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| | | Author: | CE_Tanja  | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 15:04 | | Subject: | Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 712 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| BrickLink is thrilled to announce the MOC Pop-Up Store pilot
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/moc-pop-up-store/about.page
Going live in late August! This is a test program that allows BrickLink
members to purchase digital building instructions and loose elements of select
BrickLink Designer Program submissions. Buyers will have the choice of ordering
exclusively through BrickLink Marketplace sellers or a combination of Marketplace
sellers and LEGO Pick a Brick. The program will run from August 29th through
mid-November, 2023, after which we will evaluate it and consider next steps.
With the MOC Pop-Up Store, members will be able to purchase the building instructions
and loose parts to build fan designs submitted to BDP Series 1 & Series 2 that
were not selected among the five Finalists for crowdfunding. MOC stands for “My
Own Creation,” a popular acronym for one’s own custom LEGO models popular in
the adult fan of LEGO (AFOL) community.
This creates a win-win-win situation for buyers that have fallen in love with
these designs during BDP crowd validation, BrickLink Marketplace sellers, and
fan designers that have put a huge effort in to their BDP designs. Designers
will receive 80 percent of the sale price of building instructions. The MOC Pop-Up
Store will reach new audiences and drive new sales to Marketplace sellers, while
offering new distribution and monetization opportunities for LEGO fan designers
on the BrickLink platform.
The MOC Pop-Up store is a pilot, so we are only inviting a select group of ~50
BDP fan designers to participate. Select fan designers will receive invitations
throughout July and early August. For questions (and we know you have them),
please visit the MOC Pop-Up Store FAQ
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/moc-pop-up-store/faq.page
Stay tuned for the launch in late August. We’re excited about bringing more fan
designs to life through the BrickLink Marketplace and LEGO Pick a Brick!
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| | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 118 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Stay tuned for the launch in late August. We’re excited about bringing more fan
designs to life through the BrickLink Marketplace and LEGO Pick a Brick!
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So it begins, PAB is now competition. I swore TLG said they would not do this
(compete with the marketplace) when they bought BL. I'll have to try to find
the original message.
While it is good to have the MOCs available, I feel like this is the first cut
of thousands.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 15:27 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Stay tuned for the launch in late August. We’re excited about bringing more fan
designs to life through the BrickLink Marketplace and LEGO Pick a Brick!
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So it begins, PAB is now competition. I swore TLG said they would not do this
(compete with the marketplace) when they bought BL. I'll have to try to find
the original message.
While it is good to have the MOCs available, I feel like this is the first cut
of thousands.
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+1 its very sad to see it go this way
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| | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 15:30 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | So it begins, PAB is now competition.
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PAB was always competition.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 15:31 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | So it begins, PAB is now competition.
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PAB was always competition.
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Not directly from Bricklink or marketed by Bricklink.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 15:43 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | So it begins, PAB is now competition.
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PAB was always competition.
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So was and is ebay and brickowl, but neither is linked to via buyer tools from
here.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 15:50 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 16:22 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | So it begins, PAB is now competition.
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PAB was always competition.
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So was and is ebay and brickowl, but neither is linked to via buyer tools from
here.
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Oh and this little gem from the FAQ:
| | Do Marketplace sellers or Pick a Brick get advance info about what parts to stock up on for the MOC Pop-Up Store?
The MOC Pop-Up Store will utilize the same Active Palette that is used for BDP; info on specific parts is available in Studio for all BrickLink users. We have also met with select large Marketplace sellers and asked them to stock up on specific elements to meet anticipated demand.
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So some sellers got notice and some did not. Really fair for all of us, eh? I
want to know what I should stock up on as well, so that I can compete. But, evidently,
I am too small. SMH!
If there is anything Bricklink does really well, it is piss people off and screw
them over royally.
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OK I am not trying to make you madder but, this is a test. I think to see if
it is a viable opportunity. Now do you really want to stock up on parts that
might not sell that you normally wouldn't have on hand? Test programs are
not widely spread out. Give them a chance and honestly PAB prices aren't
often better than BL but it sometimes is better to get the qty needed from them
versus multiple orders on BL. Each fulfills a niche. It is nice if they can
work in concert better for buyers. If it is easy to use it will attract more
buyers and then the sellers benefit. Honestly with the easy-buy and buy all
on the Wanted list functioning as it does I don't know if this will work.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 16:35 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Tracyd writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | So it begins, PAB is now competition.
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PAB was always competition.
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So was and is ebay and brickowl, but neither is linked to via buyer tools from
here.
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Oh and this little gem from the FAQ:
| | Do Marketplace sellers or Pick a Brick get advance info about what parts to stock up on for the MOC Pop-Up Store?
The MOC Pop-Up Store will utilize the same Active Palette that is used for BDP; info on specific parts is available in Studio for all BrickLink users. We have also met with select large Marketplace sellers and asked them to stock up on specific elements to meet anticipated demand.
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So some sellers got notice and some did not. Really fair for all of us, eh? I
want to know what I should stock up on as well, so that I can compete. But, evidently,
I am too small. SMH!
If there is anything Bricklink does really well, it is piss people off and screw
them over royally.
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OK I am not trying to make you madder but, this is a test. I think to see if
it is a viable opportunity. Now do you really want to stock up on parts that
might not sell that you normally wouldn't have on hand? Test programs are
not widely spread out. Give them a chance and honestly PAB prices aren't
often better than BL but it sometimes is better to get the qty needed from them
versus multiple orders on BL. Each fulfills a niche. It is nice if they can
work in concert better for buyers. If it is easy to use it will attract more
buyers and then the sellers benefit. Honestly with the easy-buy and buy all
on the Wanted list functioning as it does I don't know if this will work.
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You are not making me more angry, you are applying your perspective, which I
appreciate.
I want the option to make choices for my business, not have them made for me.
We are not allowed to link to Lego in the forum or any other site that sells
Lego and there is a reason for that. It draws away sales from here, but when
TLG does it, it is a good thing? Methinks not!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 17:12 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 17:45 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 04:23 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | So was and is ebay and brickowl, but neither is linked to via buyer tools from
here.
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eBay and Brick Owl are not owned by the LEGO Group, though.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 05:24 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | So was and is ebay and brickowl, but neither is linked to via buyer tools from
here.
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eBay and Brick Owl are not owned by the LEGO Group, though.
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I know. There are many other sites in competition with BL, LEGO being just one.
None of them are directly integrated here, so even though they are competition
there is a barrier to using them if you have BL wants lists. LEGO said they would
not compete with sellers on bricklink. It has taken them three and a half years,
but that will no longer be true any more.
BL has not linked to LEGO products for sale on lego.com in the past. How would
set sellers feel if all current sets that are stocked at lego.com have a link
to purchase the set there in the list of purchase options?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 10:24 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | So it begins, PAB is now competition.
