbz
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Hi all,

I recently came across this Jar Jar Binks head (pictured on the right) and I
can't seem to identify it on BL. It is not like any of the three variants
of the mold. I think it could be misprint of 92743pb03 (which is pictured on
the left).

If I am horribly wrong please point me in the right direction! My Star Wars knowledge
is not the best!

Thanks
 
 Author: BricksThatStick View Messages Posted By BricksThatStick
 Posted: Apr 22, 2021 13:12
 Subject: Re: Sw1144 yoda
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In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  What was wrong with sw1144?

Poe Dameron started out life as sw1144 - then was changed to sw0737a which caused
the problem:

In the meantime yoda was approved as sw1144 but we shouldn't reuse numbers
as it causes other problems.

So sw1144 now does to be left unused which is why yoda was moved.

You can view its history here:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?viewYear=&viewMonth=&viewGeDate=&q=Sw1144&viewStatus=A&itemType=&viewAction=*
 Author: grimsbricksuk View Messages Posted By grimsbricksuk
 Posted: Apr 22, 2021 12:17
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Ooops yes I’d forgotten about sw1146 pending as Blue Milk Luke, ok my bad.
But why was Yoda changed to sw1147, surely sw1144 was perfectly fine?

In Catalog, randyf writes:
  In Catalog, randyf writes:
  In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?

 
Minifig No: sw1146  Name: Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
* 
sw1146 (Inv) Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 2
is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.

And you were the one who submitted it to the catalog, so you should know, right?
 Author: grimsbricksuk View Messages Posted By grimsbricksuk
 Posted: Apr 22, 2021 12:15
 Subject: Re: sw1145 Poe & sw1147 Yoda
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Ok so I had sw1146 pending as Blue Milk Luke (totally forgotten about), which
I’ve now deleted as it’s never going to be released at this rate.
Still need no idea why the two figs changed codes though?

In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  What happened to Star Wars minifig codes sw1144 & sw1146? Are we just skipping
numbers now, as neither of them exist!
I don’t get why Yoda was changed from sw1144 to sw1145 for no apparent reason?
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
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In Catalog, randyf writes:
  In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?

 
Minifig No: sw1146  Name: Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
* 
sw1146 (Inv) Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 2
is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.

And you were the one who submitted it to the catalog, so you should know, right?
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Apr 22, 2021 11:48
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In Catalog, grimsbricksuk writes:
  I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?

 
Minifig No: sw1146  Name: Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
* 
sw1146 (Inv) Clone Trooper Commander (Phase 1) - Bright Light Orange Arms, Nougat Head
Minifigures: Star Wars: Star Wars Episode 2
is still pending because it hasn't been officially released. The LEGO Star
Wars game has been delayed once again until later this year.
 Author: grimsbricksuk View Messages Posted By grimsbricksuk
 Posted: Apr 22, 2021 11:44
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What happened to Star Wars minifig codes sw1144 & sw1146? Are we just skipping
numbers now, as neither of them exist!
I don’t get why Yoda was changed from sw1144 to sw1145 for no apparent reason?
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I’d like to know why they changed it to sw1147? What was wrong with sw1144?
Poe (sw0737a) is now sw1145 but what happened sw1146?

In Catalog, goldknight writes:
  This yoda is from the atlas book that I just received. The yoda is in a clamshell
in front of the book with a camera, walking stick, map, and backpack. The yoda
was assembled already. My question is that I see the picture of sw1144 with the
backpack on but it was not assembled that way on the clamshell—do we need another
picture of yoda without backpack or just let it be?
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Apr 22, 2021 10:46
 Subject: Re: Brown (Old) 3957
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In Catalog, calsbricks writes:
  We have 2 of these in stock and were about to submit a photo (none in catalogue)
when we saw that whilst it is listed as a known colour it is not shown in any
sets. I thought that was not the policy - if not in set not a known colour???

Clarification, please.

 
Part No: 3957  Name: Antenna 4H - Round Top
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3957 Antenna 4H - Round Top
Parts: Antenna

Brown isn’t in the Known Colours column for me.
It’s in the Price Guide Information column though, maybe you’re mistaking the
two?
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We have 2 of these in stock and were about to submit a photo (none in catalogue)
when we saw that whilst it is listed as a known colour it is not shown in any
sets. I thought that was not the policy - if not in set not a known colour???

Clarification, please.
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: Apr 21, 2021 19:12
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I am a curious person. I am curious about this and think it is natural to be.
I am also often frustrated by obituaries that almost never tell what happened.
No, we don't DESERVE all the details, but I totally understand why people
would be curious.

I have enjoyed many collaborations with Stormchaser. He knows how I feel about
him. Whether on staff or not in the future, I hope he will continue to contribute.
If his life has changed and he doesn't have the time, maybe he will return
later. If his feelings have been hurt and he needs some time or never wants
to come back, I understand that. There is still a lot of work to do on the catalog,
but at the end of the day none of us do it unless it is fun. Some day I will
quit. Not soon, I think. Meanwhile there are some ugly old renders and some
some undetermined coconut trees, so I'm going back to work.
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Apr 21, 2021 18:33
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In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
  How do I recreate the image for the instructions? I can't find any upload
form for gear instructions. This image should be used.

/Jan


Submit it to the instructions entry for 40315-99. This is a special trick that
was created for gear sets that had instructions. Hopefully, all of these will
be sets come October so we won't have to worry about this anymore.
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 Posted: Apr 21, 2021 18:29
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In Catalog, popsicle writes:
  In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  
  In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

  StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.

Jen

Seems disingenuous, your expression of concern. He’s a big boy, that I don’t
believe was without compensation.

I appreciate Robert and his efforts as much as any others here, and before most:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543

He’s quit the catalog team before though: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543

He’s also gone to the extent of quitting BL altogether, unregistering vowing
publicly never to return: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1123830

Only to be reinstated by that evil BL office (admin) you seem incessant in denigrating.

-popsicle

Ouch! You got me there: I harbor no good feelings toward the BL office. However,
I do generally admire your positivity and wish I had more of it. I used to look
on the better side of things and now I don't.

There's too many things that could be better if they chose to make them better.
This rankles me. I do try to be supportive and kind when I see genuine effort.
I help newbies, I support our admin, I contribute. So, I am incessant in wanting
things to be better. You're right. 'Denigrating' implies that I am
lashing out without cause. Is that fair?

I don't feel good about what happened. I think we are worse off. If I came
across as disingenuous, that was not my intent.
Take care,
Jen
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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  
  In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

  StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.

Jen

Seems disingenuous, your expression of concern. He’s a big boy, that I don’t
believe was without compensation.

I appreciate Robert and his efforts as much as any others here, and before most:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543

He’s quit the catalog team before though: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1178543

He’s also gone to the extent of quitting BL altogether, unregistering vowing
publicly never to return: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1123830

Only to be reinstated by that evil BL office (admin) you seem incessant in denigrating.

