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In Suggestions, DreadHeadDad writes:

[…]
Ok sorry. Did't know that.
My fault. Won't happen again...

No harm done

The problem is that we can’t edit posts and can only cancel them.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 15:13

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Re: Add item

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In Catalog, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:

[…]
You think that’s bad. This sticker was so far off it’s mark that it ended up
on a whole other part.

And not wholy on that part

Whom did you get the parts from? Mr Magoo?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 15:02

Subject:

Re: LEGO® Education Storage (white) Art.Nr. 14473

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Hi,

I had to cancel your post: link to sites selling LEGO are forbidden here.

Also, the Suggestions topic is for suggestions about the website. Questions
about the catalogue are better placed in the Catalog topics or in the more general
Help section.

As for the part you linked to, sorting trays are in the Gear section. You should
find it here: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=G&catString=1092

In Suggestions, DreadHeadDad writes:

Hello.

I'm not sure if I post at the right place.
I'm new here, by the way excellent page.
As I started implement my Collection,
I realized I've got gear at home which isn't implemented in your Database.

What kind of gear you can see in the Topic.
Here the current HP where you can purchase these items.

[redacted]

Best regards

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 11:35

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Re: Add item

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In Catalog, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:

[…]

The only problem is that the person who applied the stickers didn’t do a very
good job.

Dang

and I thought I wasn’t good with stickers

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 10:11

Subject:

Re: differnces between parts

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Catalog Identification

In Catalog Identification, five1992 writes:

Good morning,

Good afternoon

I would like to know how we find the inventories with the different models of
parts (example: chair with center sprue mark or without )
I had seen the news that the differences were going to be removed, but I would
like to see them. I hope I'm clear enough

That part has already been merged. There’s no difference in the inventories
now, so we can’t know which variant came in which sets

To see the difference between the parts, there’s often comparison images on the
part’s page.

Though, there doesn’t seem to be a comparison image for 4079

But some pics show the sprue and others not, for instance on

4079 Minifigure, Utensil Seat / Chair 2 x 2
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil {Dark Bluish Gray}

, the
first pics are without sprue and the third one shows it.

I am French and my English is average, thank you for your indulgence and for
any response.

Your English is better than average, if I may say so

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 08:57

Subject:

Re: Merge Want Lists OR Easy Buy on Multiple List

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Suggestions

In Suggestions, MOC_Brick_Steve writes:

I was recently purchasing parts for two different builds that were in different
want lists.
[…]

EasyBuy is easy but dumb. Use the Buy page instead (Buy All button in a WL or
hover over the white heart-shaped icon and click Buy when the menu appers).
On the Buy page, you can use Auto-select that’ll give similar results to EasyBuy,
just with a couple clicks more.
Bonuses:
— you can select multiple lists,
— there’s filters (location…),
— you can even cherry-pick lots in multiple WLs (using the Wanted Items tab on
the left).

As for merging lists, yes, it’s been missing and we asked for it since the inception
of the “new” Wanted List pages, in 2016.
As a workaround, you can ‘merge’ WLs by downloading your lists and uploading
them into a new one.
Not very user-friendly but you then don’t need to use or create a tool to do
it.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 08:47

Subject:

Re: How does buy all in the wanted list

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Wanted

In Wanted, GaryMus writes:

A question about the wanted list.

I have included a red brick 2x3 with price set to the lego price. Require say
100 bricks.

I have also inclued brick 2x3 of any colour (N/A) set to a requirement of 200
bricks.

When I buy all and select the top store does this show different combination
of colours of 2x3 bricks starting with the cheapest price, then the next cheapest
and so on until it makes up 200 ?

Hi,

Nope. Unfortunately

If you search your WL in a store, you’ll be shown all the lots of 2x3 that have
at least 200 bricks.
If you use the Auto-fill options, _all_ the lots will end up in your cart (so,
if there’s 10 lots, you’ll get 2,000 bricks in the cart!).

If you use Auto-select or EasyBuy, the algorithm will choose a lot in a store
with 200 2x3 bricks in one colour.
I’ve no idea whatsoever how that lot is chosen. Tests have proven it’s not the
cheapest in the store, and it’s not the ‘first’ in the store (in any way you
define ‘first’). And it’s even worse (price-wise) if there’s multiple stores
in the selection.

IOW: N/A is okay when it’s just about finding stores, but it’s not good when
you want to ‘buy’ automatically.

Also: just try. It costs nothing but a little time

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 07:35

Subject:

Re: Import XML

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In Help, Hubster357 writes:

Hi,

If you have an XML and there are items in that xml that not found can you upload
regardless and ignore the incorrect parts?

For some reason a Moc I purchased must have either an old colour or part number
and it blocks the import, I can edit the xml but curios if there is a simple
tick box option?

