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 Author: TimeWarpDrive View Messages Posted By TimeWarpDrive
 Posted: Aug 4, 2020 00:40
 Subject: Catagorizing pieces via molds
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 Topic: Suggestions
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TimeWarpDrive (112)

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Its pretty simple, every printed astromech head (for instance) would link back
to its unprinted version under Mold (and vise versa in the "Item Appears In"
Molds.
 Author: hpoort View Messages Posted By hpoort
 Posted: Aug 4, 2020 02:47
 Subject: Re: Catagorizing pieces via molds
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hpoort (410)

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In Suggestions, timewarp writes:
  Its pretty simple, every printed astromech head (for instance) would link back
to its unprinted version under Mold (and vise versa in the "Item Appears In"
Molds.

Yes, this evident relationship is missing on Bricklink. I would phrase it differently
though.

Every experienced user of Bricklink knows that in there is a relationship between
e.g.
 
Part No: 3001pb071 Name: Brick 2 x 4 with Black '1' Pattern (Sticker) - Set 8672
* 		3001pb071 Brick 2 x 4 with Black '1' Pattern (Sticker) - Set 8672
Parts: Brick, Decorated
and
 
Part No: 3001 Name: Brick 2 x 4
* 		3001 Brick 2 x 4
Parts: Brick
by either stripping off the part number from
'p' onwards, or vice versa, to add 'p*' to search for all
printed or stickerred varieties. But this relationship has never been formalized
into an actual relationship in this list: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogRel.asp?utm_content=subnav
And therefore also does not show up on the catalog item pages.
For newer users this is confusing or obfuscating.

Please add a 1-on-n relationship for 'Plain versus Decorated', which
may or may not be automatically populated from the part number logic.
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Aug 4, 2020 04:53
 Subject: Re: Catagorizing pieces via molds
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yorbrick (1182)

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In Suggestions, timewarp writes:
  Its pretty simple, every printed astromech head (for instance) would link back
to its unprinted version under Mold (and vise versa in the "Item Appears In"
Molds.

This is already implicit in the numbering.

Also, the unprinted part does not appear in a printed part, so that relationship
should not be made.