-popsicle
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  In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

  StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

He has my gratitude. What I also feel is a sense of responsibility as a member
of this community to seek reassurance that he was treated fairly.

Jen
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In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:
  In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear community,

We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.

StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.

We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.

The BrickLink Team

We hope he continues to be a part of the community and want to express our deepest
gratitude for his help personally to us as users and broadly to the community
here on BL.
We can't imagine what a thankless 'job' it is to volunteer for the
betterment of a community and be constantly criticized by users who can't
deal with changes even though those changes have only upgraded and elevated the
catalog.
StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'

VERY WELL SAID.
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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
  
  I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).

They should clearly be transparent about decisions connected to the catalogue.
However, they should not be transparent about why someone is no longer doing
something they used to do. It could be a whole range of things, from wanting
payment for voluntary work, a difference of opinion over part movements or definitions,
things moving at the wrong speed, through to more personal reasons such as someone
deciding they cannot do it for employment or medical or family reasons or just
that they have done it long enough and want a break. Unless the person involved
wants to tell us, then I don't think we need to know the reasons. I don't
see that as a lack of transparency, just privacy.

+1
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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
  
  I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).

+1
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How do I recreate the image for the instructions? I can't find any upload
form for gear instructions. This image should be used.

/Jan
 
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear community,

We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.

StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.

We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.

The BrickLink Team

We hope he continues to be a part of the community and want to express our deepest
gratitude for his help personally to us as users and broadly to the community
here on BL.
We can't imagine what a thankless 'job' it is to volunteer for the
betterment of a community and be constantly criticized by users who can't
deal with changes even though those changes have only upgraded and elevated the
catalog.
StormChaser deserves our gratitude and not our lust to satisfy our own selfish
need to know 'why?'
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  I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

There are two different types of transparency here though - transparency about
decisions concerning the catalogue and transparency about decisions concerning
employment (whether paid for or not).

They should clearly be transparent about decisions connected to the catalogue.
However, they should not be transparent about why someone is no longer doing
something they used to do. It could be a whole range of things, from wanting
payment for voluntary work, a difference of opinion over part movements or definitions,
things moving at the wrong speed, through to more personal reasons such as someone
deciding they cannot do it for employment or medical or family reasons or just
that they have done it long enough and want a break. Unless the person involved
wants to tell us, then I don't think we need to know the reasons. I don't
see that as a lack of transparency, just privacy.
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear community,

We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.

StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.

We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.

The BrickLink Team

🙀
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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, jancg writes:
  BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.

I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

The catalog didn't use to be this way. I was an admin for three years. We
were members and leaders and accountable to the community. For years now, when
you ask an admin for an explanation for a decision, you get one. Robert made
the system even better with published goals, definitions, plans, and community
discussion. Every move the BL office makes to move the catalog more toward them
and away from us is bad news. They are not accountable to us, have practically
no customer service, and have very little LEGO expertise among them. They didn't
build this catalog but they did buy it. So, there we are.

I've noticed for months that our admins, who have traditionally been some
of the most vocal people here on the Forum, are now largely silent. I doubt this
is a coincidence. I wouldn't speak for them, but I will speak for me. Whatever
the reason, the admins that work so hard and support our community have my respect
and support. I think we can all see from the XP site what our catalog would look
like without them.

Jen


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In Catalog, jancg writes:
  BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.

I very much doubt we are going to get one. The BrickLink office's lack of
transparency is well-documented. Personally, I think it stinks.

The catalog didn't use to be this way. I was an admin for three years. We
were members and leaders and accountable to the community. For years now, when
you ask an admin for an explanation for a decision, you get one. Robert made
the system even better with published goals, definitions, plans, and community
discussion. Every move the BL office makes to move the catalog more toward them
and away from us is bad news. They are not accountable to us, have practically
no customer service, and have very little LEGO expertise among them. They didn't
build this catalog but they did buy it. So, there we are.

I've noticed for months that our admins, who have traditionally been some
of the most vocal people here on the Forum, are now largely silent. I doubt this
is a coincidence. I wouldn't speak for them, but I will speak for me. Whatever
the reason, the admins that work so hard and support our community have my respect
and support. I think we can all see from the XP site what our catalog would look
like without them.

Jen
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Just because people are curious about it doesn't mean they are entitled to
the information. People have lives beyond BrickLink which details they rather
not share on BrickLink, it's perfectly fine you have to respect that.

It isn't about transparency, it doesn't change anything for the BrickLink
Catalog Admin team whether you know why two of their members left it.

If StormChaser wants to share the reasons of their departure, they'll do
it, in the meantime please stop prying.

In Catalog, jancg writes:
  Why not?

Users might be interested to know.
Maybe some user considers volunteering.

If the former volunteer doesn't want to share it's fine, but a company
can of course share this information if the former volunteer is OK with that.

Not giving such insights generally results in negative thoughts. Transparency
and clarity goes a long way!

Jan.
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  2) This gear has an "instructions" entry, but my set had no instructions in the
bag. Is this the correct way to handle this situation?

The instructions entry should be removed.

Oops. In other words, I found the instructions. How they ended up where they
did I can't guess.

So please recreate the instructions entry. They weigh 5.6 grams. I don't
see the possibility of setting a weight in the gear change form.

I'd like to include the dimensions of the instructions as well. Do I enter
the folded or unfolded size in the form?

/Jan
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Why not?

Users might be interested to know.
Maybe some user considers volunteering.

If the former volunteer doesn't want to share it's fine, but a company
can of course share this information if the former volunteer is OK with that.

Not giving such insights generally results in negative thoughts. Transparency
and clarity goes a long way!

Jan.
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Dear community,

We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.

StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.

We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.

The BrickLink Team

I'm very suprised of his departure
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In Catalog, jancg writes:
  BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.

Why?

The reason that a volunteer no longer volunteers is nothing to do with anyone
else. If the volunteer wants to say why then that's fine, but a company should
not give out such information without the volunteer knowing.
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BrickLink,
Russell,

Can you please share the reason of his departure?

Kind regards, Jan.
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This is very very sudden without any explanation. I am very sorry to hear this.
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Dear community,

We are sad to inform you that our Catalog Adminstrator StormChaser is no longer
part of the Community Expert Program. We will be updating the Community Admin
page soon.

StormChaser has positively influenced the catalog in many ways, and his passion
for documentation and organization are legendary. We are planning to move ahead
with initiatives he has set in motion and keep alive his vision for a better
catalog.

We must also mention that this is a difficult time for the catalog team, as they
have lost two very experienced admins since the beginning of the year. In the
coming weeks we will announce some plans for the future.

