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 Author: infinibrix View Messages Posted By infinibrix
 Posted: Jun 30, 2023 07:36
 Subject: Doll Hair or Minifig Hair?
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infinibrix (4981)

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I understand the reasons for wanting to try and separate mini doll hair from
standard minifig hair but with so many crossovers particularly with the increasing
number of Male dolls using standard minifig hair I think this method starts to
become unviable. For instance both these hair pieces are under Doll Hair when
they are both equally suitable for standard minifigs and so how is the correct
category for them being determined?

 
Part No: 2631  Name: Mini Doll, Hair Short Spiked, Swept Up in Front
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2631 Mini Doll, Hair Short Spiked, Swept Up in Front
Parts: Mini Doll, Hair

 
Part No: 2646  Name: Mini Doll, Hair Friends Short with Curls and Pompadour
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2646 Mini Doll, Hair Friends Short with Curls and Pompadour
Parts: Mini Doll, Hair

My suggestion would be to consider removing the 'Doll Hair' category
and replacing it with a category called 'Hair with Pin Hole' as that
way you still get to separate a good portion of the doll hair from standard hair
whilst giving some much needed clarity. Obviously it will mean some traditional
minifig hair such as Leia/Queen ending up among the doll pin hole hair but I
think its a small price to pay given it will enable more clarity as to where
a hair design belongs and where to look
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: Jun 30, 2023 08:58
 Subject: Re: Doll Hair or Minifig Hair?
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In Suggestions, infinibrix writes:
  I understand the reasons for wanting to try and separate mini doll hair from
standard minifig hair but with so many crossovers particularly with the increasing
number of Male dolls using standard minifig hair I think this method starts to
become unviable. For instance both these hair pieces are under Doll Hair when
they are both equally suitable for standard minifigs and so how is the correct
category for them being determined?

 
Part No: 2631  Name: Mini Doll, Hair Short Spiked, Swept Up in Front
* 
2631 Mini Doll, Hair Short Spiked, Swept Up in Front
Parts: Mini Doll, Hair

 
Part No: 2646  Name: Mini Doll, Hair Friends Short with Curls and Pompadour
* 
2646 Mini Doll, Hair Friends Short with Curls and Pompadour
Parts: Mini Doll, Hair

My suggestion would be to consider removing the 'Doll Hair' category
and replacing it with a category called 'Hair with Pin Hole' as that
way you still get to separate a good portion of the doll hair from standard hair
whilst giving some much needed clarity. Obviously it will mean some traditional
minifig hair such as Leia/Queen ending up among the doll pin hole hair but I
think its a small price to pay given it will enable more clarity as to where
a hair design belongs and where to look

I would just merge the categories and be done with it myself.

They go in the category where they are first used and for a lot of them that
winds up staying true, but quite a few it doesn't.
 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Jun 30, 2023 10:44
 Subject: Re: Doll Hair or Minifig Hair?
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In Suggestions, axaday writes:
  I would just merge the categories and be done with it myself.

Yes, if we're going to list mini-dolls as minifigures then it stands to reason
that mini-doll hair should be listed in minifigure hair.
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
 Posted: Jun 30, 2023 11:29
 Subject: Re: Doll Hair or Minifig Hair?
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In Suggestions, peregrinator writes:
  In Suggestions, axaday writes:
  I would just merge the categories and be done with it myself.

Yes, if we're going to list mini-dolls as minifigures then it stands to reason
that mini-doll hair should be listed in minifigure hair.

Although it makes perfect sense to keep mini-doll torsos, legs and heads in their
own categories and not mix these in with traditional minifigure torsos, legs
and heads. Of course the hair is slightly different in that the pieces can be
used with either mini-dolls or minifigures. It makes sense to stick the lot in
one category, and the same with headgear, whether it is for mini-dolls or minifigures.

It would also be good to finally sort the issue of the hat and hair pieces. Any
random hat-with-hair piece could be found in one of four different categories:
minifigure hair
minifigure headgear
mini-doll hair
mini-doll headgear

A big hat and a tiny bit of hair - but goes in hair
 
Part No: 73213pb01  Name: Minifigure, Hair Combo, Hair with Hat, Short with Molded Black Floppy Witch Hat Pattern
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73213pb01 Minifigure, Hair Combo, Hair with Hat, Short with Molded Black Floppy Witch Hat Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Hair

Bigger hair than hat - but goes in headgear
 
Part No: 16178pb02  Name: Minifigure, Headgear Helmet Construction with Molded Nougat Ponytail Hair Pattern
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16178pb02 Minifigure, Headgear Helmet Construction with Molded Nougat Ponytail Hair Pattern
Parts: Minifigure, Headgear

A similar mini-doll part to the headgear above - but goes in hair
 
Part No: 2137pb02  Name: Mini Doll, Hair Combo, Hair with Hat, Long with Molded Medium Azure Bicycle Helmet Pattern
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2137pb02 Mini Doll, Hair Combo, Hair with Hat, Long with Molded Medium Azure Bicycle Helmet Pattern
Parts: Mini Doll, Hair

Mini-doll headgear with hair and it goes in headgear (but no mention of hair!)
 
Part No: 29587pb01  Name: Mini Doll, Headgear Hood with White Bangs and Magenta Bow Pattern
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29587pb01 Mini Doll, Headgear Hood with White Bangs and Magenta Bow Pattern
Parts: Mini Doll, Headgear

I'd stick the lot into a single category rather than spreading them across
four. It doesn't really matter if it goes in headgear, into hair or into
a combined headgear with hair category. I'd go for the latter given how many
of this type of piece we are now getting.
 Author: Emporiosa View Messages Posted By Emporiosa
 Posted: Jun 30, 2023 11:24
 Subject: Re: Doll Hair or Minifig Hair?
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I appreciate you bringing this up, as I was wondering this exact thing not even
a week ago. If what axaday suggested is feasible, I think it would be a welcomed
change to simplify things.
 Author: infinibrix View Messages Posted By infinibrix
 Posted: Jun 30, 2023 11:56
 Subject: Re: Doll Hair or Minifig Hair?
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In Suggestions, Emporiosa writes:
  I appreciate you bringing this up, as I was wondering this exact thing not even
a week ago. If what axaday suggested is feasible, I think it would be a welcomed
change to simplify things.

Even though true doll hair could be an inconvenience to sift through when browsing
a store for more standard hair I wouldn't be against merging them either
(The pin hole idea was just a compromise) but either option would be better than
what we have now...