| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | TheBrickGuys  | | Posted: | Oct 4, 2023 00:16 | | Subject: | Re: Trigger Warning | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, runner.caller writes:
I shouldn't even admit this but when we first started selling here we had
the word Legos in our store terms. Now I cringe every time I see someone referring
to Legos that way.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2023 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: Lego's rebel pilot diversity problem | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | General | |
| In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | In General, axaday writes:
| | In General, PlanetEarthToys writes:
| | just as the Sand People are not Humans nor that intelligent, but they are from
Tatoonie.. & would be considered Tatoonieians.
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I don't think the Tuskens are unintelligent.
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"In the Star Wars universe, there are some species that are force-sensitive,
and some that are not. Tusken Raiders (and Jawas for that matter) are not force-sensitive,
simply because they do not possess the mental aptitude."
...star ships are traveling at Light Speed, Moon sized Death Star Battle Stations
are blowing up planets & there are beings known as Jedi's & Sith with the
ability to manipulate objects with their minds
a Tusken Raider is on the bottom of the intelligence spectrum. they are a proud
Tribal community, but bottom rung as far as intelligence goes in that universe.
but you are free to 'think' anything you want
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The only way to accurately gauge the intelligence of each individual species
and then rank them according to their intelligence level is to do an in-depth
analysis of each species and then compare them by some predetermined scale....
oh wait, IT'S JUST A MOVE FRANCHISE.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 22, 2023 23:54 | | Subject: | Re: is this new? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
| In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:
| | some highlights for minifigures listed as new are
"Assembled - Was displayed, no damage or markings - 9/10"
"Built and displayed, great condition, message for pics."
"NEW! Adult owned from a sealed set. Displayed in a cabinet behind glass,
no direct sunlight. Comes with original hair and guns, plus two nozzles which
look more like his blasters. Ask for photos"
"AFOL Owned, Smoke Free Home, No lightsaber, used but never displayed or
played with, looks new"
"Kama is Slightly crumpled but otherwise Perfect, Displayed by AFOL away
from sunlight."
and from some other new listings
""Used" Some bitemarks on one side of head."
"Cracked arms"
"cracked torso"
"cracked arm"
"Brand new never assembled but arms are cracked  "
"cracked torso, only figure, no accessories"
"Has a cracked right arm at the rear where the hand joins."
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I especially like the one listed as new but says, "Used" Some bitemarks
on one side of head.".
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 20, 2023 00:23 | | Subject: | Re: Real or Fake Print Torso? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
| In Catalog Identification, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, eBricksOnline writes:
| | Genuine LEGO torso. Can't seem to locate on the catalog tree. Any ideas?
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I think it's a custom print. Hardly any torsos with printed arms.
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I wouldn't call at least 280 hardly any. 
~Jen
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Lego has made millions of mini figures and if they only printed on 280 arms
then that is a Huge difference and I have at least 50 of those arms on 25 figs
so that only leaves 230 for everybody else.
Jim - during the day
Beam - at night
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2023 21:05 | | Subject: | Re: 4073 - Gold Versions Question | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
| In Catalog Identification, Nubs_Select writes:
| | | | Left two are both Pearl Gold (which is known to have a lot of variation), the
right one is Flat Dark Gold.
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Dosnt Flat dark gold not exist for that part and it’s just a variation of pearl
gold?
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It looks that way. Only 50 different parts were made in flat pearl gold. The
break down of which parts were made in pearl dark gold is as follows: 32 Bionicle
parts, 11 Duplo parts and the remaining 7 parts are in older Castle and Vikings
sets made back around 2005 and they are just 3 weapons, 2 shields and 2 large
figure armor pieces.
Jim
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Sep 13, 2023 00:25 | | Subject: | Re: Why is there noone to talk to? | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, tEoS writes:
| | Sometimes I talk to myself, and when myself is busy, I talk to the dog. Other
times I complain to the BL forum. It's all really the same. 
Why are we talking when we could be building Lego sets, anyway? Is typing considered
talking nowadays 
| | Why is there no one to talk to?
