Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | yorbrick  | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2019 14:12 | | Subject: | Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories, yorbrick writes:
| | But what happens when more sets come along that use this sleeve? They need to
be added to the part description. Why not just call it "Cardboard Sleeve 4580966"
removing the set names?
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Thank you for this suggestion. We were trying to come up with a way to not have
to repeat information in the names, but I think this idea is the easiest solution.
We will have to come up with another way to track what sets these come in in
the meantime. I am guessing the additional notes for the sleeves will probably
be the way to go.
Cheers,
Randy
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If the actual parts in the sleeve are listed in the inventory and the (sealed)
sleeves are listed as an alternate for each of the sets they are in, won't
that information already be stored in the catalogue in a meaningful way? Then
someone can look up the number on the sleeve and search for it. It won't
be in any sets as a regular part but will be listed as an alternate for all the
sets it appears in. That way, the set numbers need not be kept in the title or
as additional notes.
Or have I totally misunderstood how alternates work?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2019 13:15 | | Subject: | Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| | | Because our partout system is not yet capable of handling subparts, we're
probably not going to be able to add these sleeves to the regular section of
inventories. Maybe if we change the image and description we can do it, but right
now sellers will end up listing things in their store that buyers cannot identify.
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Too late, you are already doing it!
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Why not get the partout system for sellers and buyers to handle it correctly,
then make the changes. As it is, anyone parting out a set with these sleeves
in needs to manually delete each sleeve from the part out, then go back and part
out any sleeves or similar.
Although from the comment above, I assume you don't know that these are already
being added as sleeves rather than as the component parts. If the sleeves are
added but not as regular parts, and the parts are still in the regular section,
then it is fine and easy to ignore. But that isn't the case.
Also parting out as a part doesn't work quite right. You have to select a
colour for the part to be able to part it out, even if you have already selected
Not Applicable as the colour on the part's page before parting out. So this
adds yet another click to the parting out a sleeve process.
Although shouldn't the colour of most of these sleeves be white rather than
not applicable? After all, they are white!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2019 08:16 | | Subject: | Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| | | Wow! Just seeing that cardboard cape boxes have been added to the catalog.
I usually would prefer to refrain from making a derogatory comment on something
so trivial, but I have to say, that is a new kind of stupid. Give me a break.
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It is truly bizarre. There is this sleeve, for example:
which contains two minifigure capes. However, this sleeve which is called "Cardboard
Sleeve for Set 70837" doesn't actually appear in set 70837 since it contains
minifigure parts, which are listed with the minifigures. So we now have an entry
for a part that is not included in any sets and so is unlikely to ever be listed
in that way.
Then we have the same where the sleeves contain a single cape, for example:
Again it doesn't belong to any sets despite the name, since it belongs to
a minifigure.
It seems to be a case of making a rule then insisting on sticking to it for all
parts and sets, no matter how stupid the application of the rule is.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2019 07:51 | | Subject: | Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| | | Is there any demand to purchase open, empty cardboard sleeves?
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I don't think you can buy the empty sleeve because as soon as you open it,
you have the parts inside but the sleeve itself is not in the inventory of the
sleeve. Just as a sprue contains parts on it but not the sprue itself, a sleeve
does not contain the sleeve once opened. There is no listing for the sleeve only,
only a full (unopened) sleeve.
However, I guess some sellers will open the sleeves to check the parts inside
and sell them as new with "opened" in the comments. Although I imagine the parts
will sell better than the parts in the sleeve*. It would also be possible to
list the sleeve with comments saying "no parts inside, just the sleeve" if someone
really wanted to sell just the sleeve.
* This is where there might be a problem for wants lists. I imagine most people
putting a set together want the parts, not the parts in the sleeves. However,
parting the set out to a wants list (or parting out when selling) defaults to
the user wanting the parts in a sleeve and so they may well miss sellers that
have the parts that they want as they don't have them in the sleeve. It is
the problem of having multiple entries for the same part (or parts) just differing
in whether they are in some sort of useless packaging.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2019 05:59 | | Subject: | Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| This will also screw about with the price guide and wants lists, with decisions
about how to sell the part in the sleeve.
