Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | iprice  | | Posted: | Jan 4, 2021 04:37 | | Subject: | Re: 8860 "Car Chassis" | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | I had this set when it was brand new, and I'm pretty certain that the Expert
Builder version sold in the United States was called the "Auto Chassis"
and not "Car Chassis". It's also identified as such in the 1982 Dealer Catalog
for the USA: https://images.brickset.com/library/Catalogues/c82usdc.pdf
Does anyone else of a certain *ahem* age remember what it was sold as back then?
Is there a reason BL settled on calling it the "Car Chassis" (which I think is
the name it was sold under in the UK)?
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It was definitely the "Car Chassis" here in the UK; my best friend had it and
I fell in love with Technic Lego there and then. It was an awesome set (BITD).
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Nov 10, 2020 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: searching suggestion not work | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, mrfuture writes:
| | When you searching in top search box and you get suggestions about what you may
searching for. If i click her. Earlier it popped into the search field and let
you search on that.
Now Nothing happened when you click. It return to the same text you was typing.
Not the thing you want to search in the suggestion list.
You have to type out what you want. Or do i do something wrong now.
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Nope, it's not you. That's exactly what it does for me too, when using
the latest FireFox browser. When a suggestion comes up it doesn't matter
if I click on the text or the image, nothing happens. I have to press enter after
completing the text before I can then access the list of parts/sets.
I've also had the Search box bring up a completely different item when it
appended stuff to what I was typing! It's borked.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 20, 2020 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: Decrease "Qauntity" values in Cart | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, hpoort writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
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Trying to understand. I'm sometimes not too good at it, though 
I currently can do just that "remove parts" or increase/decrease amounts, with
two clicks from any page
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I’m guessing it’s because you’re viewing one cart (in the store). Iprice is
using “View all carts” and wants the ability to decrease quantities (or “qauntities”?
 ) in this “all carts” view.
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I understood the question as being in the [Shop] at the [Wanted List] tab, having
just added parts from the wanted list into the shopping cart. At that point you
see the message 'Lot successfully added to shopping cart.' and the amount
in your cart, but you can't remove the items from your cart.
Adding a negative amount would be a nice trick if that were allowed.
Having a link to that lot in your cart would be helpful.
Having a button to delete the lot from your cart would be a solution.
Having an edit control to change the lot at that point would be ideal, if not
cluttering the interface.
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Yes. This.
It was the middle of the night when I posted (hence the major typo in the title
), so perhaps I wasn't awake enough to make it more obvious.
Any of those suggestions would be good additions. Negative numbers were countered
by my "flooring" comment - make it impossinle to have a negative value in the
cart itself (if entered value is less than zero, then cart value=zero).
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 20, 2020 00:21 | | Subject: | Decrease "Qauntity" values in Cart | | Viewed: | 103 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I would love the ability to remove parts from my "Added To Cart" quantity, without
going into the Checkout screen.
I can increase Quantities however I wish from each seller's "All Items/Newest
Items/Wanted Items" pages, but once I've added them to my cart, I cannot
decrease this value unless I access the Checkout screen. Its odd that I can add
to it, but not subtract on the same screen. It's very easy to add a wrong
part or find the same items cheaper/newer way down the list (especially if the
seller hasn't concotonated their inventory). Flooring the accumulated Cart
value to zero would prevent negative numbers.
Even if I could just "zero" a quantity in my cart it would help speed things
up a bit. Although speed really doesn;t seem to matter much to BL, does it? 
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 14, 2020 19:09 | | Subject: | Re: Email notification of forum replies | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Your avatar reminds me of the ant from the old Amiga/ST game Pushover.
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He's based on the character out of the Boulderdash games, Rockford - one
of my fave games growing up. I did a remake many, many years ago called RockRush
for pc and some handheld devices.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 14, 2020 11:32 | | Subject: | Re: Email notification of forum replies | | Viewed: | 20 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Ninepartsred writes:
| | I remember mentioning this several years ago but I've noticed recently that
a lot of new members are posting questions and not replying when others have
offered answers.
