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 Author: Emporiosa View Messages Posted By Emporiosa
 Posted: Feb 2, 2020 10:26
 Subject: Special Assemblies
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Emporiosa (6219)

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I was wondering if something had changed in regards to special assemblies, as
I was under the impression that it was a trial run and was decided that they
wouldn't continue to be added to the catalogue. Although, I noticed that
a Lion Dance assembly was recently added, so are we good to go to keep submitting
special assemblies? And do we have a solid definition of what a special assembly
must be? For example, could a train car be an assembly (this is one that comes
to mind as they're often sold as an "incomplete" set under the train sets)?

I've seen all kinds of assemblies so far such as a tree (Whomping WIllow),
a vehicle (the HP Ford Anglia), figure builds (Giant-Man), etc... It seems like
anything that could be popular to purchase/sell separately is valid, but I'm
just wanting to be sure before I go ahead and start contributing special assemblies
(as I'm a big fan of them! ). Thank-you!

-Sarah
 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Feb 2, 2020 14:15
 Subject: Re: Special Assemblies
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In Inventories, Emporiosa writes:
  I was wondering if something had changed in regards to special assemblies, as
I was under the impression that it was a trial run and was decided that they
wouldn't continue to be added to the catalogue. Although, I noticed that
a Lion Dance assembly was recently added, so are we good to go to keep submitting
special assemblies? And do we have a solid definition of what a special assembly
must be? For example, could a train car be an assembly (this is one that comes
to mind as they're often sold as an "incomplete" set under the train sets)?

Yes, the Special Assemblies area is still in a holding period. We need some site
changes to be made before this would continue. As far as the Lion Dance assemblies
go, they were added by Russell while the rest of the admin team is on hiatus.
They probably would not have been added if the admin team were working at the
time.

By the way, the rest of the admin team should be back soon!

Cheers,
Randy
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: Feb 2, 2020 14:37
 Subject: Re: Special Assemblies
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In Inventories, randyf writes:
  In Inventories, Emporiosa writes:
  I was wondering if something had changed in regards to special assemblies, as
I was under the impression that it was a trial run and was decided that they
wouldn't continue to be added to the catalogue. Although, I noticed that
a Lion Dance assembly was recently added, so are we good to go to keep submitting
special assemblies? And do we have a solid definition of what a special assembly
must be? For example, could a train car be an assembly (this is one that comes
to mind as they're often sold as an "incomplete" set under the train sets)?

Yes, the Special Assemblies area is still in a holding period. We need some site
changes to be made before this would continue. As far as the Lion Dance assemblies
go, they were added by Russell while the rest of the admin team is on hiatus.
They probably would not have been added if the admin team were working at the
time.

By the way, the rest of the admin team should be back soon!

Cheers,
Randy

I made a compelling argument that they were sort of minifigs and sort of animals
and that they ought to have SOME place, but neither of those was quite appropriate,
so I submitted as a special assembly. In the strictest sense, it is 2 minifigs.
 Author: Emporiosa View Messages Posted By Emporiosa
 Posted: Feb 2, 2020 15:01
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Emporiosa (6219)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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  Yes, the Special Assemblies area is still in a holding period. We need some site
changes to be made before this would continue. As far as the Lion Dance assemblies
go, they were added by Russell while the rest of the admin team is on hiatus.
They probably would not have been added if the admin team were working at the
time.

By the way, the rest of the admin team should be back soon!

Cheers,
Randy

That's great news about the team; thanks Randy! I'll hang tight then
with putting in any kind of assemblies and will keep an eye out for any news
in the next coming months, although if it's related to requiring a site change,
I can totally understand that this won't be something coming soon.