BrickLink Discussion Forum

In General, popsicle writes:

16 years already? Ouch! The only thing still moving fast as you age, seems to
be time.

Anyway, in those years I’ve developed what could be termed: category likes. Certain
categories within the catalog I tend to buy from when bored, simply because I
enjoy or appreciate the items. I would call it collecting, but it’s not really
that. I have collections, none Lego related.

No, I spend money on these Lego, rationalizing the expenditure with “I’ll sell
it someday in our normal course of doing business here." I guess the perceived
difference for me, is that simple fact; the intention to sell at some point

Well this morning, after several cups of jo, I started pondering those categories
I’ve come to enjoy, and asked myself why? That is, why do I appreciate them,
say over others?

Are there items of particular categories within the BL catalog, you tend to
enjoy more than others? If so, what are they and why the affinity?

I’d enjoy reading your thoughts on this, and have mischievously omitted a personally
salient bit for now: my categories. I will post them, but I would kinda like
to read some of your thoughts, first

-Thanks

I always loved the trees. I remember when LEGO Shop at Home had

10113-1 (Inv) Cypress Trees
5 Parts, 2001
Sets: Bulk Bricks

on sale for something like $5.99 a bag and I bought a bunch. I also stocked
up on

3470 Plant, Tree Fruit
Parts: Plant, Tree {Green}

when they had them (at Pick a Brick IIRC). My kids' LEGO
table had these wonderful tree-lined streets, and I also had a ton more that
I thought I would gradually sell, but I never got the chance.

Oh well.

Enjoy your LEGO while you have it.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Dec 31, 2021 19:52

Subject:

Re: Help finding Mega Block mini figures...

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General

In General, Seekerskywarp7 writes:

So I was going through my remaining childhood legos I'm going to give my
son in a few years. It's a mix of Both Lego and Mega blocks. I'm curious
if theirs a Mega Blocks equivalent to Bricklink? Specifically I'm looking
into getting replacement parts for my Dragons from Megablocks Dragon line from
the early 2000's. Plus theirs a few mini figures from that line I want to
re own for the nostalgia.

You could browse this forum:

https://bloksforum.freeforums.net/

They have a marketplace board and you might be able to find info on where to
find what you are looking for there.

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Aug 11, 2021 21:04

Subject:

Re: Second Clue for Latest Contest

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Topic:

Contests

In Contests, jbroman writes:

Hello contest fans,

There have been a lot of good guesses, but no winner yet.

The first clue was that the four digit number started with a 1.

Here's your second clue:
The sum of the numbers is 14.

Please put your guess over on the original post:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1296781

Johan
Your contest moderator

1157

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jun 25, 2021 17:26

Subject:

Re: Happy Birthday, Dan

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Topic:

Announce

In Announce, Danielsmom writes:

Happy Birthday, Dan Jezek. Your BrickBay dream has come a long way and are making
people all around the world very happy. Nice going, Level88, you're still
remembered on this, June 25, 2021, your 44th birthday.

All my love,
Your Mom (Eliska)

Happy birthday, Dan! We are forever grateful for the way you touched our lives.

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jun 22, 2021 12:11

Subject:

Re: We have a new Inventories Admin!

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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

Dear BrickLink members,

We are very pleased to announce that we are adding member Maggiec to the Community
Expert Program. She is being appointed as a BrickLink Inventories Administrator
and will be serving alongside current Inventories Admins Paulvdb and Turez.

For most of you, Maggie needs no introduction. She is a long-time member of the
site, and has served as a Catalog Administrator for 14 years. She has worked
with several well-known catalog administrators including Firefly and Therobo,
and also Dan Jezek himself.

https://www.bricklink.com/memberAdmins.asp

Most people will associate Maggie with the "catalog" side of the Catalog, but
she has also been active as a contributor on the "inventories" side over the
years as well. In fact, she logged the very first inventory change requests back
in June 2004:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?itemType=S&itemNo=4535-1&viewDate=Y&viewStatus=1

Maggie has been a stabilizing force during some very critical times for the BrickLink
site. And we are very pleased she is joining us now for this next journey, and
we feel she will be an excellent addition to our Catalog team.

Please join me in welcoming her!

Thank you all for the warm welcome! I hope to be able to help Paul and Jonas
out in the wonderful work they're doing. Also, this will be a great excuse
for me to begin to rebuild my LEGO collection.

