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 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Feb 4, 2020 13:46
 Subject: Re: I'm back!
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Thanks for the update. 👍





In Inventories, randyf writes:
  Just a quick note to let everyone know that I am back in the saddle for BrickLink!
I will begin by hammering on the backlog of pending inventories later today.
If you have been waiting for these inventories to part out, please have a bit
more patience as I work through these since there are a significant amount to
catch up on.

Cheers,
Randy
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 Posted: Feb 4, 2020 12:30
 Subject: Re: We have a new Catalog Associate!
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Welcome back.






In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

Today I am very pleased to announce we have a new Catalog Associate! As you may
see from the Hall of Fame, StormChaser has previously held two catalog-type admin
positions - Inventories Admin and the legacy Catalog Admin - and has recently
returned to the site.

We're delighted he has decided to come back, and I know many of you missed
him as well. He has many ambitious plans for the catalog, and now that we have
more staff on board, it's looking as though we can start making some serious
headway.

So please join me in welcoming him. You can see his familiar profile in line
with the others here:

https://www.bricklink.com/memberAdmins.asp

StormChaser is also the first member to officially join our new Community Expert
Program. We hope to see the other catalog admins joining in the next day or two,
and the rest of our admins within the week.
 Author: Stuart9 View Messages Posted By Stuart9
 Posted: Feb 3, 2020 14:05
 Subject: Re: Nougat is the new Flesh -> incorrect listing!
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Every training course for safety, manual handling etc, that I've ever been
on, the trainer always insists that there is no such thing as common sense.

Their justification being that what's common sense for one is not necessarily
common sense for another, experience tells me that they are right, we all have
our own ideas as to what is common sense.





In Colors, bje writes:
  In Colors, StormChaser writes:
  In Colors, bje writes:
  If a buyer orders an item incorrectly listed as Dark Nougat, then the seller
has no leg to stand on

Dark nougat is a new and rare color, so items listed as such should be carefully
verified. That is the seller's responsibility to the buyer.

  If a buyer orders an item incorrectly listed as Earth Orange, it is site policy

An administrator gave commonsense advice for handling the integration of the
new color. That does not rise to the level of site policy.

  that it is common sense that it might be the wrong colour

It has been the wrong color since whenever these colors were added until now.
The site has made progress and you complain? How would you recommend handling
the situation? Removing all items for sale in earth orange and insisting that
every seller examine the colors before relisting them for sale?

  but since the seller listed it incorrectly, there is no assistance from site management in the event of a claim.

Again, true dark nougat parts have always been listed incorrectly. You are making
something out of nothing merely for the sake of having something to be unhappy
about.

Tetchy are we not? I did not ask you for an opinion on anything I said. I asked
a question (twice) as a paid up customer of BrickLink on something on which I
am unclear and to which not furher diection has been given other than the fact
that members who cannot understand this must use common sense. Now put your little
boxing gloves back on the shelf please. You would not begin to know what makes
me happy or unhappy. I've not said ANYTHING about the progress or lack thereof
of this site. I am not the only member who have expressed confusion about this
issue as raised by a member of site management and in fact the only current catalogue
administrator. I am tryig to get an understanding of what is meant by having
common sense and maybe/maybe not atatements applied to an agreement. That is
it, no more, no less.
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 Posted: Feb 2, 2020 19:30
 Subject: Re: An epiphany
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Now I know what the P stands for : Punxsutawney Phil.




In Colors, legoman77 writes:
  I just had a brilliant idea. Let's change Nougat to Flesh.
John P
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 Posted: Feb 1, 2020 19:28
 Subject: Re: Nougat is the new Flesh
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Having a late night too ?


In Colors, WoutR writes:
  In Colors, Admin_Russell writes:
  No changes to inventories are necessary except to give Dark Nougat a place in the system.

The required catalog changes would be:

Part 3901
Part color code: update 4163862
Small Images: Choose one of the images in Fabuland Brown or Earth Orange and
delete the other.

Part 30374
Part color code: update 4159161
Small Images: Choose one of the images in Fabuland Brown, Earth Orange or Dark
Orange and delete the rest.

