This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
As some of you know, BrickLink has been using official LEGO data for a long time
to help contributors and admins in their roles. The autopopulate feature for
inventory uploads went live in 2015 and has continued since then with only a
few interruptions.
A couple years ago, we revamped an old asp page called Inventory Comparison,
designed to compare BrickLink inventories with each other. But we added LEGO
data to the mix, and it quickly became a well-used and sought-after tool.
This June, our API access for this LEGO data stream was ended and we were given
a better source, although it was different in many ways. It took a while for
us to adapt to this new stream, but last week we released a whole slew of improvements
and what we have left is a very exciting, unique, and unprecedented flow of LEGO
data into our site.
There's an excellent Help page created by our admins that shows you how to
get the most out of the page:
Notice the r3 in the URL. This is how you get the ultra-wide display showing
both full sets of data.
There are still plenty of things we want to adjust on this page. However, we
recently became aware of some very early data accessible through the tool, and
we'd like to explore and see how much of this there is. Here is a list of
what we've found so far:
If someone would like a small project to help us out, what we would like is for
you to go through every set in each year (1980 through 1994), entering in each
set number into the tool to see if LEGO data exists for that set.
Please report back any findings you might find!
Here is a chart showing what I have done. The red numbers indicate I checked
every set that came out that year (exhaustive check) and I only found the number
in red. For the other years, I spot checked various sets I thought would be good
candidates. But most sets from these years remain unchecked.
What we're looking for here is simply if there is data or not. At this
point you are also welcome to submit catalog and inventory change requests to
"equalize" the data between the 2 sides, for example:
More of just a notice like hey user such and such has looked through this inventory,
all good.
What we're looking for here is simply if there is data or not. At this
point you are also welcome to submit catalog and inventory change requests to
"equalize" the data between the 2 sides, for example:
More of just a notice like hey user such and such has looked through this inventory,
all good.
What we're looking for here is simply if there is data or not. At this
point you are also welcome to submit catalog and inventory change requests to
"equalize" the data between the 2 sides, for example:
Missing PCC, item #s and incorrect item quantitys?
Yes, but be sure not to flood the admins. Keep in mind, too, that the LEGO data
stream usually represents the very latest version of the set. And it doesn't
prove that a certain variant was in the set. It indicates it may have
been present, but it's not proof like sealed set contents.
But we don't yet have a way of confirming a BrickLink inventory using LEGO
data as a source. But maybe we should!
That would be useful
I have added the option as "Data Stream" (see image below).
If you would like to be, contact me and I'll take a look at your contributions.
The verifiers list is pretty exclusive, but you don't need to be a top contributor
to be added. Just a trusted member with a few notches in your belt.
More of just a notice like hey user such and such has looked through this inventory,
all good.
What we're looking for here is simply if there is data or not. At this
point you are also welcome to submit catalog and inventory change requests to
"equalize" the data between the 2 sides, for example:
Missing PCC, item #s and incorrect item quantitys?
Yes, but be sure not to flood the admins. Keep in mind, too, that the LEGO data
stream usually represents the very latest version of the set. And it doesn't
prove that a certain variant was in the set. It indicates it may have
been present, but it's not proof like sealed set contents.
But we don't yet have a way of confirming a BrickLink inventory using LEGO
data as a source. But maybe we should!
That would be useful
I have added the option as "Data Stream" (see image below).
If you would like to be, contact me and I'll take a look at your contributions.
The verifiers list is pretty exclusive, but you don't need to be a top contributor
to be added. Just a trusted member with a few notches in your belt.
Sure why not, any special things that I need to do first?
More of just a notice like hey user such and such has looked through this inventory,
all good.
What we're looking for here is simply if there is data or not. At this
point you are also welcome to submit catalog and inventory change requests to
"equalize" the data between the 2 sides, for example:
Missing PCC, item #s and incorrect item quantitys?
Yes, but be sure not to flood the admins. Keep in mind, too, that the LEGO data
stream usually represents the very latest version of the set. And it doesn't
prove that a certain variant was in the set. It indicates it may have
been present, but it's not proof like sealed set contents.
But we don't yet have a way of confirming a BrickLink inventory using LEGO
data as a source. But maybe we should!
That would be useful
I have added the option as "Data Stream" (see image below).
If you would like to be, contact me and I'll take a look at your contributions.
The verifiers list is pretty exclusive, but you don't need to be a top contributor
to be added. Just a trusted member with a few notches in your belt.
Sure why not, any special things that I need to do first?
