Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | Admin_Russell  | | Posted: | Jul 1, 2018 16:16 | | Subject: | Re: Image not displayed when item has no colour? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, _djm writes:
| | In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, _djm writes:
| | Arrgghh,
Sorry, this set
David
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Do a hard refresh and try it now.
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Thank you. Whatever is was that was done has corrected it without the need for
any refresh.
For my future reference, if I see something like this for another item, was this
a catalog quirk that to be resolved needs some form of manual intervention?
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The image system on BrickLink is currently going through a modification, and
images are currently pulled from several different layers depending on the page
you are looking at. After this process is over (give us another year for it to
be truly complete) the system will be simpler and more reliable, and there shouldn't
be problems like what you have mentioned.
However, there are many, many image problems that need manual adjustment as well.
In this case, the same image was being used both for Not Applicable and Black,
and the inventories were split. In the interests streamlining sales of this part,
I consolidated everything to Black.
If you see any discrepancy, especially one involving an image, please report
it so it can be fixed.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Jun 23, 2018 17:32 | | Subject: | Re: Unikitty series 1 | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Catalog Inventories, Abels_Bricks writes:
| | In Catalog Inventories, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog Inventories, Abels_Bricks writes:
| | Hello
I was going to start parting out the unikitty series 1 figures.
But I am unable to reserve the minifigures in the add inventory section.
Is there another process I need to do first.
thanks for the help
David
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First, inventory the sets, which is pretty easy - just the cat and the baseplate:
etc.
Then add the inventories for each figure - you may need to add some parts to
the catalog:
etc.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvAdd.asp
The top right corner of the form is where you select the Item Type (Set, Minifig,
etc.)
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Found my error
I was trying to reserve the sets as coluni1-8-1
Thanks for the help.
David
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Thank you for taking on this project. 
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Jun 19, 2018 20:09 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6279-1 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, WoutR writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, WoutR writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Are you sure based on what? Based on the other two sets?
Based on the way Storm-chaser treats this type of cases, you should ONLY accept
any of these variations if there is an evidence: sealed set or an owner who has
kept the set with original parts.
All my inventories supported with any other type of evidence (including instructions)
have been rejected.
I don't think it is correct to have various procedures depending on which
admin check the request.
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Our system on BrickLink is based on the reliability of the username.
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Could we please rephrase that to:
"The system on BrickLink is evidence based. When in doubt the judgement can be
based on the reliability of the username."
I think that is what you mean to say. The way it was written could be interpreted
with a completely different meaning.
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Before there is evidence, there must be a reliable deliverer of that evidence.
In any court of law, testimonies are given about the nature of the evidence as
to where and when it was found. If the testimonies can't be believed, than
neither can the evidence.
That having been said, it is very helpful and important that contributors document
their presentations as thoroughly as possible. So I'm not saying evidence
is not necessary. But the BrickLink catalog relies principally on a large group
of contributors who have built up their reputation on the site to the point where
their submissions can be trusted.
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Any new user can submit new information to the catalog. If there is enough evidence,
the submission is accepted. At that time, the contributor does not have a reputation
yet. The submission is a first step in building that.
Our large group of contributors have gained their reputation of being reliable
because they have shown consistent and careful evidence-based work. That reputation
has to be based on something more than just a large number of catalog change
requests.
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Of course, new users have to start somewhere, and we extend to each one a certain
token amount of goodwill. And their work gets checked extra carefully.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Jun 19, 2018 19:27 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6279-1 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, WoutR writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Are you sure based on what? Based on the other two sets?
Based on the way Storm-chaser treats this type of cases, you should ONLY accept
any of these variations if there is an evidence: sealed set or an owner who has
kept the set with original parts.
All my inventories supported with any other type of evidence (including instructions)
have been rejected.
I don't think it is correct to have various procedures depending on which
admin check the request.
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Our system on BrickLink is based on the reliability of the username.
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Could we please rephrase that to:
"The system on BrickLink is evidence based. When in doubt the judgement can be
based on the reliability of the username."
I think that is what you mean to say. The way it was written could be interpreted
with a completely different meaning.
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Before there is evidence, there must be a reliable deliverer of that evidence.
In any court of law, testimonies are given about the nature of the evidence as
to where and when it was found. If the testimonies can't be believed, than
neither can the evidence.
That having been said, it is very helpful and important that contributors document
their presentations as thoroughly as possible. So I'm not saying evidence
is not necessary. But the BrickLink catalog relies principally on a large group
of contributors who have built up their reputation on the site to the point where
their submissions can be trusted.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Jun 7, 2018 12:51 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 599-1 | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, SezaR writes:
| | Sorry I confused 3002 and 3003 with each other in all I wrote and forgot which
one was what. I had also forgotten that 3003old was already added to 599-1. But
you get my main point anyway.
