Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | SylvainLS  | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:41 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, StarBrick writes:
| | If the seller didn't change the ID, what/who did?
If the seller didn't change the prices, what/who did?
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Do you have proofs the seller didn’t do that?
Do you have proofs the next possibility, BL, did that?
What Sylvain/1001bricks said earlier is exactly that:
— when someone blames BL, they don’t have proofs,
— those who have backups and traces always find it’s their fault / can never
pin it on BL.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:41 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| | | If this is true, the database and the way it handles orders and other changes
is even more gone astray than I could imagine....
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No - it just means the contrary.
I almost had never any stock problem.
The ones In thought happened was almost always an error or a normal behaviour
in the end.
Apart a few times in a few years.
So, that means if you're not able to SAVE and CHECK with inventories what
you did, then you can't say "It's BL!!!!" 
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, StarBrick writes:
| | "... that sellers still don't download their Inventory XML everyday and
use
BrickStore to compare or restore any problem."
Seriously?
Do you really say that this is what's required to maintain a correct inventory
on BL these days?
That's the equivalent of checking every aisle in a grocery store after closing
time.
Every day.
Again.
All day's.
....
If this is true, the database and the way it handles orders and other changes
is even more gone astray than I could imagine....
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That’s not what Sylvain said.
He said that if you don’t have proofs it’s BL, then your complaints are moot.
It’s like realizing one aisle of your grocery store is totally empty and blaming
it on magical gremlins coming to eat things at night.
Come to think of it, it’s how the theory of spontaneous generation came about.
Look it out and how it was debunked. Spoiler: it’s about proofs and science,
not magic.
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:35 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| If the seller didn't change the ID, what/who did?
If the seller didn't change the prices, what/who did?
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:31 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| "... that sellers still don't download their Inventory XML everyday and
use
BrickStore to compare or restore any problem."
Seriously?
Do you really say that this is what's required to maintain a correct inventory
on BL these days?
That's the equivalent of checking every aisle in a grocery store after closing
time.
Every day.
Again.
All day's.
....
If this is true, the database and the way it handles orders and other changes
is even more gone astray than I could imagine....
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, StarBrick writes:
| | no chance, they are NOT messaging individual sellers about this.
stupid merge indeed
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3062b wasn’t merged. It was renamed (removing the ‘open stud’) and re-IDed to
3062. 3062a still exists:
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, minifig_75 writes:
| | Hey there!
So..** I'm a seller **
I just noticed that all my DARK BROWN 3062 turned into BROWN, AND their prices
changed too, from inventories A & C!!!
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... that sellers still don't download their Inventory XML everyday and use
BrickStore to compare or restore any problem.
So until then, it's probably not a BrickLink problem.
Or you have some versions associated with an impossible color (like old
part with a new color), hence the color change.
That's one of the versions problems; many lots for sale are just either lies,
mistakes or typos
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| Author: | StarBrick | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:15 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| no chance, they are NOT messaging individual sellers about this.
stupid merge indeed
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| Author: | minifig_75 | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 12:12 | | Subject: | Re: PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, StarBrick writes:
| | Where these with solid studs?
Then it's a merge consequence.....
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Nope, 3062B, so.. yeah, I would have liked to know about it through a very well
known and used means, the email...
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| Author: | minifig_75 | | Posted: | Feb 25, 2024 11:40 | | Subject: | PROBLEM WITH DARK BROWN 3062 ITEM | | Viewed: | 190 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Hey there!
So..** I'm a seller **
I just noticed that all my DARK BROWN 3062 turned into BROWN, AND their prices
changed too, from inventories A & C!!!
It's SO UNBELIEVABLE, I didn't get any mail from the BL team saying there
was a major issue since the variant merge...
Please, has anyone noticed this issue?
are there any other bugs??
Thanks!
Soon
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| Author: | ilovelegostoo | | Posted: | Feb 23, 2024 12:42 | | Subject: | Re: Personal set inventory | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| Another option is to create a rebrickable.com account. Upload your inventory
to rebrickable. Find the set and it will show you the parts you have and those
that you need. You can also create lists of bricks that may not be in your bricklink
inventory.
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| Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 11:16 | | Subject: | Re: Personal set inventory | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, Nicolasamico37 writes:
| | In Inventories, andyb181279 writes:
| | Hi all
How do you find out which parts for a set you have in your inventory without
going through everything?
My daughter found a part she likes and I told her if I have all parts we can
build it
Many thanks
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Hi,
The easiest way would be to make a Wanted List and check this Wanted List in
your store just after
Nicolas
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It's NOT the easiest.
https://www.brickstore.dev/ makes it far easier.
