Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | mhortar  | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2021 16:23 | | Subject: | Re: Auditt-1 question | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, mhortar writes:
| | In Inventories, mhortar writes:
| | I recently purchased a sealed
The box looks legit, the parts are in a sealed bag with a LEGOLAND DE sticker
on it, so everything seems good up to that point. Except one thing.
The parts for the car are blue. Not red.
I tried checking Brickset and here to see if there was an inventory note of the
car being available in different colors, but I couldn't find anything.
Has anyone else come across this before?
Josh
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Another thing I noticed, which I didn't pick up on at first. The wheels in
my set are white, which matches the photo of the set on Brickset, but Bricklink
says it came with red wheels (and all images on the box show red wheels as well,
for what it's worth).
Josh
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Should have done more research before posting...
It looks like there is one sealed set for sale that says it's a blue version
as well, so looks like it's legit and that there were at least two colors/version
of this set.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2021 16:21 | | Subject: | Re: Auditt-1 question | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, mhortar writes:
| | I recently purchased a sealed
The box looks legit, the parts are in a sealed bag with a LEGOLAND DE sticker
on it, so everything seems good up to that point. Except one thing.
The parts for the car are blue. Not red.
I tried checking Brickset and here to see if there was an inventory note of the
car being available in different colors, but I couldn't find anything.
Has anyone else come across this before?
Josh
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Another thing I noticed, which I didn't pick up on at first. The wheels in
my set are white, which matches the photo of the set on Brickset, but Bricklink
says it came with red wheels (and all images on the box show red wheels as well,
for what it's worth).
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2021 16:17 | | Subject: | Auditt-1 question | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
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| I recently purchased a sealed
The box looks legit, the parts are in a sealed bag with a LEGOLAND DE sticker
on it, so everything seems good up to that point. Except one thing.
The parts for the car are blue. Not red.
I tried checking Brickset and here to see if there was an inventory note of the
car being available in different colors, but I couldn't find anything.
Has anyone else come across this before?
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | May 5, 2020 12:47 | | Subject: | Re: Part Lists | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, pete_brick writes:
| | I expect you have heard about the inaccuracies of part lists before.
Since bricklink is now part of Lego, perhaps the bricklink part lists for sets
cold be compared with the Lego lists and corrected as necessary. I expect most
of this could be done with a computer program although it would be nice if one
could get accurate part lists for all those really old sets that one can find
in a friend's great grandfather's attic.
Thank you.
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I'm really curious which sets you've run into issues with. I've found
that the Bricklink inventories are far more accurate than the actual LEGO inventories.
The issue with official LEGO inventories is that they don't keep track of
part variants at all. In fact, when a part variant goes out of production and
a new one is added, the official inventories are updated to include the new part,
even if that set never could have contained it in the first place (I first ran
across this with the Cafe Corner set). Bricklink keeps track of specific part
and mold differences, for those that want the most accurate information of what
came in a sealed set box.
Unfortunately, LEGO inventories are good for quantity and color, but for the
actual parts that came in a production set, they aren't always accurate.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2020 17:58 | | Subject: | Re: Shadow Trooper | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
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Interesting, more than ten years and almost nobody noticed it.
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People noticed...
With respect to you personally Marek, for myself and let’s say a group
of Lego Star Wars Collectors that collaborate, we’ve stopped attempts to correct
or add to the BL catalog some years back, when our continued efforts were rejected
or dismissed out of hand, by those placed into those positions at the time, that
could do just that without consideration.
There’s more than a few corrections needed to the Stars Wars portion of the BL
catalog. It’s too bad, such poor judgement in personnel had been used in the
past. Now, some in the know (through painstaking research) that had once cared,
don’t.
That’s all that I would like to say, but should not! While simultaneously
disavowing that which I would like to say, and shouldn't - How’s that
for equivocating 
On a serious note, good job, Marek! Now to the next, there’s plenty  You are
invaluable to the current catalog team, IMHO of course.
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If you know that the current catalog admins are open to investigating and adding
these minifigs and you have knowledge of other minifigs that need to be corrected,
would you be willing to re-share that information with the current admins so
that the catalog can be more accurate?