The BrickLink Team
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In Catalog, mschulte writes:
  In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
  In Catalog, mschulte writes:
  is there any news when this set will be approved?

No one's working on it.

  Can I help completing it?

If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.

I bought a copy of the set ~2 months ago. As its my only Lego set, it would
be quite easy to figure out which parts belong to the set. Are there instructions
available what I need to do to add the partlist?

I am not 100% sure of the rules regarding having a new set in hand for an inventory.
An inventory admin will have to confirm. However, if you want to give it a go:

Start at the Add or Change page.

Choose: Add Inventory - Set

Enter your set number and Reserve Set (This gives you 3 days to start the inventory.)

Navigate back to this page and now Choose: Manual Add, enter your set number
and enter 1 in the Number of Entries

This will bring you to the Add Inventory page. A pop-up will come up asking if
you want to use the known data for the inventory. Click OK.

The fields will auto-populate with the generic LEGO data for the set. Read everything
there and then come back here with all your questions!

Forum members are usually happy to help new submitters.

Jen
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In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
  In Catalog, mschulte writes:
  is there any news when this set will be approved?

No one's working on it.

  Can I help completing it?

If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.

I bought a copy of the set ~2 months ago. As its my only Lego set, it would
be quite easy to figure out which parts belong to the set. Are there instructions
available what I need to do to add the partlist?
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In Catalog, Greenbutterfly writes:
  […]
Also, is it just my imagination, but it seems a lot of the recent category/name
changes are taking BL along the path towards the naming conventions used in LDD's
catalogue...

It can’t be a move toward TLG/LDD’s naming conventions: they don’t exist!

It could be a move toward TLG/LDD’s categorization but
1. it’s not the intent, it could only be coincidental,
2. as seen in LDD, it’s rather simple (TLG uses more categories but LDD merges
a lot of them in its UI), so in the same way as a stick figure represents any
human and so any human can be recognized in the stick figure, any categorization
can look like LDD’s.
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In Catalog, Greenbutterfly writes:
  […]
If this process is going to continue, then I'd strongly recommend wanted
list sorting have a new extra option of sorting by item category, then name...
not just item name. So that there's at least some way of getting back to
that original sort order.

(Most of the) names start with the category, so the sort is already half there.

Also, as the change was moving items between categories, even if the WLs were
sorted by Cat name » item name, the items would still have been sorted differently.

Maybe you could use more, smaller Wanted Lists instead of one (or a few) big
one(s)?  (You can buy from several WLs at once.)
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In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
  Everything on this list has been moved except for the last two items:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2487

We ran into a brief hiccup with those item type changes, but we plan to get them
moved later today. Let us know if you see anything on the list we missed.

As some of you already noticed, the list of moved items is about 1/9th the proposed
size. For a variety of reasons, we weren't able to accomplish the other
changes. This does not necessarily mean they won't happen, but merely that
they aren't happening right now.

For our October 1st, 2021 list, we're doing things differently to reduce
confusion. We'll post a page for that soon and begin listing items between
now and then. We'll lock it down on September 1st and every single item
placed on the October 1st page will be moved.

For anyone wondering about this process, our goal was to reduce confusion about
where things belong in the catalog. The project consisted of two steps:

1. Define in writing what should be in each category.
2. Move parts as necessary to conform with written definitions.

We've completed step one, for the most part (although it's still being
tweaked here and there). Now we're working (slowly) through step two.

Let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Also, is it just my imagination, but it seems a lot of the recent category/name
changes are taking BL along the path towards the naming conventions used in LDD's
catalogue...
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In Catalog, Teup writes:
  In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
  
  The idea of a larger-scale change conducted twice per year is working well and
is superior to occasional changes that are harder to draw everyone’s attention
to. So, the good news is that for the foreseeable future, we will shift categories
mainly at those times, with the current organizational structure.

...

2) The parts in the original April 1 list are much more common than those in
the previous list. There are some obscure and some common parts in both lists,
but as a whole, moving parts in the original April 1 list would have had an exponentially
larger impact. Even if we were ok with all of the changes, we would not want
to move this many at one time.

You seems to be favouring twice yearly large moves instead of smaller ones, but
then go on to say there were too many to move. What is the plan here, to roll
those over to the next move and possibly bumping other parts of that move if
the list becomes too long again?

That was exactly what I've been wondering for a while. The logic of not wanting
"too much" at one time escapes me. The more often things change, the messier
it is. I may open my main store back up once all of this is over (late 2022 or
so) in the meantime it's just too much chaos for me and not really worth
the hassle.

I'll say it's also been a massive hassle for me the last few days, thinking
I'm going more nuts than usual with my chemo.

I have several large wanted lists for long-term models that I'm slowly accreting
parts. One of them has minifigure parts for statues. I spent several hours today
trying to hunt down all these parts after changes. They used to all be grouped
together but now arms are in one page, the torsos are 5 pages on (with the 100-parts-per-page
setting) and so on.

This is going to be a massive nightmare for me to do something like order just
the minifigure parts. They're now no longer selectable in nearly one go.

Ditto the animals.

If this process is going to continue, then I'd strongly recommend wanted
list sorting have a new extra option of sorting by item category, then name...
not just item name. So that there's at least some way of getting back to
that original sort order.
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Personally, I would wait as there seems to be a box error where you get 6 roadrunners,
but no wiley e. coyote. You can find info on Brickset and other Lego sites.

Minifigure Madness had the boxes, but they are currently out of stock. They
have a notify feature.

  I would like to know where to buy a full box at retail price, where do stores
order from ?
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In Catalog, BlackbirdToys writes:
  Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?

I would like to know where to buy a full box at retail price, where do stores
order from ?
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According to the Lego (website), they are not released until April 26th. I expect
they will be in the catalog sometime after that date.

In Catalog, BlackbirdToys writes:
  Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?
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Is it just me, I can't find the new Looney Tunes minifigures in the catalog.
Are they listed ?
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In Catalog, bricklinklp writes:
  In Catalog, Royroy writes:
  Does anybody have a bsx or other usable file with all the SW Minifigures that
she/he woulnd't mind sharing?

It would save me some boring work

Have a nice evening!

PM me your email address, I'll send you one with all 1209 start wars minifigs.

Oops 1210 now, just added sw1144
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In Catalog, Royroy writes:
  Does anybody have a bsx or other usable file with all the SW Minifigures that
she/he woulnd't mind sharing?

It would save me some boring work

Have a nice evening!

PM me your email address, I'll send you one with all 1209 start wars minifigs.
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Royroy (6291)

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Does anybody have a bsx or other usable file with all the SW Minifigures that
she/he woulnd't mind sharing?

It would save me some boring work

Have a nice evening!
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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

Start here at the Add or Change tab:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp?utm_content=subnav

Read up on the Help pages here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21

Instructions from an admin are here:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1138517

Then ask questions here in the Forum. We love to help catalog contributors.

