Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
I didn't know about it, but who is it $40?
Here on BrickLink. Before I posted, 5 people had it for sale, but it's down
to 3, with 2 sold in the December price guide... It seems my post served as a
free ad! You're welcome, sellers
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
It hasn't been inventored yet, because nobody that has the set has done it.
In the first year after release, only people who actually have it can do it.
The only thing you can do is wait for it to be inventored or buy the part somewhere
else before it happens. After a year, you can list the inventory using another
source than having the set in hand.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Looks like you have to buy some tacky clothing at levi.com to get it and almost
everything is sold out.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Looks like you have to buy some tacky clothing at levi.com to get it and almost
everything is sold out.
It is available here with the sewatshirt, but it is summer now and it costs $100.
I do not pay that much for clothes - even with the promise of exclusive LEGO.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Looks like you have to buy some tacky clothing at levi.com to get it and almost
everything is sold out.
It is available here with the sewatshirt, but it is summer now and it costs $100.
I do not pay that much for clothes - even with the promise of exclusive LEGO.
But you could sell those dots in your store for over $1.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Looks like you have to buy some tacky clothing at levi.com to get it and almost
everything is sold out.
It is available here with the sewatshirt, but it is summer now and it costs $100.
I do not pay that much for clothes - even with the promise of exclusive LEGO.
But you could sell those dots in your store for over $1.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Looks like you have to buy some tacky clothing at levi.com to get it and almost
everything is sold out.
It is available here with the sewatshirt, but it is summer now and it costs $100.
I do not pay that much for clothes - even with the promise of exclusive LEGO.
But you could sell those dots in your store for over $1.
Nah, the normal dots parts certainly not. I think there are 8 or so exclusive
tiles in the packet and they won't sell for $12.50 each I should think.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Since LEGO owns BrickLink, it seems like they could provide inventories of their
sets as they are released.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Since LEGO owns BrickLink, it seems like they could provide inventories of their
sets as they are released.
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
There are also some obstacles when it comes to naming new parts (especially those
with printed patterns) and finding a place for them in our system. This is something
we do on BrickLink as part of the larger inventory upload process.
Why hasn't this been inventoried yet? It's been out for 2 months now
and it's only 110 pieces. It has the exclusive Levi's logo that I want,
but I can't buy because it's not in the catalog. And I'm not paying
$40 just to tear open a sealed bag for a few 1x1 tiles It would be a costly
crime. I think a lot of people want to keep it sealed, but there have to be at
least a few people who are willing to open it, or already have.
Since LEGO owns BrickLink, it seems like they could provide inventories of their
sets as they are released.
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
There are also some obstacles when it comes to naming new parts (especially those
with printed patterns) and finding a place for them in our system. This is something
we do on BrickLink as part of the larger inventory upload process.
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
That's the weirdest answer I've ever heard.
TLG is able to print a fill inventory at the end of many building instructions.
Why not start with this data?
If real sealed sets show differences (how often did this happen?), then the initial
data can be corrected or enhanced.
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
That's the weirdest answer I've ever heard.
TLG is able to print a fill inventory at the end of many building instructions.
Why not start with this data?
If real sealed sets show differences (how often did this happen?), then the initial
data can be corrected or enhanced.
Not all sets have parts lists in the instructions. This applies to newer as well
as older sets;
Not all parts lists are on TLG's website;
Not all parts lists on TLG's website are complete;
New parts needs dimensions, weights and packing dimensions for the catalogue
- TLG does not supply that;
Real sealed sets often show differences (check inventories for alternates);
Last but not least - the data TLG releases is filled in when an inventory is
first loaded. I've done more than a few inventories in my time and I doubt
I've ever had one that was 100% correct from the TLG available data.
This is of course where the classic site has always needed volunteers. In XP
BrickLink is going it alone - so presumably it might well be that you end up
with a catalogue over there which will include inventories only available as
TLG releases same.
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
That's the weirdest answer I've ever heard.
TLG is able to print a fill inventory at the end of many building instructions.
Why not start with this data?
If real sealed sets show differences (how often did this happen?), then the initial
data can be corrected or enhanced.
To boil what bje said down to the simplest, what you describe IS what happens.
We just do the correcting and enhancing before publishing it.
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
That's the weirdest answer I've ever heard.
TLG is able to print a fill inventory at the end of many building instructions.
Why not start with this data?
If real sealed sets show differences (how often did this happen?), then the initial
data can be corrected or enhanced.
To boil what bje said down to the simplest, what you describe IS what happens.
We just do the correcting and enhancing before publishing it.
I think there is something to be said about cataloguing what is actually in the
set without reference to Lego's official inventory. For example, if you read
that there are supposed to be two lime 1x1 round plates, you might see two even
though there are three (and it's virtually guaranteed that there will be
three even if there are supposed to be two).
[…]
I think there is something to be said about cataloguing what is actually in the
set without reference to Lego's official inventory. For example, if you read
that there are supposed to be two lime 1x1 round plates, you might see two even
though there are three
That’s why using LEGO’s data is both a help and a hindrance.
