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| | | Author: | infinibrix  | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2020 19:06 | | Subject: | Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 187 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Now that Lego has acquired Bricklink do you think the official Lego part numbers
will be more widely used/accepted on BL or will Lego in fact actively want to
encourage the use of their codes on the site as a primary means of identifying
parts in the BL catalog?
Either way when you search for an official Lego part number BL already recognises
it so is there any reason the official Lego part code is not displayed alongside
the part in question? Perhaps there’s already an option in the settings to display
them that I don’t know about?
Also is there any reason BL have continued using their own reference codes instead
of switching to Legos? If it’s just a case of not wanting to upset members that
have inventoried their physical stock and become accustomed to these BL codes
wouldn’t it be better to have both codes to hand so that buyers and sellers alike
have the option of choosing whichever codes they prefer to work with?
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| | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2020 19:19 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | The BrickLink catalog from the beginning has used LEGO reference numbers when
available. Which numbers are you talking about?
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I'm refering to the official Lego part numbers such as this:- 6087598
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2020 19:44 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | The BrickLink catalog from the beginning has used LEGO reference numbers when
available. Which numbers are you talking about?
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I'm refering to the official Lego part numbers such as this:- 6087598
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We just added about 500 of them in the last two days. You can find them underneath
the color images:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogColors.asp?itemType=P&itemNo=3626cpb1246&v=2
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I must admit it threw me a bit when I first saw it there as never noticed them
displayed before so very coincidental that I just happen to mention at this very
moment 
Though it would be nice if they were more widely visible on pages like this:-
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3626cpb1246&name=Minifigure,%20Head%20Smile%20with%20Teeth,%20Arched%20Eyebrows,%20White%20Pupils%20and%20Scars%20Pattern%20(SW%20Boba%20Fett)%20-%20Hollow%20Stud&category=%5BMinifigure,%20Head%5D#T=S&C=90&O={"color":90,"cond":"N","iconly":0}
or when actively viewing a sellers inventory or your own inventory though I appreciate
all this may be easier said then done
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Hygrotus | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2020 19:21 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | The BrickLink catalog from the beginning has used LEGO reference numbers when
available. Which numbers are you talking about?
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I'm refering to the official Lego part numbers such as this:- 6087598
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https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1916&q=PCC
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| | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2020 19:30 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | Now that Lego has acquired Bricklink do you think the official Lego part numbers
will be more widely used/accepted on BL or will Lego in fact actively want to
encourage the use of their codes on the site as a primary means of identifying
parts in the BL catalog?
Either way when you search for an official Lego part number BL already recognises
it so is there any reason the official Lego part code is not displayed alongside
the part in question? Perhaps there’s already an option in the settings to display
them that I don’t know about?
Also is there any reason BL have continued using their own reference codes instead
of switching to Legos? If it’s just a case of not wanting to upset members that
have inventoried their physical stock and become accustomed to these BL codes
wouldn’t it be better to have both codes to hand so that buyers and sellers alike
have the option of choosing whichever codes they prefer to work with?
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The 4/5 digit number is usually an official Design-ID. The 7 digit number is
an element-ID, which is the expression of a Design-ID in a specific color or
finish. There are some items in the BL catalog that do not have official design
IDs. A good example of this is the collection of parts in a minifig.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | Author: | Classicsmiley | | Posted: | Jan 2, 2020 20:52 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
| | In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | Now that Lego has acquired Bricklink do you think the official Lego part numbers
will be more widely used/accepted on BL or will Lego in fact actively want to
encourage the use of their codes on the site as a primary means of identifying
parts in the BL catalog?
Either way when you search for an official Lego part number BL already recognises
it so is there any reason the official Lego part code is not displayed alongside
the part in question? Perhaps there’s already an option in the settings to display
them that I don’t know about?
Also is there any reason BL have continued using their own reference codes instead
of switching to Legos? If it’s just a case of not wanting to upset members that
have inventoried their physical stock and become accustomed to these BL codes
wouldn’t it be better to have both codes to hand so that buyers and sellers alike
have the option of choosing whichever codes they prefer to work with?
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The 4/5 digit number is usually an official Design-ID. The 7 digit number is
an element-ID, which is the expression of a Design-ID in a specific color or
finish. There are some items in the BL catalog that do not have official design
IDs. A good example of this is the collection of parts in a minifig.
Nita Rae
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Personally, I'd love to be able to put element ID's in macro tags. Maybe
they could someday add an "e" tag, for element?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2020 13:06 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Incidentally since most minifig hair and headgear are listed by Legos Design
I.D I noticed that there are some parts which aren’t listed by this as the primary
reference. For instance hair 6093 is listed as ‘x104’ and you have bandanas listed
as ‘x70’ instead of ‘2543’ I know this reference is still displayed as an alternative
number but it would be nice if all parts were listed as Legos official design
I.D as the primary reference it’s just when I sold some of the bandanas the other
day all I could see when picking my order was reference ‘x70’ which doesn’t mean
much to me compared with Legos Design I.D 2543
Does anyone share a similar view or am I alone here?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | StormChaser | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2020 13:21 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | Does anyone share a similar view or am I alone here?
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I share a similar view. We need to get rid of those old part numbers carried
over years ago from other sites.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2020 15:14 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | Incidentally since most minifig hair and headgear are listed by Legos Design
I.D I noticed that there are some parts which aren’t listed by this as the primary
reference. For instance hair 6093 is listed as ‘x104’ and you have bandanas listed
as ‘x70’ instead of ‘2543’ I know this reference is still displayed as an alternative
number but it would be nice if all parts were listed as Legos official design
I.D as the primary reference it’s just when I sold some of the bandanas the other
day all I could see when picking my order was reference ‘x70’ which doesn’t mean
much to me compared with Legos Design I.D 2543
Does anyone share a similar view or am I alone here?
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I think the same, as I wrote here: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1165039
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 6, 2020 18:25 | | Subject: | Re: Official Lego Part Codes vs Bricklink Codes? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Stellar writes:
| | In Catalog, infinibrix writes:
| | Incidentally since most minifig hair and headgear are listed by Legos Design
I.D I noticed that there are some parts which aren’t listed by this as the primary
reference. For instance hair 6093 is listed as ‘x104’ and you have bandanas listed
as ‘x70’ instead of ‘2543’ I know this reference is still displayed as an alternative
number but it would be nice if all parts were listed as Legos official design
I.D as the primary reference it’s just when I sold some of the bandanas the other
day all I could see when picking my order was reference ‘x70’ which doesn’t mean
much to me compared with Legos Design I.D 2543
Does anyone share a similar view or am I alone here?
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I think the same, as I wrote here: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1165039
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Yes it would make sense if some of those old numbers were phased out and replaced
with either Legos official Design I.D’s and/or Element I.D’s (I guess easier
said than done for all the parts) but do people still rely on those other BL/Peeron
references? The only reason I might use them is because they are sometimes the
only reference I have to hand whilst I'm using bricklink
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