Hi,

The problem would be a old part number (due to a renaming or a merge)… and there’s
no way to correct that on the website

I think BrickStore could be able to automatically correct your XML file… or at
least it’ll have a simple and easy to use interface to find the correct part.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 09:20

Subject:

Re: Set 6074

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In Inventories, Turez writes:

[…]
Yes, we know that inventory needs some work.

The "extra" arches are actually shown in the instructions:
http://www.peeron.com/scans/6074-1/16

Ah yes, I see them now the sun is out… and that I was told to look there

The same alternate build is also shown on the box, bottom right corner: https://brickshelf.com/gallery/Jojo/Alternatives/alt-6074-1.jpg

Hmm, to put these arches on the ‘manor’ part, you need other small parts that
are not in the inventory: a 1x2 brick, 2x 1x1 plates and 2x (1 or 2)x3 plates….

You could do without the (1 or 2)x3 plates with the Extra 1x2 and 2x2….

And you can get one 2x3 if you can use the (1 and 2)x10 plates instead of the
(1x2)x8 ones on the walkway… but it doesn’t seem like they did that on the pic.

A head-scatcher….

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 06:39

Subject:

Re: Variants Thread - April 16

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In Catalog, axaday writes:

[…]
How much data space would it take to have two catalogs? One for detailed data
and one for generalized marketplace?

The problem isn’t space, it’s consistency and workload.

Basically, you’re doubling the workload.

If you make a change in one of the catalogues, should it be echoed on the other
one? To which extent? Can that be automatized?

In the software world, that’s called a fork (external / by another team) or a
branch (internal / by the same team).
We have tools and procedures to follow and “port” (transfer, apply) changes between
branches / versions / forks (‘diffs’ and ‘patches’ and ‘version control system’
(git, bitkeeper, mercurial…)).
And those tools are good and ‘smart.’ They can work around other changes and
differences that shouldn’t change (and (good) devs are lazy: everything that
can be automatized is automatized).
But we ALWAYS need to check the changes. The changes may apply without a hitch…
but they may break the program because they contradict an older change. That
can also be automatized, to some extent. But it’s work again and you can never
predict everything so you always need to check.

Duplicating a database and the changes on the database can be automitized in
the same way: changes are just instructions, like a program. So the same porting
solutions & problems apply: Should that change be applied? Can it be applied?
Should another change be applied instead? And you always need to check, check,
check.
Also, you first need to record these instructions. AFAIK, BrickLink’s changelogs
aren’t complete / sufficient.

TL;DR: It’s the same as the work done by Rebrickable: another catalogue, with
conversion tables, with changes to follow / apply or not, with errors or misses…,
and with a full team to manage it.
It could be a bit simpler and you could save a bit by keeping it inside BrickLink,
but that won’t remove most of the work needed.

Another possibility is to handle that in only one “catalogue,” with two (or more!)
different ways to present its info. The work would be done only once, in the
more detailed catalogue, and there would be mechanisms to hide the details to
the users. But that’s the same as the “umbrella part” solution: you need to
change the whole structure of the database and the way the site works. That
can’t be patched onto what exists now (which is already patched enough with spaghetti
and sauce as it is).

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 06:17

Subject:

Re: Parting a set into a wanted list

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In Help, DanCookePhotos writes:

Hello,

I'm looking at building up the parts for the UCS Y-Wing (2nd edition, 75181).
I already have set 75172 which is the play scale Y-Wing which I'm looking
at breaking down to give me some of the parts for the UCS scale version.

Is their a way, without going through it line by line, to part out the pieces
from the playscale set into my UCS wanted list?

Many thanks,

Hi,

To part out a set: hover over the white, heart-shaped “Want” icon and click “Part
Out”: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/partout.page

But you can’t “apply” a Wanted List (or an inventory) to another one on BrickLink,
to remove the parts you already have. You need to use third-party tools, like
BrickStore (application) or Rebrickable (website).

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 19, 2024 04:05

Subject:

Re: Set 6074

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In Inventories, SylvainLS writes:

[…]
Ah ha! On the alternate build shown on the instructions, we can see a 3rd arch
used (and we can infer a 4th one on the other side).

6074-1 Black Falcon's Fortress
Instructions: Castle: Black Falcons

So, according to the rules, at least these two should be Regular 🤔

And there’s already three LG plates (a 1x10, a 2x2, and a 2x10) in Regular that
are not needed for the main build and that are not visible on the alternate.
The plot thickens 🤔

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 18:21

Subject:

Re: Set 6074

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In Inventories, SylvainLS writes:

[…]
Weird that there were no images of their use on the box….

Ah ha! On the alternate build shown on the instructions, we can see a 3rd arch
used (and we can infer a 4th one on the other side).