Jen

Also a thank you for the pointers! I've got a couple of pieces from a Disney
Frozen set and Friends set that didn't appear on the catalogue
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In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  Okay, I'm reading up more on how to create a new number for a sticker'd
part... boy, this is really out of my league. Much more involved than I was hoping.
Oofdah.

Is there anyone willing to just take the photos I currently have of the parts,
and add them into the catalog themselves? I realize this might be a big ask,
now that I'm seeing all of the steps required just to input one piece.

Yes, I can certainly help you. I can add the parts and then you can upload the
images. I will send you a PM for more info.

Jen


  


In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

Start here at the Add or Change tab:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp?utm_content=subnav

Read up on the Help pages here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21

Instructions from an admin are here:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1138517

Then ask questions here in the Forum. We love to help catalog contributors.

Jen
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
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In Catalog, heomin61 writes:
  In CatalogueList Animal, Water (https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=145
), there are several minecraft animals, such as minedolphin01, mineguardian01,
mineguardian02, mineturtle1, but they have different characteristics from parts,
that is, they are some kind of minifigures not parts.

Almost all the part are inseparable, but the minecraft water animals are built
from several bricks. The item description says they are appeared in some sets
(for example, the mineturtle1 is appeared in 21152-1), but they are not in the
sets, only the parts of the animal appears. I think that is not good for inventory
management.

In case of minecraft iron golem (min082, min093), they are minifigures, not parts.
I think the two groups is very similar in nature. So all of the minecraft water
animals should be moved from parts to minifigures. Then, the minecraft sets management
will be more consistent, I believe.

Thank you for reading.

Min

Animals vs minifigures is a real mess for what gets included. Not just in Minecraft
but across all themes.

It happens in other animals sections too, air for example ...
 
Part No: smaug01  Name: Dragon, The Hobbit (Smaug)
* 
smaug01 (Inv) Dragon, The Hobbit (Smaug)
Parts: Animal, Air

As the animals section exists, they put animals in there. So Scooby Doo, Smaug,
Santa's Little Helper, Snowball II (all named characters) plus other more
generic ones such as the Minecraft animals, the snail from the LEGO Movie, and
so on. Whether they are single pieces or large assemblies those animals go into
the relevant animals location. Yet Unikitty and the other animals from that series,
they go into Minifigures. I can understand un-named animals going into an animals
section, but not for named animal characters.

There is even a tea cup that also goes into minifigures, even though there is
a category for minifigure utensils where it should go with the other tea-cups
with or without faces (like there is an animals category for animals).

[m=dp115]
[p=38014pb01]

And that is without even starting with the trains, cars, steamrollers, and all
those other vehicles that are minifigures even though there are dedicated sections
for trains and vehicles.

It is not clear why (named) licensed animals are treated in such a different
way to licensed vehicles and tea cups and wardrobes.
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In CatalogueList Animal, Water (https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=145
), there are several minecraft animals, such as minedolphin01, mineguardian01,
mineguardian02, mineturtle1, but they have different characteristics from parts,
that is, they are some kind of minifigures not parts.

Almost all the part are inseparable, but the minecraft water animals are built
from several bricks. The item description says they are appeared in some sets
(for example, the mineturtle1 is appeared in 21152-1), but they are not in the
sets, only the parts of the animal appears. I think that is not good for inventory
management.

In case of minecraft iron golem (min082, min093), they are minifigures, not parts.
I think the two groups is very similar in nature. So all of the minecraft water
animals should be moved from parts to minifigures. Then, the minecraft sets management
will be more consistent, I believe.

Thank you for reading.

Min
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In Catalog, mschulte writes:
  is there any news when this set will be approved?

No one's working on it.

  Can I help completing it?

If you have a brand new copy to use for inventorying the set.
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Dear Bricklink Admins,

is there any news when this set will be approved? Can I help completing it?

I am trying to import this set to studio and fail importing it. I assume it is
due to the fact that the part list has not been approved yet?

Thanks
Marco
 Author: goldknight View Messages Posted By goldknight
 Posted: Apr 14, 2021 22:03
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In Catalog Requests, randyf writes:
  In Catalog Requests, goldknight writes:
  This yoda is from the atlas book that I just received. The yoda is in a clamshell
in front of the book with a camera, walking stick, map, and backpack. The yoda
was assembled already. My question is that I see the picture of sw1144 with the
backpack on but it was not assembled that way on the clamshell—do we need another
picture of yoda without backpack or just let it be?

How is Yoda depicted in the book? With or without backpack? If with, then it
is correct.

Then it is correct he has a backpack on in the book. Let it be known that yoda
also is seen using his other items in the book too!!
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randyf (442)

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In Catalog Requests, goldknight writes:
  This yoda is from the atlas book that I just received. The yoda is in a clamshell
in front of the book with a camera, walking stick, map, and backpack. The yoda
was assembled already. My question is that I see the picture of sw1144 with the
backpack on but it was not assembled that way on the clamshell—do we need another
picture of yoda without backpack or just let it be?

How is Yoda depicted in the book? With or without backpack? If with, then it
is correct.
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This yoda is from the atlas book that I just received. The yoda is in a clamshell
in front of the book with a camera, walking stick, map, and backpack. The yoda
was assembled already. My question is that I see the picture of sw1144 with the
backpack on but it was not assembled that way on the clamshell—do we need another
picture of yoda without backpack or just let it be?
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In Catalog, sskryten writes:
  Hi everyone.
I am a new member and whilst searching for items I have come across a few items
that need editing or more details added to them.
How can I edit or supply more details??
An example is item min093, says it is found in set 21132 which is incorrect.
It appears in sets 21123 and 21128
Steve


This has been updated. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

Cheers,
Randy
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Minifig No: min093  Name: Iron Golem - Tow Ball Arm Attachments
* 
min093 (Inv) Iron Golem - Tow Ball Arm Attachments
Minifigures: Minecraft
could be in
 
Set No: 21128  Name: The Village
* 
21128-1 (Inv) The Village
1528 Parts, 9 Minifigures, 2016
Sets: Minecraft
but it looks like it's currently inventoried as just bricks, instead of a
complete minifig.

But in
 
Set No: 21123  Name: The Iron Golem
* 
21123-1 (Inv) The Iron Golem
166 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2016
Sets: Minecraft
that one IS a minifig.

Now how to fix:
Go here: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp
select "change inventory" - "Set"
And fill the form to remove the items that are parts of the figure, and add the
figure.
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alex10552 (888)

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Okay, I'm reading up more on how to create a new number for a sticker'd
part... boy, this is really out of my league. Much more involved than I was hoping.
Oofdah.