Part 30374px1
Remove additional note.
Update small image color from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4706-1
Change part 30374px1 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat (regular and extra)

Inventory 4730-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4752-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4756-1
Change part 30374 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 4758-1
Change part 30374 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory 10132-1
Change part 30374 from Dark Orange to Dark Nougat

Inventory minifigure hp023 (used in set 4728-1 and HPG02-1)
Change part 3901 from Earth Orange to Dark Nougat
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 Posted: Dec 27, 2019 14:38
 Subject: Re: Please approve
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Still cautiously optimistic.

Unfortunately we are likely to see negative changes or changes perceived by some/many
as negative before we see benefits, I worry about them too.

Easier to remove things that exist before adding beneficial changes.

Well that's how I'm choosing to view it, all too easy for me to see it
otherwise but I'm trying to be positive, makes a change.





In Catalog, legoman77 writes:
  In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
  In Catalog, bje writes:
  In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
  Yesterday were offcialy released some new 2020 sets. They are available to buy
from offcial LEGO web shop in Europe.
https://brickset.com/article/47982/[uk-eu]-sale-now-on-at-lego-com


Snip

Do you not approve these yourself, or are you not expert enough? They've
been on sale at certified LEGO stores since yesterday here as well.

I'm not allow to do it anymore.


  
  
P.S.
I would like to submit new inventories for SW sets

ditto for some friendsm, city, technic....

I had a feeling that it would start and now it has. First the catalog and then
who knows what. For the optimists out there, this is not going to be good.
John P
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 Posted: Dec 24, 2019 17:46
 Subject: Re: part number 62696 Dark Tan Bride Hair
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In my experience, if it has the circled c then it is Lego, fakes don't bother
adding it, others may know otherwise.





In Problem, mfav writes:
  In Problem, Icetrent writes:
  I received this part today for my Moster Fighter bride, but I can't find
the word lego anywhere on the part.

I have at least 10 of this piece, various colors, interior matching what you
show. FWIW. Only the bright light yellow has the "full circle" with LEGO stamped
in it.
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 Posted: Dec 21, 2019 05:43
 Subject: Re: Guardian " lego take ovrer BL"
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Yep, my thoughts too.

From what I've seen, I thought feelings where mixed and fairly evenly spread
between doom and gloom, positivity and cautiously optimistic.

Don't know what has been posted on other sites, perhaps these were less favourable.




In General, Teup writes:
  In General, stacey_love writes:
  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/dec/20/lego-accused-of-muscling-in-on-fans-after-bricklink-takeover

My goodness why the focus on all de doom thinkers, now it sounds like everyone
assumes it will be terrible. That's neither correct, nor to our advantage.
I thought the replies to the news were really pretty balanced. We've seen
a whole range of different opinions and expectations. But I guess that's
how media work.
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 Posted: Dec 8, 2019 11:35
 Subject: Re: 3001 information
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The one in my store logo.




In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  Yes sir!
It's easy to price the commonly found bricks.
I do like the fee structure here. On that other site I have to price 15% above
retail, just to equate for fees alone, unless I get a low final evaluation offer.
What GOOD brick did you sell? I do love them all...
So far I've sold two lots - one common larger lot of 8xC bricks priced high,
and one rarer, smaller lot priced reasonably.
I didn't only get bricks - I got minifigures, cases, parts.
Tricky.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  That's always the problem with special bricks, rarely is there something
to compare them with to make a judgement.

I've more I want to sell but I'm holding off until I can find time to
do some research and price accordingly.

Check out those listed under 3001special, paying attention to descriptions, however
it's very limited in providing useful information unless your bricks closely
resemble those there.

Items sold on BL provide no useful information as detailed information on individual
bricks is not available.

They regularly sell between £20 - £80 each, less at the higher price, I'd
guess £30 each is not unusual for one a little rarer.

The old advice comes in here, price high and be prepared to come down, you could
ask for offers if already listed and then sell it through BL at the new price.

I had one brick, not 3001special which I didn't want to sell despite numerous
generous offers but eventually sold through BL at a very good price, couldn't
say no.

However a lot are sold under £10.

Also check out Flickr if you have time to dig around and find those being offered
there, many of the collectors will post items on offer.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  What I'm finding the most difficult is calculating how much each brick is
worth - all I know is what I paid for the lot

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Between 10,000 to 20,000 bricks in all sizes, only a couple of hundred more interesting
bricks, sold a lot.