Every other forum I've used has the option to receive email notification
when a post is added to the thread. I imagine that new members may expect this
and that's why they don't reply and it may come across as ignorant.
I read a recent post by a new user who hadn't realised there were replies
to her original message. I expect it may put off some people from using the site
as we all need some help when we start here.
I'm aware that some people are pointing out various issues with the site
as it is, so perhaps this could be implemented whenever the site is next updated.
Just a thought. 
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I agree with this, for similar reasons - posts get answered but the OP doesn't
respond.
Now is this because -
a) The OP doesn't know there's a response
b) It's quite difficult to find the OP's original post
c) They do see the reply, but don't acknowledge it
d) Give up immediately after posting a question and never return...
e) Find the answer elsewhere and don't bother mentioning it.
We'll never know... however, we can at least reduce that list by letting
the OP know that there are replies to their post
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2020 14:55 | | Subject: | Re: Group parts by available colour | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, tubemapcentral writes:
| | the special coloured parts
cost £1,000 each (Emerald Night).
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Huh? Wow! What parts are those then?
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Sep 2, 2020 12:03 | | Subject: | Re: Why doesn't TLG provide set inventory? | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, legoman77 writes:
| | In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, Rus_Numis writes:
| | When TLG bought Bricklink my first thought was that finally now we will have
set parts inventory coming directly from them and this will stop delays related
to approvals and all such things. But I don't think this is happening. And
I don't really understand why. TLG has all this data because they created
sets and they know exactly what parts set consists of. Why don't they just
give this information to Bricklink inventory admins on the day of set release
(or even before that)? Is it obvious path to improve Bricklink?
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It's not as simple as that. We have a sealed set standard on BrickLink, which
means that we base the inventory off what actually is in the set rather than
what is supposed to be in the set. This helps with accuracy with variants and
extras.
Also, BrickLink format varies from that used by the LEGO Group. We create and
name minifigs, we have counterparts, and we also recognize multiple versions
of a set.
We actually use LEGO data as a base to create the rough draft of inventories
which puts us most times at about 95% completion. But there's a lot of work
to do beyond that to prepare inventories for our standard.
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Years ago I tried to get the set numbers and the inventories for the Samsonite
sets. I got no help from Lego. The people I spoke to were unaware of the fact
that Lego was even sold by Lego. I talked to several people that were pretty
high in the food chain. Then I went to Samsonite and no one there had any idea
and they surprised to find out that Samsonite made or sold Lego. I had to send
pictures of the Samsonite sets.
There was also a problem with the early Lego sets that when the were out of a
part the put parts in that they had,sets in the 800 range where almost impossible
to inventory. If they changed parts they used up all the old one first to make
a set.
I even went as far as to call Lego in Billund and they were also surprised at
first that Lego was sold by Samsonite. I person there said that she sort of
remembered that.
I tell this so people know that Lego is as confused as the ones of us that inventory
sets.
John P
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Doesn't surprise me - sometime Lego doesn't know their arse from their
elbow. The left hand really doesn't know what the right hand is doing most
of the time, from my experience of dealing with them directly.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jul 10, 2020 11:05 | | Subject: | Re: Dark Green - who's going to crack first? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, firestar246 writes:
| | In Colors, misbi writes:
| | Now that TLG has acquired BL, isn't it about time that we set about resolving
conflicting colour names? The flesh/nougat adjustment shows that it's possible,
so when are we going to rename BL Dark Green to Earth Green?
Obviously there are many others which need aligned over time, but currently Dark
Green should be an immediate priority.
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No... Lego has lousy names for some of the colors. For example: New Dark Red
and Brick Yellow (tan). If anything, Lego should adopt the BL color system.
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I agree. The BL system definitely makes more sense to me, for the most part.
I do however agree with the change from "flesh" to nougat.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jul 10, 2020 05:03 | | Subject: | Re: Am I right and everyone else wrong? | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Superbar writes:
| | For further clarity, another image showing the plates are definitely Brown and
the tile is reddish brown
In Colors, pitz8008 writes:
| | In Colors, BasKrie writes:
| | In Colors, randyf writes:
| | In Colors, Superbar writes:
| | Hi,
So I'd like someone to have a look at this and see if I am going mad please.
