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| | | Author: | infinibrix  | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 06:24 | | Subject: | BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 213 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
I know Lego is ever evolving and molds, parts, colours can be discontinued at
any time but maybe it’s a place dedicated to getting parts pre a specific era
where there has been substantial changes such as the place to get old brown and
grey colours perhaps? Pre mid 90’s parts or whatever?
It’s probably a dead in the water idea as I appreciate bricklink and most users
here will probably just want a one stop place for all their Lego needs but maybe
instead just a really scaled down vintage site for all those nerdy types that
want their variants along with those relevant parts of the catalog to remain
intact. Obviously people will still have to use the main site to buy the vast
majority of their Lego so really just a place for the hardcore vintage guys
That’s not me by the way, but with so many appearing to be concerned about some
of the upcoming changes and variant merges I’m just throwing ideas around and
causing trouble! 
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 06:30 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
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A niche of a niche of a niche…. It’s niches all the way down!
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| | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 06:56 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
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A niche of a niche of a niche…. It’s niches all the way down!
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Oh it will be much more niche than that because in order to sign up an account
on the BricklinkV site potential users will need to answer a series of vintage
questions correctly where only a 99% score rate will secure account approval.
I’m anticipating around 10-20 users will make the grade whereby they will be
in the privileged position of being able to exclusively trade amongst themselves
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Flamebeard | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 08:46 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, infinibrix writes:
| | In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
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A niche of a niche of a niche…. It’s niches all the way down!
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Oh it will be much more niche than that because in order to sign up an account
on the BricklinkV site potential users will need to answer a series of vintage
questions correctly where only a 99% score rate will secure account approval.
I’m anticipating around 10-20 users will make the grade whereby they will be
in the privileged position of being able to exclusively trade amongst themselves
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And don't forget: Signup and handling will be processed either via mail or
(for the evolved grognard) through verified 24k modem handshake!
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 09:28 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Flamebeard writes:
| | In General, infinibrix writes:
| | In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
[…]
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A niche of a niche of a niche…. It’s niches all the way down!
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Oh it will be much more niche than that because in order to sign up an account
on the BricklinkV site potential users will need to answer a series of vintage
questions correctly where only a 99% score rate will secure account approval.
I’m anticipating around 10-20 users will make the grade whereby they will be
in the privileged position of being able to exclusively trade amongst themselves
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And don't forget: Signup and handling will be processed either via mail or
(for the evolved grognard) through verified 24k modem handshake!
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And you can't place another order until you leave feedback for your last
order for buyers and sellers can't accept orders until they have left feedback
on their last order.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | kittybrickz | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 09:36 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| | All members must make a yearly pilgrimage to Billund and pay homage to the creator |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 09:40 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, kittybrickz writes:
| | All members must make a yearly pilgrimage to Billund and pay homage to the creator
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Including the 10 foot barefoot Lego walk.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:56 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 18 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Tracyd writes:
| | In General, kittybrickz writes:
| | All members must make a yearly pilgrimage to Billund and pay homage to the creator
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Including the 10 foot barefoot Lego walk.
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A test of basic LEGO knowledge, including naming all the themes available before
2000. If you fail you are unable to join for 2 months.
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| | | | | Author: | uvt203 | | Posted: | Jan 11, 2024 10:07 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
I know Lego is ever evolving and molds, parts, colours can be discontinued at
any time but maybe it’s a place dedicated to getting parts pre a specific era
where there has been substantial changes such as the place to get old brown and
grey colours perhaps? Pre mid 90’s parts or whatever?
It’s probably a dead in the water idea as I appreciate bricklink and most users
here will probably just want a one stop place for all their Lego needs but maybe
instead just a really scaled down vintage site for all those nerdy types that
want their variants along with those relevant parts of the catalog to remain
intact. Obviously people will still have to use the main site to buy the vast
majority of their Lego so really just a place for the hardcore vintage guys
That’s not me by the way, but with so many appearing to be concerned about some
of the upcoming changes and variant merges I’m just throwing ideas around and
causing trouble!
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I like the idea - however it will not be a smart way to do it IMO.
Many buyers try to minimise postage and get as much as possible from as little
number of sellers as possible when in need for parts.
And in these times of substantial increase in shipping prices I don't think
this is the way to go as this will often have to increase number of orders a
buyer has to make to achieve full match with a long wanted list.
I would rather suggest - that vintage parts were put in new inventory categories
(like the 'Classic' category). Here could it be possible to put vintage
parts, parts marked *Pat Pend' old moulds like 3001old etc. in sub categories.
It could then be up to the each seller to decide to use it for listing these
kind of parts for buyers looking for them - or don't and just put them among
newer versions in the associated category.
By this the number of orders a buyer has to make will often be reduced. It will
also help preventing disputes over moulds and old colors if this is set up properly
with the explenation in the terms both at Bricklink and the individual seller.
/Asger
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:35 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
I know Lego is ever evolving and molds, parts, colours can be discontinued at
any time but maybe it’s a place dedicated to getting parts pre a specific era
where there has been substantial changes such as the place to get old brown and
grey colours perhaps? Pre mid 90’s parts or whatever?
It’s probably a dead in the water idea as I appreciate bricklink and most users
here will probably just want a one stop place for all their Lego needs but maybe
instead just a really scaled down vintage site for all those nerdy types that
want their variants along with those relevant parts of the catalog to remain
intact. Obviously people will still have to use the main site to buy the vast
majority of their Lego so really just a place for the hardcore vintage guys
That’s not me by the way, but with so many appearing to be concerned about some
of the upcoming changes and variant merges I’m just throwing ideas around and
causing trouble!
