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| | | Author: | Hamster_Prod  | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 13:23 | | Subject: | Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 140 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hi,
This is probably a very daft question, but I can't seem to find the answer
anywhere so... where does the minifig item number come from?
For example, take the minifig 'twn071' (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=twn071)
As far as I understand, this means it is the 71st figure within the category
'Town'.
So who decides the categories and the number ordering within those categories?
LEGO? Bricklink? Someone else?
I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories, but I would like to fully understand this system before
I start using it!
Thanks in advance,
Josh
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| | | | | Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 13:29 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | Hi,
This is probably a very daft question, but I can't seem to find the answer
anywhere so... where does the minifig item number come from?
For example, take the minifig 'twn071' (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=twn071)
As far as I understand, this means it is the 71st figure within the category
'Town'.
So who decides the categories and the number ordering within those categories?
LEGO? Bricklink? Someone else?
I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories, but I would like to fully understand this system before
I start using it!
Thanks in advance,
Josh
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No one decides but fate. When you are naming a new minifig, you use the next
number available.
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| | | | | | | Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 13:31 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| But to answer more fully, the numbers you see here are Bricklink's. I have
seen them used on eBay because Bricklink is the preeminent catalog. I assume
Brickowl has their own system, but perhaps they follow us.
In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | Hi,
This is probably a very daft question, but I can't seem to find the answer
anywhere so... where does the minifig item number come from?
For example, take the minifig 'twn071' (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=twn071)
As far as I understand, this means it is the 71st figure within the category
'Town'.
So who decides the categories and the number ordering within those categories?
LEGO? Bricklink? Someone else?
I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories, but I would like to fully understand this system before
I start using it!
Thanks in advance,
Josh
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No one decides but fate. When you are naming a new minifig, you use the next
number available.
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| | | | | Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 13:29 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | Hi,
This is probably a very daft question, but I can't seem to find the answer
anywhere so... where does the minifig item number come from?
For example, take the minifig 'twn071' (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=twn071)
As far as I understand, this means it is the 71st figure within the category
'Town'.
So who decides the categories and the number ordering within those categories?
LEGO? Bricklink? Someone else?
I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories, but I would like to fully understand this system before
I start using it!
Thanks in advance,
Josh
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See https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=168
on item numbers
and https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=71
on adding items to the catalog
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| | | | | | | Author: | Hamster_Prod | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 13:40 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, WoutR writes:
| | In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | Hi,
This is probably a very daft question, but I can't seem to find the answer
anywhere so... where does the minifig item number come from?
For example, take the minifig 'twn071' (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=twn071)
As far as I understand, this means it is the 71st figure within the category
'Town'.
So who decides the categories and the number ordering within those categories?
LEGO? Bricklink? Someone else?
I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories, but I would like to fully understand this system before
I start using it!
Thanks in advance,
Josh
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See https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=168
on item numbers
and https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=71
on adding items to the catalog
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Ah, thanks. That explains it. So it comes from the order in which folks on bricklink
added it to the catalogue. I guess for most categories it is basically the order
in which the figures were released.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 13:41 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
I guess for most categories it is basically the order
| | in which the figures were released.
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Roughly, yes.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 14:01 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 14:01 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | In Catalog, WoutR writes:
| | In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | Hi,
This is probably a very daft question, but I can't seem to find the answer
anywhere so... where does the minifig item number come from?
For example, take the minifig 'twn071' (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=twn071)
As far as I understand, this means it is the 71st figure within the category
'Town'.
So who decides the categories and the number ordering within those categories?
LEGO? Bricklink? Someone else?
I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories, but I would like to fully understand this system before
I start using it!
Thanks in advance,
Josh
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See https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=168
on item numbers
and https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=71
on adding items to the catalog
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Ah, thanks. That explains it. So it comes from the order in which folks on bricklink
added it to the catalogue. I guess for most categories it is basically the order
in which the figures were released.
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I think the catalogers try to follow the set number too. So for "lord of the
rings" the first set number in that theme
has the first two "lor" figure numbers
and the next set
has the next three "lor" figure numbers.
However, there are probably scenarios where the sets aren't cataloged in
the same order as their sequential set number, but I think this is a loose goal.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 16:56 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, runner.caller writes:
| | I think the catalogers try to follow the set number too. So for "lord of the
rings" the first set number in that theme
has the first two "lor" figure numbers
and the next set
has the next three "lor" figure numbers.
However, there are probably scenarios where the sets aren't cataloged in
the same order as their sequential set number, but I think this is a loose goal.
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Nope. That is just the order that the inventories for the sets were added to
the catalog. If the largest LotR set would have been inventoried first, it would
have had the minifigures with the first minifigure numbers in the theme. Like
someone said earlier, it is mostly up to fate (i.e. what minfigures get added
first to the catalog based on which sets are getting inventoried first).
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Hamster_Prod | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, runner.caller writes:
| | In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | In Catalog, WoutR writes:
| | In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | Hi,
This is probably a very daft question, but I can't seem to find the answer
anywhere so... where does the minifig item number come from?
For example, take the minifig 'twn071' (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=twn071)
As far as I understand, this means it is the 71st figure within the category
'Town'.
So who decides the categories and the number ordering within those categories?
LEGO? Bricklink? Someone else?
I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories, but I would like to fully understand this system before
I start using it!
Thanks in advance,
Josh
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See https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=168
on item numbers
and https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=71
on adding items to the catalog
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Ah, thanks. That explains it. So it comes from the order in which folks on bricklink
added it to the catalogue. I guess for most categories it is basically the order
in which the figures were released.
|
I think the catalogers try to follow the set number too. So for "lord of the
rings" the first set number in that theme
has the first two "lor" figure numbers
and the next set
has the next three "lor" figure numbers.
However, there are probably scenarios where the sets aren't cataloged in
the same order as their sequential set number, but I think this is a loose goal.
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Interesting point, thanks! One of the things that threw me off is the Adventurers
line is catalogued in alphabetical order and completely ignores release date.
I guess this was all done in one go at some point after everything had already
been released.
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| | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
| | Hi,
where does the minifig item number come from?
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I'll share something that very few are privy to, Josh: minifigure item numbers
are allocated by the almighty minifig-spirit...
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| | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jun 9, 2020 18:26 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
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I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories
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My point with the attempted humor in my previous post, Josh, is not to take it
too seriously and you'll do fine.
-Cory
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| | | | | | | Author: | Hamster_Prod | | Posted: | Jun 10, 2020 04:28 | | Subject: | Re: Who decides the minifig item No? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, popsicle writes:
| | In Catalog, Hamster_Prod writes:
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I am asking because I want to start seriously collecting and organising figures
across several categories
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My point with the attempted humor in my previous post, Josh, is not to take it
too seriously and you'll do fine.
-Cory
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I'm a scientist, it is my job to take things too seriously 
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