Have a look at the first picture without looking at the second you will see both
parts stuck together look identical in colour. Both are brown. Now look at the
second picture the same part Plate 1x1 with the design on that side of it is
listed only as reddish brown and never as brown. Should this not be listed as
brown?
Kind regards
Barry
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The 2x2 tile looks like dark red to me and the plates reddish brown when next
to it.
Do you actually have any old brown bricks/plates to put the "others"?
TBF the plates do look brown in the first two photos. But lighting and images
can make something look very different.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2020 05:20 | | Subject: | Re: Collecting the parts catalog | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, gunga writes:
| | Just a random thought that came to me while sorting pieces...
Has anyone tried to collect, and complete, the parts catalog? In other words,
collecting every part in every know color. It would be an interesting challenge
to say the least.
Bill
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It would be a never-ending and very expensive hobby, that's for sure!
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jul 2, 2020 23:25 | | Subject: | Re: Multible pictures to a set/part/figure | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:
| | In Suggestions, BGP writes:
| | I find that it's very time consuming, adding multiple pictures to the things
I have for sale. The process of uploading them to Bricklink, and adding them
to the items I have for sale is difficult and takes to much time.
I know the rules says, that it is not allowed to link outside Bricklink. But
is there another way to do it smarter ? Multiple pictures, describes the condition
better than words. And it's much easier for the buyer, to see if it's
something they want to buy, instead of waiting for the seller to sent pictures.
BGP
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I wouldn't bother. A few words are usually just as good as a picture.
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I disagree - a decent picture can be worth a thousand words.
As an example "Used with playware" doesn't come anywhere near to describing
an item whereas a good picture can clearly show how good/bad a part is.
I personally believe that linking to an external site is not the answer; what
happens if it disappears? etc. etc. I think the answer is to simplify the ability
to add pictures to BrickLink/your store.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jun 29, 2020 06:41 | | Subject: | Re: sw0527a r2-d2 misprint? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, spacecaptain writes:
| | has anyone seen this? the head is rotated 45 degrees. it came in 75257. i
can't find any pictures anywhere.
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I'm amazed that, despite the head being rotated, it's actualy printed
level. That's gotta be a misprint!
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jun 21, 2020 18:12 | | Subject: | Re: Modified plate #4151 | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
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Only supposed to be the b version found in :
Or
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Wrong Sail Barge! 
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 22, 2020 18:14 | | Subject: | Re: Catalog Weight of Sets - With/Without Boxes? | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, iprice writes:
| | When looking at sets in the catalog the item info includes weight. Is this weight
of the model alone, once constructed or the full and complete set including packaging
and instructions?
Eg for the UCS B-Wing - Weight is stated as 2796g. What does this refer to exactly?
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These weights are intended to refer to a factory-sealed set. The weight includes
the outer packaging (meaning the box) and all contents therein.
If you click on the Instructions Entry tab for that set, you'll see that
the three instructions booklets combined weigh 337 grams. The empty box itself
is reported to weigh 576 grams (although I wonder a bit about that weight).
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Many thanks for your reply.
BTW I just picked that set because it was one of my fave SW ships/sets
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 22, 2020 16:37 | | Subject: | Catalog Weight of Sets - With/Without Boxes? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| When looking at sets in the catalog the item info includes weight. Is this weight
of the model alone, once constructed or the full and complete set including packaging
and instructions?
Eg for the UCS B-Wing - Weight is stated as 2796g. What does this refer to exactly?
Cheers
BTW - I did do a quick search before asking this, but was overwhelmed with info
that had nothing to do with this question!
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2020 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: When is a Minifigure a Minifigure? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, firestar246 writes:
| | I would consider a minifigure to be an assembly of parts that create some sort
of character.
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So a BrickHeadz model would be a mini-figure?