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PAB was always competition.
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You are 100% correct sir. Maybe years ago, the online P.A.B. (or Bricks and
Pieces) wasn't as well known, but today it's a common source of parts.
David
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 10:38 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, crazylegoman writes:
| | You are 100% correct sir. Maybe years ago, the online P.A.B. (or Bricks and
Pieces) wasn't as well known, but today it's a common source of parts.
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It's more convenient than it was a few years ago, but still much less convenient
than BL
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| | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 17:04 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 91 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 22:59 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, 1P writes:
| | I build a lot of MOCs, and PAB/BAP used to be more cost-efficient when compared
to Bricklink; nowadays, it's on-par with Bricklink prices since they revised
the entire system and made parts cost more - not to mention the sales tax and
whatever
It's almost always better to buy on Bricklink as there are rarely any part/lot
limits & you don't have to worry about parts being OOS like you do on PAB
Yes, Lego did say that this PAB competition thing wouldn't happen once they
bought BL, but at the same time it's just for the designer program MOCs which
Lego is going to produce anyways (essentially being the same thing as buying
the set)
It's not like they have a banner to PAB on the BL homepage or advertise it
in any way
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Agree agree
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 10:54 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 13:25 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, 1P writes:
You do know that is about as likely as Nubs not using emoticons OR SylvainLS
giving an illogical, impassioned answer, right?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 13:30 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, 1P writes:
You do know that is about as likely as Nubs not using emoticons OR SylvainLS
giving an illogical, impassioned answer, right?
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Fascinating.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 13:33 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, 1P writes:
You do know that is about as likely as Nubs not using emoticons OR SylvainLS
giving an illogical, impassioned answer, right?
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Fascinating.
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Ah, a Vulcan, this explains a lot! 
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 13:47 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, 1P writes:
You do know that is about as likely as Nubs not using emoticons OR SylvainLS
giving an illogical, impassioned answer, right?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 04:33 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | If that is jumping down someone's throat, then call me the throat jumper.
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| | | | | | | Author: | FamilyBlocks | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 17:44 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Stay tuned for the launch in late August. We’re excited about bringing more fan
designs to life through the BrickLink Marketplace and LEGO Pick a Brick!
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So it begins, PAB is now competition. I swore TLG said they would not do this
(compete with the marketplace) when they bought BL. I'll have to try to find
the original message.
While it is good to have the MOCs available, I feel like this is the first cut
of thousands.
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Its pretty much the same as Rebrickable, just on a smaller scale for now. So
I don't see a problem at all.
As far as competing with PAB sure some things are cheaper, but not many want
to wait 2-3 months for parts. Lego does not have 16,402 employees to pull and
ship orders, Bricklink does. Employees are getting expensive as we still work
for about $3 a hr. so they wont be able to keep up with demand especially since
their lot count seems to get higher and higher.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 19:02 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| But without access to parts lists or votes, small stores with loyal customers
cant stock parts their customers want.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 11:53 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, FamilyBlocks writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Stay tuned for the launch in late August. We’re excited about bringing more fan
designs to life through the BrickLink Marketplace and LEGO Pick a Brick!
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So it begins, PAB is now competition. I swore TLG said they would not do this
(compete with the marketplace) when they bought BL. I'll have to try to find
the original message.
While it is good to have the MOCs available, I feel like this is the first cut
of thousands.
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Its pretty much the same as Rebrickable, just on a smaller scale for now. So
I don't see a problem at all.
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Rebrickable does not link to PAB as far as I am aware, only BL, the Owl, and
independent stores.
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As far as competing with PAB sure some things are cheaper, but not many want
to wait 2-3 months for parts. Lego does not have 16,402 employees to pull and
ship orders, Bricklink does.
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No, we are not a Lego employees or contractors. They have 16,386 (as of time
of this post) independent sellers of which they are giving a select few an unofficial
title of "Lego Bricklink preferred sellers."
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| | | | | Author: | CE_Tanja | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 157 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Dear all,
Let me try to address the concerns in this thread.
The MOC Pop-up store is a pilot, a test to see if by adding Pick a Brick to the
mix in the MOC Pop-up store, we will be able to realize the fan designs that
do not end up being produced.
We know that without adding Pick a Brick we do not have the volumes available
in the marketplace to fulfill elements for many of the same design.
Investigating the best ways to accomplish getting these designs in to the hands
of the people who would like to build them, we checked in with quite a few BrickLink
Sellers and Buyers to get their perspective on the approach, we have applied
these perspectives to the best of our ability in a pilot setup.
Although we strongly believe that adding a new initiative like the MOC Pop-up
store to BrickLink will generate more sales for the Sellers on BrickLink (due
to added business from the MOC sales where many of the elements will not be available
through Pick a Brick) We have decided to take a buyers perspective on the decisions
we have made, because we believe that if this is not a feasible model from a
buyer perspective then there can be no MOC Pop-up store.
We reached out to a few of the largest sellers on BrickLink because this is a
pilot and it will only be running for about 10 weeks and we don’t know if this
will be a success or not, it would not be fair to ask more, smaller sellers to
take a risk of stocking up on elements when we do not know if they will sell
or not.
Fulfillment of orders is critical to the success of the pilot and we asked the
bigger sellers to take a chance on supporting this initiative in order to hopefully
be able to prove the success and move forward with a complete program in the
future - at which time we will not only be working with a select group of sellers.
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 18:07 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 90 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
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Then why include PAB at all? This is a not so transparent attempt to do what
TLG said they would not, I am still searching for this commitment from TLG, but
searching archive.org takes time as all the info about the purchase has been
scrubbed from Bricklink.
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I understand your skepticism about the direct inclusion of PAB, but...
When this project was presented at Brickworld here in Chicago, they explained
the reason for including PAB in this shop. When they checked the availability
of parts for some of the MOCs that will be offered, within the whole of BrickLink
they could source less than 50 sets. We simply don't have the volume to accommodate
100's (or 1000s) of these MOCs being sold here.
Hope that helps,
~Jen
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 20:52 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, jennnifer writes:
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When this project was presented at Brickworld here in Chicago, they explained
the reason for including PAB in this shop. When they checked the availability
of parts for some of the MOCs that will be offered, within the whole of BrickLink
they could source less than 50 sets. We simply don't have the volume to accommodate
100's (or 1000s) of these MOCs being sold here.
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This lack of volume you mention is due to LEGO company policies. There are quantity
limits in place that make it difficult to impossible for any buyers to purchase
stacks of sets in whatever quantity they would like.
Limit 1 of most items from Legoland park online stores.
Limit 2 or 3 of most items sold by Lego dot com (Shop At Home).
Limit 2 or 3 of pretty much ANYTHING at Lego brand retail stores.