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jun 20, 2021 20:27

Subject:

Re: BrickLink's legal now!! Happy Anniversary :)

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General

In General, JulieK writes:

Happy 21st Anniversary to BrickLink (a day late).
Big thanks to everybody who has helped in anyway to keep this site going.

And to the non US readers, I say "legal" because 21 is the legal age for drinking
in the US

As always, raise a glass to Dan
https://www.danjezek.com/

Julie

Yes, and cheers to you, Julie, one of the beta testers who helped Dan verify
that the site was good to go!

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jun 17, 2021 21:20

Subject:

Re: Mega Bloks reference site

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Topic:

Off Topic

In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:

In Off Topic, LegoSpaceForce writes:

I have some unopened bags of mega bloks that i got with my lego that i bought.
Is there a reference like this one to id the parts?

If you're asking if there is something like BrickLink for Megablox, not as
far as I know. I don't think so.

Actually the Bloks Forum may be helpful:

https://bloksforum.freeforums.net/

HTH,
Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Oct 12, 2018 18:49

Subject:

Re: Brickheadz keyword search

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In Searching, mwright5 writes:

When you type brickheadz in the search box, only 7 sets popup. You can then
click on the hyperlink for brickheadz to see all of the sets listed on BL, but
seems like they should all popup with the keyword search.

The following link is what you see when you put in the keyword "brickheadz"
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/search.page?q=brickheadz#T=S

You are correct that this isn't consistent. However, BrickHeadz should
not be in the set names, as the catalog doesn't normally include the theme
name in front of the official set name. Thanks for pointing out the inconsistency.

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Sep 29, 2018 18:25

Subject:

Re: Help identifying part.

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In Catalog Identification, qwertyboy writes:

In Catalog Identification, jblock writes:

In Catalog Identification, TheBrickGuys writes:

I can not for the life of me figure out what this is or where in the catalog
it exists.

Any ideas?

[P=bbw008]

I tell you, for as often as I see questions about what this part it in the forums,
BL should put its picture and identifier on the front page for all to see...

There are a few parts that come up with some regularity:

http://www.qwertyboy.org/files/parts.php

Niek.

Duly bookmarked.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Aug 1, 2018 16:29

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 4865-1

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In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, zaskar writes:

Removing undetermined items in inventory

Please share a little information about the source you're using to determine
which parts were included.

Hi Robert!

I just had a look at my set (bought new) and can verify the requested changes.
(Okay, you can't tell from my sad pic, but those parts are there in those
variations.)

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jul 27, 2018 18:00

Subject:

Re: BrickLink's First Ever Inventory

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Topic:

Inventories

In Catalog Inventories, StormChaser writes:

So what was the very first BrickLink inventory?

The attached photo shows the very first inventory change requests on BrickLink.

Wow. I made the very first.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jul 25, 2018 21:39

Subject:

Re: Why 3068bpb2000?

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In Catalog, samsam2 writes:

It was me. I thought I had seen somewhere, that if one didn't know the next
sequence number, to just pick a higher one and then a Catmin could fix it. Now
in retrospect, I suppose I should have added a note to point out this still needed
to be set correctly?

Yes.

We normally check but sometimes we forget.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jul 17, 2018 10:09

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 5858-1

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In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, axaday writes:

I had no idea to be watching for a variant, but the pic I will upload of regular
trans-green is the part that came from my set.

Trans-green is how Maggie originally inventoried the set from MISB contents.
Someone came along in 2008 and changed the door colors to trans-bright green.
Considering that the purple/silver box edition of this set also includes trans-green
doors, I have approved your requests and then changed the trans-green to regular.

As to whether the trans-bright green doors should be in the inventory at all:
I rather strongly doubt it, but will leave them there as alternates.

Thanks for changing Trans-Green back to the regular color.

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jul 5, 2018 16:15

Subject:

Re: New Stickered Assembly Request

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In Catalog, Acorn04 writes:

Thanks for the instructional help. I processed the add.

Nicely done! [P=BA52pb03]
Now if you feel intrepid you can submit an inventory change for

268-1 (Inv) Family Room
236 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 1979
Sets: Homemaker

It works off the same Add or Change page, but this time you would make
a request to change the inventory and add the assembly as a counterpart.