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Apr 24, 2020 05:03 | | Subject: | Re: 75020 Jabba’s Sail Barge alternative part inc | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Help, Debstarcrazy writes:
| | Hi guys. I have a 75020 Jabba’s sail barge and inside there is a note from Lego
showing the large tan plates with grille have all been swapped for plates without
the grill. On the inventory for this kit on BL it is not mentioned. Can anyone
shed any light on this? Did I get a faulty one? Many thanks
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How does that work? The grille at the front needs to have a hole so that a 3L
axle can go through it. I suppose a 2L axle would work, but it wouldn't be
as tructurally sound.
I'd contact Lego and ask for replacements.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2020 14:24 | | Subject: | Re: Condition(s) for Used Items | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
| | I've had mixed results too.
I've bought bricks from a seller just labelled used and they've been
like new, from another labelled exactly the same and they've gone straight
into my scrap bin.
Some labelled as normal wear for age and they've been gauged, bitten numerous
times or absolutely covered in scratches,not light wear marks or odd scratches.
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Indeed. I bought a load from a seller just recently - it was used, but had no
other descriptions. I expected it not to be pristine r new-like, but the stuff
I got wasn't even good enough to be classed as filler. It was pretty much
all bin-fodder to me.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jan 20, 2020 15:38 | | Subject: | Re: Keyword Exclusions | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | I feel like Bill in that I find myself making observations and then posting them
in the forum whilst saying, "Hmmmm." This is my Bill moment.
I just searched for the Where Are My Pants person from The LEGO Movie. The system
excluded 75% of my keywords. So . . . what's the point of titling this character
this way if 75% of the title is useless?
Wouldn't it be better to simply title him "Pants Guy" and leave it at that?
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If you search for those keywords with "all items", then all words are used. If
you search in "catalog items", most get excluded. There is some difference there.
I still don't know what the two searches actually do that is different. Except
find the no pants guy.
Of course if you know he is called that then a search for "where are my pants"
in quotes finds him as a single keyword.
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I'd love all "trans-" colours to come up when I type that in the Catalog
Search bar or especially My Wanted Lists. It does pick up one or two in the Catalog,
but even that makes no sense - why pick any at all? Same as on My Wanted List
- a mini-fig helmet with "trans-yellow" visor gets picked up (when I type "trans"/"trans-")
but no other trans-yellow or trans-other colour bits. Being able to use a wildcard
(*) would help.
I'd also like everything with pin/pin hole(s) included in the "technic" search
of "My Wanted List" - some are/some not.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Nov 18, 2019 04:40 | | Subject: | Re: Selling piece "collections" by same color | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, CaptainStevo writes:
| | I would love to order "grab bags" of a variety of pieces of the same color. I
have a glut of classic LEGO colors and I would like to buy bundles of newer colors
without swelling my numbers of classic blacks,yellows,reds,etc. Can/do sellers
ever sell this way, and if so, how can a shopper search for that? Any input is
appreciated
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I've seen colour "bundles" on eBay, but not seen them on here - although
I haven't specifically looked for them.
They usually go for between £10/$10-£20/$20 (plus postage) per kg (1000grams)
in the UK, depending on age, type of Lego etc.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Nov 11, 2019 07:08 | | Subject: | Re: Missing two sets on the Star Wars USC list | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Suggestions, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Suggestions, HHell writes:
| | Hi,
You are missing two sets on the Catalog: Sets: Star Wars: Ultimate Collector
Series
Set: 10188-1 Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series from 2008 year
Set: 10236-1 Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series from 2013 year
It will be nice to see all of the Star Wars USC sets.
Kind regards,
Pawel
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They do not belong to UCS series as they are not marked as such on the boxes.
btw here you have message from LEGO which this person recived when asked about
it.
https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:288611
Both sets are cosider playsets.
The same situation is with 75222-1
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That's a strange response from Lego, especially as the 75159 Deathstar IS
a UCS set, despite being nigh-on identical to 10188. 75159 is UCS even without
the plaque...
Damned Lego inconsistencies!!!