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+2 (one for me and one for my dog)
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 25, 2023 23:02 | | Subject: | Re: Life's Good Sale | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
| In Sales, popsicle writes:
| | In spite going through my share of tragedy and sadness lately, I feel a strong
sense of appreciation for life and those opportunities I have been given. In
a good mood.
You know what Frank Herbert had to say about moods though, right? "Mood's
a thing for cattle or for making love..." Well, don't know a thing about
livestock and loveplay no longer holds much allure to me. Instead, thought I
might express my current mood with generosity
Translated: If you have an offer in mind on anything in our inventory you'd
like tryout on me, now's a good time https://store.bricklink.com/popsicle
~ConstrucToys
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It is a good thing your life is good right now because having a "Life Sucks
Sale" just doesn't sound quite so inspiring.
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 24, 2023 20:25 | | Subject: | Re: Why is "shipped" not an option? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Help | |
| In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, LocoPorLego writes:
| | In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Help, LocoPorLego writes:
| | I get what your saying, but I can't ever loose money on any shipping. I loose
enough to paypal/bricklink fees, loosing additionally on shipping too isn't
a good business decision for me personally. Agreed, its usually like 25-75 cents
each for cheap little padded mailers in bulk, I used to not factor in packing
materials when I started out, establishing my store (I used to ship worldwide
too at no minimum, huge headache, I stopped after realizing how stiff PayPal's
terms are about lost/missing orders). Now that I am a little more established,
with plenty of positive reviews and that I sell large sealed sets to minifigs,
I choose not to loose on shipping ever anymore.
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then just increase the shipping a little but there's a difference between
loosing on shipping on every order compared to loosing on some and making on
other which evens out and ends up with you not loosing on shipping still if you
take a step back and look at the bigger picture. but if you still think your
loosing on shipping the raise the prices and it will work out
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I'm not loosing on shipping, that's the point. You just said you do loose
on some orders, and make it up on others. I'm saying across the board at
my store, I don't loose money on shipping... But I'm Loco. (pun based
on my username, don't take it personally)
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 with this method across the board at your store you also wouldn't loose money
but you could do a split. with having instant checkout for most items but
then for larger items you could mark them as manual only and then charge exact
shipping so its a win win
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This way really works well. We have most all of our sets set up manual invoicing
only and all of our parts set up for instant checkout and we have had no problems.
I would definitely recommend setting it up that way.
We are located in California so our shipping cost increases according to how
far away the shipping address is located, so places like New York on the east
coast cost the most. To make it easy and to make sure we dont lose any money
on shipping, we have set up our shipping levels to reflect the prices for shipping
to New York. As an example, we charge $4.53 for orders up to 4 ounces (including
the envelope) which will cover the cost to ship as far away as the east coast.
Orders shipping to Arizona will cost a little less but we still charge the same.
Because we use instant checkout, our potential customers will know what the shipping
cost will be before they place their order so everybody is happy. When we put
sets up for sale we usually write in the Description how much the shipping will
be for shipping to anywhere in the contiguous US basing our prices on the east
coast and fortunately using UPS and USPS Ground Advantage, the prices are pretty
decent for our customers.
Jim
Jim.
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2023 17:40 | | Subject: | Re: Need 6 Million Pounds Per Month | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
| In Buying, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | He said LEGO sets and so I think he may want about: 206,962.28008964226224949371852233
of these
--Claude
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Okay so buying 206,962 of them is all good but where does someone go to buy exactly
.28008964226224949371852233 of one set??
Jim (during normal business hours)
Jim Beam (after 5:00)
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| Author: | TheBrickGuys | | Posted: | Aug 15, 2023 17:31 | | Subject: | Re: Suddenly no email confirmations ... ? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
| In Technical Issues, WestCoastBrickz writes:
| | Since this morning, no confirmation of orders/invoices received.
Same to the buyer
Am I the only one?
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I just checked min and we are receiving order confirmations like normal.
Jim.
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