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2020 15:07 | | Subject: | Re: Attack of the Blusers | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, BLUSER13161 writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Yes, it’s just part of the anonymisation of unregistered users. (GDPR)
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I should have read this first. This is the likely explanation of what has occurred.
Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can prevent my account from being
made anonymous in the event that I am unable to temporarily or permanently log
into my account.
And I think it is unfortunate that a good thing (the fight for privacy) has resulted
in a bad thing (erasing people if they're absent long enough).
Have I mentioned that it would be nice if BrickLink communicated with us?
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I think you are reading too much into it. Your username is a way to personally
identify you. Users in certain regions have the legal right to request that you
delete all personal information about them. Anonymizing the user id of people
that have requested to be unregistered from the site is a way to keep the contributions
made while removing the personally identifying information. I doubt there is
a mechanism to anonymize anyone that hasn't explicitly requested to be unregistered.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Dec 10, 2019 01:17 | | Subject: | Re: Parts Category Tree | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, StormChaser writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | I think it needs a complete rethink and a more modern idea - where something
can be more than one thing. So for example, I'd like to see one category
called "Bricks", and inside this, there can be all the existing types of bricks
categories.
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That's an interesting idea and I'd like to see how it would work in practice.
Could you lay out a scheme of how the parts categories would be structured?
I used MS Word to create the images shown in my original post if that's
helpful.
I'd like to see how your system would work.
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This is something that I'd been tossing around on my own for years. I was
trying to adapt it to a logical sorting/storage system, but that doesn't
really fit well.
You'd start with the broad, overarching categories:
- Brick (parts that are greater than 1 plate high)
- Plate (parts that are 1 plate high)
- Figure (minifigure body parts, head, torso, etc and accessories)
- Wheel (parts that have/are wheels)
- Duplo
- Other (catch all)
There probably needs to be more major categories, but the idea is to keep it
relatively small at the top level. Each part must contain exactly one top level
category.
Then you have secondary categories. These are in addition to the top level category
and zero or more can be added to any of the existing (although some sub categories
may only apply to certain top level categories). There would be many sub-categories
- Accessory (anything introduced as part of a minfigure that isn't a body
part. Only applies to Figure top level)
- Round (applies to plates, bricks, etc)
- Angled (coould apply to slopes or wedges)
- Curved
- Modified
- Tile
- Decorated
- Cutout
- Technic (anything with pins or pin receptacles)
- Pin
etc
Examples:
would just have the 'Brick' category.
would have the 'Brick' and 'Angled' categories
would have the 'Brick', 'Curved' categories
would have 'Brick', 'Round', 'Curved',
'Decorated'
would have 'Plate', 'Tile', 'Cutout'
would have 'Brick', 'Technic', 'Pin'
would have 'Brick', 'Angled'
would have 'Brick', 'Angled', 'Curved'
New sub categories could be added whenever the need arises and then applied much
easier to existing parts without necessarily having to change the existing categories
or 'move' the part to another part of the catalog
There obviously needs to be way more thought put into this, but I think it would
help immensely for searching plus would still be viable for displaying with the
existing tree structure. It's just that some parts would show up in multiple
places depending on their categories (which I don't really see as an issue,
but a feature).
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2019 16:56 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6370-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 2 Part 4073 Trans-Yellow Plate, Round 1 x 1
* Delete 1 Part 4073 Trans-Yellow Plate, Round 1 x 1 (Extra)
* Add 1 Part 4073c01 Trans-Yellow Plate, Round 1 x 1, 2 on Sprue
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The owner of this set confirmed that his set comes with only one sprue but we
can see on one of the alternate models three 1*1 round bricks. See photos attached.