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 31, 2019 15:48 | | Subject: | Re: Bases, flats, platforms | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, emperorpenguini writes:
| | I don't have the correct word to get the catalog to search for large flat
pieces, 32x32 stud for example.
What does the cataolg refer to h=these as?
Thanks, Newby
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Plates and baseplates
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 10, 2019 18:18 | | Subject: | Re: Brick Color | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
| | If I have both together, the dark grey has a brownish hue compared with the dark
blue grey.
This isn't easy to see in artificial light, impossible for me, i won't
check mine unless I have daylight.
In Colors, linesbusy writes:
| | How do you tell the difference between Dark Grey and Dark Bluish Grey bricks?
I want to make sure I purchase ones that match what I already have.
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I concur with the brownish looking older greys.
The light greys look yellow compared to lbg.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Sep 28, 2019 03:13 | | Subject: | Re: No idea what some pieces are | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, DeLuca writes:
| | In Catalog, Monica.angres writes:
| | I recently bought a huge bin of legos from a friend for 50 bucks. I’m still sorting
and cleaning, but realized these are probably all 15 to 20 years old! I’m desperately
trying to find someone who could help me identify these older pieces. Some of
them I have never seen! I would be more than happy to share with anyone willing
to help. Thanks!
Monica
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Pictures would be helpful.
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Indeed, a picture is worth a thousand words and with them we can help identify
parts very quickly.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2019 03:46 | | Subject: | Re: Sort by in Wanted List | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, iprice writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, GregSwiss writes:
| | Hello
Would it be possible to implement a new sort by-option in the Wanted List?
What I would like to see is "Missing" what would be the difference between "Wanted"
and "Have".
Cheers
Greg
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The current Have feature is useless. It's the same as Want.
Easier is to create an Ordered Wantlist and move the items there until they're
received.
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I actually find the "Have" feature to be very useful, though I would like an
"Ordeded/Purchased" feature too; I've purchased loads of parts multiple times
accidentally, as I'd forgotten I had already ordered them and didn't
check through my current orders properly. If I could mark wanted parts as "Ordered"
it would save me time. money and storage space.
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That's exactly what the Have feature was supposed to do, but it doesn't
subtract anything from Want.
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It does though. If you look in your Wanted list it clearly shows how many you
Want and how many you Have in hand. Now go to a store and select Wanted List
it shows sjhows your Wanted Qty (which is original Wanted minus Have).
As for Have - I don't want it
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Sep 23, 2019 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: Sort by in Wanted List | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickwilbo writes:
| | In Suggestions, GregSwiss writes:
| | Hello
Would it be possible to implement a new sort by-option in the Wanted List?
What I would like to see is "Missing" what would be the difference between "Wanted"
and "Have".
Cheers
Greg
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The current Have feature is useless. It's the same as Want.
Easier is to create an Ordered Wantlist and move the items there until they're
received.
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I actually find the "Have" feature to be very useful, though I would like an
"Ordeded/Purchased" feature too; I've purchased loads of parts multiple times
accidentally, as I'd forgotten I had already ordered them and didn't
check through my current orders properly. If I could mark wanted parts as "Ordered"
it would save me time. money and storage space.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Sep 4, 2019 20:11 | | Subject: | Re: Help with another color | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, detroitbricks writes:
| | Ok I have ran across another color issue, I have ran across this a few times
but this time both parts came from the same used set. Assume both are blue but
1 is discolored. Does anybody sell these or do they go in the scrap bin?
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The hinge brick is definitely blue - it only comes in one shade of blue (if I've
selcted the right product from the catalogue), so that's got to be it. The
1x3 brick just looks like dark blue to me.
TBF the blue hing brick does look darker than normal blue, but that could be
due to bad light, camera etc.
Do you have any normal blue or dark blue bricks to compare these to?
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Aug 10, 2019 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: Sorting Wanted Lists Alphabetically | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Illuminatus writes:
| | It would be really helpful if the site could memorize your last "sort by" setting
in every section and consider it your default, without exception.
