Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | 1001bricks  | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 13:46 | | Subject: | Re: (NEW) Buyers and Sellers Facebook Group | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | Quit Facebook. It's a Skinner box
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Didn't know, yes, it's its perfect description, thank you 
(sauce: Wikipedia)
Skinner created the operant conditioning chamber as a variation of the puzzle
box originally created by Edward Thorndike. While Skinner's early studies
were done using rats, he later moved on to study pigeons. The operant conditioning
chamber may be used to observe or manipulate behaviour. An animal is placed in
the box where it must learn to activate levers or respond to light or sound stimuli
for reward. The reward may be food or the removal of noxious stimuli such as
a loud alarm. The chamber is used to test specific hypotheses in a controlled
setting.
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| Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Feb 10, 2024 13:38 | | Subject: | Re: (NEW) Buyers and Sellers Facebook Group | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, 802ScubaFish writes:
| | Happy Friday!
I'm thrilled to extend an invitation to join the newly established (NEW)
Worldwide Bricklink Buyers and Sellers Facebook group.
Unfortunately, the current group's moderators have been inactive, resulting
in a halt in new member admissions and restricting participation for many. Moreover,
there has been a noticeable increase in spam and a decline in content quality.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to be part of the community from its inception
and secure exclusive founder badges by joining early!
Click here to join: https://www.facebook.com/share/xs5tdBJv7XDS4NVc/?mibextid=K35XfP
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Quit Facebook. It's a Skinner box
Crystal
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| Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2024 12:19 | | Subject: | Re: (NEW) Buyers and Sellers Facebook Group | | Viewed: | 93 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | Unfortunately, the current group's moderators have been inactive, resulting
in a halt in new member admissions and restricting participation for many. Moreover,
there has been a noticeable increase in spam and a decline in content quality.
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I see 4 new members in the last hour and many today - there doesn't appear
to be any kind of halt. And you only joined that group 2 weeks ago; you're
brand new 🤔 Nor do I see any spam or "decrease in content quality".
Did you reach out to the mods with any issues you had?
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| Author: | 802ScubaFish | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2024 12:00 | | Subject: | (NEW) Buyers and Sellers Facebook Group | | Viewed: | 219 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Happy Friday!
I'm thrilled to extend an invitation to join the newly established (NEW)
Worldwide Bricklink Buyers and Sellers Facebook group.
Unfortunately, the current group's moderators have been inactive, resulting
in a halt in new member admissions and restricting participation for many. Moreover,
there has been a noticeable increase in spam and a decline in content quality.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to be part of the community from its inception
and secure exclusive founder badges by joining early!
Click here to join: https://www.facebook.com/share/xs5tdBJv7XDS4NVc/?mibextid=K35XfP
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| Author: | runner.caller | | Posted: | Feb 9, 2024 10:43 | | Subject: | Congrats dnabrix hitting 10k FB. | | Viewed: | 109 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Congrats to dnabrix for hitting 10k!
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=dnabrix
Seems like just yesterday when we were "racing" to 2000 when I was at
1830s and you just hit 1000.
I lost the race despite the 800+ head-start
I'll always be inspired by the dna brix entrepreneurial story.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 11:48 | | Subject: | Re: Use our Suggestions Topic Charter | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, popsicle writes:
| | It's a boon of sorts to the membership, especially now that it's been
revitalized from it's original more inert years. Longtime members will know
and appreciate what I'm referring to...
This posted suggestion we had inadvertently & unknowingly canceled sometime ago,
has just been reinstated. Please consider and vote, up or down:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=868453
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Maybe we need a third sideways option when voting for suggestions, with the meaning
it's not a great idea but it's not terrible. Then we could debate whether
it should be included to determine the percentage of voters that think an idea
is great.
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| Author: | popsicle | | Posted: | Feb 8, 2024 11:26 | | Subject: | Use our Suggestions Topic Charter | | Viewed: | 151 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| It's a boon of sorts to the membership, especially now that it's been
revitalized from it's original more inert years. Longtime members will know
and appreciate what I'm referring to...