No. I checked your submissions and added your name to the list. You should be
able to verify sets now.
More of just a notice like hey user such and such has looked through this inventory,
all good.
What we're looking for here is simply if there is data or not. At this
point you are also welcome to submit catalog and inventory change requests to
"equalize" the data between the 2 sides, for example:
Missing PCC, item #s and incorrect item quantitys?
Yes, but be sure not to flood the admins. Keep in mind, too, that the LEGO data
stream usually represents the very latest version of the set. And it doesn't
prove that a certain variant was in the set. It indicates it may have
been present, but it's not proof like sealed set contents.
But we don't yet have a way of confirming a BrickLink inventory using LEGO
data as a source. But maybe we should!
That would be useful
I have added the option as "Data Stream" (see image below).
If you would like to be, contact me and I'll take a look at your contributions.
The verifiers list is pretty exclusive, but you don't need to be a top contributor
to be added. Just a trusted member with a few notches in your belt.
Sure why not, any special things that I need to do first?
No. I checked your submissions and added your name to the list. You should be
able to verify sets now.
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
As some of you know, BrickLink has been using official LEGO data for a long time
to help contributors and admins in their roles. The autopopulate feature for
inventory uploads went live in 2015 and has continued since then with only a
few interruptions.
A couple years ago, we revamped an old asp page called Inventory Comparison,
designed to compare BrickLink inventories with each other. But we added LEGO
data to the mix, and it quickly became a well-used and sought-after tool.
This June, our API access for this LEGO data stream was ended and we were given
a better source, although it was different in many ways. It took a while for
us to adapt to this new stream, but last week we released a whole slew of improvements
and what we have left is a very exciting, unique, and unprecedented flow of LEGO
data into our site.
There's an excellent Help page created by our admins that shows you how to
get the most out of the page:
Notice the r3 in the URL. This is how you get the ultra-wide display showing
both full sets of data.
There are still plenty of things we want to adjust on this page. However, we
recently became aware of some very early data accessible through the tool, and
we'd like to explore and see how much of this there is. Here is a list of
what we've found so far:
If someone would like a small project to help us out, what we would like is for
you to go through every set in each year (1980 through 1994), entering in each
set number into the tool to see if LEGO data exists for that set.
Please report back any findings you might find!
Here is a chart showing what I have done. The red numbers indicate I checked
every set that came out that year (exhaustive check) and I only found the number
in red. For the other years, I spot checked various sets I thought would be good
candidates. But most sets from these years remain unchecked.
Sets from 1978
Have Lego data of inventory
620-1( not sure that 1 part out of 27 counts)
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
As some of you know, BrickLink has been using official LEGO data for a long time
to help contributors and admins in their roles. The autopopulate feature for
inventory uploads went live in 2015 and has continued since then with only a
few interruptions.
A couple years ago, we revamped an old asp page called Inventory Comparison,
designed to compare BrickLink inventories with each other. But we added LEGO
data to the mix, and it quickly became a well-used and sought-after tool.
This June, our API access for this LEGO data stream was ended and we were given
a better source, although it was different in many ways. It took a while for
us to adapt to this new stream, but last week we released a whole slew of improvements
and what we have left is a very exciting, unique, and unprecedented flow of LEGO
data into our site.
There's an excellent Help page created by our admins that shows you how to
get the most out of the page:
Notice the r3 in the URL. This is how you get the ultra-wide display showing
both full sets of data.
There are still plenty of things we want to adjust on this page. However, we
recently became aware of some very early data accessible through the tool, and
we'd like to explore and see how much of this there is. Here is a list of
what we've found so far:
If someone would like a small project to help us out, what we would like is for
you to go through every set in each year (1980 through 1994), entering in each
set number into the tool to see if LEGO data exists for that set.
Please report back any findings you might find!
Here is a chart showing what I have done. The red numbers indicate I checked
every set that came out that year (exhaustive check) and I only found the number
in red. For the other years, I spot checked various sets I thought would be good
candidates. But most sets from these years remain unchecked.
Why there is no tire on the Lego data for this set 41565?
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
As some of you know, BrickLink has been using official LEGO data for a long time
to help contributors and admins in their roles. The autopopulate feature for
inventory uploads went live in 2015 and has continued since then with only a
few interruptions.
A couple years ago, we revamped an old asp page called Inventory Comparison,
designed to compare BrickLink inventories with each other. But we added LEGO
data to the mix, and it quickly became a well-used and sought-after tool.