Thanks for your contribution to the catalog!
Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jul 3, 2018 18:48

Subject:

Re: New Stickered Assembly Request

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In Catalog, Acorn04 writes:

Stickered Assembly 6 x 2 x 3 1/3 with Flowers and Homemaker Figure on TV Screen
Pattern (Sticker) - Set 268 - 1 Bricks 2 x 4, 3 Bricks 2 x 2, 3 Tiles 2 x 2

think part # would be BA52pb03 after BA52pb02

Hi Acorn,

You can go to this page:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp

Select Part under Add Item

and then fill out the fields using [P=BA52pb02]
as a guide (you are correct, it appears it would be the number you gave). Then
on the same page cited above there is a link to adding the image. Holler if
you run into issues. Thanks!

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jul 1, 2018 22:16

Subject:

Re: Image not displayed when item has no colour?

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In Catalog, _djm writes:

In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

In Catalog, _djm writes:

Arrgghh,

Sorry, this set

9702-1 (Inv) Control System Building Set
213 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 4 Books, 2 Gear, 1993
Sets: Educational & Dacta: Technic: Control Lab

David

Do a hard refresh and try it now.

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?

Regards,

David

No, you were correct, it needed manual intervention. I copied the image from
the Not Applicable color to the Black color this morning, enabling you to see
it, but didn't have time to deal with the xref moves, inventory considerations
or post about it this morning.

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jun 27, 2018 14:22

Subject:

Re: Catalog Error? Part 47394pb167

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In Catalog, Heartbricker writes:

I parted out Duplo Set 10810.
The Catalog says that the minifig has tan shirt but on 4 sets i parted he looks
the same with a white shirt- it seems to be a catalog error, who do i contact
to solve?
Thank you.

Start by submitting a new figure to the catalog. It is likely they are two distinct
figs. If we find out with certainty that

Minifig No: 47394pb167 Name: Duplo Figure Lego Ville, Male, Medium Blue Legs, Tan Top with Medium Blue Overalls, Bandana, Red Cap

47394pb167 Duplo Figure Lego Ville, Male, Medium Blue Legs, Tan Top with Medium Blue Overalls, Bandana, Red Cap
Minifigures: DUPLO: DUPLO, Town

does not exist in a tan shirt as currently described we can always merge him
to the new fig.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Jun 26, 2018 22:15

Subject:

Re: Verifying Clickits 7518

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Inventories

In Catalog Inventories, StormChaser writes:

However, we cannot know what Maggie's
set showed since the part listings weren't split until just 4 years ago.

Yes. And also yes, inventory was from a sealed set. I believe I parted it out,
but if I find the parts around intact I'll check.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

May 10, 2018 17:49

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 7817-1

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In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, SylvainLS writes:

If I may add my brick: an inventory isn’t gospel truth, it’s a crowd-sourced
work-in-progress.
We might never know an inventory is “complete” / won’t ever change anymore: fifty
years from now, someone might dig up and open a sealed set with another variant
or extra.

Of course you're right. Your observation relates to all matters, though,
and touches on the very nature of truth itself. I am of the opinion that absolute
assurance is foolhardy and the wiser position to take regarding any fact is varying
degrees of certainty.

There is a celestial body we have named the Sun which casts light onto the Earth,
for example, but I am only 99% sure of that. I do not say it is a certainty
because it could be shown wrong one day.

Yep, we could all be looking at shadows on the wall of a cave.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Apr 6, 2018 23:17

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6411-1

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In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, ParisianStore writes:

Please make changes to the following inventory:

6411-1 (Inv) Sand Dollar Cafe
140 Parts, 5 Minifigures, 1992
Sets: Town: Paradisa

* Change 6 Part Brown {2536 Plant, Tree Palm Trunk to 2536b Plant, Tree Palm Trunk - Short Connector, no Axle Hole}

Comments from Submitter:
I have bought the set 6411 on Ebay and the real palm trunk seems to be 2436b (empty hole, no slots inside).
All the parts are original because many of them were still clutched together and some of them are yellowed.

Unfortunately, I decided not to approve this request. I think you're probably
right and I'd like to get the undetermined entry out of the set inventory,
but there's no point in doing so if it's based on a source that I consider
unreliable.

If you find more reliable information in the future, then please resubmit the
request.

Aha, so when I took my Poolside Paradise back to the basement, I found a sealed
Sand Dollar Café. So lifting up the flap I can see that three of the segments
are 2536b (I can't make out the others). That should be enough to show that
6411 did come with the B-type.

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Apr 6, 2018 23:05

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6411-1

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In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, maggiec writes:

but I did find three open

6416-1 (Inv) Poolside Paradise
211 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 1992
Sets: Town: Paradisa

Thanks for checking! I updated the inventory of that set to 2536a, although
I didn't put 2536b as an alternate. If you think it would be reasonable
to include the alternate also, then let me know and I can do it.