This posted suggestion we had inadvertently & unknowingly canceled sometime ago,
has just been reinstated. Please consider and vote, up or down:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=868453
Thanks
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| Author: | BlueDragonfly | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 05:33 | | Subject: | Dejavu | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Happy Ground Hog Day!
from Blue Dragonfly Brick
- home of the Blue Light Special
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2024 13:20 | | Subject: | Re: The Brickcellar is open again! | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Welcome back!
Don’t forget to celebrate with pizza!
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| Author: | Brickcellar | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2024 12:30 | | Subject: | The Brickcellar is open again! | | Viewed: | 123 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Dear Lego Fans,
We hope this message finds you well and filled with excitement because we have
some fantastic news to share with you! After a brief break, we are thrilled to
announce that The Brickcellar has opened its virtual doors again! Celebrating
our 20th year on Bricklink!
We've been hard at work behind the scenes to curate an even more amazing
collection of LEGO sets, bricks, and minifigures for all our dedicated fans.
With our fresh and revised inventory we have something special in store for everyone,
whether you're a seasoned LEGO enthusiast or just starting your collection.
Thank you for being a valued member of the The Brickcellar community. We look
forward to serving you once again and providing you with an unparalleled LEGO
shopping experience.
Best regards,
The Brickcellar team
Support@thebrickcellar.be
https://store.bricklink.com/Brickcellar
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| Author: | zweidreisteine | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 13:46 | | Subject: | We are now shipping worldwide! | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Hi everybody,
My name is Paul, the owner of the Store 23Steine.
After a long period of consideration, I am pleased to announce that we will be
shipping worldwide from today. I am happy to have taken this step and wish you
lots of fun shopping in my store.
Best regards
Paul, 23STEINE
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 12:06 | | Subject: | Re: Closing the store | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | Sorry to hear. Best of luck in the future |
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| Author: | Give.Me.A.Brick | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 07:05 | | Subject: | Re: Closing the store | | Viewed: | 111 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Kuboteka writes:
| | Greetings!
The period of existence of our store is coming to an end.
It will be closed on February 15th.
I know that the attitude of many users towards our store cannot be called positive.
Due to the specifics of our work, process and delivery times, which arose due
to the current global situation in the world, which worries everyone, we received
negative feedback, but we always resolved the issues that arose in favor of our
customers.
We have been included in the lists of Highlighted and Featured stores many times
thanks to your support.
And I hope that one way or another, each of those who placed an order with us
was satisfied with our range and quality of parts.
Until the 15th you can place and pay for orders in our store. All orders paid
by you before the 15th will be sent to you according to the rules specified on
our store page. Please ensure you are happy with these shipping and delivery
times before placing your order.
We will be very happy to receive, assemble and process your last orders in our
store.
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Sorry to hear that Evgeny, wish you all the best to your future endeavors!
I know you do face a difficult logistics challenge, much more so with this stupid
war, but you've always made it right, speaking from my own experience and
multiple orders in your store.
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| Author: | Kuboteka | | Posted: | Jan 30, 2024 06:51 | | Subject: | Closing the store | | Viewed: | 298 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Greetings!
The period of existence of our store is coming to an end.
It will be closed on February 15th.
I know that the attitude of many users towards our store cannot be called positive.
Due to the specifics of our work, process and delivery times, which arose due
to the current global situation in the world, which worries everyone, we received
negative feedback, but we always resolved the issues that arose in favor of our
customers.
We have been included in the lists of Highlighted and Featured stores many times
thanks to your support.
And I hope that one way or another, each of those who placed an order with us
was satisfied with our range and quality of parts.
Until the 15th you can place and pay for orders in our store. All orders paid
by you before the 15th will be sent to you according to the rules specified on
our store page. Please ensure you are happy with these shipping and delivery
times before placing your order.