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So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:48 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:52 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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I'm for D!!! Who could've guessed it?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:56 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:59 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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best thing all day! So you are preposing a antimerge? 
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:02 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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I vote for BrickLinkS.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:04 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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I vote for BrickLinkS.
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One reserved to the Sylvain variant of Forumers?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:04 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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I vote for BrickLinkS.
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BrickLinkS - you must be named Sylvain to buy or sell on this site
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:06 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
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BrickLinkS - you must be named Sylvain to buy or sell on this site
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I didn’t say it
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 13:31 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, SylvainLS writes:
| | In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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I vote for BrickLinkS.
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I thought that would be BrickLinkLS.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 13:34 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, randyf writes:
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I thought that would be BrickLinkLS.
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Didn’t want to be too obvious
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:10 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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BrickLink Rose ?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:14 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, peregrinator writes:
| | In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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In the future there will be
BrickLink (undetermined)
BrickLinkA - vintage parts only
BrickLinkB - non-vintage parts only
BrickLinkC (scheduled for deletion)
BrickLinkD - vintage parts and non-vintage parts that are "cool" as determined
by a board of advisors consisting of equal numbers from the pizza and mustard
gangs
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BricklinkE where all changes are made off a full community wide vote
BricklinkF where all changes are made with the opposite of a full community wide
vote
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | macebobo | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 15:15 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | BricklinkF where all changes are made with the opposite of a full community wide vote
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Isn't that what we have now? /s
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 15:20 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, macebobo writes:
| | In General, Nubs_Select writes:
| | BricklinkF where all changes are made with the opposite of a full community wide vote
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Isn't that what we have now? /s
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| | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:14 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
| | In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Has Bricklink ever considered having a sister site dedicated to vintage parts.
I know Lego is ever evolving and molds, parts, colours can be discontinued at
any time but maybe it’s a place dedicated to getting parts pre a specific era
where there has been substantial changes such as the place to get old brown and
grey colours perhaps? Pre mid 90’s parts or whatever?
It’s probably a dead in the water idea as I appreciate bricklink and most users
here will probably just want a one stop place for all their Lego needs but maybe
instead just a really scaled down vintage site for all those nerdy types that
want their variants along with those relevant parts of the catalog to remain
intact. Obviously people will still have to use the main site to buy the vast
majority of their Lego so really just a place for the hardcore vintage guys
That’s not me by the way, but with so many appearing to be concerned about some
of the upcoming changes and variant merges I’m just throwing ideas around and
causing trouble!
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So, you're proposing that we split BrickLink into two different variants?
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Not really because the main Bricklink site will have all those variants merged
meaning the functionality of the main site performs at its optimum with the vast
majority of members only using the main site. Choosing to instead list items
on a scaled down Vintage site would generally be detrimental but just give an
alternative option for those that want to list items there without the variant
entries being affected. Being an alternative site altogether would make it little
different to listing your variants on Brickowl instead but lets be honest its
never going to happen anyway
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, infinibrix writes:
| | Not really because the main Bricklink site will have all those variants merged
meaning the functionality of the main site performs at its optimum with the vast
majority of members only using the main site. Choosing to instead list items
on a scaled down Vintage site would generally be detrimental but just give an
alternative option for those that want to list items there without the variant
entries being affected. Being an alternative site altogether would make it little
different to listing your variants on Brickowl instead but lets be honest its
never going to happen anyway
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It was a joke.
But, in all seriousness, what you've just described is similar to the way
the catalog works now. I'd reckon the majority of buyers are looking for
the "main" (i.e., current) variants of parts (with grooves, etc.), and
these parts represent the bulk of what is sold on this site. But some people
do care about older variants; e.g., when completing old sets.
This goes back to the marketplace vs. database debate. For those who use BrickLink
as a database, all variants are essentially equal, since, at least in theory,
each variant gets a single entry in the database. However, for those who use
it as a marketplace, not all variants are equal, since some variants are more
common than others.
I guess this is one of those "great schisms": when either the community
can come to some sort of agreement over how to treat variants in the catalog,
or the community itself will split.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:27 | | Subject: | Re: BricklinkV - for Vintage Parts? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, wildchicken13 writes:
I assumed so but without a smiley at the end I have to also consider that I'm
being called out for contradicting myself given all my other posts approve of
variant merges
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But, in all seriousness, what you've just described is similar to the way
the catalog works now. I'd reckon the majority of buyers are looking for
the "main" (i.e., current) variants of parts (with grooves, etc.), and
these parts represent the bulk of what is sold on this site. But some people
do care about older variants; e.g., when completing old sets.
This goes back to the marketplace vs. database debate. For those who use BrickLink
as a database, all variants are essentially equal, since, at least in theory,
each variant gets a single entry in the database. However, for those who use
it as a marketplace, not all variants are equal, since some variants are more
common than others.
I guess this is one of those "great schisms": when either the community
can come to some sort of agreement over how to treat variants in the catalog,
or the community itself will split.
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That's the thing though I myself and possibly the vast majority will continue
to list here as the idea of trying to split and sell variants to only a small
niche of members on a vintage sister site with a limited range of available parts
does not appeal to me personally though for many others here that claim there
is a huge market for it this would be a good way to gauge that market, Bricklink
does not even need to maintain the scaled down site but just sit back and watch
the marketplace either thrive or fizzle away to nothing!
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