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It almost looks like one of those two 1x1 plates on the light is a trans-clear
instead of trans-yellow. It's too hard to tell though.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jun 5, 2019 00:15 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6382-1 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, mhortar writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 6100pb01 Light Gray Baseplate, Road 32 x 32 with 3 Driveways, Joined Outer Lanes with 1,2 Pattern (6382-1981) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 1 Part Light Gray 6100px2 Baseplate, Road 32 x 32 with 3 Driveways, Open Outer Lanes with 1,2 Pattern (6382-1983) {match ID 1 to 0}
Comments from Submitter:
The baseplate 6100pb01 appeared only on the instructions. It does not exist. I contacted the two sellers selling them, and one of them checked and confirmed he has 6100pb02. The other didn't reply yet.
No 6100pb01 has been sold for the last 6 months.
I checked about 50 copies of the set 6382 in various markets but the baseplate were always 6100pb02.
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I have a sealed copy of this set, but I don't know when it was produced.
What exactly is the difference between the 2 baseplate versions? I may be able
to check mine tonight when I get home.
Josh
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Hi Josh,
Compare the white lines:
https://img.bricklink.com/ItemImage/PN/9/6100px2.png
http://www.peeron.com/scans/6382-1/3
ButI believe the one on the instructions does not exist. For the last 15 years,
nobody added any photo of it on BL, none is sold, none is find... it should be
just a prototype, but never produced for the market.
Bests
Reza
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Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, my copy of the set is still shrink-wrapped,
so I can't check the baseplate to make sure.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jun 4, 2019 17:56 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6382-1 | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 1 Part 6100pb01 Light Gray Baseplate, Road 32 x 32 with 3 Driveways, Joined Outer Lanes with 1,2 Pattern (6382-1981) (Alternate) (match ID 1)
* Change 1 Part Light Gray 6100px2 Baseplate, Road 32 x 32 with 3 Driveways, Open Outer Lanes with 1,2 Pattern (6382-1983) {match ID 1 to 0}
Comments from Submitter:
The baseplate 6100pb01 appeared only on the instructions. It does not exist. I contacted the two sellers selling them, and one of them checked and confirmed he has 6100pb02. The other didn't reply yet.
No 6100pb01 has been sold for the last 6 months.
I checked about 50 copies of the set 6382 in various markets but the baseplate were always 6100pb02.
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I have a sealed copy of this set, but I don't know when it was produced.
What exactly is the difference between the 2 baseplate versions? I may be able
to check mine tonight when I get home.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Apr 9, 2019 21:00 | | Subject: | Re: inconsistencies | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, mfav writes:
| | The other thing, pertinent to the current thread, would be a decent glossary.
That alone ought to help sort out or crystallize concepts relative to language
(plates vs tiles) and other concepts.
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A glossary would be a huge help, I imagine. I frequent a number of communities
that have people with varying knowledge of LEGO parts and it's interesting
seeing some of the names they have for various parts. The handful I can remember
easily:
Plates - 'bricks', 'short bricks', 'shorts'
Tiles - 'plates', 'flats'
Wedge - 'wing'
slopes - 'angles'
It would be nice to be able to have a page where someone can search for the term
they are used to and see what the 'official' term is.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Apr 2, 2019 16:13 | | Subject: | Re: Old (classic) light gray | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, legoman_74 writes:
| | That is what I am in the long process of doing right now with the sorting. Sounds
like I either "donate" them or list them accordingly when I get to that point.
My other idea is to simply put all these "rejects" into a giant tub for any little
ones to come over so they can mess around with them instead of wanting to mess
around in my new inventory.
I tried to "un-yellow" some whites with moderate success using the Oxi-clean/hydrogen
peroxide mix in the sun. I am afraid over time though they seem to simply revert
back to being discolored. A small batch of whites I tried it on and the some
white pieces from one of my old sets were nice again afterward but now seeing
after a couple years again, they don't look so good as I recall.
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Another option for you may be to just list it as a custom item in your store,
a bulk lot of light gray bricks.
I'd actually be interested in some photos to see what you're talking
about, since I am having a hard time understanding the differences from the description.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2019 21:09 | | Subject: | Re: Factory assembled 4624 version (glued?) | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, elias3 writes:
| | In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
| | | | Rubber does harden over time as the plasticizers leak out. This hardening can
be accelerated by heat and light as well as changes in the amount of cross-linking
of the polymer chains. How old are these tires?