We will be very happy to receive, assemble and process your last orders in our
store.
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| Author: | Fr0stByt3 | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 18:01 | | Subject: | Re: Gonna close our store & open a contest | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, popsicle writes:
| | I know, sounds counterintuitive to our presence here
It does... even more so personally, considering that we’ve been getting a lot
of high-value orders the last few weeks. But 'life' is more than the
bucks and it has taken me and by extension, those in my sphere of dependence,
in another direction for now.
As to my “open a contest” declaration: just feel the need to extend some respect
to those members that have take the time in reaching out to us, encouraging the
continuation of our forum contests. It's simply down to time expenditure.
With that in mind, if you are willing to run the contest, to moderate, let
us know via pm. Thanks
~ConstrucToys (popsicle)
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What will the prize be? Unless I'm reading things wrong, it sounds like you're
about to give your store up to the winner.
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| Author: | KACL | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 17:24 | | Subject: | Re: Gonna close our store & open a contest | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, popsicle writes:
| | I know, sounds counterintuitive to our presence here
It does... even more so personally, considering that we’ve been getting a lot
of high-value orders the last few weeks. But 'life' is more than the
bucks and it has taken me and by extension, those in my sphere of dependence,
in another direction for now.
As to my “open a contest” declaration: just feel the need to extend some respect
to those members that have take the time in reaching out to us, encouraging the
continuation of our forum contests. It's simply down to time expenditure.
With that in mind, if you are willing to run the contest, to moderate, let
us know via pm. Thanks
~ConstrucToys (popsicle)
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We will definitely miss you while you’re gone but I understand those twists and
turns that change your direction even for a little while.
Hope to see you back soon.
Karen
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| Author: | ghyde | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 17:16 | | Subject: | Re: Gonna close our store & open a contest | | Viewed: | 70 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, popsicle writes:
| | I know, sounds counterintuitive to our presence here
It does... even more so personally, considering that we’ve been getting a lot
of high-value orders the last few weeks. But 'life' is more than the
bucks and it has taken me and by extension, those in my sphere of dependence,
in another direction for now.
As to my “open a contest” declaration: just feel the need to extend some respect
to those members that have take the time in reaching out to us, encouraging the
continuation of our forum contests. It's simply down to time expenditure.
With that in mind, if you are willing to run the contest, to moderate, let
us know via pm. Thanks
~ConstrucToys (popsicle)
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As far as I know, posters are responsible for running and moderating their own
contest(s).
I wish you the best of luck with whatever it is that life is doing for you now!
Cheers ...
ghyde
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 04:28 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge and Pick a Brick | | Viewed: | 84 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | I see Bricklink as a preservation website, where it should be able to preserve
parts of LEGO's history. And the thing is, one cannot buy retired elements
such as parts from the Bionicle sets on Pick a Brick, or parts in retired
colors like translucent neon green. People will flock to Bricklink just to get
those retired elements. The act for merging catalog entries for similar molds
in order to avoid customer confusion not only endangers the preservation and
documentation of specific LEGO parts, but it also can create further customer
confusion and frustration in the event they buy the wrong type of parts.
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Bionicle parts are not being merged.
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2024 21:10 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge and Pick a Brick | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, SonicTheJester writes:
| | Having heard all of the recent news regarding Bricklink's plan to merge mold
variants, and the possible flaws regarding that plan such as certain mold variants
having functional differences such as Part 15573 being mixed up with other jumper
plates, I have come to realize that if customers are worried about purchasing
outdated parts or colors, they should really be shopping on The LEGO Group's
official Pick a Brick website, which only sells parts that are currently being
manufactured.
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You should get a little more information before you form your opinion. Not all
variants are being merged. 15573 is absolutely not being merged.