A few clicks to find which parts are in your shop and (if you wish) remove them
from your shop, which is impossible with a wanted-list.
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| Author: | Nicolasamico37 | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 09:14 | | Subject: | Re: Personal set inventory | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, andyb181279 writes:
| | Hi all
How do you find out which parts for a set you have in your inventory without
going through everything?
My daughter found a part she likes and I told her if I have all parts we can
build it
Many thanks
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Hi,
The easiest way would be to make a Wanted List and check this Wanted List in
your store just after
Nicolas
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| Author: | andyb181279 | | Posted: | Feb 22, 2024 08:57 | | Subject: | Personal set inventory | | Viewed: | 81 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Hi all
How do you find out which parts for a set you have in your inventory without
going through everything?
My daughter found a part she likes and I told her if I have all parts we can
build it
Many thanks
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| Author: | Apollo_123 | | Posted: | Feb 18, 2024 13:01 | | Subject: | Re: Note to inventories admin | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, hpoort writes:
| | In Inventories, Apollo_123 writes:
| | Hi
I was upload an inventory of a part and reached the "note to inventories
admin" box and did not understand what I should include in that message.
For context the part I was inventorying was a motorcycle from an old city set
that I used to have in my collection that I am now parting out and noticed the
bike had no inventory. I bought the set sealed when it was released so I am sure
that the parts are the correct one of the assembly.
Thanks
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You should put the "I bought the set sealed when it was released" line
into that notes field.
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Thats what I ended up putting in
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| Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2024 02:22 | | Subject: | Re: Note to inventories admin | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, Apollo_123 writes:
| | Hi
I was upload an inventory of a part and reached the "note to inventories
admin" box and did not understand what I should include in that message.
For context the part I was inventorying was a motorcycle from an old city set
that I used to have in my collection that I am now parting out and noticed the
bike had no inventory. I bought the set sealed when it was released so I am sure
that the parts are the correct one of the assembly.
Thanks
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You should put the "I bought the set sealed when it was released" line
into that notes field.
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 20:36 | | Subject: | Re: Note to inventories admin | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| Normally I enter something like "work in progress" or "ready!"
or say something about it such as "this item had no inventory so I checked
the one I had on hand..." and so on
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| Author: | Apollo_123 | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 20:30 | | Subject: | Note to inventories admin | | Viewed: | 98 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Hi
I was upload an inventory of a part and reached the "note to inventories
admin" box and did not understand what I should include in that message.
For context the part I was inventorying was a motorcycle from an old city set
that I used to have in my collection that I am now parting out and noticed the
bike had no inventory. I bought the set sealed when it was released so I am sure
that the parts are the correct one of the assembly.
Thanks
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 17:03 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, jennnifer writes:
| | In Inventories, pcthurman writes:
| | In set Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? I do not see a difference
between Mack or Lightning other than size and well yes Mack has a trailer but
in the movies he is a character. So why the difference?
Cass T
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Is Mack just the Tractor or the Tractor and the Trailer?
I'm going to say the former. That makes the Trailer an accessory that shouldn't
be included?? 
~Jen
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I believe just the cab is the minifigure Mack. Yes, the trailer is a "wearable"
accessory however I would not include the trailer as such.
Cass T
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 12:24 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, starbeanie writes:
| | Mack is certainly eligible to be a minifig. Afterall, we have
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Presumably both a minifigure with stickers and a vehicle without them, like that
plane.
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| Author: | starbeanie | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 12:17 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| Mack is certainly eligible to be a minifig. Afterall, we have
In Inventories, yorbrick writes:
| | In Inventories, jennnifer writes:
| | In Inventories, pcthurman writes:
| | In set Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? I do not see a difference
between Mack or Lightning other than size and well yes Mack has a trailer but
in the movies he is a character. So why the difference?
Cass T
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Is Mack just the Tractor or the Tractor and the Trailer?
I'm going to say the former. That makes the Trailer an accessory that shouldn't
be included??
~Jen
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Isn't it like clothing, or an accessory attached to his back like in
I guess this is the issue of having obviously not minifigures in the minifigures
category. Small animal characters like Scooby Doo or big ones like Smaug go in
animals, so it seems odd to put vehicle based characters in minifigs and not
in the existing vehicle category. If this is going ahead, presumably Ent / Treebeard
spa0019 can also be moved into minifigures too.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 12:03 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, jennnifer writes:
| | In Inventories, pcthurman writes:
| | In set Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? I do not see a difference
between Mack or Lightning other than size and well yes Mack has a trailer but
in the movies he is a character. So why the difference?