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I can't tell. They were found in used bricks I bought. According to BrickLink:
1984-2018 (timeline of 4624 wheel).
/Jan
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Hi
Yes they are factory pre-assembled wheels.
The first ones that came out were glued or pressed together.
Same for the 3464c02 and 4624c01 and 4624c02.
(from 1984-85 till I think begin 90s)
Also same for the first 6015 type with the 6014a.
The rubber is also harder, the assembles are softer in rubber.
Stefaan
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Were these only glued in certain regions? This time frame was the heyday of my
LEGO collecting as a child, but I can't ever recall seeing glued wheels (and
I took *everything* apart). I only ever bought sets from the US though.
Do you happen to recall any specific sets that would have had glued wheels? I
have a ton of sealed sets from this era and would like to try and see if any
of them might be glued.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 26, 2019 02:20 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Finch Dallow sw1005 from 2017? | | Viewed: | 21 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, mhortar writes:
| | I realize that it's a 1 piece change (hair) compared to 2 (helmet, head)
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No in Kanan also two parts were changed.
Beside color of hair also print on the head
(black printing)
vs.
* | | 3626cpb1191 Minifigure, Head Dual Sided Dark Brown Eyebrows, Goatee, Cheek Lines, Smile / Neutral Pattern (SW Kanan Jarrus) - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head |
(dark brown printing)
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Well, that sure does shoot half my argument down, doesn't it? 
I still think changing from an unnamed to named character is enough of a change
to warrant a new set, but I appear to the in the minority.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2019 19:24 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Finch Dallow sw1005 from 2017? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | There are lot of sets with changed art on boxes (redesigned) without second
entry
for example
In both cases images on box were changed when those sets were redesign. The Ghost
case is exactly the same as current the Bomber case. Kanan in first run copies
had black hair and on the box of set it is also with black hair and head printing,
but LEGO in this case very quickly realised about mistake and changed Kanan to
brown hair and head print, changing minifg on box to brown Kanan.
In second case due to redesign, change is visible in construction of Tie on box,
two box arts then exists before redesign and after.
Don't remember now any more. But when it will be decided to create second
entry for 75188 then second entries for those two sets must be created also for
consistency.
When reading commentaries on the web I wonder how many pepole are suprised by
this change, it really nothing special as you see LEGO done this before. Almost
nobody remember Kanan case. But Kanan isn't popular minifigs, Rebels cartoon
weren't such a hype. Lego even stop producing Rebels sets after third seson
and never done sets from last fourth season.
List of redesigned sets:
https://brickset.com/sets/list-18333
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I disagree that the Ghost case is the exact same as the Bomber. The Ghost kept
the same minifig, just changed the hair color to be more accurate to the source
material. The bomber change went from an unnamed pilot to a named character.
I realize that it's a 1 piece change (hair) compared to 2 (helmet, head),
but the context of changing to a named character that more accurately represents
the actual actor in the source material should add additional weight to the decision
on whether or not a second variation of the set is warranted. Considering
the possibility of confusion with people expecting one version of the character
or the other, it would seem like adding the alternate set number would be an
easy way to alleviate that problem in the future.
I'm not sure what the box change was for the TIE Fighter, so can't comment
on that.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
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(There might still be problems though. Say, a buyer parts out a set into a WL,
they are asked if they allow other variants, they accept because they think it
will be cheaper and easier to fullfil, but the set really can only be built with
the one variant  )
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This part is the one that would potentially cause issues. Things like the variations
of 3933/3934 that can cause parts to physically not attach in some scenarios.
That's the first I can think of just because I've experienced it in the
past.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 13:29 | | Subject: | Re: Allow AFOLs to "Bricklink" the ADP sets | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, mhortar writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brick.Door writes:
| | There are no plans to do so, but I hope that once the regular sales period is
finished Bricklink allows the inventory of these sets to be added to the catalog
so people can add them to a want list and buy the parts they need to build them.
Since they use mostly common parts, I think many AFOLs would prefer to build
them with the parts in their own collection, and just buy any ones they are missing.