Here's the info:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1450622
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I see Bricklink as a preservation website, where it should be able to preserve
parts of LEGO's history. And the thing is, one cannot buy retired elements
such as parts from the Bionicle sets on Pick a Brick, or parts in retired
colors like translucent neon green. People will flock to Bricklink just to get
those retired elements. The act for merging catalog entries for similar molds
in order to avoid customer confusion not only endangers the preservation and
documentation of specific LEGO parts, but it also can create further customer
confusion and frustration in the event they buy the wrong type of parts.
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| Author: | Swatson217 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2024 20:15 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge and Pick a Brick | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Just curious if you have ever bought anything on Bricklink?
In Announce, SonicTheJester writes:
| | Having heard all of the recent news regarding Bricklink's plan to merge mold
variants, and the possible flaws regarding that plan such as certain mold variants
having functional differences such as Part 15573 being mixed up with other jumper
plates, I have come to realize that if customers are worried about purchasing
outdated parts or colors, they should really be shopping on The LEGO Group's
official Pick a Brick website, which only sells parts that are currently being
manufactured.
I see Bricklink as a preservation website, where it should be able to preserve
parts of LEGO's history. And the thing is, one cannot buy retired elements
such as parts from the Bionicle sets on Pick a Brick, or parts in retired
colors like translucent neon green. People will flock to Bricklink just to get
those retired elements. The act for merging catalog entries for similar molds
in order to avoid customer confusion not only endangers the preservation and
documentation of specific LEGO parts, but it also can create further customer
confusion and frustration in the event they buy the wrong type of parts.
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| Author: | SonicTheJester | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2024 19:47 | | Subject: | Variant Merge and Pick a Brick | | Viewed: | 187 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Having heard all of the recent news regarding Bricklink's plan to merge mold
variants, and the possible flaws regarding that plan such as certain mold variants
having functional differences such as Part 15573 being mixed up with other jumper
plates, I have come to realize that if customers are worried about purchasing
outdated parts or colors, they should really be shopping on The LEGO Group's
official Pick a Brick website, which only sells parts that are currently being
manufactured.
I see Bricklink as a preservation website, where it should be able to preserve
parts of LEGO's history. And the thing is, one cannot buy retired elements
such as parts from the Bionicle sets on Pick a Brick, or parts in retired
colors like translucent neon green. People will flock to Bricklink just to get
those retired elements. The act for merging catalog entries for similar molds
in order to avoid customer confusion not only endangers the preservation and
documentation of specific LEGO parts, but it also can create further customer
confusion and frustration in the event they buy the wrong type of parts.
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| Author: | UaiBricks | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2024 17:10 | | Subject: | Novidades! | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Adicionamos muitas novidades na loja! E estamos com 10% de desconto em vários
itens, confiram!!!
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 18:08 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Arno78 writes:
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But who could have made such a decision 😡 Another super genius from Lego who
had nothing left to do! […]
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That kind of remarks always makes me think about “the boys on the board” from
Airplane 2 the Sequel (sorry, couldn’t find a pic).
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| Author: | Arno78 | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 17:42 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Arno78 writes:
| | In Announce, Manfred_MD writes:
| | In Announce, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Announce, zorbanj writes:
| | In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Was it this guy:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=istokg
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Yep, I guessed this one also
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I don't like the change - it will make things more difficult for me both
as a sellwr and a buyer. I personally don't care what BL was meant to be
- for me it's both.
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But who could have made such a decision 😡 Another super genius from Lego who
had nothing left to do! This is the worst that we can imagine in terms of decision
and it is certainly not the AFOL community that would have validated this.
Lego wanted to buy Bricklink and they are now doing everything to destroy this
platform. There's no better way to open a competing site. This is truly enormous
stupidity!!!
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| Author: | Arno78 | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 17:36 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Manfred_MD writes:
| | In Announce, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Announce, zorbanj writes:
| | In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Was it this guy:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=istokg
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Yep, I guessed this one also
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I don't like the change - it will make things more difficult for me both
as a sellwr and a buyer. I personally don't care what BL was meant to be
- for me it's both.