Cass T
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Is Mack just the Tractor or the Tractor and the Trailer?
I'm going to say the former. That makes the Trailer an accessory that shouldn't
be included??
~Jen
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Isn't it like clothing, or an accessory attached to his back like in
I guess this is the issue of having obviously not minifigures in the minifigures
category. Small animal characters like Scooby Doo or big ones like Smaug go in
animals, so it seems odd to put vehicle based characters in minifigs and not
in the existing vehicle category. If this is going ahead, presumably Ent / Treebeard
spa0019 can also be moved into minifigures too.
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Feb 5, 2024 10:08 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? | | Viewed: | 61 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, pcthurman writes:
| | In set Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? I do not see a difference
between Mack or Lightning other than size and well yes Mack has a trailer but
in the movies he is a character. So why the difference?
Cass T
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Is Mack just the Tractor or the Tractor and the Trailer?
I'm going to say the former. That makes the Trailer an accessory that shouldn't
be included??
~Jen
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 22:58 | | Subject: | Re: Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, pcthurman writes:
| | In set Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? I do not see a difference
between Mack or Lightning other than size and well yes Mack has a trailer but
in the movies he is a character. So why the difference?
Cass T
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Nobody added him.
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| Author: | pcthurman | | Posted: | Feb 4, 2024 22:34 | | Subject: | Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? | | Viewed: | 165 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| In set Why is Mack not considered a minifigure? I do not see a difference
between Mack or Lightning other than size and well yes Mack has a trailer but
in the movies he is a character. So why the difference?
Cass T
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| Author: | michaeljeru | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 07:38 | | Subject: | Re: How to add a minifigure in a inventory ? | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| Thanks for your answer, it worked indeed !
I added the image on the sh946.
For the sh946, I have 2 parts pending approval (head and torso), maybe because
the text isbover 150 characters, but for a first, I've found the golden ticket
with this Venomized Dr Octopus, with two parts dual sided, and a torso with 2
differents Arms and hands colors ! A nightmare...
If anyone can help do better than what I shortened to my Best... 😬🙄
Thanks
In Inventories, BricksThatStick writes:
| | In Inventories, michaeljeru writes:
| | Hi,
I've created my first inventory submission for the new set 76275.
I can't find how to add the 2 minifigures (including sh946 whose submission
is pending approval) to set inventory ?
I try to add it using the form under the inventory, but wether I try the new
sh946 or the existing sh684, none is found...
Thanks for your help by advance.
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For sh684 just ignore the item not found message. Just click the link and it
will go away and allow you to add the quantity and add it.
For pending sh946 we need an image uploading for it before it can be approved.
Thanks,
Paul.
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| Author: | BricksThatStick | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 06:13 | | Subject: | Re: How to add a minifigure in a inventory ? | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, michaeljeru writes:
| | Hi,
I've created my first inventory submission for the new set 76275.
I can't find how to add the 2 minifigures (including sh946 whose submission
is pending approval) to set inventory ?
I try to add it using the form under the inventory, but wether I try the new
sh946 or the existing sh684, none is found...
Thanks for your help by advance.
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For sh684 just ignore the item not found message. Just click the link and it
will go away and allow you to add the quantity and add it.
For pending sh946 we need an image uploading for it before it can be approved.
Thanks,
Paul.
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| Author: | michaeljeru | | Posted: | Feb 3, 2024 04:01 | | Subject: | How to add a minifigure in a inventory ? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Hi,
I've created my first inventory submission for the new set 76275.
I can't find how to add the 2 minifigures (including sh946 whose submission
is pending approval) to set inventory ?
I try to add it using the form under the inventory, but wether I try the new
sh946 or the existing sh684, none is found...
Thanks for your help by advance.
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2024 08:26 | | Subject: | Re: Ninjago 9446: 3684c should be 3684a | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | In set 9446 Destiny's Bounty, the current inventory lists part 3684c.
It should in fact be part 3684a.
This can be confirmed from the instructions manual, which clearly shows 3684
(with hollow studs).
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Instruction manuals are not a source for variants. LEGO uses new image renders
or old image renders indiscriminately.
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1445276
It's real easy to add an image and link to your posts. Click the Add catalog
image button.
~Jen
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| Author: | rickcraine | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 13:10 | | Subject: | Re: 3847 vs 3847a | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, archmage writes:
| | Hello everyone.
I know that Bricklink is close to operate significant variations merge operations
on its inventory, so I don't know if the subject part is also part of this
operations (but I hope it will).