These limits also exist at pretty much all other major online retailers who sell
LEGO products.
Retail stores only seem to stock one casepack of each set on store shelves at
any given time most of the year, too. So, even there it can be difficult to
purchase more than 3 or 4 of any specific set.
Contrast this with the past when there were NO LIMITS buying from Lego dot com.
And the first LEGO brand retail stores operated as OUTLET stores and were tasked
with pushing product out the door as fast as possible with no limits on buying.
They didn't care if one person bought 100 copies and, in fact, welcomed
it.
Gone are the days of phoning up Lego Shop At Home and purchasing 40 or 60 or
100 copies of the same set. A couple of months ago, at a Lego Brand retail store,
I had to ask for special permission to purchase just FOUR copies of a set that
was on clearance -- it took almost an hour to get approval just to do that.
It was such a ridiculous farce -- you would think I was asking to have dinner
with the King of England by wanting to purchase one more than the limit of 3
of a Clearance item.
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LEGO group's supply problems are their own. THEY make the product --
they can make as much as they want any time they want. That they cannot manage
to do this is their own problem that only they can solve if they wanted to.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 21:06 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Shiny_Stuff writes:
| | In Administrative, jennnifer writes:
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When this project was presented at Brickworld here in Chicago, they explained
the reason for including PAB in this shop. When they checked the availability
of parts for some of the MOCs that will be offered, within the whole of BrickLink
they could source less than 50 sets. We simply don't have the volume to accommodate
100's (or 1000s) of these MOCs being sold here.
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This lack of volume you mention is due to LEGO company policies. There are quantity
limits in place that make it difficult to impossible for any buyers to purchase
stacks of sets in whatever quantity they would like.
Limit 1 of most items from Legoland park online stores.
Limit 2 or 3 of most items sold by Lego dot com (Shop At Home).
Limit 2 or 3 of pretty much ANYTHING at Lego brand retail stores.
These limits also exist at pretty much all other major online retailers who sell
LEGO products.
Retail stores only seem to stock one casepack of each set on store shelves at
any given time most of the year, too. So, even there it can be difficult to
purchase more than 3 or 4 of any specific set.
Contrast this with the past when there were NO LIMITS buying from Lego dot com.
And the first LEGO brand retail stores operated as OUTLET stores and were tasked
with pushing product out the door as fast as possible with no limits on buying.
They didn't care if one person bought 100 copies and, in fact, welcomed
it.
Gone are the days of phoning up Lego Shop At Home and purchasing 40 or 60 or
100 copies of the same set. A couple of months ago, at a Lego Brand retail store,
I had to ask for special permission to purchase just FOUR copies of a set that
was on clearance -- it took almost an hour to get approval just to do that.
It was such a ridiculous farce -- you would think I was asking to have dinner
with the King of England by wanting to purchase one more than the limit of 3
of a Clearance item.
* * *
LEGO group's supply problems are their own. THEY make the product --
they can make as much as they want any time they want. That they cannot manage
to do this is their own problem that only they can solve if they wanted to.
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Hey,
I pretty much agree with everything you've said here. I like the limits when
it means there's something left for me to buy, and I hate them when I just
want a reasonable quantity of something to part out.
~Jen
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 04:43 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, jennnifer writes:
| | Hey,
I pretty much agree with everything you've said here. I like the limits when
it means there's something left for me to buy, and I hate them when I just
want a reasonable quantity of something to part out.
~Jen
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I think the LEGO Group is struggling to keep up with demand. They keep opening
new factories and expanding their existing factories but it's just not enough.
The limits were probably put in place to stretch their supply further.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 05:29 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, jennnifer writes:
| | Hey,
I pretty much agree with everything you've said here. I like the limits when
it means there's something left for me to buy, and I hate them when I just
want a reasonable quantity of something to part out.
~Jen
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I think the LEGO Group is struggling to keep up with demand. They keep opening
new factories and expanding their existing factories but it's just not enough.
The limits were probably put in place to stretch their supply further.
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For some sets, they are struggling to sell them. Some sit in clearance for months.
I would have thought they would be glad to get rid of some of those in one go,
rather than cancel orders as someone has tried to buy too much.
I think it is a downside of the huge range they produce these days. Some sets
/ themes are very popular and sell very fast. Whereas unpopular ones, or even
just OK ones, can sit and sit as there is just so much other choice.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 03:49 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | Gone are the days of phoning up Lego Shop At Home and purchasing 40 or 60 or
100 copies of the same set. A couple of months ago, at a Lego Brand retail store,
I had to ask for special permission to purchase just FOUR copies of a set that
was on clearance -- it took almost an hour to get approval just to do that.
It was such a ridiculous farce -- you would think I was asking to have dinner
with the King of England by wanting to purchase one more than the limit of 3
of a Clearance item.
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I've had online orders of clearance items cancelled before. Sets that have
sat in clearance for months that they cannot shift, and they cancel orders for
them due to purchase limits.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 11:45 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, jennnifer writes:
| | In Administrative, macebobo writes:
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Then why include PAB at all? This is a not so transparent attempt to do what
TLG said they would not, I am still searching for this commitment from TLG, but
searching archive.org takes time as all the info about the purchase has been
scrubbed from Bricklink.
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I understand your skepticism about the direct inclusion of PAB, but...
When this project was presented at Brickworld here in Chicago, they explained
the reason for including PAB in this shop. When they checked the availability
of parts for some of the MOCs that will be offered, within the whole of BrickLink
they could source less than 50 sets. We simply don't have the volume to accommodate
100's (or 1000s) of these MOCs being sold here.
Hope that helps,
~Jen
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It does not help Jen, it makes even less sense now. They found a way to justify
doing something they said they would not do and it sounds reasonable, so most
accept it. I do not accept it, let the market decide what it can support without
PAB. This is a very slippery slope.
If they wanted to, they could have notified all sellers of the anticipated
short volume parts. Not just a select, chosen few. They have created an unfair
advantage for these "Lego Bricklink preferred sellers" and against "the
insignificant little stores" and justify it by deciding (for us and not with
us) it would be too much of a risk! That to me is abhorrent.
- John
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 18:11 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 18:34 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, popsicle writes:
| | Looking at this dispassionately from the point of view of LEGO, it does make
eminent sense. Looking at the same as an impassioned longtime vendor here, I
see yet further diminishing profit margins for the hardworking selling base of
BL membership.
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And I said as much above.
| | This is not what is best for buyers and sellers, this is what is best for TLG. So, please do not be so disingenuous, be honest.
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I just want companies to be honest and forthright. Not layer statements in weasel
words and opacity. I appreciate people who say what they mean and mean what they
say.