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| Author: | Manfred_MD | | Posted: | Jan 26, 2024 14:47 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Announce, zorbanj writes:
| | In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Was it this guy:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=istokg
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Yep, I guessed this one also
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I don't like the change - it will make things more difficult for me both
as a sellwr and a buyer. I personally don't care what BL was meant to be
- for me it's both.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 19:50 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 97 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, zorbanj writes:
| | In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Was it this guy:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=istokg
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Yep, I guessed this one also
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 19:48 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Was it this guy:
https://www.bricklink.com/feedback.asp?u=istokg
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| Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 19:05 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, randyf writes:
| | In Announce, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Sorry man but bricklink is a catalog first and market place second. That's
why the catalog is as detailed as it is.
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You are incorrect. BrickLink was created as a marketplace first and foremost.
The reason that it attained such a detailed catalog beyond that is due to the
fact that the marketplace was very successful and fans wanted to help make it
better.
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hmmm
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 18:58 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, randyf writes:
| | In Announce, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Sorry man but bricklink is a catalog first and market place second. That's
why the catalog is as detailed as it is.
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You are incorrect. BrickLink was created as a marketplace first and foremost.
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Thank you.
| | The reason that it attained such a detailed catalog beyond that is due to the
fact that the marketplace was very successful and fans wanted to help make it
better.
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Agreed.
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 18:21 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Sorry man but bricklink is a catalog first and market place second. That's
why the catalog is as detailed as it is.
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You are incorrect. BrickLink was created as a marketplace first and foremost.
The reason that it attained such a detailed catalog beyond that is due to the
fact that the marketplace was very successful and fans wanted to help make it
better.
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| Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 18:10 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Announce, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Sorry man but bricklink is a catalog first and market place second.
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It's the exact opposite in fact; but of course, you can see it as you wish.
| | That's why the catalog is as detailed as it is.
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Causality, correlation?
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I'm sorry you see it that way. 
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 17:58 | | Subject: | Re: over 20k orders past Thank you to all | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, 1001bricks writes:
| | | | | | Please make us a chatGPT golden Brick Youtube trophee for 1 million views?
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That's a nice CHATGPBT ACHIEVMENTY!
Thank you!
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 17:55 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Sorry man but bricklink is a catalog first and market place second.
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It's the exact opposite in fact; but of course, you can see it as you wish.
| | That's why the catalog is as detailed as it is.
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Causality, correlation?
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| Author: | Saitobricks.ca | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 17:45 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Tracyd writes:
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I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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Sorry man but bricklink is a catalog first and market place second. That's
why the catalog is as detailed as it is.
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| Author: | WoutR | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 17:06 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Tracyd writes:
| | In Announce, tec writes:
| | we need more variants really, like other platforms do! but any discussion is
useless, they already decided it in 2023 without asking.
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They don't have to ask. It is their website, not mine, not yours, not ours.
They own it, lock, stock and both smoking barrels. How many other websites listen
to their users as Bricklink does? They do listen a lot, but in the end, they
can make unilateral decisions regardless of your or anyone else's opinions
or desires. In life you either evolve and adapt or you go extinct. If you choose
to go elsewhere because of this then I wish you luck, if not you will learn to
adapt to the new normal. That goes for everyone. I think quite a few of the
older sellers will continue to keep variants separate and sell them correctly,
others won't care, right now I guarantee there are plenty who don't care
and it won't affect them at all.
This is being done to streamline the listing and buying process for the vast
majority of the people who use this site. You don't hear them because they
aren't in the forums, they just want to buy and/or sell, they aren't
interested in anything else.
I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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As a collector of part variations, I think that most (but not all) of the variants
that are now being merged are not more significant than variants that are currently
not separated in the catalog (such as CA/ABS, different IP protection marks,
hollow pins, split tubes and several more)
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| Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 16:38 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, tec writes:
| | we need more variants really, like other platforms do! but any discussion is
useless, they already decided it in 2023 without asking.
|
They don't have to ask. It is their website, not mine, not yours, not ours.