This June, our API access for this LEGO data stream was ended and we were given
a better source, although it was different in many ways. It took a while for
us to adapt to this new stream, but last week we released a whole slew of improvements
and what we have left is a very exciting, unique, and unprecedented flow of LEGO
data into our site.
There's an excellent Help page created by our admins that shows you how to
get the most out of the page:
Notice the r3 in the URL. This is how you get the ultra-wide display showing
both full sets of data.
There are still plenty of things we want to adjust on this page. However, we
recently became aware of some very early data accessible through the tool, and
we'd like to explore and see how much of this there is. Here is a list of
what we've found so far:
If someone would like a small project to help us out, what we would like is for
you to go through every set in each year (1980 through 1994), entering in each
set number into the tool to see if LEGO data exists for that set.
Please report back any findings you might find!
Here is a chart showing what I have done. The red numbers indicate I checked
every set that came out that year (exhaustive check) and I only found the number
in red. For the other years, I spot checked various sets I thought would be good
candidates. But most sets from these years remain unchecked.
Why there is no tire on the Lego data for this set 41565?
There are many sets from 2012 through 2016 (and also a few from 2017-2019) where
the data unfortunately has been scrambled or overwritten. We have placed a request
to have this fixed and have every confidence that it will be, because the data
for these sets on the LEGO SAP side is correct.
If someone would like a small project to help us out, what we would like is for
you to go through every set in each year (1980 through 1994), entering in each
set number into the tool to see if LEGO data exists for that set.
If someone would like a small project to help us out, what we would like is for
you to go through every set in each year (1980 through 1994), entering in each
set number into the tool to see if LEGO data exists for that set.
Please report back any findings you might find!
1994
Has data
6949-1
Oops, should be 6959-1
By the way, set 6402-1 is missing a part on the Lego Inventory side; the windshield
part.
If someone would like a small project to help us out, what we would like is for
you to go through every set in each year (1980 through 1994), entering in each
set number into the tool to see if LEGO data exists for that set.
Please report back any findings you might find!
1994
Has data
6949-1
Oops, should be 6959-1
By the way, set 6402-1 is missing a part on the Lego Inventory side; the windshield
part.
2) In the Comparison Tool, some of the part numbers on the LEGO side were getting
overwitten by BrickLink numbers. This has been corrected, so we are now exposing
more LEGO design IDs than before.
If you see a BrickLink ID on the LEGO side, please report it to us.
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
A couple small updates were deployed today:
1) The Items for Sale links from the Color Guide now show images in the correct
color:
2) In the Comparison Tool, some of the part numbers on the LEGO side were getting
overwitten by BrickLink numbers. This has been corrected, so we are now exposing
more LEGO design IDs than before.
If you see a BrickLink ID on the LEGO side, please report it to us.
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
Ahh, thank you🙏🙏🙏
Where do you get to it from the main page?
no idea . i always google it then click on the first link then follow the
link on that page and then get to that page I think i have it bookmarked but
I have to many book marks
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
Ahh, thank you🙏🙏🙏
Where do you get to it from the main page?
no idea . i always google it then click on the first link then follow the
link on that page and then get to that page I think i have it bookmarked but
I have to many book marks
Yes, good idea, I try to stay off ‘Groogle’ as they are a bit of a data farm,
so I didn’t think of that.
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
Ahh, thank you🙏🙏🙏
Where do you get to it from the main page?
no idea . i always google it then click on the first link then follow the
link on that page and then get to that page I think i have it bookmarked but
I have to many book marks
Yes, good idea, I try to stay off ‘Groogle’ as they are a bit of a data farm,
so I didn’t think of that.
no matter what browser you use they are part of it . if you can beat em,
join em!
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
Ahh, thank you🙏🙏🙏
Where do you get to it from the main page?
no idea . i always google it then click on the first link then follow the
link on that page and then get to that page I think i have it bookmarked but
I have to many book marks
Yes, good idea, I try to stay off ‘Groogle’ as they are a bit of a data farm,
so I didn’t think of that.
no matter what browser you use they are part of it . if you can beat em,
join em!
too true
Poor Groogle, did you know they are “secretly” trying to develop their own robot
army?
So much for “don’t be evil”
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
I have looked and looked, searched and searched, and no matter how much effort
I put in, I can’t find the inventory comparison tool.
Can someone direct me?
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
With "Show LEGO Data" enabled, would it be possible to also display the
color as given from LEGO, as to distinguish colors like Pearl Dark Gray, Dark
Pink, or Multicombination?
