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In Off Topic, pcthurman writes:

Today when I logged on to Bricklink, I realized that 20 years and 2 days ago,
4/20/2004 I created my account AND placed my first order. 20 years!

Thank you to Dan Jezek for designing Bricklink all those decades ago!

Thank you Bricklink for without this marketplace I would not have had a viable
business model that has worked for 20 years.

Thank you to the countless stores across the world that have provided me with
excellent service!

Thank you to the Community (both in chat & forum) for all the questions answered,
the laughs, the Pizza & Mustard wars, the long debates, the catalog adds & changes,
and a place to go to feel included.

I look forward to the next 20 years whatever they may bring.

Forever grateful,
Cass T

Congrats and well said

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 16:04

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Re: 20 years!!!!

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Off Topic

In Off Topic, peregrinator writes:

[…]
It's on a shelf in a French grocery store in the "États-Unis" section

I believe it’s spelled “gross-ry”

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 16:04

Subject:

Re: AFOL Designer Program - Instructions??

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Designer Program

In Designer Program, 1mickeymousefan writes:

Does anyone know where to get digital copies of the instructions from the original
AFOL Designer program?? I have enough parts to build 2 of them, but cannot
find instructions. Thanks.

I think there’s no digital instructions available for the first program, ADP
(https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/past/adp.page ).

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 12:27

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Re: Not approved?

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In Inventories, randyf writes:

[…]

Doesn’t the set’s page show “pending approval” either way?

Nope.

A set that is reserved shows "Inventory In Progress".

Right, now you’re saying it, I remember I have seen that sometimes

(Still can’t swear it was for these two sets

I need to buy me a “dash cam”
and record everything I do

)

A set that is being worked on or is complete and pending approval shows "Inventory
Pending Approval".

Both conditions are poorly labeled.

+1
Seems there should be three conditions too: reserved, WIP, pending approval.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 12:00

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Re: Not approved?

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In Inventories, randyf writes:

[…]
I don't recall ever seeing these inventories pending approval. They may have
been reserved, but they weren't pending.

Doesn’t the set’s page show “pending approval” either way?

I was just waiting for these inventories to check I had the colours right in
Studio, without having to check the element IDs from the instructions one by
one

But I’m not sure I looked at the pending inventories for these ones. I think
I did but I may be confusing with other sets 🤔

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 11:40

Subject:

Re: What's the most powerful projectile launcher?

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LEGO products

In LEGO products, pcthurman writes:

[…]
LOL, I love to play with all things "launcher" BUT my family takes them
away from me before I can even have any fun!

“Put that knife down, Brutus. I swear, one day, you’ll hurt someone!”

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 11:14

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Re: What's the most powerful projectile launcher?

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LEGO products

In LEGO products, TheBrickGuys writes:

What about this Electromagnetic Railgun Cannon Launcher? It isn't made by
Lego but if you need something with a little more kick...

Though I don't think any stores here on BrickLink have them in stock right
now.

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 22, 2024 08:23

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Not approved?

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Open

Hi all,

I was just wondering¹ what happened with

21348-1 (Inv) Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon's Tale
3688 Parts, 11 Minifigures, 2024
Sets: LEGO Ideas (CUUSOO): Dungeons & Dragons

and

60439-1 Space Science Lab
2024
Sets: Town: City: Space Exploration

These sets had inventories pending approval for some time… and now they don’t
have anything.
Was there something wrong? Did the submitters gave up?

(¹ Not an “I need to part them out! do your job! chop chop!” rant, I’m just puzzled.)

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 21, 2024 06:29

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Re: random one time confirmation code

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Technical Issues

In Technical Issues, Brickspert_AU writes:

Hi all, I'm not too sure what to make of this.
I just turned my computer on today, opened my browser (chrome with tabs open
including bricklink tabs which I was signed into upon closing my browser) and
I got an email from bricklink (blservice@bricklink.com) with the one time code
thing just wondering if this could be cause for alarm, or I think its more
likely a random occurance or something similar.
I think it was sent due to me opening my browser with bricklink tabs open, or
could it be something to do with BLS manager (I only got it a few days ago to
see if i can use it to download my Brick Owl store orders to Brickstore).
I'm hoping its not a sign of a security issue.

Hi,

The one time code depends on “your machine” and is only valid for a month.
“Your machine” is identified by several supposedly invariable data (I don’t know
what BL is using). If you used another browes, or if the cookies were deleted,
or if the month is out, then you need a new OTC. Updating your OS and/or your
browser may also change the identity of “your machine.”

Some people have deactivated the OTC because they were asked for it too often
(the identifying data isn’t ‘invariable’ enough in their cases).

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 21, 2024 06:16

Subject:

Re: Invoice can not be send

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Selling

In Selling, Folkert81 writes:

I have an order from someone in the UK. I adjust the shipping costs and wanted
to send an invoice but I get a white screen with on top the line:

The page cannot be displayed because an internal server error has occurred.

I dont know what is wrong and I never had this before.
Any suggestions??

Hi,

See this thread: https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=356356&nID=1464348

Author:

SylvainLS

Posted:

Apr 20, 2024 16:11

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Re: (Cancelled)

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Suggestions

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

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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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Help

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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Help

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

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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

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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

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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

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Re: Set 6074

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