(and it's virtually guaranteed that there will be
three even if there are supposed to be two).
Actually, no
Since a couple of years, for some parts and some factories, when the needed quantity
(for one baggie) is an even number, then there’s no extras.
So if you need 2 to build, LEGO will put 2 in the baggie.
And if you need 3 to build, LEGO will put 4 in the baggie.
(Unless there’s an error.)
[…]
I think there is something to be said about cataloguing what is actually in the
set without reference to Lego's official inventory. For example, if you read
that there are supposed to be two lime 1x1 round plates, you might see two even
though there are three
That’s why using LEGO’s data is both a help and a hindrance.
(and it's virtually guaranteed that there will be
three even if there are supposed to be two).
Actually, no
Since a couple of years, for some parts and some factories, when the needed quantity
(for one baggie) is an even number, then there’s no extras.
So if you need 2 to build, LEGO will put 2 in the baggie.
And if you need 3 to build, LEGO will put 4 in the baggie.
(Unless there’s an error.)
That might be what I noticed a couple times, when there is multiple different
very small parts in a little baggie, only some had extra and quantities were
the same in multiple copies of the set.
[…]
I think there is something to be said about cataloguing what is actually in the
set without reference to Lego's official inventory. For example, if you read
that there are supposed to be two lime 1x1 round plates, you might see two even
though there are three
That’s why using LEGO’s data is both a help and a hindrance.
(and it's virtually guaranteed that there will be
three even if there are supposed to be two).
Actually, no
Since a couple of years, for some parts and some factories, when the needed quantity
(for one baggie) is an even number, then there’s no extras.
So if you need 2 to build, LEGO will put 2 in the baggie.
And if you need 3 to build, LEGO will put 4 in the baggie.
(Unless there’s an error.)
I saw that for much of 2018, but I haven't seen it since. I think they got
more requests for replacement pieces and decided that they were just being cheap.
Actually, no
Since a couple of years, for some parts and some factories, when the needed quantity
(for one baggie) is an even number, then there’s no extras.
So if you need 2 to build, LEGO will put 2 in the baggie.
And if you need 3 to build, LEGO will put 4 in the baggie.
(Unless there’s an error.)
I saw that for much of 2018, but I haven't seen it since. I think they got
more requests for replacement pieces and decided that they were just being cheap.
I’m still seeing it. I think it’s prevalent in Europe factories.
TLG’s Perceived Quality guy also said something about being able to accurately
weight by pairs (even numbers). I took that as confirmation: they don’t count
and add one, they weight and therefore count by pairs.
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
That's the weirdest answer I've ever heard.
TLG is able to print a fill inventory at the end of many building instructions.
Why not start with this data?
The inventoring process usually starts with the data that is available from the
consumer service replacement parts website (this data is also shown at Brickset.com
and is mostly about 90-99% complete). So it is more about checking and correcting
that data than building the complete inventory from scratch.
But there are some things which are not offered by TLG and therefore have to
be done manually, like minifigure entries and inventories, extra parts or names
of printed parts (official names are just "MINI HEAD, NO. 3299", "MINI CREATURE
HEAD, NO. 16", "MINI LOWER PART, NO. 1951", "MINI UPPER PART, NO. 5287", "FLAT
TILE 1X4, NO. 155" etc.).
If real sealed sets show differences (how often did this happen?)
To my surprise it happens quite often. A few examples:
If real sealed sets show differences (how often did this happen?)
To my surprise it happens quite often. A few examples:
[… great examples …]
These can be easily explained by the fact that TLG doesn’t care about variants:
they make a new mould/print, it replaces the old mould/print, end of the discussion.
So, between:
1. the use of the stocks of parts made with the old mould/print,
2. the delay between production and distribution, and the publication of the
list,
3. the fact that, anyway, the old mould/print is REPLACED by the new mould/print
in TLG’s databases, and the old mould/print is FORGOTTEN by TLG,
I’d say the chances for differences to happen are pretty high.
And therefore we are happy to have superpeople (like Turez, the catmins and,
actually, many others) who can spot these differences blindfolded
To my knowledge, the LEGO Group does not have sealed-set contents data that they
can pass on to us. They know what is supposed to come in any given set, but BrickLink
inventories are based on what is actually found inside a sealed product.
That's the weirdest answer I've ever heard.
TLG is able to print a fill inventory at the end of many building instructions.
Why not start with this data?
In fact, when you try to create an inventory to a new set, Bricklink asks you
if you want to fill it with the Lego Official Inventory data, then you can make
changes or additions to reflect what was really inside the box.
If real sealed sets show differences (how often did this happen?), then the initial
data can be corrected or enhanced.
USA, Ohio
It would be a costly
Netherlands, Noord-Brabant
South Africa
United Kingdom, Scotland
Germany, Baden-Württemberg
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Spain, Comunidad Valenciana