Not only would this generate revenue for Bricklink by increased sales, it would
be an olive branch to the sellers who have been completely excluded from this
promotion.
Bricklink has done so much to build the AFOL community and it has become a verb
within our vocabulary (much like Google has in the general population). It would
be a sad irony if the sets created by Bricklink to celebrate AFOLs cannot be
Bricklinked by AFOLs.
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From what I understand from reading about these sets, these aren't going
to be officially recognized LEGO sets. If that's the case, I don't feel
like they belong in the catalog. Someone will post the inventory somewhere (from
what I understand, it happens with most popular MOCs), so there is nothing stopping
a buyer from creating their own wanted list and purchase the parts without having
the set in the catalog.
Josh
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They're still more official than BrickArms, which is also in the catalog...
Plus, the whole "exciting" part about the whole project, according to BL itself,
is the fact that it's an official cooperation with the LEGO Group.
So yes, I definitely see the irony.
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I objected to adding BrickArms as well, for what it's worth. Fat lot of good
that did
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: Allow AFOLs to "Bricklink" the ADP sets | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Suggestions, Brick.Door writes:
| | There are no plans to do so, but I hope that once the regular sales period is
finished Bricklink allows the inventory of these sets to be added to the catalog
so people can add them to a want list and buy the parts they need to build them.
Since they use mostly common parts, I think many AFOLs would prefer to build
them with the parts in their own collection, and just buy any ones they are missing.
Not only would this generate revenue for Bricklink by increased sales, it would
be an olive branch to the sellers who have been completely excluded from this
promotion.
Bricklink has done so much to build the AFOL community and it has become a verb
within our vocabulary (much like Google has in the general population). It would
be a sad irony if the sets created by Bricklink to celebrate AFOLs cannot be
Bricklinked by AFOLs.
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From what I understand from reading about these sets, these aren't going
to be officially recognized LEGO sets. If that's the case, I don't feel
like they belong in the catalog. Someone will post the inventory somewhere (from
what I understand, it happens with most popular MOCs), so there is nothing stopping
a buyer from creating their own wanted list and purchase the parts without having
the set in the catalog.
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2019 04:22 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig rsq004 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, jaspervries writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part {Trans-Light Blue to Trans-Dark Blue} 2447 Minifigure, Visor Standard
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What is your source for making this change request?
Thanks,
Randy
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For what it's worth, I have a sealed copy of 6479. I can see the trans-dark
blue visor in the bag, but I can't get a good photo of it. This was the best
I could come up with...
Josh
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2019 17:48 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 730-2 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, randyf writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, axaday writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Change 1 Part Trans-Clear {3003 Brick 2 x 2 to 3003old Brick 2 x 2 without Inside Supports}
Comments from Submitter:
I changed a few other bricks in this set and then later noticed this one. I think it qualifies on oldness to change transparent bricks, right? Since old opaque bricks were also found in the set.
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Technically all transparent 3003 bricks do not have inside supports, so according
to just the name of the part, all transparent 3003s would qualify as "3003old".
However, if we were to change all inventories in this way, then we would have
3003old parts all the way through the LEGO timeline up to the present day, which
would not be ideal. I also believe that the 3003old entry was created for those
looking for vintage _opaque_ 3003s.
When looking at the BrickLink data, it looks like the switch from 3003old to
3003 occurred around the mid-1980s, so the cutoff for including the Trans-Clear
brick as a 3003old in some inventories and as a 3003 in other inventories has
been arbitrarily set around the 1984 point. I guess this sort of makes sense,
but I am not too keen about the solution employed. I don't want to change
any more inventories with these parts in transparent colors until it is discussed
further by the admins.
This request will be rejected for now.
Cheers,
Randy
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Should there be a new catalog item added, something like 3003trans or 3003t
to try and differentiate between vintage, modern, and modern transparent parts?
Maybe 3003old needs to be renamed to 'Brick 2x2 pre-1980 without inside supports'
or 'Brick 2x2 vintage without inside supports'...
Josh
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