Do you sell a single part in a cardboard sleeve or do you sell it as the part?
These are two different entries with two different price guides.
It is like sets that contain a single part or minifigure - just introducing more
difficulty for users to sell / find what they want.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2019 05:39 | | Subject: | Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| Also it seems parting out sets is now broken. Will there be an option added (like
break sets in set) to break parts in sleeves / multipacks? Selecting break sets
in set does not open up the multipacks or sleeves.
Try parting out a set, and the only option seems to be to list the sleeve, not
is what is actually in the sleeve. To list the parts you now need to do that
manually.
This is a really bad decision, Bricklink! BL should make things easier for sellers
to sell parts, not make it increasingly difficult.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 20, 2019 05:34 | | Subject: | Re: Cardboard sleeves in inventories | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, Turez writes:
There is also an issue with the naming. For example:
is currently called "Cardboard Sleeve for Sets 60051, 60052". It has exactly
the same name as
But what happens when more sets come along that use this sleeve? They need to
be added to the part description. Why not just call it "Cardboard Sleeve 4580966"
removing the set names?
already has five set numbers in the name, what will the limit be? If it appears
in 100 sets, will they all be named in the description?
And isn't a natural extension of this to catalogue, for example, bag 1 from
set XXXX, bag 2 from set XXXX, and so on (where these bags do not contain any
minifigure parts)? After all, that is how LEGO supplies them in a set. They are
not individual parts in a box, they are multiple parts in a defined bag in a
box. How big does a bag have to be before it is no longer a multipack? So when
a set contains a small bag of 1x1 parts in a larger bag, is that now considered
a multipack or is it the parts in a bag?
And what about instructions when they are supplied with a sticker sheet inside
a polythene bag and a piece of card? Is that a cardboard sleeve / multipack or
just the instructions and a sticker sheet?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2019 17:15 | | Subject: | Re: Elements Exclusive to BaM | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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Is it possible that in German or USA LEGO Brand stores it is sell with glove?
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Also it would not surprise me if some torsos are sold without glove, and so it
would be good to have the gloveless entry, as otherwise some sellers might have
to sell them as missing a glove when in reality it isn't.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2019 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Elements Exclusive to BaM | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, constructibles writes:
| | Just to add to the never-ending "identify this part" questions, it's now
been semi-officially confirmed that LEGO has created exclusive elements for the
BaM (Build a Minifgure) bins in LBR stores. I'm sure this will give more
people headaches for authenticating parts, since they will not appear in any
inventories. Looks interesting though, and I hope they keep introducing new
elements.
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From month ago 
https://www.promobricks.de/lego-store-neuheiten-minifigur-station/83292
Some of them are alrady in the catalog
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That one isn't in the BAM. The BAM versions I have seen all come in a gloveless
form and the buyer adds the glove to it.
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Is it possible that in German or USA LEGO Brand stores it is sell with glove?
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I assume the boxes they come in are the same. All the ones I have seen in the
UK have been without glove. Of course, staff or other customers could add the
gloves then leave the assembly.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 11, 2019 17:03 | | Subject: | Re: Elements Exclusive to BaM | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, constructibles writes:
| | Just to add to the never-ending "identify this part" questions, it's now
been semi-officially confirmed that LEGO has created exclusive elements for the
BaM (Build a Minifgure) bins in LBR stores. I'm sure this will give more
people headaches for authenticating parts, since they will not appear in any
inventories. Looks interesting though, and I hope they keep introducing new
elements.
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From month ago
https://www.promobricks.de/lego-store-neuheiten-minifigur-station/83292
Some of them are alrady in the catalog
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That one isn't in the BAM. The BAM versions I have seen all come in a gloveless
form and the buyer adds the glove to it.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 4, 2019 17:49 | | Subject: | 973pb3600c01 | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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Has anyone actually seen this part in a BAM box with the mitt attached? I have
seen multiple of them in three different stores now, and they do not have the
mitt. They have a single hand and a missing hand. You can add either a mitt or
a hand, staff don't care.