Is there anyone willing to just take the photos I currently have of the parts,
and add them into the catalog themselves? I realize this might be a big ask,
now that I'm seeing all of the steps required just to input one piece.



In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

Start here at the Add or Change tab:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp?utm_content=subnav

Read up on the Help pages here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21

Instructions from an admin are here:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1138517

Then ask questions here in the Forum. We love to help catalog contributors.

Jen
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This is where I immediately get stuck. When adding, the submission form requires
the item number. But if this is a new sticker’d item, it doesn’t yet have a number.
The part that the sticker is on already exists in the catalog.

The sticker items seem like they need additional work involved, so I was hoping
to gain insight specific to them
.

In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

Start here at the Add or Change tab:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp?utm_content=subnav

Read up on the Help pages here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21

Instructions from an admin are here:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1138517

Then ask questions here in the Forum. We love to help catalog contributors.

Jen
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That was an error on my part. It’s the Death Star Final Duel, 2nd edition, the
newer model.

In Catalog, Tracyd writes:
  In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

There were no stickers in Final Duel II.
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In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

Start here at the Add or Change tab:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp?utm_content=subnav

Read up on the Help pages here:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=21

Instructions from an admin are here:

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1138517

Then ask questions here in the Forum. We love to help catalog contributors.

Jen
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In Catalog, alex10552 writes:
  I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.

There were no stickers in Final Duel II.
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I have several unique pieces with stickers on them that are not in BrickLink's
inventory catalog. One is from a Moana set, and also 4 different parts belonging
to the Death Star Final Duel II (Star Wars) set. The Final Duel set currently
has zero parts with stickers in its inventory. This definitely needs an update.

I've never submitted items to be added myself, and so I'm pretty unfamiliar
with the process. How can I get these parts added into the system? Thank you.
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Brick.Door (7507)

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Just curious why are the packing dimensions for minifigures is defined based
on them being assembled. Is that the recommended way to ship? I think sending
the pieces is much more common. Will it be the same for special assemblies?
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 Posted: Apr 13, 2021 14:33
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This set
 
Set No: 911  Name: Universal Building Set
* 
911-1 (Inv) Universal Building Set
369 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 1976
Sets: Universal Building Set: Basic Set
was released in 1976. This is the first year of production of
 
Part No: 3403c01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with (Same Color) Top (3403 / 3404)
* 
3403c01 (Inv) Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with (Same Color) Top (3403 / 3404)
Parts: Turntable

I know this because I have checked multiple used copies of train
 
Set No: 183  Name: Complete Train Set with Motor and Signal
* 
183-1 (Inv) Complete Train Set with Motor and Signal
183 Parts, 1976
Sets: Train: 4.5V
and checked the production date of their motors.

Some early releases came with
 
Part No: 3404ac01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
* 
3404ac01 Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
Parts: Turntable {Black}

while the later productions came with
 
Part No: 3404ac01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
* 
3404ac01 Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
Parts: Turntable {Black}

It is however ppossible that some very early releases of
 
Set No: 911  Name: Universal Building Set
* 
911-1 (Inv) Universal Building Set
369 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 1976
Sets: Universal Building Set: Basic Set
came with left-over
 
Part No: 3404ac01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
* 
3404ac01 Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
Parts: Turntable {Black}

P.S. My inventory change requests for 183-1 are still under consideration since
Nov 2020:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1233335


In Catalog, roguemjr writes:
  Hello,

I was thrilled when my parts for 911-1 showed up to once again build my first
LEGO set. However, the turn table listed in the part list for this set on Brickling
is incorrect.

Current part: Item No: 3403c01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with Same Color
Turntable 4 x 4 Top (3403 / 3404)

Correct part: Item No: 3404ac01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted

See attached instructions for correct part verification.

Thanks,
Michael
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In Catalog, roguemjr writes:
  You are correct. I withdraw my correction.....

In Catalog, randyf writes:
  In Catalog, roguemjr writes:
  Ok. good to know. I just was about to build the truck but stopped thinking that
it would not assemble correctly wiht wrong part. I will build truck and see
if the part align

The parts are the same size, so the construction should not be affected.

It is probable that they came with either one of them as it was in the crossover
time. I did find online a picture of an open set that has the original turntable
without the 4x4 base. And the photos on the box show the older turntable,
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In Catalog, randyf writes:
  In Catalog, MarcHatSteine writes:
  I don't know if this is the right place to post this - if not, please tell
me where I should direct it to. I just noticed that the color of Plate 6 x 8
in Light Bluish Gray is way off from all the other Light Bluish Gray color images.
To me it almost looks like a Dark Gray. Is there a reason for that? because most
of the other plate images are consistent in color.


That is what the standard LBG render from LEGO looks like. Almost all of the
other ones have been updated by myself over the years to look more like the actual
color. I guess I never came across this one in a set that I had to update it.
I will add it to my list of parts to get to.

Thank you for this, btw! You create the best and most consistant color renders.


Jen
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You are correct. I withdraw my correction.....

In Catalog, randyf writes:
  In Catalog, roguemjr writes:
  Ok. good to know. I just was about to build the truck but stopped thinking that
it would not assemble correctly wiht wrong part. I will build truck and see
if the part align

The parts are the same size, so the construction should not be affected.
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In Catalog, roguemjr writes:
  Ok. good to know. I just was about to build the truck but stopped thinking that
it would not assemble correctly wiht wrong part. I will build truck and see
if the part align

The parts are the same size, so the construction should not be affected.
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Ok. good to know. I just was about to build the truck but stopped thinking that
it would not assemble correctly wiht wrong part. I will build truck and see
if the part align


In Catalog, randyf writes:
  BrickLink inventories contain what actually came in the set and not what appears
in the instruction manuals. Since instruction manuals are created ahead of production
time for sets, newer molds or parts are usually included in the actual sets that
were not accounted for in the instructions.

Having said that, I am not sure what actually came in this set. But the person
who would probably know is Admin_Russell (a.k.a. viejos), who updated the inventory
in 2009 to include
 
Part No: 3403c01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with (Same Color) Top (3403 / 3404)
* 
3403c01 (Inv) Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with (Same Color) Top (3403 / 3404)
Parts: Turntable {Black}
instead of
 
Part No: 3404ac01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
* 
3404ac01 Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
Parts: Turntable {Black}



In Catalog, roguemjr writes:
  Hello,

I was thrilled when my parts for 911-1 showed up to once again build my first
LEGO set. However, the turn table listed in the part list for this set on Brickling
is incorrect.

Current part: Item No: 3403c01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with Same Color
Turntable 4 x 4 Top (3403 / 3404)

Correct part: Item No: 3404ac01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted

See attached instructions for correct part verification.