E.g. They do not know which MOCs will be selected (per the faq: We will invite
designers of select BDP Series 1 & Series 2 submissions to be fulfilled through
the MOC Pop-Up Store. ) And, yet, "We have also met with select large Marketplace
sellers and asked them to stock up on specific elements to meet anticipated demand."
These two statements do not jive in my mind.
If Bricklink would be forthright, I would not, as 1P says, "go for their
throat every time an employee posts something like this" because their would
be no need to call them out on their baloney shoveling.
I need to go visit the chickens, this whole mess has gotten my blood pressure
up, and their cute little clucking has a way of calming me down.
Out until tomorrow.
-- John
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 18:48 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 04:57 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Here's another way of looking at things:
At least the LEGO Group is involving the BrickLink community in the fulfillment
process this time (if only a select few large sellers for the pilot phase).
In the past, all fulfillment was handled solely by BrickLink/TLG, with no participation
from the marketplace.
And if a design wasn't chosen as a finalist, there was no way to buy it,
and that was the end of the story.
So, this could actually be beneficial for the BrickLink community by providing
buyers with the chance to build MOCs they otherwise wouldn't be able to,
and by allowing sellers to make sales they wouldn't otherwise get if TLG
did everything themselves.
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 17:13 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 85 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | Investigating the best ways to accomplish getting these designs in to the hands
of the people who would like to build them, ...
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Surely having no limits on the number of different sets produced or of each set
produced during the pre-ordering stage would have done that. And instead of
having to pick lots of possibly different large PAB orders they could have prepared
the correct number of sets with the same parts in each set.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 17:24 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Investigating the best ways to accomplish getting these designs in to the hands
of the people who would like to build them, ...
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Surely having no limits on the number of different sets produced or of each set
produced during the pre-ordering stage would have done that. And instead of
having to pick lots of possibly different large PAB orders they could have prepared
the correct number of sets with the same parts in each set.
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It’s for BDP submissions that were not selected (well, a selection thereof to
start with), not the 2×5 finalists that will be produced in 2024 (maybe, if they
are crowdfunded).
First answer in the FAQ:
“This time, we’re allowing members to purchase the building instructions and
loose parts to fan designs submitted to BDP Series 1 & Series 2 that were
not selected among the five Finalists for crowdfunding.” (My emphasizing.)
Later:
“The MOC Pop-Up Store is meant to complement BDP; if your submission is not selected
as a Finalist and produced as one of 5 BDP sets in Series 1 & Series 2, your
fellow LEGO fans can purchase elements to build it through the MOC Pop-Up Store!”
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 03:39 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Investigating the best ways to accomplish getting these designs in to the hands
of the people who would like to build them, ...
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Surely having no limits on the number of different sets produced or of each set
produced during the pre-ordering stage would have done that. And instead of
having to pick lots of possibly different large PAB orders they could have prepared
the correct number of sets with the same parts in each set.
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It’s for BDP submissions that were not selected (well, a selection thereof to
start with), not the 2×5 finalists that will be produced in 2024 (maybe, if they
are crowdfunded).
First answer in the FAQ:
“This time, we’re allowing members to purchase the building instructions and
loose parts to fan designs submitted to BDP Series 1 & Series 2 that were
not selected among the five Finalists for crowdfunding.” (My emphasizing.)
Later:
“The MOC Pop-Up Store is meant to complement BDP; if your submission is not selected
as a Finalist and produced as one of 5 BDP sets in Series 1 & Series 2, your
fellow LEGO fans can purchase elements to build it through the MOC Pop-Up Store!”
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And what wasn't clear in that is that LEGO PAB was going to be a competing
supplier. If they are supplying parts for the revamped MOC shop why restrict
the original BDP series to just the finalists?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 04:55 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Investigating the best ways to accomplish getting these designs in to the hands
of the people who would like to build them, ...
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Surely having no limits on the number of different sets produced or of each set
produced during the pre-ordering stage would have done that. And instead of
having to pick lots of possibly different large PAB orders they could have prepared
the correct number of sets with the same parts in each set.
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It’s for BDP submissions that were not selected (well, a selection thereof to
start with), not the 2×5 finalists that will be produced in 2024 (maybe, if they
are crowdfunded).
First answer in the FAQ:
“This time, we’re allowing members to purchase the building instructions and
loose parts to fan designs submitted to BDP Series 1 & Series 2 that were
not selected among the five Finalists for crowdfunding.” (My emphasizing.)
Later:
“The MOC Pop-Up Store is meant to complement BDP; if your submission is not selected
as a Finalist and produced as one of 5 BDP sets in Series 1 & Series 2, your
fellow LEGO fans can purchase elements to build it through the MOC Pop-Up Store!”
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And what wasn't clear in that is that LEGO PAB was going to be a competing
supplier. If they are supplying parts for the revamped MOC shop why restrict
the original BDP series to just the finalists?
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I suppose it is just because they don't have factory time to pick and pack
those in a timely manner as of now, BDP sets take a lot of time since preordering
to fulfillment. Lots of people want to buy something and get it soon.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 05:31 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | I suppose it is just because they don't have factory time to pick and pack
those in a timely manner as of now, BDP sets take a lot of time since preordering
to fulfillment. Lots of people want to buy something and get it soon.
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Surely receiving lots of PAB orders (that are possibly different to each other)
will take long times as well, so not only would those orders be slow it will
also impact on other users of online PAB. At least if they did sets, they are
standardised in that they all contain the same parts. Although maybe slowing
down PAB even more than it already is could be a good thing for BL, if online
PAB gets so bad.
I can understand them doing these MOCs if the orders are fulfilled by BL sellers,
even if the way they have favoured some sellers is not at all transparent. But
if these orders are being fulfilled through PAB too then that means they need
an interface from BL to PAB to order the parts there, and if they have built
that now then what are the longer term implications for integrating PAB into
BL. They say this now ...
Will Pick a Brick only be integrated into the MOC Pop-Up Store, or will it
be integrated throughout the platform?
Pick a Brick will only be integrated as an alternative purchase option through
the MOC Pop-Up Store at this time.
but how long before they compete with BL sellers for BL orders outside the MOC
shop.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 09:35 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | | | I suppose it is just because they don't have factory time to pick and pack
those in a timely manner as of now, BDP sets take a lot of time since preordering
to fulfillment. Lots of people want to buy something and get it soon.
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Surely receiving lots of PAB orders (that are possibly different to each other)
will take long times as well, so not only would those orders be slow it will
also impact on other users of online PAB. At least if they did sets, they are
standardised in that they all contain the same parts. Although maybe slowing
down PAB even more than it already is could be a good thing for BL, if online
PAB gets so bad.
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Sets are way more complicated to do than PAB orders, and at multiple stages:
compliance, marketing, setting up the production chain….
You don’t set up a packing chain for 50 units.
