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UVs don’t tan the plastic. UVs accelerate or make possible some chemical reactions
in the plastic.
Other things may accelerate the reactions. And the reactions also occur all
by themselves.

Came here to say this.

so yeah. This.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

May 4, 2019 15:45

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Re: Vintage version of 4175?

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In Catalog, normann1974 writes:

When sorting my parts

4175 Ladder 1 1/2 x 2 x 2
Parts: Ladder

I've noticed some blue and black versions that look different. The shade
of blue is a bit greenish (image may not show this clearly) and the shade of
blue is a bit greyish. They are easily identifiable by their color variation
but they can also be identified by some whitening/fraying along the edges. I
believe they're made from a softer plastic than usual. Are these vintage
or from certain special sets?

/Jan

I do agree that vintage ones look different and seem to be of a different plastic.

I have never found a modern one broken either.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

May 2, 2019 21:06

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Re: Change NPB Timeline

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I agree with moving it up. Ebay is 8 days, and that is already an eternity.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

May 1, 2019 12:37

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Re: Make website mobile-friendly

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General

In General, crazylegoman writes:

I cannot figure out why someone would try to use Bricklink on a phone. A tablet
maybe, but even the biggest phone screens wouldn't be enough to make good
use of this site in any form.

David

I use my tablet to pull orders and its meh, could be better, but I've used
my phone to check prices or sell rates when in a store sometimes and its awful.

I end up just doing "lego" + "set number" + "bricklink" in google to just skip
straight to the entry. It's faster to do it that way then through the BL
site, on my old phone at least.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Apr 13, 2019 13:34

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Re: Grays & Browns

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In Colors, uticabrix writes:

I am having trouble with brown vs Reddish brown, and also light grey vs light
bluesish gray. Does anyone have any suggestions how to identify which is what?
Are these current colors with Lego?
Thanks in advance!!

The easy way is to ask yourself, "where did these come from?" The light grey
and old brown are only from "vintage" sets. So if you aren't seeing really
early 2000's sets or older, or its from new sets you can assume its the modern
colors.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Apr 4, 2019 12:39

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Re: Seprate entries for each book of instructions

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In Suggestions, irwando writes:

If a set comes with instructions that are across multiple books please allow
listing each book separately. Many retailers are indicating a specific book
in the description which breaks all of the handy search tools. It also makes
it difficult as a buyer to be sure I'm getting full sets.

I sell lots of instructions so I would definitely love to see this implemented.

I'm always worried my IC customers are not reading the descriptions. I don't
want anyone disappointed.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Apr 3, 2019 12:53

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Re: Help identifying these green colors

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In Colors, Juster_Bricks writes:

Help identifying these green colors

2 is medium green IMO.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Mar 31, 2019 13:04

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Re: Make paperwork optional

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In Suggestions, picabo writes:

In Suggestions, cosmicray writes:

As this has been a controversial topic recently, perhaps we should make it a
buyer select-able option.

Allow the buyer to choose to receive paperwork with the order, or to have the
order shipped without paperwork. The seller would then be obliged to follow the
buyer's selection.

thank you, Nita Rae

I voted no. If the buyer requests one from me I'll send it. Ink is expensive
and sometimes that extra paper bumps it up to the next ounce. I'd prefer
not to make a copy of a 500 lot order.

Pam

This this this.

It's already far too easy to have the buyer leave a note with the order.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Mar 26, 2019 12:22

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Re: Country sets are sold in under price guide

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You can change it to only view the prices of your country:
On Price Guide Detail Current Items for Sale Include only Items in Stores which
are Located:
https://www.bricklink.com/priceGuideSettings.asp?viewFrom=P

omg thank you.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Mar 12, 2019 12:46

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Re: LegoMach II Red Bird Rig inner box color?

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In Colors, randyf writes:

In Colors, Adjour writes:

Hi all!

Does anyone in the USA have set #5591 in an original box to reference for me?
I have an original box coming in the mail and the photos show the insert is white,
but I see that both sellers in Europe with one for sale have blue inserts

Just wondering if I/ they have the wrong insert tray, or if there is perhaps
a US/Europe variation on the color. The configuration of the trays looks identical
to me, so I really don't think its the wrong insert tray.

Thanks in advance.

Crystal

I found numerous images online of new and used versions of this set that had
white inserts. I could post more, but I am sure the following will do.

Cheers,
Randy

That's what I get for not googling it. It was late and I guess my brain wasn't
working.

Was this a normal thing back in the 90's? I didn't realize packaging
came in different colors like this

Thanks

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Mar 12, 2019 01:21

Subject:

LegoMach II Red Bird Rig inner box color?