I'm also curious if this source has the set's supposed piece count available
-- that may be useful information to have access to.
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
With "Show LEGO Data" enabled, would it be possible to also display the
color as given from LEGO, as to distinguish colors like Pearl Dark Gray, Dark
Pink, or Multicombination?
I'm also curious if this source has the set's supposed piece count available
-- that may be useful information to have access to.
Adding on to that, I noticed it doesn't have inventories for collection sets
like 65545, which definitely did have an inventory pre-July on LEGO Replacement
Parts site (not all collection sets, but some). I wonder if those were never
actually stored as individual inventories but as a list of includes sets?
Set titles would also be a neat thing to have to be able to verify against, but
I wonder how much of that data is actually preserved. Back in 2007, (as confirmed
from a screen grab on Brickshelf) the replacement part service listed the name
"Robo Chopper" for set
but this set name was not present on the later version of the site... :c There's
a number of similar polybag sets that are listed with varying names that I'd
love to be able to have settled as to what the name actually is with a definitive
source.
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
With "Show LEGO Data" enabled, would it be possible to also display the
color as given from LEGO, as to distinguish colors like Pearl Dark Gray, Dark
Pink, or Multicombination?
I'm also curious if this source has the set's supposed piece count available
-- that may be useful information to have access to.
Adding on to that, I noticed it doesn't have inventories for collection sets
like 65545, which definitely did have an inventory pre-July on LEGO Replacement
Parts site (not all collection sets, but some). I wonder if those were never
actually stored as individual inventories but as a list of includes sets?
Set titles would also be a neat thing to have to be able to verify against, but
I wonder how much of that data is actually preserved. Back in 2007, (as confirmed
from a screen grab on Brickshelf) the replacement part service listed the name
"Robo Chopper" for set
but this set name was not present on the later version of the site... :c There's
a number of similar polybag sets that are listed with varying names that I'd
love to be able to have settled as to what the name actually is with a definitive
source.
I believe there is only one name per set stored in their system, and that set
name isn't always what it is on the actual set packaging or what the set
is called in varying regions. BrickLink mostly uses what is on the actual set
packaging or, if not available, what is used in printed catalogs from a given
year. In other words, our "official" names used here may not be what
is used in the TLG internal system.
[…]
I believe there is only one name per set stored in their system, and that set
name isn't always what it is on the actual set packaging or what the set
is called in varying regions. BrickLink mostly uses what is on the actual set
packaging or, if not available, what is used in printed catalogs from a given
year. In other words, our "official" names used here may not be what
is used in the TLG internal system.
Seems TLG never had the “right” kind of people managing their inventory… or maybe
they did and it’s we who are not “right”
I believe there is only one name per set stored in their system, and that set
name isn't always what it is on the actual set packaging or what the set
is called in varying regions. BrickLink mostly uses what is on the actual set
packaging or, if not available, what is used in printed catalogs from a given
year. In other words, our "official" names used here may not be what
is used in the TLG internal system.
Of course, I'd take the set packaging over anything, but in many cases, especially
for promotional sets, neither of those options exist, in which case this becomes
a tertiary source which should be preferable over a fan name, right?
I believe there is only one name per set stored in their system, and that set
name isn't always what it is on the actual set packaging or what the set
is called in varying regions. BrickLink mostly uses what is on the actual set
packaging or, if not available, what is used in printed catalogs from a given
year. In other words, our "official" names used here may not be what
is used in the TLG internal system.
Of course, I'd take the set packaging over anything, but in many cases, especially
for promotional sets, neither of those options exist, in which case this becomes
a tertiary source which should be preferable over a fan name, right?
This is message is for all catalog contributors and those who have a keen interest
in such things.
With "Show LEGO Data" enabled, would it be possible to also display the
color as given from LEGO, as to distinguish colors like Pearl Dark Gray, Dark
Pink, or Multicombination?
We now have official colors enabled in the Comparison Tool. For assemblies, these
colors may sometimes differ from what you see elsewhere because we used the color
assigned to the heaviest subpart for our logic.
I'm also curious if this source has the set's supposed piece count available
-- that may be useful information to have access to.
Not from this source.
Here is the latest version of our exploratory work. Numbers in red mean that
every set from that year was checked. There are still a number of years where
we could use some help checking the data (see first image).
You can also help by reporting inconsistencies with the swatches and color names
(see additional images).
USA, California
Canada, Ontario
)
)
)
Spain, Comunidad Valenciana
Sweden, Örebro
France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
)
)
)