For example, if I open a specific wanted list and sort it by item number, then
every next list I open will also be sorted by item number until I set it back
to "item name."
However, no matter how many times I open the master wanted list, i.e. my list
of wanted lists (lol), and sort it alphabetically, as soon as I refresh or revisit
the page the sorting is set back to "newest."
It would be really great if this could be... sorted out.
Thanks and sorry if this has been brought up before.
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Yeah, this annoys me too. So "YES!"
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2019 15:22 | | Subject: | Re: Country flag icon on sales posts | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, popsicle writes:
| | In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:
| | It would be really helpful if the 'sales' posts in the marketplace discussion
page had a stores country flag icon next to the username. To be able to see at
a glance would save us having to click on each post to find out. Personally I
tend not to buy outside the EU because of shipping costs and taxes.
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Maybe I'm not understanding completely, James, but it does in the forum "Marketplace".....
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We both mean in the forum thread listings, not the forum posts. Unless you click
on thread, you don't see the actual post with the seller's country flag.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Aug 9, 2019 15:20 | | Subject: | Re: Country flag icon on sales posts | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Jamesf077 writes:
| | It would be really helpful if the 'sales' posts in the marketplace discussion
page had a stores country flag icon next to the username. To be able to see at
a glance would save us having to click on each post to find out. Personally I
tend not to buy outside the EU because of shipping costs and taxes.
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I've thought this for a long time now; I agree and for exactly the same reasons.
It's a shame, as some U.S. sellers have great part-lists and excellent sales
- all negated by postage, import duty and P.O. charges (that are generally MUCH
higher than the actual duty).
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 28, 2019 13:54 | | Subject: | Re: Embedding pictures in contact function | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Help, CCBricks writes:
| | Good morning all,
Is there a way to send photos via the contact option? I have a potential buyer
interested in a certain minifigure and wants photos. I'm happy to oblige,
but can't figure out how to send photos. I dont have the email address so
I can't send then that way. I tried using the Help section. But was unsuccessful.
any help is appreciated.
Brian
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Can't you just ask the buyer for their email address?
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 16, 2019 09:50 | | Subject: | Re: Technic battery boxes | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SezaR writes:
| | In Catalog, iprice writes:
| | In Catalog, SezaR writes:
| | In Catalog, iprice writes:
This
is a set (not an item) consisting of the item
Indeed, 8881-1 is like a service pack. See the second photo.
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I have compared the photos. To me they appear physically identical; I just wanted
to know if they were in effect the same - whether a "set" (of one item?) or a
component (one item) in a set!
I don't get the whole service pack thing. :/
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One is the battery box and the other is the bag and its content (its content
is the same battery box) So if you open the bag and take off the battery box,
you will get the item
Not yet clear?
What is the difference between a package including a book (title: how to be happy)
and the book itself?
What is the differenc between
and
?
What is the difference between the train set
and the the "492 parts+2 minifigs+instructions" inside its box?
Bests,
Reza
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Yeah, sorry I get what you mean. But to me that's not a service pack - that's
just an item within a packet. I'm used to product/software service packs,
that are more like upgrades to the original software, or additions to products
that improve the product and/or performance.
Thanks for the reply BTW.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 15, 2019 18:12 | | Subject: | Re: Interesting | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, randyf writes:
| | Yep.
In Colors, C0lsanders_ writes:
| | Was it an older set?
In Colors, randyf writes:
| | I just opened my first sealed set ever where every part that is supposed to be
white looks almost exactly like a perfect match for tan or slightly lighter.
It is quite weird to be expecting white parts and seeing everything look tan.
You would never know these parts were ever white by looking at them since the
color is even on all surfaces of every part. Because the set was sealed, it could
not be UV damage due to sunlight as so many sites claim, so some other chemical
process occurs. There must be some sort of breakdown of some additive in the
ABS due to storage conditions of the set (maybe higher temperatures). I don't
know what it is, but I am less than happy with my purchase now. 
Cheers,
Randy
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I think I'd cry a river if that had ben an original Tantive IV!