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Open

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Feb 16, 2019 20:10

Subject:

Re: We need a modern way to part out sets.

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In Suggestions, HallBricks writes:

When parting out huge sets with thousands of pieces, it would also be nice to
be able to save the progress and continue later. Maybe there should be one upload
button for each lot, so I don't have to go through the entire list first
and then submit all changes at once.

I can deal with everything else. But this is something I'd really like to
have.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Feb 12, 2019 23:14

Subject:

Re: Aren't these differences ridiculous?

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In Catalog, brikomania writes:

I really like the extensive catalog, and think that most of the differences (like
the jumpers or tiles with groove, etc) are really useful.

But when you get to things like this, with a 1 x 2 x 6 arch, having something
like 4 variants, doesn't it make it too hard for sellers AND buyers?

I get the raised arch difference, that is notable, but this thin/thick thing?

Well, I personally don't care too much for mocs, but those restoring vintage
sets for themselves or customers DO care about variants.

Clips have a bunch as well.

I'm still learning them all. Its interesting, at minimum, and sometimes a
pain

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Feb 7, 2019 15:57

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Re: 5987 Instructions

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In Catalog, baylit writes:

It appears that there were 2 versions of the instructions with different cover
page orientations - 1 landscape and 1 portrait.
Perhaps this has happened a lot. First time I've noticed it.
See image.
How is this addressed in the Bricklink inventory catalog - or should it be?

I encounter this occasionally, I just make a note in the description. I do think
however that images and notes should be added to the catalog.

I've also seen pictures of "instructions" that are likely just images of
the box art (shape is wrong etc)

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Feb 6, 2019 12:20

Subject:

Re: New and Used: more shades of grey are needed

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In Suggestions, JusTiCe8 writes:

Hi,

as a buyer, I found having only two choices for parts condition is far too basic
and not useful, mostly for buyers, but also for sellers who seek accuracy and
honesty regarding their inventory.

I mean, for now a seller can only pick new or used, but pretty much everyone
has his/her own standard and I got some used parts which are like new, some others
which are closer to the one way ticket to trash, if you see what I mean

.

It's not good nor practical to force seller to put actual picture(s) of all
the used parts, both hobbyist and professional has better use of their time I
guess.
Plus, asking for every single part before ordering is not good either, some sellers
didn't took time to reply to potential buyer's question already.

And when seller put description, it's quite subjective, one adjective is
far to describe actual shape of a part: "bite marks, yellowish", ok but how many
marks, how deep ?
how much "yellowished" is the brick ?
Some may claims "quite good", some other "I can't send them to trash".

A quality score could be added to a used part. It would be used as well to set
the sell price, as trash-ready used parts can lower the infamous "average 6 months"
and lower ALL prices, which is very unfair for like new parts.

Any thoughts ?

I dunno, I notice most sellers don't even bother to describe their used parts
at all. So I find any description, even an opinion that may be slightly off from
mine, useful to me.

I've skipped sellers in the past due to no description (esp on expensive
instructions). Every junk part I've received has been on the cheaper end
with no description.

Anyway, I don't see a way to police this, honestly. Its too subjective. You
could have a rating system like ebay where you can rate the item "as described"
with up to 5 stars. However this means tons of sellers would now have to actually
take the time to describe their parts.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Feb 3, 2019 19:01

Subject:

Re: My Pet Peeve of the day

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In Suggestions, Mistress_Lisa writes:

Whenever I am looking up a stickered part in the catalog to identify, I then
look at past and current sales of this part. So my pet peeve is this: how can
a stickered part possibly be listed as 'new'?? Just by the fact that
you took the sticker off the sheet and attached it to the part makes it, by definition,
USED! It doesn't matter if you never used this part to build the set, it
is still used! Is there any way we can disable the 'new' button when
listing these types of parts?

Lisa

Since we are talking about stickers, I see incomplete sticker sheets listed as
"new" as well on occasion.

Since there isn't an "incomplete" option, they should be considered "used"
IMHO.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jan 24, 2019 13:43

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Re: Set weight variance

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In Catalog, kuschelig writes:

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong forum to post this in. I did a search
for 'set weight' in the forums and couldn't find anything addressing
this question.

How are the weight of sets derived? Does a submitter weigh the sealed set on
a scale and enter weight or is it automatically calculated by the inventory submitted?

I've purchased sealed sets 2nd hand over the years and they never seem to
weigh what is listed on BL. I've read recent posts about sellers finding
sealed sets purchased in stores as "new" only to find their contents were replaced.