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We don't keep hard records of mistakes that people make, and we know that
no one is perfect. But such errors in fact (clerical though they may be) do work
against you indirectly.
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We don't know what was known in 2015 considering this set. But I would be
highlt surprised if viejos had found a copy of this set.
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Changes like this are made based on an artificial timeline.
Regarding your idea of changing all 3001, 3002, and 3003 to old variants up through
1990 and then backfilling any instances of the newer versions, this is not the
approach we are using.
The first reason is that the newer versions, strictly speaking, are undetermined
versions of the part that can stand for either version. So an old inventory with
the newer version is actually not wrong, even if the set is from the 1960's.
The second reason is that the transition time for each part (and even each color
of each part) was different. 1980 was the initial artificial line for all three
of these parts, but it became very clear, for example, that 3001 transitioned
earlier than the other two. So in order to construct an *accurate* timeline for
these parts, an open field is needed for people to report their findings.
And realistically speaking, you will have many more people reporting the old
versions in an open field of new versions than new versions in a open field of
old versions.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | May 28, 2018 03:22 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 31070-1 | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Brixalotl writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Add 2 Part 3022 Blue Plate 2 x 2 (Alternate)
* Add 1 Part 43723 Blue Wedge, Plate 3 x 2 Left (Alternate)
* Add 1 Part 43722 Blue Wedge, Plate 3 x 2 Right (Alternate)
* Add 2 Part 2431 Blue Tile 1 x 4 (Alternate)
Comments from Submitter:
this set appears to have two versions available. The LEGO site instructions match the ones I have, while the BL version match brickinstuctions.com. The change is in steps 98 and 99 on the main build, from what I can see. It doesn't appear any parts were removed, only ones added. Thanks
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Yes, there are 2 versions. These are visible on the box too, although the piece
count was apparently not updated. Photos from actual boxes below.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | May 11, 2018 12:59 | | Subject: | Re: Can I have this option on Add Item Page? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Stellar writes:
| | In Suggestions, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | | | Also, I have filed a bug report for the category field getting reset when the
"Item Number is being used" flag is triggered.
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That is a good fix, thanks!
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OK, this is fixed now. I have tested it on a couple of item types and the form
no longer erases the category when a flag is triggered. Please let us know if
something still needs adjustment.
Also deployed at this time, when conducting an Advanced Catalog Search and using
the additional button pane, upon reversing back to the page after viewing search
results (presumably to tweak a setting) the additional pane will remain in place.
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I know these seem little changes, but it would be great if all that is done was
added to the Roadmap: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2453
I like to see this site improving and also it would show everyone that a lot
of work is being done. Thanks
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Thanks for the suggestion! We have made dozens of these little improvements over
the last few months and it would undoubtedly encourage people to hear about them.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | May 7, 2018 20:37 | | Subject: | Re: Could We Add PCCs and Inventory Pending Items | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | We can add pics of a pending item. Obviously that is a necessity. I inventory
a lot of minifigs and that means I am always adding items with new PCCs and torsos
that need to be inventoried and sometimes adding the minifig and its pieces to
the catalog. The catmins do a great job of moving things through, but obviously
there isn't always one at the desk! I have this routine for adding them
and I have another routine after they get approved and I try to do it promptly,
but things happen. This might not be something that generates a lot of interest
because most people don't do this stuff, but it would really streamline for
me if I could add the PCCs to pending pieces, inventory pending torso assemblies
with pending torsos, and even add the pending pieces to pending minifig inventories.
The same basic things would also help the people who tackle the sets (which
I don't usually do myself). Then when the pieces were approved everything
would just fall into place and it would be done.
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Regarding PCCs, definitely. There is no reason these cannot be included on the
primary form.
Adding pending items to inventories, etc is a little trickier though. I discussed
at length with our developers the possibility of adding "provisional" entries
to the catalog. These could be added by certain well known contributors and could
later be merged with existing entries if an identical item was found. The purpose
of provisional entries would be to shift the approval process into hyperdrive
to get new items onto the market ASAP.
The question remains, though, whether we need to be that efficient in order to
reasonably satisfy the needs of the site. At this point there are a number of
things we would do *before* provisional entries to increase efficiency. So that
part of your request we will need to move to the back burner.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | May 7, 2018 20:08 | | Subject: | Re: Can I have this option on Add Item Page? | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | In Suggestions, StormChaser writes:
| | In Suggestions, axaday writes:
| | When adding a part to the catalog, we
have to scroll through every catagory in the catalog.
