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 Author: aftaylor99 View Messages Posted By aftaylor99
 Posted: Dec 26, 2025 12:14
 Subject: 98397 and 30031 considered mold variants?
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Even though they are similar, or have similar purpose, the shape is different
enough that they cannot always be interchanged. Why are they considered mold
variants? This seems to me like a mistake, unless the definition of mold variant
is different than what I originally assumed.
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Dec 26, 2025 12:21
 Subject: Re: 98397 and 30031 considered mold variants?
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In Catalog, aftaylor99 writes:
  Even though they are similar, or have similar purpose, the shape is different
enough that they cannot always be interchanged. Why are they considered mold
variants? This seems to me like a mistake, unless the definition of mold variant
is different than what I originally assumed.

 
Part No: 98397  Name: Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars with Angular Handles
* 
98397 Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars with Angular Handles
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil
 
Part No: 30031  Name: Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars
* 
30031 Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil

They have different entries in the catalogue, therefore they are considered functionnaly
differect and different parts.

The relation “mold variant” doesn’t mean that you can use on instead of the other
but that the parts look very much alike with small (functional) differences and
that you may be interested in looking at them.

If the parts were considered the samee / totally interchangeable, then there
would be only one entry and one ID would the main ID and the other would be an
Alternate ID.
 Author: aftaylor99 View Messages Posted By aftaylor99
 Posted: Dec 26, 2025 14:55
 Subject: Re: 98397 and 30031 considered mold variants?
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In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
  In Catalog, aftaylor99 writes:
  Even though they are similar, or have similar purpose, the shape is different
enough that they cannot always be interchanged. Why are they considered mold
variants? This seems to me like a mistake, unless the definition of mold variant
is different than what I originally assumed.

 
Part No: 98397  Name: Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars with Angular Handles
* 
98397 Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars with Angular Handles
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil
 
Part No: 30031  Name: Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars
* 
30031 Minifigure, Utensil Handlebars
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil

They have different entries in the catalogue, therefore they are considered functionnaly
differect and different parts.

The relation “mold variant” doesn’t mean that you can use on instead of the other
but that the parts look very much alike with small (functional) differences and
that you may be interested in looking at them.

If the parts were considered the samee / totally interchangeable, then there
would be only one entry and one ID would the main ID and the other would be an
Alternate ID.

I just checked and it looks like these two parts are labeled as "similar"
but not "mold variants". So I guess that makes sense.