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 Author: ccroxton View Messages Posted By ccroxton
 Posted: Feb 21, 2022 14:29
 Subject: Results not found?
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ccroxton (523)

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When searching for a minifig that included a pie, I kept getting no results.
I even pulled up just the pie, but there were no minifigs associated. Yet, col05-9
requires a pie. What am I doing wrong??
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 21, 2022 14:34
 Subject: Re: Results not found?
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In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
  When searching for a minifig that included a pie, I kept getting no results.
I even pulled up just the pie, but there were no minifigs associated. Yet, col05-9
requires a pie. What am I doing wrong??

1. Accessories in minifig hands are not included in the inventories of the minifigs.
2. There’s minifigs and there’s sets, and that can be confusing,
especially for Collectible MF.

So:
1. The pie is not in the minifigure
 
Minifig No: col073  Name: Small Clown, Series 5 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
* 
col073 (Inv) Small Clown, Series 5 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
Minifigures: Collectible Minifigures: Series 5 Minifigures
2. The pie is in the set
 
Set No: col05  Name: Small Clown, Series 5 (Complete Set with Stand and Accessories)
* 
col05-9 (Inv) Small Clown, Series 5 (Complete Set with Stand and Accessories)
2 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 2011
Sets: Collectible Minifigures: Series 5 Minifigures
 Author: ccroxton View Messages Posted By ccroxton
 Posted: Feb 21, 2022 14:42
 Subject: Re: Results not found?
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In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
  In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
  When searching for a minifig that included a pie, I kept getting no results.
I even pulled up just the pie, but there were no minifigs associated. Yet, col05-9
requires a pie. What am I doing wrong??

1. Accessories in minifig hands are not included in the inventories of the minifigs.
2. There’s minifigs and there’s sets, and that can be confusing,
especially for Collectible MF.

So:
1. The pie is not in the minifigure
 
Minifig No: col073  Name: Small Clown, Series 5 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
* 
col073 (Inv) Small Clown, Series 5 (Minifigure Only without Stand and Accessories)
Minifigures: Collectible Minifigures: Series 5 Minifigures
2. The pie is in the set
 
Set No: col05  Name: Small Clown, Series 5 (Complete Set with Stand and Accessories)
* 
col05-9 (Inv) Small Clown, Series 5 (Complete Set with Stand and Accessories)
2 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 2011
Sets: Collectible Minifigures: Series 5 Minifigures

I understand now, thank you. It would be nice to know what extra items are needed
for the minifigure sets, so that I do not accidentally list them separately!
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Feb 21, 2022 14:56
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In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
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I understand now, thank you. It would be nice to know what extra items are needed
for the minifigure sets, so that I do not accidentally list them separately!

Simple: use the inventories.
— If you list under the minifig’s entry, use the minifig’s inventory.
— If you list under the set’s entry, use the set’s inventory (and use the “break
minifigures” option).


If you’re missing some parts for the minifig, you can only list under the set’s
entry as minifigures can’t be incomplete.  And don’t forget to select Incomplete
and to list the missing parts in the description.

If you’ve the complete minifigure but are missing some parts for the set, you
may choose to sell
— the minifigure as a whole and the rest of the parts as individual parts,
— or as an incomplete set.

Avoid selling the minifigure only as an incomplete set.

(I’m not officially talking for BL.  This is the policy as known from the help
pages and from what happens and is reported on the forum.)