(Actually, it would seem the minimum number is 3000 (the threshold for BDP’s
crowdfunding), or thereabout.)
Now, maybe LEGO could have done parts packs: they can be packed in LEGO’s factories,
without encumbering PaB, and are simpler than sets.
But MOCs are all very different.
I doubt they could do packs that would cover a significant portion of multiple
MOCs.
Even if they could find 10 packs that would each cover 10% of 10 MOCs, I doubt
it would really help PAB: there’d still be 90% missing and that would complicate
the ordering.
And they don’t seem to be planning on proposing only 10 well-chosen MOCs that
share many parts.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, yorbrick writes:
| | I can understand them doing these MOCs if the orders are fulfilled by BL sellers,
even if the way they have favoured some sellers is not at all transparent. But
if these orders are being fulfilled through PAB too then that means they need
an interface from BL to PAB to order the parts there, and if they have built
that now then what are the longer term implications for integrating PAB into
BL. They say this now ...
Will Pick a Brick only be integrated into the MOC Pop-Up Store, or will it
be integrated throughout the platform?
Pick a Brick will only be integrated as an alternative purchase option through
the MOC Pop-Up Store at this time.
but how long before they compete with BL sellers for BL orders outside the MOC
shop.
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Thank you, you get it.
How long?
I predict shortly, "after a very successful pilot program, we have decided
to extend the wanted list functionality to include PAB parts as well."
They are already selecting "Lego Bricklink preferred sellers" (my words)
This is not going to end well for the little guys.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 18:04 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| A 17 billion dollar company cant put their money at stake and require small businesses
to put up front cash to carry the needed inventory lol
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| | | | | | | Author: | Ra | | Posted: | Jul 5, 2023 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| What a big company doesnt understand is loyalty. What if i only needed 2 or 3
sets to provide my most loyal customers. Those customers would pay top dollar
to buy from me over random seller or TLG. Why, because its a small town vibe,
they trust you, they want to support you. We dont have access to parts lists
or votes to even guage the value and risk for ourselves as sellers.
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| | | | | | | Author: | RecycledBrick | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 00:47 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | cycbuild | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 02:43 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, RecycledBrick writes:
| | | | Fulfillment of orders is critical to the success of the pilot and we asked the
bigger sellers to take a chance on supporting this initiative in order to hopefully
be able to prove the success and move forward with a complete program in the
future - at which time we will not only be working with a select group of sellers.
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Until then, the smaller unselected stores will see lower and lower sales while
the Bricklink/TLG approved stores will see increased sales.
Sounds great for the selected shops.
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To think the day would come when Easy Buy finally gets its chance to shine.
A micro build contest could be fun and fair for everyone? BDP Series 2½?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 09:08 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, cycbuild writes:
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To think the day would come when Easy Buy finally gets its chance to shine.
A micro build contest could be fun and fair for everyone? BDP Series 2½?
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There’s “activities” regularly (about every season). They are a kind of contest.
The last one was based on using parts from a selected set.
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/gallery.page?tab=activities
But the previous one (winter ornament) used a special palette in Studio called
“BrickLink Common Palette.” This palette contains parts that are both cheap
and available in many BL stores.
And it’s rather limited because of that.
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| | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 11:03 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | BrickLink is thrilled to announce the MOC Pop-Up Store pilot
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Mark is a flipping genius.
http://v4ei.com/comics/index.php?id=can
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| | | | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
LOL. That really is an excellent cartoon.
So many questions from BL sellers with some answers, but very little info for
the actual MOC creators. I got THE email and I'm really torn, as it looks
like there's going to be a lot more work involved than just uploading my
design onto the site for peeps to buy (like Re-B....).
BTW Buy "Boogie Boombox"
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 11:58 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 13:37 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
This is a BAD idea. BL has it's head in the clouds when it should be focusing
on the buying and selling experience. Instead they have tunnel vision in three
areas: collecting taxes, collections and designer program. None of which improves
the customer experience on BL. New people go to BL, hate how it looks and feels
and give up. Get your heads out of the clouds and focus on your improving your
product.
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| Dear all,
Thank you for all your interest in the MOC Pop-Up Store, we truly value all your
input!
Our aim is to create a program that will make the most sense to all involved.
In a pilot setup everything will not be perfect but based on your input we will
be able to adjust for a potential future program.
During the pilot we are very focused on finding out whether this is in fact something
that is of interest and that it makes sense to continue building on in the future.
To avoid any misunderstandings we should clarify that all sellers on BrickLink
are considered in the check-out process for the MOC Pop-Up Store like any check-out
on the platform in general, we are not only working with a few invited sellers,
everyone is considered and the buyers will be able to choose which stores they
buy from.
We only reached out to a few big sellers to ask for their support to stock up
on certain parts because there is risk involved as explained earlier and the
pilot is only running for 10 weeks, however since we can see that this is perceived
as unfair, we have decided that we will make the aggregated list of elements
available to all prior to the launch of the pilot, this was always the intent
in a future setup just not for the pilot.
We appreciate that so many would like to support this initiative by securing
that as much inventory is available as possible, this will support us in proving
the success of the pilot.
The initial aggregated list of elements will be available once we know which
designers will choose to be part of the pilot, since we will continue to invite
select designers throughout the pilot, the list will be updated weekly thereafter.
The initial list should be available on the site in the beginning of August.
Pleas keep in mind that this list will still vary, some designers might not be
able to get their designs ready for the pilot after all and some designs might
not sell, we want to make that clear so that everyone understands the risk. The
list will include element ID, color, total nbr. of the same part used across
all designs and BrickLink ID.
Please do continue to share your input.
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
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| | | | | | | Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:12 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear all,
Thank you for all your interest in the MOC Pop-Up Store, we truly value all your
input!
Our aim is to create a program that will make the most sense to all involved.
In a pilot setup everything will not be perfect but based on your input we will
be able to adjust for a potential future program.
During the pilot we are very focused on finding out whether this is in fact something
that is of interest and that it makes sense to continue building on in the future.
To avoid any misunderstandings we should clarify that all sellers on BrickLink
are considered in the check-out process for the MOC Pop-Up Store like any check-out
on the platform in general, we are not only working with a few invited sellers,
everyone is considered and the buyers will be able to choose which stores they
buy from.
We only reached out to a few big sellers to ask for their support to stock up
on certain parts because there is risk involved as explained earlier and the
pilot is only running for 10 weeks, however since we can see that this is perceived
as unfair, we have decided that we will make the aggregated list of elements
available to all prior to the launch of the pilot, this was always the intent
in a future setup just not for the pilot.
We appreciate that so many would like to support this initiative by securing
that as much inventory is available as possible, this will support us in proving
the success of the pilot.
The initial aggregated list of elements will be available once we know which
designers will choose to be part of the pilot, since we will continue to invite
select designers throughout the pilot, the list will be updated weekly thereafter.