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 15, 2019 00:37 | | Subject: | Re: Technic battery boxes | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SezaR writes:
| | In Catalog, iprice writes:
This
is a set (not an item) consisting of the item
Indeed, 8881-1 is like a service pack. See the second photo.
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I have compared the photos. To me they appear physically identical; I just wanted
to know if they were in effect the same - whether a "set" (of one item?) or a
component (one item) in a set!
I don't get the whole service pack thing. :/
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Feb 6, 2019 14:53 | | Subject: | Re: New and Used: more shades of grey are needed | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, JusTiCe8 writes:
| | Hi,
as a buyer, I found having only two choices for parts condition is far too basic
and not useful, mostly for buyers, but also for sellers who seek accuracy and
honesty regarding their inventory.
I mean, for now a seller can only pick new or used, but pretty much everyone
has his/her own standard and I got some used parts which are like new, some others
which are closer to the one way ticket to trash, if you see what I mean .
It's not good nor practical to force seller to put actual picture(s) of all
the used parts, both hobbyist and professional has better use of their time I
guess.
Plus, asking for every single part before ordering is not good either, some sellers
didn't took time to reply to potential buyer's question already.
And when seller put description, it's quite subjective, one adjective is
far to describe actual shape of a part: "bite marks, yellowish", ok but how many
marks, how deep ?
how much "yellowished" is the brick ?
Some may claims "quite good", some other "I can't send them to trash".
A quality score could be added to a used part. It would be used as well to set
the sell price, as trash-ready used parts can lower the infamous "average 6 months"
and lower ALL prices, which is very unfair for like new parts.
Any thoughts ?
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I had a shipment of Lego parts recently that were a batch of new and used allegedly
"clean" Lego parts that all stank to high heaven of tobacco smoke. Some sellers
really don't care about the product at all. The b@stard even gave me a negative
feedback for complaining that a product I had paid good money for smelled terrible.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Nov 26, 2018 07:02 | | Subject: | Re: Something I Just Threw Together | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In General, StormChaser writes:
| | In my continual quest to make your lives marginally better, I have just now put
together a list with photos of the different types of figures the LEGO Group
has produced over the years.
This list is not yet official and will change. It will have more detailed descriptions
of figures and hopefully better photos. It will also move from the current location
to an unknown location in the Catalog Help Center section. Or, of course, it
could also get shot down.
I have also asked that the item type Minifigs be retitled to Figures
in light of the wide range of figures of all different sizes we include in this
one section - no word on if this will happen or not. So the six item types would
be:
Sets
Parts
Figures
Books
Catalogs
Gear
This is truly a sneak peak for everyone - the people at the BrickLink office
haven't even seen it yet:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=88
Your thoughts on this list and the item type retitle? Do you find this list
of figure types useful or is it something not needed?
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You appear to be missing at least one sort - large figures with round yellow
heads, separate hair pieces and posable jointed arms with round open stud hands
with ball wrists.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-twXvraYLa8M/VNFCNCKIqiI/AAAAAAABvD0/di2vVvZiFQg/s1600/20150203_104058.jpg
Are they missing because they are not complete figures in themselves and require
bricks for their bodies etc.?
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Nov 11, 2018 15:14 | | Subject: | Re: Mark a buyer as "Refunded due to non-arrival" | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Gaston.La.Brick writes:
| | It happens a buyer says he didn't receive the items. When shipping using
an untracked medium, there is no way in verifying if the claim is legit. So I
usually make no fuss and either refund the total order amount (including shipping)
or re-send it (if I have the items in stock).
In these cases, I sometimes get the feeling the buyer might have done this before
and actually has received the items. But as I said: there is no proof, since
no tracking. Then I wonder: "has this buyer done this in the past before with
other sellers?". There is no way in knowing. And that's why I think a buyer
should get some sort of parameter/rating stating the number of orders that were
refunded due to non-arrival. It seems like a small feature. Not really that important,
but if it were there, it would give some extra statistics in the long run as
well.
