Are there delays in processing catalog submissions?
Yes. Pretty much anything that isn't related to a new set inventory is on
hold. The good news is that April will see the release of the least number of
new sets in a month so far this year, so we may be able to start looking at getting
some other stuff into the catalog.
For those keeping track, 251 new sets have been added to the catalog in only
the first three months of this year. And the sizes of the sets keep getting bigger
with more and more unique one-off parts all the time. I'm looking at you
Super Mario.
A huge thanks really needs to go out to all of the people doing inventories for
things, though. Contributors have added almost 800 inventories this year. That
is absolutely amazing. Trying to keep up with all of them is what keeps us the
busiest.
Are there delays in processing catalog submissions?
Yes. Pretty much anything that isn't related to a new set inventory is on
hold. The good news is that April will see the release of the least number of
new sets in a month so far this year, so we may be able to start looking at getting
some other stuff into the catalog.
For those keeping track, 251 new sets have been added to the catalog in only
the first three months of this year. And the sizes of the sets keep getting bigger
with more and more unique one-off parts all the time. I'm looking at you
Super Mario.
A huge thanks really needs to go out to all of the people doing inventories for
things, though. Contributors have added almost 800 inventories this year. That
is absolutely amazing. Trying to keep up with all of them is what keeps us the
busiest.
Much thanks to you and your team for all the work you've been putting in.
It's a thankless job most of the time, but we greatly appreciate it all.
Definitely Agree +1
The catalogue team's work often goes unnoticed, and many do not know how
hard they work just to keep up with the hundreds if not thousands of changes
to many of the catalogue entries. Keep up the great work!
In Catalog, psusaxman2000 writes:
In Catalog, randyf writes:
In Catalog Requests, eurotoyslego writes:
Hi people at Bricklink,
Are there delays in processing catalog submissions?
Yes. Pretty much anything that isn't related to a new set inventory is on
hold. The good news is that April will see the release of the least number of
new sets in a month so far this year, so we may be able to start looking at getting
some other stuff into the catalog.
For those keeping track, 251 new sets have been added to the catalog in only
the first three months of this year. And the sizes of the sets keep getting bigger
with more and more unique one-off parts all the time. I'm looking at you
Super Mario.
A huge thanks really needs to go out to all of the people doing inventories for
things, though. Contributors have added almost 800 inventories this year. That
is absolutely amazing. Trying to keep up with all of them is what keeps us the
busiest.
Much thanks to you and your team for all the work you've been putting in.
It's a thankless job most of the time, but we greatly appreciate it all.
Thanks for the fast reply! And yes: the work is very VERY much appreciated, just
checking to see if my uploads were ok
Just out of curiosity: Do new Lego sets still have to be inventoried manually?
Inventories are prepopulated with the basic set data from LEGO. However, many
things will always have to be done manually, because BrickLink inventories contain
many things that aren't in that data (e.g. extra parts, correct variants
of parts that occur in the set, and minifigure assemblies). LEGO data for set
production does not contain any of this. They don't care what variants are
packed in the set, they do not define minifigure assemblies in that data, none
of the decorated parts are described at all, etc. If we used raw LEGO data, the
inventories here would be no better than anywhere else that uses that same raw
data, and it would be absolutely horrible for creating and maintaining a functional
marketplace for individual LEGO parts. BrickLink prides itself on having the
most accurate inventories available, and I wouldn't want to see that change.
Thanks for the fast reply! And yes: the work is very VERY much appreciated, just
checking to see if my uploads were ok
Just out of curiosity: Do new Lego sets still have to be inventoried manually?
Inventories are prepopulated with the basic set data from LEGO. However, many
things will always have to be done manually, because BrickLink inventories contain
many things that aren't in that data (e.g. extra parts, correct variants
of parts that occur in the set, and minifigure assemblies). LEGO data for set
production does not contain any of this. They don't care what variants are
packed in the set, they do not define minifigure assemblies in that data, none
of the decorated parts are described at all, etc. If we used raw LEGO data, the
inventories here would be no better than anywhere else that uses that same raw
data, and it would be absolutely horrible for creating and maintaining a functional
marketplace for individual LEGO parts. BrickLink prides itself on having the
most accurate inventories available, and I wouldn't want to see that change.
Does the data you get also lack the sticker sheet information? Do you use the
same data as publicly available through the missing bricks / replacement parts
service?
Does the data you get also lack the sticker sheet information? Do you use the
same data as publicly available through the missing bricks / replacement parts
service?
Correct, it does lack the sticker sheets as well. Essentially the user has to
verify all the variants, create entries all the new parts, create sticker sheet
entries, and add all extra parts. Additionally they can create all the counterparts
for all the stickered entries, but they aren't added right away for the initial
entry.
Thanks for the fast reply! And yes: the work is very VERY much appreciated, just
checking to see if my uploads were ok
Just out of curiosity: Do new Lego sets still have to be inventoried manually?
Inventories are prepopulated with the basic set data from LEGO. However, many
things will always have to be done manually, because BrickLink inventories contain
many things that aren't in that data (e.g. extra parts, correct variants
of parts that occur in the set, and minifigure assemblies). LEGO data for set
production does not contain any of this. They don't care what variants are
packed in the set, they do not define minifigure assemblies in that data, none
of the decorated parts are described at all, etc. If we used raw LEGO data, the
inventories here would be no better than anywhere else that uses that same raw
data, and it would be absolutely horrible for creating and maintaining a functional
marketplace for individual LEGO parts. BrickLink prides itself on having the
most accurate inventories available, and I wouldn't want to see that change.
Does the data you get also lack the sticker sheet information?
Correct, it never has sticker sheet information, either.
Do you use the
same data as publicly available through the missing bricks / replacement parts
service?
There is a different back end service that we pull data from. It isn't the
same thing as the replacement parts service.
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