I have used very often Bricklink inventory as reference to complete my sets,
but lately I have noticed that part 3847 seems to have replaced part 3847a in
many old castle sets inventory, and not as an alternate part.
As a lego-castle loving child and then adult I have owned and built many of the
sets I see now listed with 3847 swords and in my experience they doesn't
appear in most of the ones I recall or still have built for exposition.
This post in not meant to be a rant about something I see as a discrepancy, but
more curiosity about how you're dealing with that. For instance I assembled
set 1596 and 1547: both show in the box photos a 3847a sword, but both have as
inventory only a 3847 sword. Should I list them as incomplete, or being a mold
variant I should not?
Thank you for your time and, maybe, answer
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Another great example as to why things should stay the way they are. Personally,
though, saying it has a mold variant seems like it would be the only logical
thing to do.
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| Author: | archmage | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 13:06 | | Subject: | 3847 vs 3847a | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Hello everyone.
I know that Bricklink is close to operate significant variations merge operations
on its inventory, so I don't know if the subject part is also part of this
operations (but I hope it will).
I have used very often Bricklink inventory as reference to complete my sets,
but lately I have noticed that part 3847 seems to have replaced part 3847a in
many old castle sets inventory, and not as an alternate part.
As a lego-castle loving child and then adult I have owned and built many of the
sets I see now listed with 3847 swords and in my experience they doesn't
appear in most of the ones I recall or still have built for exposition.
This post in not meant to be a rant about something I see as a discrepancy, but
more curiosity about how you're dealing with that. For instance I assembled
set 1596 and 1547: both show in the box photos a 3847a sword, but both have as
inventory only a 3847 sword. Should I list them as incomplete, or being a mold
variant I should not?
Thank you for your time and, maybe, answer
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| Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 18:26 | | Subject: | Re: part out inventory | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, kittybrickz writes:
Glad I could help!
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| Author: | kittybrickz | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 18:25 | | Subject: | Re: part out inventory | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| | Thanks Nubs! |
| Author: | kittybrickz | | Posted: | Jan 22, 2024 15:51 | | Subject: | part out inventory | | Viewed: | 77 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Hi!
I read somewhere that users can submit an inventory list for a set, how do I
go about that?
Have an epic day!
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| Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2024 13:56 | | Subject: | Re: gs014 includes weapons? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, Steineflut writes:
| | Hello there,
any particular reason why gs014 includes his weapons? I just stumbled across
it and thought it was weird.
Thanks,
Nadine
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It is a catalog inconsistency, and it isn't the only one. These may or may
not be dealt with in the future.
Cheers,
Randy
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2024 10:07 | | Subject: | Re: gs014 includes weapons? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, Steineflut writes:
| | Hello there,
any particular reason why gs014 includes his weapons? I just stumbled across
it and thought it was weird.
Thanks,
Nadine
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Aren't they meant to be tentacles, so part of the creature rather than discrete
weapons.
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| Author: | Steineflut | | Posted: | Jan 19, 2024 09:59 | | Subject: | gs014 includes weapons? | | Viewed: | 76 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Hello there,
any particular reason why gs014 includes his weapons? I just stumbled across
it and thought it was weird.
Thanks,
Nadine
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| Author: | Turez | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2024 14:59 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory change for set 8877 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Catalog Requests, s.j.stegeman writes:
| | Item 32140 is incorrectly in the inventory of set 8877. This should be part 32526,
the amount (4) is correct. See page 26-27 and 51-52 of the instruction booklet
of this set
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Please see https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=270161
I have added a note to the inventory that the instructions show a wrong part.
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| Author: | s.j.stegeman | | Posted: | Jan 16, 2024 13:55 | | Subject: | Inventory change for set 8877 | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Inventories | | Status: | Open | |
| Item 32140 is incorrectly in the inventory of set 8877. This should be part 32526,
the amount (4) is correct. See page 26-27 and 51-52 of the instruction booklet
of this set
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| Author: | goldknight | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 09:42 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, 1977_mauro writes:
| | ...still will differentiate the merged variants using the comment field?
Choose:
a) yes
b) no
c) not sure yet
Keep in mind that it won't be visible anymore in the old set inventories
which variant has been used.
Thanks Mauro
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Yes!!!!
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| Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 09:24 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| b) No
Most sales of variants are driven by the inventories, which in turn populate
buyer want lists. If the variants aren't going to be in the inventories,
there is no point in differentiating them.
I'll keep what I currently have separated and try to send the same variant
for an order, but once I run out that's it. My shop is small and I cannot
charge the premium prices needed to justify the additional labor of continuing
to sort these to service for the vintage collector/restorer market.