The initial list should be available on the site in the beginning of August.
Pleas keep in mind that this list will still vary, some designers might not be
able to get their designs ready for the pilot after all and some designs might
not sell, we want to make that clear so that everyone understands the risk. The
list will include element ID, color, total nbr. of the same part used across
all designs and BrickLink ID.
Please do continue to share your input.
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
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The forum is not the greatest way to get feedback for something new like this.
You should send out a survey to all sellers asking for input to a few specific
questions and make your decisions based on that. Then when you make an announcement
on the forum, you can be confident your idea is supported by the vast majority
of BL and not have to make multiple retractions "live". It's called
getting your "ducks in a row".
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, brickerking writes:
| | The forum is not the greatest way to get feedback for something new like this.
You should send out a survey to all sellers asking for input to a few specific
questions and make your decisions based on that. Then when you make an announcement
on the forum, you can be confident your idea is supported by the vast majority
of BL and not have to make multiple retractions "live". It's called
getting your "ducks in a row".
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BL:
*does something*
*gets feedback*
*responds to that feedback*
BL users:
"You didn't solicit feedback correctly!!!!!"
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:20 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, peregrinator writes:
| | In Administrative, brickerking writes:
| | The forum is not the greatest way to get feedback for something new like this.
You should send out a survey to all sellers asking for input to a few specific
questions and make your decisions based on that. Then when you make an announcement
on the forum, you can be confident your idea is supported by the vast majority
of BL and not have to make multiple retractions "live". It's called
getting your "ducks in a row".
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BL:
*does something*
*gets feedback*
*responds to that feedback*
BL users:
"You didn't solicit feedback correctly!!!!!"
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Bingo... there is a right way and a wrong way to do things.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | CE_Tanja | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:19 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 87 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Location: USA, California |
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| Thank you for your input.
We decided that a survey was not the best format in the dialogue with Sellers,
instead we have done a number of sounding board meetings with BrickLink members,
sellers, designers and buyers in a face to face format, allowing for dialogue.
Unfortunately no matter the format there will always be things that we don't
learn until we actually go live with an initiative, that is also why we truly
appreciate all the input we are getting.
I am sorry that you perceive us sharing the list with all as retracting something
as opposed to listening and reacting accordingly, especially because we intend
to continue to listen and adjust
Have a nice day.
| | The forum is not the greatest way to get feedback for something new like this.
You should send out a survey to all sellers asking for input to a few specific
questions and make your decisions based on that. Then when you make an announcement
on the forum, you can be confident your idea is supported by the vast majority
of BL and not have to make multiple retractions "live". It's called
getting your "ducks in a row".
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | brickerking | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:26 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Thank you for your input.
We decided that a survey was not the best format in the dialogue with Sellers,
instead we have done a number of sounding board meetings with BrickLink members,
sellers, designers and buyers in a face to face format, allowing for dialogue.
Unfortunately no matter the format there will always be things that we don't
learn until we actually go live with an initiative, that is also why we truly
appreciate all the input we are getting.
I am sorry that you perceive us sharing the list with all as retracting something
as opposed to listening and reacting accordingly, especially because we intend
to continue to listen and adjust
Have a nice day.
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Yep, the problem with that is that BL is not a small group of sellers you do
sounding board meetings with. A survey would have been your best option for this
and for big ideas going forward, in my opinion. That will give you the largest
sounding board possible. When you make an "announcement" that seems like
a done deal. So when you then make adjustments because of complaints, those seem
like retractions. I hope you can understand my perspective.
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| | The forum is not the greatest way to get feedback for something new like this.
You should send out a survey to all sellers asking for input to a few specific
questions and make your decisions based on that. Then when you make an announcement
on the forum, you can be confident your idea is supported by the vast majority
of BL and not have to make multiple retractions "live". It's called
getting your "ducks in a row".
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| | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:18 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:23 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Dear all,
Thank you for all your interest in the MOC Pop-Up Store, we truly value all your
input!
Our aim is to create a program that will make the most sense to all involved.
In a pilot setup everything will not be perfect but based on your input we will
be able to adjust for a potential future program.
During the pilot we are very focused on finding out whether this is in fact something
that is of interest and that it makes sense to continue building on in the future.
To avoid any misunderstandings we should clarify that all sellers on BrickLink
are considered in the check-out process for the MOC Pop-Up Store like any check-out
on the platform in general, we are not only working with a few invited sellers,
everyone is considered and the buyers will be able to choose which stores they
buy from.
We only reached out to a few big sellers to ask for their support to stock up
on certain parts because there is risk involved as explained earlier and the
pilot is only running for 10 weeks, however since we can see that this is perceived
as unfair, we have decided that we will make the aggregated list of elements
available to all prior to the launch of the pilot, this was always the intent
in a future setup just not for the pilot.
We appreciate that so many would like to support this initiative by securing
that as much inventory is available as possible, this will support us in proving
the success of the pilot.
The initial aggregated list of elements will be available once we know which
designers will choose to be part of the pilot, since we will continue to invite
select designers throughout the pilot, the list will be updated weekly thereafter.
The initial list should be available on the site in the beginning of August.
Pleas keep in mind that this list will still vary, some designers might not be
able to get their designs ready for the pilot after all and some designs might
not sell, we want to make that clear so that everyone understands the risk. The
list will include element ID, color, total nbr. of the same part used across
all designs and BrickLink ID.
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Hope that list is available in Bricklink XML format and not just a plain list
in a web page.
Sergio
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Please do continue to share your input.
In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:32 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Stellar writes:
| | Hope that list is available in Bricklink XML format and not just a plain list
in a web page.
Sergio
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I want exactly what they gave the large sellers. If that is a plain text file,
a link, whatever, I can deal with it.
We can only ask for so much
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 04:32 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, macebobo writes:
| | I want exactly what they gave the large sellers. If that is a plain text file,
a link, whatever, I can deal with it.
We can only ask for so much
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If you want, for 5.00 USD you can buy PDF instructions for any MOC from my store.
I will even give you a complimentary XML parts list to go along with it, free
of charge!
This promotional opportunity is available to all BrickLink members regardless
of size.
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| | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:25 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | RecycledBrick | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 14:34 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | CE_Tanja | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 15:32 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 108 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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BrickLink
ID CardCE_Tanja
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| Location: USA, California |
| Member Since |
Contact |
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Admin |
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| Nothing has been shared with anyone yet, at this point we do not have the complete
list of designers opting in to being part of the program and because of that
we are not able to share the list of elements, also once the designers opt in,
there is a task for them to make modifications to their designs which will also
have an impact on the parts lists.