So should this be listed with a mitt, given that this is not how it is supplied?
Or at least have a note about this, as not all the torsos will have mitts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2019 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: Appoint a new administrator | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In General, tpr writes:
| | Hi
I know a lot of work goes on behind the scenes with volunteer administrators
who do a damn good job with the catalogue and inventories.
Is it about time Bricklink appointed an (or more) administrator (s) to oversee
the selling side of Bricklink.
Bricklink would not exists without its revenue from sellers putting in time and
effort to sell and pay fees to Bricklink.
Surely it is only fair to sellers and buyers that items for sale conform to the
rules. If items are being mis-represented they should be removed or sellers given
the opportunity to amend their listing.
It would be nice if Bricklink appointed people to oversee the selling side of
the business. Sellers may then start conforming with their listings
tpr
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I think also there should be sanctions where this appears to be deliberate. If
you make a mistake (such as listing new when it has been used) and it is reported
and BL agrees, then it's fine and you should learn from it. If you make that
same mistake again (say within six months or a year), then you get a week's
ban from selling. If you do it again after that, it's a month ban.
Maybe with different limits for bigger stores / higher turnover stores.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2019 07:15 | | Subject: | Re: collectable minifigures leaflets | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | That is not true for series 1 up to 15 where all leaflets had a unique numbering,
also most series at least up to series 13 (if not all) had a unique code on them
to unlock the characters on the website https://www.playminifigures.com/ (is
no longer active, was closed at the end of 2016).
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What do you mean by unique numbering?
Do you mean the 122091-1, 2, 3 codes?
I've just looked at 27 Series 8 leaflets, all have 122091-1 or 122091-2,
and I have not seen any other numbers after the dash. The exact same number is
on other series leaflets too. For Series 10 I have a 122091-3. I don't think
these numbers were unique to individual sets within a series.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 09:26 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | You just said it has two arms, but it doesn't unless you are counting the
unattached robot arm and claw.
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I make that two arms.
| | The catalog picture for a minifigure shows the
minifigure assembled. Most catalog pictures for sets show the set assembled.
But your customers are not expecting you to take what Lego supplied and assemble
it for them like the picture.
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I agree. Most customers buying new parts expect me to take the new parts as supplied
by LEGO and send those. They do not expect me to assemble them. But I cannot
sell the parts that LEGO supplied here, I have to sell either a combination of
them or pull them apart. There is no option to sell it as it was originally supplied.
It is the inconsistency that is a problem. Going back to the sprues, LEGO did
not intend them to be used according to the pictures of the sets. But BL catalogues
these parts as coming on a sprue. They are listed as coming that way in the set,
whether or not all the parts are needed. There is an option to sell the parts
connected to a sprue (or in a bag) as supplied or sell the parts individually.
Whereas here, they are not listed as they come in the set. There is no option
to sell the parts as supplied.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 09:03 | | Subject: | Re: What sets could I build from my inventory | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, szellandor writes:
| | Hey guys,
Is there a listing option here to check which complete sets could I be able to
build using the parts in my inventory? If the answer is yes, can I exclude the
parts from my inventory that belong to a complete set I wouldn't want to
take apart for the purpose? I have a crazy amount of spare parts, I'd like
to check wether they could add up to some nice, complete sets 
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https://rebrickable.com/
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 08:44 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | Because at Bricklink you cannot sell the torso assembly as it is supplied by
LEGO. There is not a catalogue entry for the torso, arm and hand and robot arm
without the claw, as supplied by LEGO. To match the catalogue entry, you need
to add the robot arm.
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Do you really want to sell a torso with 1 arm? Is there is a market for that?
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It is what lego supplied. It has two arms, just no robot arm / claw extension.
I don't know if there is a market for it, as it cannot be sold that way.