They own it, lock, stock and both smoking barrels. How many other websites listen
to their users as Bricklink does? They do listen a lot, but in the end, they
can make unilateral decisions regardless of your or anyone else's opinions
or desires. In life you either evolve and adapt or you go extinct. If you choose
to go elsewhere because of this then I wish you luck, if not you will learn to
adapt to the new normal. That goes for everyone. I think quite a few of the
older sellers will continue to keep variants separate and sell them correctly,
others won't care, right now I guarantee there are plenty who don't care
and it won't affect them at all.
This is being done to streamline the listing and buying process for the vast
majority of the people who use this site. You don't hear them because they
aren't in the forums, they just want to buy and/or sell, they aren't
interested in anything else.
I wish I could remember the user who I used to talk to here who would get upset
because Daniel wasn't interested in listing the older non-brick items in
the catalog. This is not a Lego history site; it is a marketplace.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 15:47 | | Subject: | Re: over 20k orders past Thank you to all | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| | | | | Please make us a chatGPT golden Brick Youtube trophee for 1 million views?
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|
That's a nice CHATGPBT ACHIEVMENTY!
Thank you!
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 15:21 | | Subject: | Re: over 20k orders past Thank you to all | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, 1001bricks writes:
| | In Announce, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Announce, eracine writes:
| | In Announce, Nubs_Select writes:
| | congrats! dont forget to celebrate with pizza!
|
thank you! really enjoy your youtube channel. I have learned a lot.
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glad you enjoy! thankyou for watching!
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Please make us a chatGPT golden Brick Youtube trophee for 1 million views?
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|
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| Author: | tec | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 15:21 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merges and BL Moving Backwards | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| we need more variants really, like other platforms do! but any discussion is
useless, they already decided it in 2023 without asking.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 15:17 | | Subject: | Re: over 20k orders past Thank you to all | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Announce, eracine writes:
| | In Announce, Nubs_Select writes:
| | congrats! dont forget to celebrate with pizza!
|
thank you! really enjoy your youtube channel. I have learned a lot.
|
glad you enjoy! thankyou for watching!
|
Please make us a chatGPT golden Brick Youtube trophee for 1 million views?
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 15:16 | | Subject: | Re: over 20k orders past Thank you to all | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, eracine writes:
| | In Announce, Nubs_Select writes:
| | congrats! dont forget to celebrate with pizza!
|
thank you! really enjoy your youtube channel. I have learned a lot.
|
glad you enjoy! thankyou for watching!
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| Author: | eracine | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 14:39 | | Subject: | Re: over 20k orders past Thank you to all | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Nubs_Select writes:
| | congrats! dont forget to celebrate with pizza!
|
thank you! really enjoy your youtube channel. I have learned a lot.
|
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| Author: | rickcraine | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:44 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, Swatson217 writes:
| | As someone who has helped a couple of buyers find a correct variant (one that
I did not sell), I see both sides of this. I tried to source the part by buying
three different sets that had it listed, and in none of the three was that variant
actually present. I eventually found it, but it was quite arduous because the
parts listings in Lego and BL are not always correct, due to no one’s fault.
This particular variant had different funtionality. But I think simplifying
the listings is a great idea. In most cases, the functionality of the part is
not changed, and like someone else said, few people care what stud type they
get. The site itself (for all of the reasons listed by others) is not user friendly,
but it seems that a.) many people like it that way and b.) trying to fix it is
exponentially difficult or impossible. We were shut down for two weeks due
to hackers - couldn’t they shut it down for two weeks to make it more user-friendly?