We have selected designs for the pilot that are not only popular with the members
but also the ones with the parts more readily available on BrickLink in general,
because of that we should be pretty ok for the supply. Sharing the list with
everyone once it is ready will hopefully make for more designs to be realized
though. This means that the lead time for stocking up on these elements will
be short however it won't all have to happen prior to the launch, we assume
the designs will be sold throughout the entirety of the pilot.
Nothing was kept secret, but I understand that sharing this information in the
Terms of service only can seem like that. We are happy that this was brought
forward though because we need all the support we can get to improve the chances
of success for the pilot.
Thank you.
In Administrative, RecycledBrick writes:
| | | | We only reached out to a few big sellers to ask for their support to stock up
on certain parts because there is risk involved as explained earlier and the
pilot is only running for 10 weeks, however since we can see that this is perceived
as unfair
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Any time when only a few selected, buyers, sellers or designers are asked their
opinion on something or given a list off parts to stock up on it is not just
perceived as unfair, it actually is
Did you think any of the sellers that were privately contacted would object to
something that will give them advantage over their competition?
Even if the list is given now, the rest of the sellers won't be able to stock
up on parts in time. We won't have resources and sources to get these parts.
These big sellers now have head start because BL/TLG views these sellers as
the most important and is willing to support their business by given them a head
start in secret.
It is not received as unfair, it is favoritism.
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| | | | | Author: | bricknationtoys | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 15:31 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 100 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| I have some questions.
1. Will PAB be a "user" on the platform?
2. Will the buyers be able to leave negative, positive or neutral feedback for
the PAB fulfilled orders if they're not happy with the service?
3. Will the feedback be visible to others?
4. Will PAB be subject to the same rules other sellers have to abide by? (NSS,
suspensions etc)
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| | | | | | | Author: | bricknationtoys | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 15:44 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| The danger I see here is that if the buyers shopping experience is significantly
worse than they normally expect from TLG then it may damage the image both of
TLG and BrickLink
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | rtzx9r | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2023 20:27 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, bricknationtoys writes:
| | The danger I see here is that if the buyers shopping experience is significantly
worse than they normally expect from TLG then it may damage the image both of
TLG and BrickLink
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bricknationtoys Is spot on. We read endless threads here on buyers getting burned
by bad sellers… no deliveries for months. And what does BL rollout? A program
that will ENABLE this, but by TLG. I’ve bought from PAB exactly one time to learn
never, ever again. Takes months and nobody knows anything on status, timelines,
etc.
Any new users this attracts to the website are going to be turned away by paying
up front and being without their order for months, delayed by the mothership.
If we don’t ensure the PAB order fulfillment is able to have feedback left, it
will be a sad day.
In all of the voice of customer work, did anyone think to ensure TLG production
is able to meet the demand this program will add to its already sub par performance?
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 04:38 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jul 7, 2023 10:32 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
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Stay on target!
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| | | | | Author: | Reki_Lobsheek | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2023 18:23 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 120 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| Quite an interesting read, this thread.
Such strong opinions well in advance of anything being implemented ... just,
wow.
Seems some people are forgetting they're making a living of RE-selling the
product of a company they have absolutely ZERO part in their intellectual property.
This wasn't the case when Dan was in the lead, nor is it now with Lego itself
at the helm.
We are all, sellers and buyers alike, using a sales platform that's in the
hands of the very creator of our beloved hobby. Everything, and I do mean everything,
we do here contributes financially to TLG.
What kind of mental world do some people seem to live in that they think they
should have control over this platform which they do not own?
Seems to me Lego is going quite far in communicating with the Bricklink users
via the various panels, news letters and forum posts. I don't know many other
companies that do this in such a way or could be bothered to.
It even seems to me Lego is quite willing and patient to listen to our opinions
and input.
I can imagine that a lot of the need for (technical) changes on this platform
is happening too slow for a lot of people whose income heavily depends on the
operation of the website and that this is causing a lot of frustration.
But when I'm starting to see posts of people being angry about not being
personally involved in certain (pilot) projects and calling the proprietor of
the whole business a "liar" because they want to basically better sell
their product and tend to the needs of their customers in an ever evolving way,
I tend to lose interest.
It's a pity that this forum over the years has become mostly the sound board
of just a few dozen members that seem to mainly air their (perhaps sometimes
justified) frustrations.
There are well over 1.3 million users on this platform, of which over 60.000
sellers.
Seems to me it's a pity we always seem to hear from the same few "loudest"
users when it comes to these matters.
I'd rather see 20 replies from 20 different users than 20 replies from the
same person using the forum to air their frustrations.
Oh well, rant on I guess.
I'm personally looking forward to this new project as I think it's a
brilliant oportunity for some of the creators whose creations weren't selected
in the BDP to have their sets end up with potential fans of their product.
Erikk
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| | | | | | | Author: | UTLF | | Posted: | Jul 8, 2023 18:40 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 03:03 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | | What kind of mental world do some people seem to live in that they think they
should have control over this platform which they do not own?
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It is not about controlling what LEGO can do with bricklink, but asking them
to stick to what they said they would when they bought it. If they want to turn
around and say screw you, we can do what we like, we own it then they can do
that. But presumably they know that will alienate a lot of users.
There is risk in buying a product to sell if the company that makes the product
and owns the largest site where it is sold suddenly decides they will sell parts
through the site too, especially given how long it can take to sell. Or that
they appear to favour larger sellers over small. I can understand it if sellers
decide to put less money into BL stock rather than more.
The forum is the best place to air complaints as at least BL staff read them
and can respond and maybe pass on more serious concerns to the parent company.
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| | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 16:18 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 86 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Reki_Lobsheek writes:
| | Quite an interesting read, this thread.
Such strong opinions well in advance of anything being implemented ... just,
wow.
Seems some people are forgetting they're making a living of RE-selling the
product of a company they have absolutely ZERO part in their intellectual property.
This wasn't the case when Dan was in the lead, nor is it now with Lego itself
at the helm.
We are all, sellers and buyers alike, using a sales platform that's in the
hands of the very creator of our beloved hobby. Everything, and I do mean everything,
we do here contributes financially to TLG.
What kind of mental world do some people seem to live in that they think they
should have control over this platform which they do not own?
Seems to me Lego is going quite far in communicating with the Bricklink users
via the various panels, news letters and forum posts. I don't know many other
companies that do this in such a way or could be bothered to.
It even seems to me Lego is quite willing and patient to listen to our opinions
and input.
I can imagine that a lot of the need for (technical) changes on this platform
is happening too slow for a lot of people whose income heavily depends on the
operation of the website and that this is causing a lot of frustration.
But when I'm starting to see posts of people being angry about not being
personally involved in certain (pilot) projects and calling the proprietor of
the whole business a "liar" because they want to basically better sell
their product and tend to the needs of their customers in an ever evolving way,
I tend to lose interest.