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I actually had this happen recently; I'm the buyer BTW. I made an order in
May this year with someone in Belgium (your neck of the woods it would seem,
but not you).
The seller posted it a couple of days after ordering, and it did have tracking
information. However it still had not arrived after two months. I contacted the
seller, who showed evidence that it had been supposedly been delivered a couple
of weeks after my order - however his proof indicated a date and time wher no
member of the family was home, so how can it have been delivered...
After trying to track the package for a couple of weeks it was decided that a
refund was in order; so the seller was out of pocket and out of bricks. However,
this is not where the story ends. As a few weeks ago, my order finally arrived
(5 months late!). I contacted the seller and let him know and returned the unopened
package back to him so that he could re-stock his shop.
Moral of this story - you don't know whether the buyer has or hasn't
receieved his package, however you have to give him the shadow of doubt. In my
case I would have had a "Potential scammer" label if your idea bore fruit, which
could have harmed my reputation - despite the fact that I genuinely had not received
the item. Sometimes stuff does get lost in the post or takes an unreasonable
amount of time to arrive. Or you might have got scammed. I doubt the buyer would
admit, so you'll never know.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2018 18:17 | | Subject: | Re: Finding a part that does not appear in a set? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Help, mikmo writes:
| | There are many parts available on BL that was never used in a set.
Sometimes Lego makes parts in special colors, for use in their Legoland parks,
or just for testing molds.
Sometimes these parts find their way to to BL.
Mikael / MikMo
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Thanks. That's what I thought tbh.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Oct 1, 2018 03:47 | | Subject: | Finding a part that does not appear in a set? | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Howdy.
I'm looking for light bright orange 1x1 round bricks with open stud (3062b).
I've bought several over the last few months, but there's now only one
left on the market place.
I was hoping that I could perhaps get more from sets (here or eBay etc.),
however looking for this part "In Sets" doesn't appear to net any results
- https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3062b&in=S
Am I reading that right?
If it didn't appear in sets (and was released in an apparent limited number)
where did it come from?
I presume that once that last brick is sold it will then be deleted from the
catalogue too, so no more will ever be made available
Can anyone shed some light on this?
Cheers
Ian
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2018 10:05 | | Subject: | Re: Question about naming and dimensions | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | I have always wondered why a brick is named by depth x length x height and not
by length as the primary number (length x depth x height). So for example, a
3010 is a 1x4 brick.
But why is the opposite used for assemblies? So for example, a 1x3 brick stacked
on a 1x4 brick with a sticker attached is called a ...
[p=BA41pb01]
4x1x2 length x depth x height.
I could have chosen all (most?) brick assemblies ...
[p=BA14pb02]
[p=BA04pb01]
Bizarrely, tiles don't follow this pattern ...
[p=BA18pb01]
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I have wondered this too. It's really quite annoying to do a search for something
simple/obvious and come up empty. Just reversing the figures then brings up what
I expected (most of the time). I'm sure there's some method to this madness,
but it does seem a bit illogical at times.
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| Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2018 05:17 | | Subject: | Re: Color variations of new parts | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, MidwayPete writes:
| | Is there any resource that describes the slight color variations of new LEGO
parts.
For instance, I know that there are two distinct shades of Dark Red and two distinct
shades of Reddish Brown.
I swear that there are two different yellows (official LEGO color: Bright Yellow)
but this is a very subtle difference, if it exists at all.
I don't expect sellers to sort the parts by these slight variations. As a
buyer, however, I would like to be able to confirm that yes, these parts I just
ordered are all Pearl Gold, despite the fact that I can see two different hues
when I dump the bag of parts on my sorting table.
Ryan Howerter's color guide on Flickr is quite helpful, but it seems to me
that the Bricklink catalog could include a brief comment when there are more
than one acceptable variations of the same color. And by "acceptable," I mean
that these are color variations produced by LEGO under the same color name.
Peter
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The worst I've seen is with lime pieces - I've had about a thousand different
shades, that are all definitely lime. Individually you can't really see much
of a difference, but put together the difference is shocking.
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