I know many say it is impossible, and I accept that if it’s factual. I am not
a programmer. Just throwing it out there that if we ever wanted to truly scale
up, the site would need to be easier to use. Simple things like how BrickOwl
has the drop-down menus for color choice would be great. Just my four dollars
a pound. LOL
|
Fair, and if all the pieces were only affected like you say. I would agree, and
just deal with it. But several pieces are being affected by functionality, and
several are being affected by aesthetics.
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| Author: | Swatson217 | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 12:40 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| As someone who has helped a couple of buyers find a correct variant (one that
I did not sell), I see both sides of this. I tried to source the part by buying
three different sets that had it listed, and in none of the three was that variant
actually present. I eventually found it, but it was quite arduous because the
parts listings in Lego and BL are not always correct, due to no one’s fault.
This particular variant had different funtionality. But I think simplifying
the listings is a great idea. In most cases, the functionality of the part is
not changed, and like someone else said, few people care what stud type they
get. The site itself (for all of the reasons listed by others) is not user friendly,
but it seems that a.) many people like it that way and b.) trying to fix it is
exponentially difficult or impossible. We were shut down for two weeks due
to hackers - couldn’t they shut it down for two weeks to make it more user-friendly?
I know many say it is impossible, and I accept that if it’s factual. I am not
a programmer. Just throwing it out there that if we ever wanted to truly scale
up, the site would need to be easier to use. Simple things like how BrickOwl
has the drop-down menus for color choice would be great. Just my four dollars
a pound. LOL
Announce, infinibrix writes:
| | In Announce, axaday writes:
| | In Announce, G.Backsson writes:
Isn't BrickLink supposed to be about fans of LEGO?
| | Rather than being a cashcow for LEGO tm or sellers?
|
Yeah, this is a really good point that I hope isn't overlooked. All of this
seems to be about making things easy for sellers. Well, Bricklink could come
to our houses and sort out sets for us. That would make it easy for me.
But is Bricklink for sellers?
|
I honestly believe its about making things easier for buyers too because having
to search in multiple locations for the same part is not an efficient way to
buy, browse or compare prices.
Also many buyers are left mistakenly viewing certain minifigure heads with a
false sense of worth simply because they don't appear as part of the main
minifig inventory something I believe Bricklink considers to be one of its main
priority changes!
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| Author: | LeeGo73 | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 11:58 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, yorbrick writes:
| | In Announce, mwright5 writes:
| | In Announce, yorbrick writes:
| | In Announce, mwright5 writes:
| | Holy Cow! I'm not reading through all those replies, so I apologize if this
has been covered. I for one have found keeping up with all the variants to be
exhausting over the last 9 years, however, from the standpoint of trying to complete
sets, it is important to know the variations of an element, and which variation
you need to acquire in order to complete your set.
|
It depends what you mean by complete your set. If you mean complete it according
to the BL inventory, it will actually be easier as you don't need to worry
about variants.
|
Yes, I do mean to complete it with the BL inventory, and I can not see how it
will be easier. For years now BL has broken down the variants, which has been
exhausting from a selling standpoint, but helpful from a buying standpoint for
me anyway. I don't see how cancelling these previous distinctions is going
to make things easier. For example, if I am missing a specific variation/mold
from a set that is from 1983, I can not just plug in any variant. If so, the
authenticity of the set is now marred.
|
Who says you cannot replace a part with a different variant if it does the same
thing? How do you even know that the minor variant listed here was not just the
correct one but the only one? In the same set, would you be happy putting in
a basic brick from 1983 or 1993 or 2003 or 2013 or 2023 if they are catalogued
under the same element number even though there were minor differences with time?
|
So next step is getting rid of the xxxxOLD bricks? they do the same thing.
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|
| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:44 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| In Announce, axaday writes:
| | In Announce, G.Backsson writes:
Isn't BrickLink supposed to be about fans of LEGO?
| | Rather than being a cashcow for LEGO tm or sellers?
|
Yeah, this is a really good point that I hope isn't overlooked. All of this
seems to be about making things easy for sellers. Well, Bricklink could come
to our houses and sort out sets for us. That would make it easy for me.
