| Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | elclair  | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 16:10 | | Subject: | Identify old Lego piece | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
| Hey all.
I bought a crate of used Lego and found a few of these pieces I can't identify
(or seem to find in the bricklink Catalog) It's a hollow brick with "Lego"
printed in the studs.(no reference number)
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 14:33 | | Subject: | Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
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(There might still be problems though. Say, a buyer parts out a set into a WL,
they are asked if they allow other variants, they accept because they think it
will be cheaper and easier to fullfil, but the set really can only be built with
the one variant  )
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This part is the one that would potentially cause issues. Things like the variations
of 3933/3934 that can cause parts to physically not attach in some scenarios.
That's the first I can think of just because I've experienced it in the
past.
Josh
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| Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 14:05 | | Subject: | Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous? | | Viewed: | 59 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Catalog, brikomania writes:
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Thank you for the explanations. I agree that some times, or for some people it
can be useful, but i believe that most of the time it isn't. As suggested,
I think that there should be an option to do a general search for wantlists or
in store, choose if you care about variants or not.
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The database isn’t made for this, and the only way now is to have “undetermined”
variants, which just adds another variant, fouls the price guide, and makes half
the buyers unhappy.
What would be nice would be “virtual undetermined parts,” and inventories and
sellers should still have to use the determined variants but searches and WLs
wouldn’t.
(There might still be problems though. Say, a buyer parts out a set into a WL,
they are asked if they allow other variants, they accept because they think it
will be cheaper and easier to fullfil, but the set really can only be built with
the one variant )
But that means modifying the database and the site too deeply, at least for now….
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| Author: | nectara | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 13:39 | | Subject: | Re: Allow AFOLs to "Bricklink" the ADP sets | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Suggestions, Brick.Door writes:
| | There are no plans to do so, but I hope that once the regular sales period is
finished Bricklink allows the inventory of these sets to be added to the catalog
so people can add them to a want list and buy the parts they need to build them.
Since they use mostly common parts, I think many AFOLs would prefer to build
them with the parts in their own collection, and just buy any ones they are missing.
Not only would this generate revenue for Bricklink by increased sales, it would
be an olive branch to the sellers who have been completely excluded from this
promotion.
Bricklink has done so much to build the AFOL community and it has become a verb
within our vocabulary (much like Google has in the general population). It would
be a sad irony if the sets created by Bricklink to celebrate AFOLs cannot be
Bricklinked by AFOLs.
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I voted no.
They are MOC's not officials Lego sets.
Regards
Nectara
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| Author: | mhortar | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2019 13:29 | | Subject: | Re: Allow AFOLs to "Bricklink" the ADP sets | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
| In Suggestions, Teup writes:
| | In Suggestions, mhortar writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brick.Door writes:
| | There are no plans to do so, but I hope that once the regular sales period is
finished Bricklink allows the inventory of these sets to be added to the catalog
so people can add them to a want list and buy the parts they need to build them.
Since they use mostly common parts, I think many AFOLs would prefer to build
them with the parts in their own collection, and just buy any ones they are missing.
Not only would this generate revenue for Bricklink by increased sales, it would
be an olive branch to the sellers who have been completely excluded from this
promotion.
Bricklink has done so much to build the AFOL community and it has become a verb
within our vocabulary (much like Google has in the general population). It would
be a sad irony if the sets created by Bricklink to celebrate AFOLs cannot be
Bricklinked by AFOLs.
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From what I understand from reading about these sets, these aren't going
to be officially recognized LEGO sets. If that's the case, I don't feel
like they belong in the catalog. Someone will post the inventory somewhere (from
what I understand, it happens with most popular MOCs), so there is nothing stopping
a buyer from creating their own wanted list and purchase the parts without having
the set in the catalog.
Josh
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They're still more official than BrickArms, which is also in the catalog...
Plus, the whole "exciting" part about the whole project, according to BL itself,
is the fact that it's an official cooperation with the LEGO Group.
So yes, I definitely see the irony.
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I objected to adding BrickArms as well, for what it's worth. Fat lot of good
that did 
Josh
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