Thanks,
Michael
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BrickLink inventories contain what actually came in the set and not what appears
in the instruction manuals. Since instruction manuals are created ahead of production
time for sets, newer molds or parts are usually included in the actual sets that
were not accounted for in the instructions.

Having said that, I am not sure what actually came in this set. But the person
who would probably know is Admin_Russell (a.k.a. viejos), who updated the inventory
in 2009 to include
 
Part No: 3403c01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with (Same Color) Top (3403 / 3404)
* 
3403c01 (Inv) Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with (Same Color) Top (3403 / 3404)
Parts: Turntable {Black}
instead of
 
Part No: 3404ac01  Name: Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
* 
3404ac01 Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted
Parts: Turntable {Black}



In Catalog, roguemjr writes:
  Hello,

I was thrilled when my parts for 911-1 showed up to once again build my first
LEGO set. However, the turn table listed in the part list for this set on Brickling
is incorrect.

Current part: Item No: 3403c01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with Same Color
Turntable 4 x 4 Top (3403 / 3404)

Correct part: Item No: 3404ac01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted

See attached instructions for correct part verification.

Thanks,
Michael
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In Catalog, MarcHatSteine writes:
  I don't know if this is the right place to post this - if not, please tell
me where I should direct it to. I just noticed that the color of Plate 6 x 8
in Light Bluish Gray is way off from all the other Light Bluish Gray color images.
To me it almost looks like a Dark Gray. Is there a reason for that? because most
of the other plate images are consistent in color.


That is what the standard LBG render from LEGO looks like. Almost all of the
other ones have been updated by myself over the years to look more like the actual
color. I guess I never came across this one in a set that I had to update it.
I will add it to my list of parts to get to.
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In Catalog Requests, normann1974 writes:
  I've just added inventory for [G=40315]. Apparently, it has been missing
since 2018. I have few notes:

1) I can not offer to submit a picture of the assembled set as I need the parts
in condition "new". Instead, I'll submit photo of the sealed (poly)bags and
their contents sorted roughly by the steps in the instructions.

That is not necessary.

  2) This gear has an "instructions" entry, but my set had no instructions in the
bag. Is this the correct way to handle this situation?

The instructions entry should be removed.

  3) Do you need the three goal paper figures created as individual gear and added
as counterparts?

Nope.
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Hello,

I was thrilled when my parts for 911-1 showed up to once again build my first
LEGO set. However, the turn table listed in the part list for this set on Brickling
is incorrect.

Current part: Item No: 3403c01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Square Base with Same Color
Turntable 4 x 4 Top (3403 / 3404)

Correct part: Item No: 3404ac01 - Turntable 4 x 4 Complete, Faceted

See attached instructions for correct part verification.

Thanks,
Michael
roguemjr
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It looks like the rendered image for the DBG plate has been used for the LBG
as well, maybe a cat admin can update that.

In Catalog, MarcHatSteine writes:
  I don't know if this is the right place to post this - if not, please tell
me where I should direct it to. I just noticed that the color of Plate 6 x 8
in Light Bluish Gray is way off from all the other Light Bluish Gray color images.
To me it almost looks like a Dark Gray. Is there a reason for that? because most
of the other plate images are consistent in color.
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I don't know if this is the right place to post this - if not, please tell
me where I should direct it to. I just noticed that the color of Plate 6 x 8
in Light Bluish Gray is way off from all the other Light Bluish Gray color images.
To me it almost looks like a Dark Gray. Is there a reason for that? because most
of the other plate images are consistent in color.
 
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In Catalog, Tollo writes:
  Good evening.
There someone that has instruction for SET 9355 or/and some photos, in order
to understan better HOW TO MAKE IT?
thanks in advance for who can HELP me
Tollo

 
Set No: 9355  Name: Dacta Space Theme Set
* 
9355-1 (Inv) Dacta Space Theme Set
497 Parts, 8 Minifigures, 5 Books, 1 Gear, 1991
Sets: Educational & Dacta: Space: Futuron

Hmm, it seems all the resources on the web are only showing an image or two.
I think DACTA sets don’t all have complete instructions….
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Hi everyone.
I am a new member and whilst searching for items I have come across a few items
that need editing or more details added to them.
How can I edit or supply more details??
An example is item min093, says it is found in set 21132 which is incorrect.
It appears in sets 21123 and 21128
Steve
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I've just added inventory for [G=40315]. Apparently, it has been missing
since 2018. I have few notes:

1) I can not offer to submit a picture of the assembled set as I need the parts
in condition "new". Instead, I'll submit photo of the sealed (poly)bags and
their contents sorted roughly by the steps in the instructions.

2) This gear has an "instructions" entry, but my set had no instructions in the
bag. Is this the correct way to handle this situation?

3) Do you need the three goal paper figures created as individual gear and added
as counterparts?

/Jan
 




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Good evening.
There someone that has instruction for SET 9355 or/and some photos, in order
to understan better HOW TO MAKE IT?
thanks in advance for who can HELP me
Tollo
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  We are pleased to announce that a major new feature was deployed to the catalog
today - Packing Dimensions!


Just updated Minifigures and Books. Catalogs and Gear are next.

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2510

The General Help Page for Dimensions is now finished. We will likely improve
some of the images over the next few weeks.

There is a also new page for advanced users that is now under construction. This
will explain the nuts and bolts behind the IC system and discuss a bit where
we are headed with dimensions in the next two phases.

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2512

The issue I am seeing the most with dimensions submissions is that folks are
submitting Stud Dimensions for parts instead of Packing Dimensions. The little
? link will be working soon for the Packing Dimensions and that will probably
help, but in general we want people to focus on the Packing Dimensions.

Please also be sure you set the Packing Type to Volume Bound for larger parts.
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In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
  
  The idea of a larger-scale change conducted twice per year is working well and
is superior to occasional changes that are harder to draw everyone’s attention
to. So, the good news is that for the foreseeable future, we will shift categories
mainly at those times, with the current organizational structure.

...

2) The parts in the original April 1 list are much more common than those in
the previous list. There are some obscure and some common parts in both lists,
but as a whole, moving parts in the original April 1 list would have had an exponentially
larger impact. Even if we were ok with all of the changes, we would not want
to move this many at one time.

You seems to be favouring twice yearly large moves instead of smaller ones, but
then go on to say there were too many to move. What is the plan here, to roll
those over to the next move and possibly bumping other parts of that move if
the list becomes too long again?

That was exactly what I've been wondering for a while. The logic of not wanting
"too much" at one time escapes me. The more often things change, the messier
it is. I may open my main store back up once all of this is over (late 2022 or
so) in the meantime it's just too much chaos for me and not really worth
the hassle.
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  The idea of a larger-scale change conducted twice per year is working well and
is superior to occasional changes that are harder to draw everyone’s attention
to. So, the good news is that for the foreseeable future, we will shift categories
mainly at those times, with the current organizational structure.

