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| | | Author: | Admin_Russell  | | Posted: | Jan 27, 2024 18:36 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | | Viewed: | 140 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Tarkur writes:
| | Just thought of some extra speculative questions regarding this update.
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Some excellent questions, thank you!
| | 1. So models in future designer programs will not be allowed to use any of the
following variants you are removing? So for example someone uses part 30389b
or 30389c with an axel through it for structural integrity of the model. Will
Bricklink in this case police them to remove this at the cost of stability or
the models apperance?
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Designers for BDP must use bricks that are in the official building palette associated
with that round of the program. These are by definition only the newest versions
of the part. Questions of stability and part availability are handled case-by-case
by our BDP staff who take each model through several rounds of scrutiny.
| | 2. Will we see more updates of this type in the future? depending on the answer
bricklink may lose users in the future.
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Probably nothing this big. If we get a checkbox system there would be further
large updates for sure, but they would be of a different nature.
| | 3. Will this diminish buyers ability to report issues with their orders in cases
where the seller didn't use the notes feature on a merged item?
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No. Buyers can always bring any concern to us - but hopefully to the seller first.
We get very few complaints about variants, actually.
| | 5. How will this update affect buyers wanted lists? Will items in those lists
be merged or just deleted? Will buyers get a notice for changing their wanted
lists?
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After the merges, when the buyer tries to use their wanted list, it will prompt
them to correct any duplicate lots they may have. No lot will be deleted. At
that point they may wish to make adjustments or simply consolidate their lists.
| | 6. What will happen to colors of parts that only exist for one variant?
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They will appear in the resulting merged part. Images will transfer over - plus
the price guide, wanted lists, my collection, etc.
| | 7. Are you going to remove variants within stud.io as well after this change?
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Studio does not recognize all variants anyway, but we will be giving them a list
of changes so they can update their indexes. I have a feeling it will simply
be a matter of changing a few Item Numbers. They might lose a few parts, but
I would be surprised.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2024 08:14 | | Subject: | Re: Variants Thread - January 26 | | Viewed: | 78 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
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| | 7. Are you going to remove variants within stud.io as well after this change?
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Studio does not recognize all variants anyway, but we will be giving them a list
of changes so they can update their indexes. I have a feeling it will simply
be a matter of changing a few Item Numbers. They might lose a few parts, but
I would be surprised.
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Surprise! 😁
Studio actually has all the 7 & 9 teeth couples, 3734b & b, 32064 & b &c, 2454
& 46212, 4032 & b, 553a & b & c & 3262, all the heads…
It also has 4079 & b, but it uses the same 3 model for both. It was just to
follow the catalogue: LDraw doesn’t show sprue marks.
What it doesn’t have is DUPLO (though a lot of people would want them), frosted
bricks, smooth slopes, and a few axle hole variants.
The merge will make parts disappear from the Main palette. They should become
importable from LDraw and from older Studio files.
For the heads, there’s actually a few errors between the three “hollow” studs:
3D model showing b/c/vented, especially vented, instead of another variant.
The merge will make them disappear.
Mostly, it’ll be transparent.
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