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| | | Author: | tpr  | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2019 02:36 | | Subject: | Torso's v Legs - assembled or not | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hi
Reading various posts recently.
Why is it not possible to have all leg variants in the catalogue.
If you can have torso's, arms, hands as separate items why can it not be
done for hips and legs. (Lego only supply torso's complete with arms and
hands)
They do come apart, its not a problem easing them apart, no different than trying
to take arms out of torso's.
If I have a hips/legs combination with one leg marked or bitten, why can't
I just buy the leg I need?
Am I missing something?
tpr
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| | | | | Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2019 02:53 | | Subject: | Re: Torso's v Legs - assembled or not | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, tpr writes:
| | Why is it not possible to have all leg variants in the catalogue.
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It is possible. Just takes more work on the part of members coupled with a policy
change.
| | They do come apart, its not a problem easing them apart, no different than trying
to take arms out of torso's.
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I've done both. One is unquestionably more difficult than the other. Still,
if a person had some practice and experience with separating legs from the assembly,
then it might come more naturally. For me removing legs is difficult and requires
some form of tool.
And even with arms you risk damaging them by removal - I suspect that the sleeve
splits sometimes seen in older arms came from the prying force applied to that
area from the figure hand being attached and pushed against during arm removal.
| | If I have a hips/legs combination with one leg marked or bitten, why can't
I just buy the leg I need?
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Fair point. Really, we'll just have to wait and see how the site deals with
it. Hopefully it won't be in the traditional BrickLink Style™ of making
decisions behind closed doors and implementing them without community discussion.
Really, if you have input on the matter, then you should reply to my open catalog
request here and make your opinion heard:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1171361
I honestly don't care that much either way, although I do have a stated preference,
but I would definitely like to see a consistent approach to the matter.
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| | | | | Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2019 03:11 | | Subject: | Re: Torso's v Legs - assembled or not | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, tpr writes:
| | Why is it not possible to have all leg variants in the catalogue.
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Sorry, one more point. At this time in history, to accomplish this comprehensively
would require a minimum of 4,500 new catalog entries with 4,500 part photographs
and over 1,500 new inventories.
I see that you've added 115 items to the catalog, 79 images, and 3 inventories.
Therefore, you're no stranger to catalog work and you realize how much is
involved in 10,000+ new items of work that you're asking for.
Not making the argument that it's too much work, because I don't believe
it is. Just trying to give some perspective on how much work it will be.
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 23, 2019 04:57 | | Subject: | Re: Torso's v Legs - assembled or not | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | Why is it not possible to have all leg variants in the catalogue.
If you can have torso's, arms, hands as separate items why can it not be
done for hips and legs. (Lego only supply torso's complete with arms and
hands)
They do come apart, its not a problem easing them apart, no different than trying
to take arms out of torso's.
If I have a hips/legs combination with one leg marked or bitten, why can't
I just buy the leg I need?
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I find legs are much harder to remove than arms. At least, if you want it so
that they can be used again. There is a little bit of the hips that gets damaged
when you pop the legs off, and they never seem to go back on as well and are
regularly loose after that.
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