But is Bricklink for sellers?
|
I honestly believe its about making things easier for buyers too because having
to search in multiple locations for the same part is not an efficient way to
buy, browse or compare prices.
Also many buyers are left mistakenly viewing certain minifigure heads with a
false sense of worth simply because they don't appear as part of the main
minifig inventory something I believe Bricklink considers to be one of its main
priority changes!
|
|
| Author: | axaday | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:27 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| In Announce, G.Backsson writes:
Isn't BrickLink supposed to be about fans of LEGO?
| | Rather than being a cashcow for LEGO tm or sellers?
|
Yeah, this is a really good point that I hope isn't overlooked. All of this
seems to be about making things easy for sellers. Well, Bricklink could come
to our houses and sort out sets for us. That would make it easy for me.
But is Bricklink for sellers?
|
|
| Author: | G.Backsson | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 10:24 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| As a buyer of mostly vintage pieces for MOCs or completion of discontinued sets,
it is of utmost importance to me that the replacement pieces I get are of the
same line/variety/age as the set I want to get. It would be very inconvenient,
costly and downright annoying having to deal with merged parts and not having
them easily searchable. Isn't BrickLink supposed to be about fans of LEGO?
Rather than being a cashcow for LEGO tm or sellers?
In Announce, yorbrick writes:
| | In Announce, mwright5 writes:
| | In Announce, yorbrick writes:
| | In Announce, mwright5 writes:
| | Holy Cow! I'm not reading through all those replies, so I apologize if this
has been covered. I for one have found keeping up with all the variants to be
exhausting over the last 9 years, however, from the standpoint of trying to complete
sets, it is important to know the variations of an element, and which variation
you need to acquire in order to complete your set.
|
It depends what you mean by complete your set. If you mean complete it according
to the BL inventory, it will actually be easier as you don't need to worry
about variants.
|
Yes, I do mean to complete it with the BL inventory, and I can not see how it
will be easier. For years now BL has broken down the variants, which has been
exhausting from a selling standpoint, but helpful from a buying standpoint for
me anyway. I don't see how cancelling these previous distinctions is going
to make things easier. For example, if I am missing a specific variation/mold
from a set that is from 1983, I can not just plug in any variant. If so, the
authenticity of the set is now marred.
|
Who says you cannot replace a part with a different variant if it does the same
thing? How do you even know that the minor variant listed here was not just the
correct one but the only one? In the same set, would you be happy putting in
a basic brick from 1983 or 1993 or 2003 or 2013 or 2023 if they are catalogued
under the same element number even though there were minor differences with time?
|
|
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
|
| In Announce, mwright5 writes:
| | In Announce, yorbrick writes:
| | In Announce, mwright5 writes:
| | Holy Cow! I'm not reading through all those replies, so I apologize if this
has been covered. I for one have found keeping up with all the variants to be
exhausting over the last 9 years, however, from the standpoint of trying to complete
sets, it is important to know the variations of an element, and which variation
you need to acquire in order to complete your set.
|
It depends what you mean by complete your set. If you mean complete it according
to the BL inventory, it will actually be easier as you don't need to worry
about variants.
|
Yes, I do mean to complete it with the BL inventory, and I can not see how it
will be easier. For years now BL has broken down the variants, which has been
exhausting from a selling standpoint, but helpful from a buying standpoint for
me anyway. I don't see how cancelling these previous distinctions is going
to make things easier. For example, if I am missing a specific variation/mold
from a set that is from 1983, I can not just plug in any variant. If so, the
authenticity of the set is now marred.
|
Who says you cannot replace a part with a different variant if it does the same
thing? How do you even know that the minor variant listed here was not just the
correct one but the only one? In the same set, would you be happy putting in
a basic brick from 1983 or 1993 or 2003 or 2013 or 2023 if they are catalogued
under the same element number even though there were minor differences with time?
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