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 Author: BRICKcycling View Messages Posted By BRICKcycling
 Posted: Jul 9, 2019 09:02
 Subject: What sets could I build from my inventory
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Hey guys,
Is there a listing option here to check which complete sets could I be able to
build using the parts in my inventory? If the answer is yes, can I exclude the
parts from my inventory that belong to a complete set I wouldn't want to
take apart for the purpose? I have a crazy amount of spare parts, I'd like
to check wether they could add up to some nice, complete sets
 Author: bb598 View Messages Posted By bb598
 Posted: Jul 7, 2019 23:45
 Subject: Re: 10205 : Parts to be removed from Inventory
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In Inventories, Sango85 writes:
  In Inventories, FreeStorm writes:
  In Inventories, Sango85 writes:
  Hello,
I check my locomotive 10205 with Bricklink Inventory and I found differences...
I bought a new loco, and found the same differences...
I think there are errors into the Bricklink Inventory.
Please find the list of the issues.
Best regards,
Julien

To confirm the inventory, you can find an unboxing there:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=168313

If I remember correctly, the reason for "extra" parts is because the set
 
Set No: 10205  Name: Locomotive
* 
10205-1 (Inv) Locomotive
234 Parts, 2002
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
is the same as
 
Set No: KT205  Name: Large Train Engine with Tender Black
* 
KT205-1 (Inv) Large Train Engine with Tender Black
3 Sets, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
which is composed of
 
Set No: 3741  Name: Large Locomotive (base unit without color trim elements)
* 
3741-1 (Inv) Large Locomotive (base unit without color trim elements)
92 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
 
Set No: 3745  Name: Locomotive Black Bricks
* 
3745-1 (Inv) Locomotive Black Bricks
103 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
 
Set No: 3742  Name: Tender Basis (without color trim elements)
* 
3742-1 (Inv) Tender Basis (without color trim elements)
39 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train

Some black parts are sort of 'extra' (from 3745-1) because this set is
used to build other locomotives

For example:
 
Set No: KT305  Name: Small Train Engine Black
* 
KT305-1 (Inv) Small Train Engine Black
2 Sets, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train

-Fred

OK, thanks for the explanation, and sorry for the "troubles"... I just wanted
to notice a possible issue, which is not an issue anyway.
Julien


The My Own Train locomotive sets 3740 and 3741 were designed to build TWO different
models with full instructions to do so. When building one or the other, there
will be pieces left over.

Here is the page from the instructions showing the alternate build that does
use each of the pieces you show in your original post.

http://lego.brickinstructions.com/03000/3741/013.jpg


These set inventories have stood unchanged for many years because they are accurate
and correct. They were produced and sold by LEGO back before there used to be
intentional Extra Pieces, so every piece in the inventory is needed to build
either the primary or the secondary model.


Also, the packs of colored bricks for these sets --
 
Set No: 3743  Name: Locomotive Blue Bricks
* 
3743-1 (Inv) Locomotive Blue Bricks
103 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
 
Set No: 3744  Name: Locomotive Green Bricks
* 
3744-1 (Inv) Locomotive Green Bricks
103 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
 
Set No: 3745  Name: Locomotive Black Bricks
* 
3745-1 (Inv) Locomotive Black Bricks
103 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
 
Set No: 3746  Name: Locomotive Brown Bricks
* 
3746-1 (Inv) Locomotive Brown Bricks
103 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
 
Set No: 3747  Name: Locomotive Gray Bricks
* 
3747-1 (Inv) Locomotive Gray Bricks
103 Parts, 2001
Sets: Train: 9V: My Own Train
contain the correct parts to build either the
short locomotive or the long locomotive. When done building one or the other,
there will be different pieces left over, but all of the pieces are needed for
one or the other with no extra pieces at all.


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 Author: randyf View Messages Posted By randyf
 Posted: Jul 4, 2019 19:14
 Subject: Re: inventory question
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In General, mattallica writes:
  recently i have been buying some Duplo figures for my son and have noted that
figures like Batman that have a cape are inventoried without them meaning to
get a complete figure you must buy the cape separately.
why is this? minifigs come with their capes?

Duplo figures have historically not been inventoried with their capes, and I
honestly don't know why. It is something that should probably be added to
the Catalog Roadmap for consideration of being changed.

Cheers,
Randy
 Author: mattallica View Messages Posted By mattallica
 Posted: Jul 4, 2019 18:22
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recently i have been buying some Duplo figures for my son and have noted that
figures like Batman that have a cape are inventoried without them meaning to
get a complete figure you must buy the cape separately.
why is this? minifigs come with their capes?
 Author: 62Bricks View Messages Posted By 62Bricks
 Posted: Jul 4, 2019 13:28
 Subject: Re: 10205 : Parts to be removed from Inventory
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In Inventories, randyf writes:
  In Inventories, 62Bricks writes:
  In Inventories, randyf writes:
  In Inventories, 62Bricks writes:

  If you want to base the inventories on the consistent contents of the box, that
makes sense from a part-out viewpoint. But this policy does not guarantee that
will happen. It is determining what goes "inside" the box based on what's
printed on the outside of the box, and not what is actually included.

This set consistently had 234 parts that were included inside the box regardless
of where the set was produced and what was printed on the outside of the box
since it was just an amalgam of three other sets that had been repackaged. Therefore,
your argument is moot, and the inventory will stand as is.

No, this example does not invalidate what I am saying. It demonstrates how the
rule applied here, if applied consistently, could lead to inconsistencies in
the inventories. It gives you "accurate" results in this case, but this is only
one case. Had this set only been produced in Europe and had no part count on
the box, it would lead to a different inventory - IF the rule was consistently
applied.

On the other hand, if the extra part designation were eliminated completely,
and the foolish reliance on the imaginary "official" part count was also eliminated,
then it would have the same inventory whether or not there was a part count printed
on the box.

I'm just extending what we are being told is the sole intent of the inventories
on Bricklink - to document the contents of the box so that sellers can more efficiently
part them out. I don't agree this should be the sole intent, but it is what
it is. That being the case, why is there a need to build up ever-more complicated
policies which introduce apparent inconsistencies and rely on the whim of Lego
continuing a practice it has already shown it is willing to change?

You sure do like to flog a life-challenged equine. The set inventory will stand
as is. That is the final decision of the entire admin team.

It is telling that you think I'm calling for the inventory to be changed.

I'm not. The only change I've called for is the elimination of the extra
parts designation, since the admins have to dance around with sets like this
to explain why it is an apparent exception.

If that change were made, this set would stand exactly as it is. So really, I'm
calling for all other set inventories to follow what this one does - put everything
known to be in the box in the regular section.

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