Okay, so I went down to the basement (which I hate to do after dark even though
it's just as dark down there during midday) to take a look at a sealed one
in my shop figuring I'd find 2536b, as these sets were from a later run purchased
from KB Toy Liquidators a year or two after they were at other stores, but the
four trunk segments I can see through the window under the flap are all 2536a.
My gut feeling is that both variations appeared in Paradisa sets, and I'd
probably have them as alternates, but I can understand if you want to wait for
more definitive evidence.

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Apr 6, 2018 14:05

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 6411-1

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In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, ParisianStore writes:

Please make changes to the following inventory:

6411-1 (Inv) Sand Dollar Cafe
140 Parts, 5 Minifigures, 1992
Sets: Town: Paradisa

I'm torn on this one between my desire to get the undetermined entries out
of set inventories and the knowledge that used sets on eBay are not reliable
sources.

I did submit a catalog change request to change the title of

2536 Plant, Tree Palm Trunk (Undetermined Type)
Parts: Plant, Tree
Marked for Deletion

to show that it was an undetermined entry. I'll be looking through parts
today and submitting title change requests for any other parts like this which
are undetermined, but don't state that in the title.

I just looked in my closet couldn't find any

6411-1 (Inv) Sand Dollar Cafe
140 Parts, 5 Minifigures, 1992
Sets: Town: Paradisa

but I did find three open

6416-1 (Inv) Poolside Paradise
211 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 1992
Sets: Town: Paradisa

One (which I bought new) has the trunk segments still sealed in an inner bag.
They are all

2536a Plant, Tree Palm Trunk - Long Indented Connector
Parts: Plant, Tree

One (which has all the parts to the set and nothing else) has all

2536b Plant, Tree Palm Trunk - Short Connector, no Axle Hole
Parts: Plant, Tree

but the poster is a bit wrinkled and the price tag looks like it's from a
store I never shopped at, so I suspect I got this from a garage sale. The third
has all the parts and has been built, but still has some of the original inner
bags (open) in the box. It has three

2536a Plant, Tree Palm Trunk - Long Indented Connector
Parts: Plant, Tree

and three

2536b Plant, Tree Palm Trunk - Short Connector, no Axle Hole
Parts: Plant, Tree

I know I have more Paradisa sets, but these are just a few I found right away
in my bedroom closet. FWIW,

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Feb 16, 2018 21:44

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 70102-1

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In Inventories Requests, WoutR writes:

In Inventories Requests, Brixalotl writes:

In Inventories Requests, StormChaser writes:

In Inventories Requests, Brixalotl writes:

Please make changes to the following inventory:

70102-1 (Inv) CHI Waterfall
97 Parts, 1 Minifigure, 5 Gear, 2013
Sets: LEGENDS OF CHIMA

* Add 1 Part 54821 Trans-Dark Blue Bionicle Zamor Sphere (Ball) (Alternate) (match ID 2)
* Change 1 Part Trans-Medium Blue 54821 Bionicle Zamor Sphere (Ball) {match ID 0 to 2}

Comments from Submitter:
found both color variants during part out. Thanks

Would you mind posting a side-by-side comparison photo of the two different color
variants you found?

Thanks in advance.

Sure, Thanks again

As far as I know many Zamor spheres are actually multicolored. The mix causes
the different appearance. I think that there are at least four "shades" of all
the transparent-multicolor spheres.

There is a catalog note on these parts, but the color causes much confusion.
We might need additional catalog images for all of them, showing the variation.

A quick image - probably not the complete range that can be found.

We've gone ahead and added it to the additional images for

54821 Ball, Bionicle Zamor Sphere
Parts: Ball

Please let us know if you prefer we didn't use it, otherwise, thanks!

Maggie

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Feb 7, 2018 23:05

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 4613985-1

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Topic:

Inventories Requests (Entry)

Status:

Open

Please make changes to the following inventory:

4613985-1 (Inv) Build a Bullseye Target Gift Card Promotional
31 Parts, 1 Gear, 2010
Sets: Holiday & Event: Christmas

* Change 1 Part White {3794 Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud (Jumper) (Undetermined Type) to 3794a Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud without Groove (Jumper)}

Author:

maggiec

Posted:

Feb 7, 2018 22:55

Subject:

Inventory Change Request for Set 3746-1

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Topic:

Inventories Requests (Entry)

Status:

Open