...

2) The parts in the original April 1 list are much more common than those in
the previous list. There are some obscure and some common parts in both lists,
but as a whole, moving parts in the original April 1 list would have had an exponentially
larger impact. Even if we were ok with all of the changes, we would not want
to move this many at one time.

You seems to be favouring twice yearly large moves instead of smaller ones, but
then go on to say there were too many to move. What is the plan here, to roll
those over to the next move and possibly bumping other parts of that move if
the list becomes too long again?
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In Buying, ck.brick.lego writes:
  I', speaking from the perspective of international delivery in HK.

HongKong Post does offer rather competitive rates via a service called "E-express",
but due to. Snip. virus such service to many destinations have been shut down.
When I quote, I am forced to choose between cheap surface mail (which takes months)
and premium expensive services.

When I quote I would explain clearly on why the rate is high. And from my perspective,
it is ok to cancel the order if the shipping cost is not within buyer's expectation.

Maybe it goes back to the basic communication, either the seller or the buyer
side.

Saved your post.

  
In Buying, Heartbricker writes:
  In Buying, Creative_Brick writes:
  I put in an order with a seller for a minifigure keychain and was invoiced $9.00
for shipping. While I understand some shops have fees and some will charge extra
for not meeting a big enough buy or lot limit, the seller specifically listed
in his T&C that he has no fees and there were no lot limits or minimum buys listed
anywhere in his shop. I've never had anyone quote me this high a price on
shipping, especially when the seller lives in the same state that I do. Does
this seem like a reasonable shipping cost? Should I try messaging the seller?
Is there a way I can cancel the order?

Politely ask the seller if they perhaps made a mistake or maybe meant to assign
that shipping cost to another order because shipping one keychain at the most
(counter prices) is $4.00 in the same state.
If that fails then ask to cancel and assure the seller that you have no intention
of leaving a bad feedback. (That might raise your chance the the seller would
comply)
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In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
  Everything on this list has been moved except for the last two items:

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2487

Let us know if you have any questions or comments.

Comments concerning the April 1 category change list

The idea of a larger-scale change conducted twice per year is working well and
is superior to occasional changes that are harder to draw everyone’s attention
to. So, the good news is that for the foreseeable future, we will shift categories
mainly at those times, with the current organizational structure. We still may
adjust categories at any time, though, as we will need to do soon for tax reasons
– think magazines and children’s clothes.

The bad news, at least for the moment, is that many of the proposed changes were
not approved by admin. Here are the main reasons for this:

1) This was a very large list of parts, about 70% larger than the one we worked
with in October. The larger the list, the larger the potential disruption.

2) The parts in the original April 1 list are much more common than those in
the previous list. There are some obscure and some common parts in both lists,
but as a whole, moving parts in the original April 1 list would have had an exponentially
larger impact. Even if we were ok with all of the changes, we would not want
to move this many at one time.

3) No new categories or category retitling was approved other than a couple cases
where we moved in the opposite direction. In most of the proposed cases, the
category names were longer. Generally speaking, category names are better when
they are shorter and listed on their own instead of listed alongside “Brick,…”
and “Plate,…” categories.

4) We should look at splitting the liftarms into basic and modified in the future.
The reason for not doing it now is because the split is not well enough defined.
There are several points at which a liftarm could become "modified". Even the
basic ones with bent ends could be considered modified to a degree, and that
would leave us with about 10 thick ones. But then there are thin ones too.

There is also the complication of a few decorated parts that would strictly need
their own "Technic, Liftarm, Modified, Decorated" category.

5) There were unfortunately two items on the list that we planned to change but
we couldn’t, due to problems with the admin tools. These two items are currently
listed as changes for Oct 1, 2021. We hope to have the tools repaired soon.

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2509

For the rest of the changes, I will address them subject by subject. Today we’ll
talk about corner parts:

**********************************************************

Part 1: Corner bricks, corner plates, and corner tiles

The 4 x 4 Corner Brick, the 2 x 2 Corner Brick, 2 x 2 Corner Plate, and the 4
x 4 Corner Plate were part of the original BrickLink catalog before March 25,
2001 when entry dates started to be recorded.
 
Part No: 702  Name: Brick 4 x 4 Corner
* 
702 Brick 4 x 4 Corner
Parts: Brick
 
Part No: 2357  Name: Brick 2 x 2 Corner
* 
2357 Brick 2 x 2 Corner
Parts: Brick
 
Part No: 2420  Name: Plate 2 x 2 Corner
* 
2420 Plate 2 x 2 Corner
Parts: Plate
 
Part No: 2639  Name: Plate 4 x 4 Corner
* 
2639 Plate 4 x 4 Corner
Parts: Plate

And there is no record of them having changed category after May 7, 2002 when
the old catalog change log was activated:

https://www.bricklink.com/js/cataloglog.txt

The Corner Tile and Cross Plate were added in late 2013, and the 2 x 3 Plate
with Cutout was added about 3 months ago. The 2 x 2 Corner Tile was placed in
a basic category out of consideration for the other corner elements.
 
Part No: 14719  Name: Tile 2 x 2 Corner
* 
14719 Tile 2 x 2 Corner
Parts: Tile
 
Part No: 15397  Name: Plate, Modified 3 x 3 Cross
* 
15397 Plate, Modified 3 x 3 Cross
Parts: Plate, Modified
 
Part No: 73831  Name: Plate, Modified 2 x 3 with 1 x 1 Cutout
* 
73831 Plate, Modified 2 x 3 with 1 x 1 Cutout
Parts: Plate, Modified

So what we have done in this category is to revert back to the way things were
at the very earliest time on BrickLink. And looking even further back, the 4
x 4 Corner Brick was part of the very earliest LEGO building sets that were ever
produced, the Classic Bricks (the ones with slots):
[p=bslot16]
 
Part No: bslot17  Name: Brick 4 x 4 Corner without Bottom Tubes, Slotted (with 2 slots)
* 
bslot17 Brick 4 x 4 Corner without Bottom Tubes, Slotted (with 2 slots)
Parts: Classic

It is these facts that make the “corner” parts an exception when we are categorizing
shapes. It’s the nature of what LEGO bricks have always been to include the corners
with the other more strictly rectangular shapes.

That doesn’t mean, of course, that we will never move these parts. Just that
when we are being careful and moving things in logical stages, we need to recognize
that the inclusion of the “corner” elements is a completely different matter
than that of the 3 x 3 Cross Plate or the 2 x 3 Plate with Cutout, or other
parts like the 4 x 4 Plate with Center Cutout that could have been included with
the “basic” list had we gone another direction.
 