It's a pity that this forum over the years has become mostly the sound board
of just a few dozen members that seem to mainly air their (perhaps sometimes
justified) frustrations.
There are well over 1.3 million users on this platform, of which over 60.000
sellers.
Seems to me it's a pity we always seem to hear from the same few "loudest"
users when it comes to these matters.
I'd rather see 20 replies from 20 different users than 20 replies from the
same person using the forum to air their frustrations.
Oh well, rant on I guess.
I'm personally looking forward to this new project as I think it's a
brilliant oportunity for some of the creators whose creations weren't selected
in the BDP to have their sets end up with potential fans of their product.
Erikk
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I agree with you and let’s not forget that ultimately Bricklink is a platform
setup to enable buyers to source what they need foremost hence we don’t see any
buyers here (nor are we likely to) complaining about what is being proposed after
all they are now being given further opportunities of buying more products in
new ways. The fact that sellers including myself are able to and will still be
able to profiteer from the requirements of buyers on this platform is a privileged
opportunity, not a given right!
Not that this should be of concern to BL sellers though as whether buyers will
soon be able to access PAB here or not makes little difference because buyers
that currently choose to buy from BL sellers over PAB do so for two main reasons:-
a) They want the parts quickly and most BL sellers process same day/next business
day or at least within 3 days along with the added convenience of part quantities
rarely being mixed and bundled in the same bag compared with how PAB ship them
b) The main parts a buyer wants will often be discontinued or out of stock from
PAB and as we all know an extremely high proportion of parts will not be available
from PAB not to mention that quite often it can be just one key part that wins
an entire order so that even the more readily available/generic parts are purchased
at the same time
At the end of the day we all know that PAB exists, our buyers know PAB exists
so why people want to pretend otherwise I have no idea? PAB is just another useful
(albeit substantial) means of sourcing Lego for both buyers and sellers alike
and for it to be incorporated into Bricklink in some way would seem an inevitable
and obvious next step whether we like that or not but the fact that Bricklink
even exists should tell everyone that Lego alone cannot fulfil and meet the demands
of its own customer base due to the extensive array of parts it has produced
over many years of production hence Bricklink sellers will continue to sit modestly
alongside Lego with helping to assist with filling that huge gaping hole in the
market place for many more years to come for sure!...
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 17:35 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 92 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, infinibrix writes:
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b) The main parts a buyer wants will often be discontinued or out of stock from
PAB and as we all know an extremely high proportion of parts will not be available
from PAB not to mention that quite often it can be just one key part that wins
an entire order so that even the more readily available/generic parts are purchased
at the same time
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To be fair, I must point out that there won’t be many parts that PAB won’t have
at all because the MOCs are using the BDP series palettes and those are a selection
of parts TLG is sure to produce in 2024 (or later for later series).
So, no older, not-produced-anymore parts in the selected MOCs.
And after a quick check, out of the 9612 (coloured) parts in the BDP series 2
palette, only 566 were not in PaB last month (June 3 to be precise).
(Of these 566, a very few should actually be there but are under an older/other
variant but I don’t care to sift for them.)
Some are parts that could very well end up in MOCs (for instance baseplate 32x32
in Green, White, Blue, or Bright Green).
That means PaB has at least 94% of the parts in BDP2 / for the MOCs that will
be proposed in the pilot.
OTOH, considering how slow TLG usually is, there’s little chance TLG will be
able to complete the PaB selection for September. But they will be able to in
the future.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2023 21:09 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 173 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Administrative, infinibrix writes:
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b) The main parts a buyer wants will often be discontinued or out of stock from
PAB and as we all know an extremely high proportion of parts will not be available
from PAB not to mention that quite often it can be just one key part that wins
an entire order so that even the more readily available/generic parts are purchased
at the same time
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To be fair, I must point out that there won’t be many parts that PAB won’t have
at all because the MOCs are using the BDP series palettes and those are a selection
of parts TLG is sure to produce in 2024 (or later for later series).
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Sylvain you always seem to misinterpret peoples posts, Perhaps intentionally?
By referring to discontinued/out of stock PAB parts I'm referring to the
main selling opportunities Bricklink sellers have over Lego in a more general
sense. Obviously it goes without saying that Lego are going to be able to cater
for many of the parts in the MOCs as they've said as much but the MOC's
are just an extension opportunity for selling but they're certainly not a
do or die thing that every seller needs to be involved with!
If sellers here are primarily relying on ONLY selling parts that are current
and readily available on PAB then that might not be the best strategy anyway?
but even then, most stores inadvertently end up accumulating parts that are unavailable
from PAB at some point and its this ability to be able to offer a vast inventory
of parts that cannot be sourced from PAB that makes Bricklink sellers attractive
to buyers in the first place!
Besides not every buyer will necessarily be shopping for the MOC's alone
as many will have other items on their wanted lists some parts of which may only
be available from a select few sellers whereas many of the more generic and current
MOC parts are likely to be available from almost anywhere!
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| | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Aug 29, 2023 20:47 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | Going live in late August!
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| | The program will run from August 29th through mid-November, 2023, after which we will evaluate it and consider next steps.
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Was there an announcement I missed? I do not see it live today.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Aug 30, 2023 00:06 | | Subject: | Re: Announcing the MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, wildchicken13 writes:
Thank you.
I don't follow the studio forum. Guess I will have to start.
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| | | | | | | Author: | CE_Uday | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2023 15:33 | | Subject: | Re: MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot - delay | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Administrative, CE_Tanja writes:
| | BrickLink is thrilled to announce the MOC Pop-Up Store pilot
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/moc-pop-up-store/about.page
Going live in late August! This is a test program that allows BrickLink
members to purchase digital building instructions and loose elements of select
BrickLink Designer Program submissions. Buyers will have the choice of ordering
exclusively through BrickLink Marketplace sellers or a combination of Marketplace
sellers and LEGO Pick a Brick. The program will run from August 29th through
mid-November, 2023, after which we will evaluate it and consider next steps.
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Unfortunately, the launch of the MOC Pop-Up Store pilot has been delayed as we
work out some last-minute adjustments. We are hoping to have all issues tested
and resolved by the end of this week and we plan to go live sometime in early
September.
Thanks for your patience, and we will keep you posted.
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Hi everyone, the MOC Pop-Up Store pilot is scheduled to launch tomorrow, September
6th. We'll be posting a new topic in this forum once everything is up and
running
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Sep 5, 2023 15:36 | | Subject: | Re: MOC Pop-Up Store Pilot - delay | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| In Administrative, CE_Uday writes:
| | Hi everyone, the MOC Pop-Up Store pilot is scheduled to launch tomorrow, September
6th. We'll be posting a new topic in this forum once everything is up and
running
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Looking forward to it.
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