And there are plenty of listings for torsos without arms, whether there is a
market for them or not. They all get catalogued even though this is not how lego
supply them. Yet these pieces don't get listed as they are supplied - but
do get catalogued if you either add another part or remove some parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 06:56 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Precedence.
All of the other torsos that use
are handled the same way.
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OK, so it's historical. Will this ever be changed to reflect what is actually
received in a set rather than what is needed for a set, like the debate about
the sprued parts now being the whole sprue rather than the required parts only?
If parting these out it is necessary to assemble them, and I don't want to
assemble them if they later become the individual parts.
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Please don't assemble ANY of the minifig parts if you are selling it to me.
Why would this imply that anyone wanted you to do that?
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Because at Bricklink you cannot sell the torso assembly as it is supplied by
LEGO. There is not a catalogue entry for the torso, arm and hand and robot arm
without the claw, as supplied by LEGO. To match the catalogue entry, you need
to add the robot arm.
It implies you have to either add the arm to the torso, or bag them separately
to keep them together, or store them unattached but need to remember to add the
robot arm, and hope the buyer finds the robot arm before complaining that it
is missing the arm.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 05:28 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | Precedence.
All of the other torsos that use
are handled the same way.
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OK, so it's historical. Will this ever be changed to reflect what is actually
received in a set rather than what is needed for a set, like the debate about
the sprued parts now being the whole sprue rather than the required parts only?
If parting these out it is necessary to assemble them, and I don't want to
assemble them if they later become the individual parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 04:48 | | Subject: | Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| This part is listed as
I have opened seven of the CMF versions and they do not come like this in the
set. The torso comes without the robot arm attached. Is there are reason having
only the assembly in the inventory, and not having it how it actually comes in
the CMF set?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 4, 2019 07:04 | | Subject: | Brand filters (again!) | | Viewed: | 153 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| The AFOL sets are not real LEGO sets, right?
Have they been catalogued incorrectly or are the filters not working correctly?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2019 08:43 | | Subject: | Re: Connecting to Royal Mail | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:
| | It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.
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I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.
Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 27, 2019 14:38 | | Subject: | Re: Toy Story Duplo 10894 parts not in inventory | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, BEEKUZZ writes:
| | We need the Toy Story Train 10894 inventoried so we can part out. How is this
done? Can I do it myself?
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Yes so long as it is not already reserved. Use the links here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=38
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 21, 2019 04:58 | | Subject: | Re: col08-14 ACTOR | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
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Is there a reason this keeps getting changed?
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I have no idea. last name change was done by Robert
(Nov 7, 2018 by StormChaser) and this change isn't in the log
So ask him ...if you have contact with him.
I really have no knowledge about it.
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This set was originally listed as Actor, it was then changed to Thespian. I asked
for the Actor name to be reinstated, which it was, and then it was removed again.
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for other to see it history
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?itemID=111573
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The minifigure version has both names:
Why can the set not keep both names?
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Have no idea.
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I'd suggest it again, but seeing as I have done it once and it got done and
then changed back again later I don't see the point of going round in circles.
It should really drop the "The" as well - we don't have The Butcher, The
Plumber, etc.
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So I've change it to be the same as minifig entry, but you know in the future
a new admin can change it back again 
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Thanks, hopefully the dual name will stay. I know people use both.
Thanks also for correcting the spelling of ANTON'S tile.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 20, 2019 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: col08-14 ACTOR | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
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Is there a reason this keeps getting changed?
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I have no idea. last name change was done by Robert
(Nov 7, 2018 by StormChaser) and this change isn't in the log
So ask him ...if you have contact with him.
I really have no knowledge about it.
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This set was originally listed as Actor, it was then changed to Thespian. I asked
for the Actor name to be reinstated, which it was, and then it was removed again.
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for other to see it history
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?itemID=111573
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The minifigure version has both names:
Why can the set not keep both names?
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Have no idea.
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I'd suggest it again, but seeing as I have done it once and it got done and
then changed back again later I don't see the point of going round in circles.
It should really drop the "The" as well - we don't have The Butcher, The
Plumber, etc.
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