In Inventories, 1977_mauro writes:
| | ...still will differentiate the merged variants using the comment field?
Choose:
a) yes
b) no
c) not sure yet
Keep in mind that it won't be visible anymore in the old set inventories
which variant has been used.
Thanks Mauro
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| Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 08:55 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, 1977_mauro writes:
| | ...still will differentiate the merged variants using the comment field?
Choose:
a) yes
b) no
c) not sure yet
Keep in mind that it won't be visible anymore in the old set inventories
which variant has been used.
Thanks Mauro
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Yes, I do plan on listing the different molds whenever possible. However, I am
already in the habit of distinguishing between many variants in my Comments.
It's not a great system though and requires a significant amount of extra
work on my part. I wouldn't think it is a viable option for any other than
specialty or hobby shops like mine. It's a nightmare to check inventory
when you have multiple lots per part. I have to label everything and note how
many total lots I have so I don't mess up and grab the wrong lot when pulling
orders.
I also distinguish between 'good' used and play wear. So, I end up with
many lots for vintage parts. I would bet it is actually quite off-putting to
those trying to fill out wanted lists. I constantly worry that the Easy Buy system
is bringing buyers to my shop without reading the Comments before placing an
order.
Thanks,
~Jen
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| Author: | tec | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 08:44 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| I hate mixing frosted bricks
I hate mixing axle holes
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| Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 08:40 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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Already use it to separate unrecognised variants, this just means I have even
more, certain to increase in future when other changes are implemented.
In Inventories, 1977_mauro writes:
| | ...still will differentiate the merged variants using the comment field?
Choose:
a) yes
b) no
c) not sure yet
Keep in mind that it won't be visible anymore in the old set inventories
which variant has been used.
Thanks Mauro
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 07:07 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| | | Those are good arguments against doing it.
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There are good arguments on both sides. For example, the fact that in LEGO doesn't
distinguish some mould variants is a good argument why BL doesn't need to.
But then there are cases where LEGO does distinguish and BL aggregates them under
a single number plus letter for the variant.
It could be complicated where BL has used single entries for parts when LEGO
has used multiple. For example, I wonder what will happen in the longer term
to parts like this.
where they have different BL code numbers and
where they use the same number but variant letters, even though LEGO has used
a range of different item numbers for the d variant. Should the latter be merged
or should they be split into different part numbers? Should the different d variants
have multiple entries even though they appear to be the same thing. It seems
strange that these two types of clip are treated in a very different way, one
keeping two distinct codes, the other aggregating them into one but using made
up code letters to distinguish them.
If the image comparing 4085 variants is removed, and there is just one 4085 entry
not showing any differences, will most people even care? If they can use any
3001 from the late 70s onwards to complete a 1982 set or a 2024 set because the
inventory says so, why not use any 1x1 clip with vertical grip because the inventory
also says so. Does it really matter that one person (often later) said that they
found a particular variant in their set, so everyone else's set should be
the same if it is to be the real thing and allowed to be sold here. Of course,
it may well be true that they found that exact part in a sealed set that cost
them $100s, but should that impact on everyone else if they want to sell a used
set.
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| Author: | infinibrix | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 06:36 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, 1977_mauro writes:
| | ...still will differentiate the merged variants using the comment field?
Choose:
a) yes
b) no
c) not sure yet
Keep in mind that it won't be visible anymore in the old set inventories
which variant has been used.
Thanks Mauro
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No but for the first few months I will keep them separated so that where possible
I can pick a buyers order with all the same type. Once I feel more confident
that the buying community has become accustomed to the fact that they could receive
either variant within the same order batch I may then start to merge my stocks
into the same storage bin.
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| Author: | Hurt | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2024 06:33 | | Subject: | Re: Due to the upcoming variants merge do you... | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
| In Inventories, yorbrick writes:
| | In Inventories, 1977_mauro writes:
| | ...still will differentiate the merged variants using the comment field?
Choose:
a) yes
b) no
c) not sure yet
Keep in mind that it won't be visible anymore in the old set inventories
which variant has been used.
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No. I think such comments might confuse and possibly put off some buyers. The
a, b, c type variants only really exist because they were catalogued here. If
they are no longer catalogued here then adding a comment that you will get a
'b' variant will be lost on many buyers and may leave them wondering
what they will get. It really depends on which images are retained to show the
part once merged. Where vintage parts come from known sets, I think I will comment
as i do now on the date range or the set they came from, if those parts attract
a premium price.
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Those are good arguments against doing it.
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