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I used to get quite frustrated with that, too, until I discovered that any one
of these scrolling menus can be navigated by typing in what you're looking
for.
So just click on the menu and type in what you need. The menu will go there.
Makes everything much quicker and easier.
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Because we are generally not going in the direction of users entering codes,
I have discarded this request. However, the helpful comment from StormChaser
I believe will partially solve your frustration.
Also, I have filed a bug report for the category field getting reset when the
"Item Number is being used" flag is triggered. And we will likely add a "Verify
Item Number" feature to that page as well.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Apr 25, 2018 20:59 | | Subject: | Re: Minifig head graphics reduce visual info | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, matejo writes:
| | Hi,
I guess default photographs of Minifig Heads (specifically their expressions
and facial features) are being replaced with graphics.
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That is not the case. For a somewhat detailed expression of the current catalog
image policy, please see here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=87
As stated under Preferences:
"For decorated parts (both printed and stickered) photos are preferable to renders."
| | I find the angled, turned-away graphics (example (a) below) notably less visually
informative than straight-on great photographs of a Minifig Head's expression
and facial features (example (b)).
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Everyone is in agreement on that point. The rendered image below was contributed
in 2011 by the contributor of the original entry. If someone were to upload a
good photo of that head today, it would be replaced.
| | Please retain good photographs as the default image for shoppers.
If a large effort is underway to create angled, turned-away, less clear heads,
I do not understand how this loss of immediate (i.e. default) visual presentation
data constitutes a site improvement. In addition to, for example beard/brow/cheek/glasses
alignment details, a straight-on photograph also informs the shopper of a Lego
paint scheme's older or newer production art quality.
Even if the great photographs are retained as alternates to the default graphics,
BrickLink administrators are adding more process steps to get to the best information
available, which is more time-consuming for users and illogical beyond uniformity.
I can obsess by the way, and love nice shiny rows of similar thingies, but not
if such uniformity is going to make any customer process more difficult.
Lastly the type of stud is no big deal for my uses, so I do not need a partial
top-down view. I suspect this is true for most shoppers.
Apologies if my overall image transition guess is mistaken.
Thanks for listening, Matthew
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Admittedly there has not been much explanation of the large scale image project
that is underway. But that will change very soon.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2018 07:38 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 375-2 | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 3 Part 3023 Red Plate 1 x 2 (Extra)
* Change 2 Part Blue 3005 Brick 1 x 1 {Extra to Regular}
* Change {1 to 4} Part Red 3023 Plate 1 x 2
Comments from Submitter:
Notes to follow...
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Based on this request:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1015490
I am moving 5 parts from the extra section to the regular. These parts are used
in alternate models as pictured on the box and they also round out the piece
count for the set, from 774 to 779 (official, as printed on boxes for the US
market).
The string and winch would have come assembled.
Interesting situation with the minifig heads. In sets with the early "stiff"
minifigs the head and torso were counted as separate pieces. This can be easily
seen from using the "Break Minifigs" feature in this inventory:
which will yield a total of 133, same as printed on the box.
And it is common knowledge that up until recent times, the head and torso were
counted as one piece and actually came assembled in new sets. I've always
assumed Lego made the switch in piece counting policy when the movable minifig
was introduced in 1978, but the castle set is evidence that perhaps the counting
policy (and maybe even the assembly policy) took a year or so to fall in place.
It would be interesting to hear from some folks who remember opening a set with
a minifig in 1978, if they could remember how it came assembled.
My first (and favorite) minifig was this guy:
from the tanker set, but I'm pretty sure I didn't get him in 1978. I
don't remember any fig growing up that came with the head separated from
the torso. It always seemed a little odd to take off the head to put air tanks
on the space figures.
Anyhow, even if the heads are counted with the torso, if the 2 blue slopes were
added we would still need 12 more pieces - sort of a stretch, but who knows.
Either way, the 5 pieces I'm adding now would be needed to meet the total.
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| Author: | Admin_Russell | | Posted: | Apr 21, 2018 20:25 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 375-2 | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, samsam2 writes:
| | My next question is going to be, if a stickered part that is part of a minifig
inventory, and that minifig is added as a counterpart, should the stickered part
also be added to the inventory of the set, separately?
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No - the counterpart section is long enough already. I am doing an experiment
at the moment with part assemblies to try to minimize duplicate items in the
counterpart section.
The parts in question are of course not in the minifigs in that set:
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Thank you for the nice images, btw.
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=3846pb11
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=3846pb11eu
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=3840pb06
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?P=3840pb06eu
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