Most are standard production bricks.

Also have a fair number of Kiddicraft bricks.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  How many pre 1980 bricks do you have exactly?

It's a fool's battle right now

I've seen lots of your beautiful pictures aswell!


In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  I suspect they used normal production material but claimed otherwise once discovered,
can't see them using floor sweepings either.



In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  I doubt the Grangemouth bricks were made from floor sweepings as they would probably
resemble the marbled slotted bricks more if it was the case. Leftovers is much
more probable.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Many, if not all the Grangemouth, were made by some employees producing their
own bricks without permission from Lego or their own company.

They are said to have used leftover or floor sweeping materials but that may
not have been strictly true, who knows.



In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!
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That's always the problem with special bricks, rarely is there something
to compare them with to make a judgement.

I've more I want to sell but I'm holding off until I can find time to
do some research and price accordingly.

Check out those listed under 3001special, paying attention to descriptions, however
it's very limited in providing useful information unless your bricks closely
resemble those there.

Items sold on BL provide no useful information as detailed information on individual
bricks is not available.

They regularly sell between £20 - £80 each, less at the higher price, I'd
guess £30 each is not unusual for one a little rarer.

The old advice comes in here, price high and be prepared to come down, you could
ask for offers if already listed and then sell it through BL at the new price.

I had one brick, not 3001special which I didn't want to sell despite numerous
generous offers but eventually sold through BL at a very good price, couldn't
say no.

However a lot are sold under £10.

Also check out Flickr if you have time to dig around and find those being offered
there, many of the collectors will post items on offer.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  What I'm finding the most difficult is calculating how much each brick is
worth - all I know is what I paid for the lot

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Between 10,000 to 20,000 bricks in all sizes, only a couple of hundred more interesting
bricks, sold a lot.

Most are standard production bricks.

Also have a fair number of Kiddicraft bricks.





In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  How many pre 1980 bricks do you have exactly?

It's a fool's battle right now

I've seen lots of your beautiful pictures aswell!


In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  I suspect they used normal production material but claimed otherwise once discovered,
can't see them using floor sweepings either.



In Colors, Nathan123 writes:
  I doubt the Grangemouth bricks were made from floor sweepings as they would probably
resemble the marbled slotted bricks more if it was the case. Leftovers is much
more probable.

In Colors, Stuart9 writes:
  Many, if not all the Grangemouth, were made by some employees producing their
own bricks without permission from Lego or their own company.

They are said to have used leftover or floor sweeping materials but that may
not have been strictly true, who knows.



In Colors, brick.bewdy writes:
  I'm trying to sell 3001/2x4 bricks on another site, and I would like to affirm
some information I have provided them with in relation to test bricks.

Please disregard my ignorance, I just need accurate information. I would dislike
providing misleading details to any potential buyer.


Howdy. I've been collecting for a few years now. Love 'em all! Do you
know of Bricklink - it takes a while to become familiar, but if you'd like
to invest some time there, they would happily answer any of your questions.

Mursten, Bayer, BASF, Grangemouth, Wrexham, and other manufacturers were all
contracted by LEGO to produce plastics for their bricks. LEGO provided them with
2x4 molds as test examples.
I'm not sure as to how they all aquired the molds they did, but the Mursten
ABCD bricks are in relation to a clutch test - how firmly they grip to another
piece.' A' being the tightest clutch and 'D' being the loosest.
Due to those test examples LEGO now use the 'C' as the brick of choice.
Modulex is an Architectural scale brick - being an ignorant Aussie, I'm not
familiar with it exactly. They're ultra-cute, that's all I know about
that.
The milky, marbled, and semi-transparent bricks were all produced by the aforementioned
companies because they were pumping coloured plastics into the molds they were
provided with without cleaning the injection pipes before adding another coloured
plastic - in the case of the milky/semi-transparent, they were not adding enough
colour to the mold?
I will do a quick research on prices for you regarding the bricks I've offered
you.

I can tell you that I have never seen a double A, B, C, or D brick being offered
for sale, let alone a complete set. Having said that, does not mean they do not
exist.

If you're not in a rush, I'm happy to get you more information!

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