Part No: 64799  Name: Plate, Modified 4 x 4 with 2 x 2 Open Center
* 
64799 Plate, Modified 4 x 4 with 2 x 2 Open Center
Parts: Plate, Modified
 Author: zorbanj View Messages Posted By zorbanj
 Posted: Apr 12, 2021 01:35
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zorbanj (807)

Location:  USA, New Jersey
Member Since Contact Type Status
Dec 14, 2003 Contact Member Seller
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Store: ZorbaNJ's Bricks
In Buying, Creative_Brick writes:
  I put in an order with a seller for a minifigure keychain and was invoiced $9.00
for shipping. While I understand some shops have fees and some will charge extra
for not meeting a big enough buy or lot limit, the seller specifically listed
in his T&C that he has no fees and there were no lot limits or minimum buys listed
anywhere in his shop. I've never had anyone quote me this high a price on
shipping, especially when the seller lives in the same state that I do. Does
this seem like a reasonable shipping cost?

Not from what you've written here.

  Should I try messaging the seller?

I would, it could be a mistake.

  Is there a way I can cancel the order?

https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=73&viewType=shop
 Author: Heartbricker View Messages Posted By Heartbricker
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Heartbricker (18095)

Location:  USA, New Jersey
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Store: Heart Bricker
In Buying, Creative_Brick writes:
  I put in an order with a seller for a minifigure keychain and was invoiced $9.00
for shipping. While I understand some shops have fees and some will charge extra
for not meeting a big enough buy or lot limit, the seller specifically listed
in his T&C that he has no fees and there were no lot limits or minimum buys listed
anywhere in his shop. I've never had anyone quote me this high a price on
shipping, especially when the seller lives in the same state that I do. Does
this seem like a reasonable shipping cost? Should I try messaging the seller?
Is there a way I can cancel the order?

Politely ask the seller if they perhaps made a mistake or maybe meant to assign
that shipping cost to another order because shipping one keychain at the most
(counter prices) is $4.00 in the same state.
If that fails then ask to cancel and assure the seller that you have no intention
of leaving a bad feedback. (That might raise your chance the the seller would
comply)
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jennnifer (3532)

Location:  USA, Illinois
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Store: Old Grey Bricks
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  
I'm preparing a statement about this current round of changes that will help
explain the decisions that were made.

Bump.
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
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Stuart9 (1047)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Submitted one version under not applicable but can't offer a different colour
under the same not applicable option.

Both images are marbled but quite different main colours.

One is marbled Green, I have a second version of this as each plate is different.

Another is on a block , Dark Orange/Medium brown and marbled.




In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
  In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
  Thought I'd ask if there is any point trying to add images of these to the
catalogue or does the marbling and the block rule them out ?

If there are missing images, submit them and we'll take a look.
 Author: StormChaser View Messages Posted By StormChaser
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StormChaser (566)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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Store Closed Store: Penultimate Harbinger
In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
  Thought I'd ask if there is any point trying to add images of these to the
catalogue or does the marbling and the block rule them out ?

If there are missing images, submit them and we'll take a look.
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Location:  USA, Illinois
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Store: Old Grey Bricks
In Buying, cosmicray writes:
  In Buying, jennnifer writes:
  In Buying, cosmicray writes:

  It would incentivize more sellers to enable IC.

Nita Rae

The only thing that would incentivize IC to me is for it to be designed to actually
function with the USPS system.

Stet (IOW, full agreement, no argument)

  Does everyone just charge for the highest zone
or aim for somewhere in the middle?

I keep a spreadsheet with all my sales on it. I note which zone, the weight,
and the class of service. That is tabulated into something that gives me a more
clear picture of what zone are ordering which weights. From that, I can distribute
the USPS zone costs into a rate for each weight band. Some buyers are going to
be charged more, some less, but at the end of the year I should be pretty close
the correct average. Zone 8 is getting a slight advantage, and zones 3-6 are
paying a bit more. While it would be nice for BL to get the zones to be fully
functional, I know that some buyers (i.e. everyone in zone 8) is going wince
when they see the rate they need to pay (for break even). Typically tho, if any
buyer is presented with a rate, and they know there are no more hidden or handling
charges, they buy in and go with it.

Thanks for sharing this info. I do see that there is a small trade-off between
exact cost and convenience at check out.

  
In the past 6 months, I've only had one buyer wanting free shipping … and
they were buying for resale on Amazon. So they were trying to make their cost
of acquisition lower, and at my expense. I politely declined.

  I guess what I am saying is I just don't trust
it to work, and I am basically prohibited from testing it in my own shop. The
interface is confusing, the packing dimensions are incomplete...I guess many
sellers are adapting to it despite all this?

What some sellers are doing, is opening a second account for testing. As long
as you do not create any real orders (i.e. with an order number assigned) it's
not hurting anything.

Yeah, I wouldn't be comfortable doing this. My rep and feedback here mean
a lot to me. (former Admin, contributor, store owner) so I will wait until it's
written in the terms.

  
If you have any specific questions about getting IC up and running, send me a
Contact.

Nita Rae

That's very kind of you! I appreciate it.

Jen
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Location:  USA, Oregon
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Store: MacsBricks
In Buying, Admin_Russell writes:

  I will confirm from the admin side that we will not penalize people for creating
a second account for the purposes of testing IC. No need to contact us to ask
for it. Just don't use it to circumvent stoplists, etc, etc.

Interesting, my son tried to create an account to help me test and to have his
own account (he's 32) and his account had the buyer privilege revoked. He
went back and forth with customer support and was told it was a duplicate of
my account! This was far from true, he is living here with us due to the pandemic,
there was nothing nefarious going on. So, how does he get his account reinstated?
He does not have ID with my address on it as DMV in our state is CLOSED.

Let me know if you need his account info. He has basically given up on Bricklink
for now.
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wendybrowne (424)

Location:  USA, California
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that shipping cost is outrageous! usa domestic ships for about 3.60 u to 5 ounces.
shop somewhere else!


In Buying, Creative_Brick writes:
  I put in an order with a seller for a minifigure keychain and was invoiced $9.00
for shipping. While I understand some shops have fees and some will charge extra
for not meeting a big enough buy or lot limit, the seller specifically listed
in his T&C that he has no fees and there were no lot limits or minimum buys listed
anywhere in his shop. I've never had anyone quote me this high a price on
shipping, especially when the seller lives in the same state that I do. Does
this seem like a reasonable shipping cost? Should I try messaging the seller?
Is there a way I can cancel the order?
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
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Location:  United Kingdom, England
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Thought I'd ask if there is any point trying to add images of these to the
catalogue or does the marbling and the block rule them out ?

 
Part No: bb0340  Name: Baseplate 10 x 20 x 1/2 (Automatic Binding Bricks)
* 
bb0340 Baseplate 10 x 20 x 1/2 (Automatic Binding Bricks)
Parts: Classic

Thanks in advance.

Stuart

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