6074-1 Black Falcon's Fortress
Instructions: Castle: Black Falcons

So, according to the rules, at least these two should be Regular 🤔

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 18:07

Subject:

Re: Set 6074

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In Inventories, SylvainLS writes:

In Inventories, Randa82 writes:

Buonasera,
Volevo sapere cosa si intende
Per articoli aggiuntivi nel catalogo
Di questo set nella descrizione
Delle parti su brick
Sono articoli presenti in origine ??
Spero di aver espresso ben domanda
Simone

Hi,

That’s a strange one indeed. The “Extra” section is for parts that are found
in a sealed box but are not needed for any of the builds seen in the instructions
or on the box.

I had that set when I was a kid… I don’t remember 3 unused arches 🤔

Well, I just checked my parts: there indeed must have been 5 Light Gray 2339
in that set because I’ve 9 and the 4 others are from 6085.

Weird that there were no images of their use on the box….

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 17:57

Subject:

Re: Set 6074

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In Inventories, Randa82 writes:

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 16:56

Subject:

Re: Possible phishing emails

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Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, SylvainLS writes:

Please, don’t post personal info on the forum. Your e-mail address was in the
pictures. Obfuscate it before repost the images.

*reposting

And I forgot: sorry I had to cancel your post, but we can’t edit posts here

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 16:54

Subject:

Re: Possible phishing emails

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Technical Issues

Please, don’t post personal info on the forum. Your e-mail address was in the
pictures. Obfuscate it before repost the images.

In Technical Issues, stabo2855 writes:

I saw a couple of posts regarding emails stating, "Someone has signed into
your account." The ones I saw were from support@policyking.net. The one I
received appears to come from bricklink support. I did not click any links. I
immediately logged out of my account and changed my password. I'm using my
phone b/c my PC is down right now so I could not hover over the address. But
the drop down arrow shows the address as well as encryption details. (see attached
screenshots).

Thanks, SB

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 14:52

Subject:

Re: Stud dimensions?

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https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2510
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=261

In Help, Dhobeck writes:

How do you determine stud dimensions and are there some parts that should not
have them?

Would

970c00 (Inv) Hips and Legs Plain
Parts: Minifigure, Legs {Red}

stud dimensions be 1 x 2 x 2? Or is is classified as not needing
any ?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 14:35

Subject:

Re: Adding parts from stud.io file to wishlist?

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In Help, dethkruzer writes:

So I was looking at some fan-made stud.io instructions for a few builds I've
been looking to do. Thing is, these builds have a fair few pieces that would
take quite a lot of time to search and add to a wishlist manually. But as I was
looking through some discussion on reddit, I saw someone mention something about
using a stud.io file to find all the needed parts, or something like that?

Could someone please explain how i could go about doing this?

Thanks.

Hi,

From Studio: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/5705925898135-Upload-as-a-Wanted-List

From the website: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 12:26

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Re: Closing in on purple brick

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General

In General, Dhobeck writes:

In General, Nubs_Select writes:

Congrats! Don’t forget to celebrate with pizza! 🍕🍕🍕

And ice cream 🍦 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦

Ice cream pizza?

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 10:03

Subject:

Re: "Pay" button on invoice, orders page, etc.

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Problem Order

In Problem Order, zorbanj writes:

[…]
Maybe there's a language barrier at play here, but this is not tax fraud.

AIUI:

If the amount paid/pocketed includes the tax:
— The seller is collecting tax money when they aren’t authorized to and have
no way to remit it. That is tax fraud.
— The buyer is giving the tax money to the seller, who, again, is neither authorized
to collect it nor in any capacity to remit it. Knowingly or not, that is tax
fraud.

(From what was said, the seller is taking the tax. So this is the situation
discussed here.)

If the amount paid/pocketed doesn’t include the tax:
— The buyer is not paying the tax they owe. That is tax evasion, a.k.a tax fraud.
— The seller is helping the buyer not paying the tax. That’s helping and abetting
tax evasion. Tax fraud.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 18, 2024 07:02

Subject:

Re: Closing in on purple brick

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General

In General, Stuart9 writes:

Made it.

🥳 Congrats! 🥳

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 17, 2024 17:08

Subject:

Re: "Pay" button on invoice, orders page, etc.

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Problem Order

In Problem Order, WildBricks writes:

[…]
The only solution we have been able to work out is for me to email my buyer my
direct paypal link and take payment that way, then we can at least move forward
with getting their parts to them.

FYI: https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1401495

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 17, 2024 11:15

Subject:

Re: sprache

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LANG Deutsch

In LANG Deutsch, joelcat writes:

hallo wie kann ich das spiel auf deutsch machen? lg joelcat

Hi and welcome

If you’re talking about Studio, you can’t: it’s English only

Also, the dedicated forum for Studio and PartDesigner is https://forum.bricklink.com/
(hover over the red Studio icon on every page, then click “Studio Forum”).

Please search the forum for your question before posting a new one (the search
box is in the very dark grey banner).
There’s indexes of known bugs and suggestions that you can browse first:
Studio: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5579
PartDesigner: https://forum.bricklink.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5589

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 16, 2024 15:19

Subject:

Re: Inventory Change Request for Set 70400-1

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Inventories Requests