I decided to check several sealed sets in our inventory, some purchased at chain
stores, others purchased at LEGO stores or SAH, and NONE of them match what was
listed on BL. On smaller sets they have been as close as +/- 2 grams off, but
on mid-size sets (200-400 pieces), I've seen them off up to +/- 30 grams

This has happened with two different scales, so not sure it is an issue with
an inaccurate scale especially considering the sets we are weighing aren't
always lighter than what is listed on BL, but sometime higher too. I also listed
a boat weight that BL shows as 49.69 grams and our scale wavers between 49 &
50 grams, so it seems to be accurate.

Could the package weight be different depending on country? (an inventory is
submitted by someone in EU and their packaging weighs less??)

I want to list some of these 2nd hand sets that appear to be sealed as "new-sealed"
but don't feel comfortable at the moment given these discrepancies between
what we show as weight and what BL says is the weight.

I've always presumed it was the weight of a complete set with a box and instructions.
Occasionally I have to refund shipping cost a bit on sets because the BL IC has
the weight set so high.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jan 16, 2019 15:30

Subject:

Re: New buyers 0 feedback

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In Suggestions, tpr writes:

Hi

It has been quite a while since I joined BrickLink, and for new members is there
any advice/info forwarded when joining (i.e ensure that you read the Sellers
Terms before Buying)

Just had a new member buy 1 part for 50p (UK), for delivery to Slovakia. Didn't
think he would buy once postage etc added.

Just had a message, thought it would be free postage.

Not a problem, as expecting it, but obviously he was not aware or made aware
of how Bricklink works.

Is such a thing in place or could it be added

Thanks

TPR

I've added some large, bold, all caps, very blunt wording to avoid this.
I was having lots of issues with newer international buyers not understanding
rates.

Now I rarely have an issue.

I'm not sure BL is willing to be so blunt about it. ::shrug::

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Dec 9, 2018 21:29

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Re: M tron and our terrible search engine

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In Suggestions, randyf writes:

Well the first thing to do would be to standardize the term "M:Tron" in the entire
catalog so that the searches were more consistent. Thus, all of the items that
currently come up with a search for "mtron" should have "M:Tron" in their names
instead of "MTron". That would go a long way towards solving this first problem.

I will submit change requests to get this started.

All of the item names in the catalog with any reference to M:Tron have been standardized
to "M:Tron".

If you run a search for "m:tron" or "m tron" now, you will get all of the results
in the catalog. However, if you run a search for "mtron" now, you will get no
results. This is not ideal, but at least the searches are not inconsistent. Hopefully
what the volunteer admin team was able to accomplish here can help you and others
for now. Anything beyond this solution will need assistance from the BrickLink
development team.

Cheers,
Randy

Fantastic

I restore a tons of that particular theme and I'm happy for
the help and how quickly this was handled. Thank you again

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Dec 8, 2018 19:28

Subject:

Re: M tron and our terrible search engine

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In Suggestions, randyf writes:

In Suggestions, Adjour writes:

Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?

Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.

This one has definitely always bothered me.

Cheers,
Randy

Sweet sauce. My sanity thanks you.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Dec 8, 2018 15:42

Subject:

M tron and our terrible search engine

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Open

Vote:

[Yes|No]

Can we do anything about the fact that searching "mtron" and "m tron" bring up
different results?

Also the search engine doesn't recognize apostrophes. Like I can search "Emma
house" but "Emma's house" give me an error message.

Thanks for the consideration.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Nov 12, 2018 21:52

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Re: List only USA items in "Items for Sale" tab

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Its an extra two clicks, but the option is already there

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Oct 12, 2018 16:18

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Re: Help with Bionicle Part number

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In Help, randyf writes:

In Help, DMC writes:

What is the part number for this?

It is from an old Bionicle toothbrush made by Colgate.

Cheers,
Randy

Now I've seen everything.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Oct 6, 2018 12:53

Subject:

Re: What about meeting the Buyers?

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*waves but still hides*

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Oct 5, 2018 18:35

Subject:

Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here!

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In Suggestions, crazylegoman writes:

In Suggestions, npl writes:

Twice today I spent time making LARGE orders (two different vendors) for about
$30 or so USD+.

This is hilarious, but I do admit I'm happy to have a $30 non set order and
would consider it large. I honestly have made about 40+ orders here and don't
think I've ever spent $30 at once except when I was finishing a #6985 and
the parts were very expensive.

What I really find is when people are selling as HUGE LOT of lego online/craigslist
without pictures that some questioning reveals its like 3 lbs worth. That's
what it reminds me of.

Anyway, I see both sides,

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Oct 5, 2018 18:29

Subject:

Re: What about meeting the Buyers?

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In Suggestions, EmblaRonja writes:

I thought about something...

It was great wheen BrickLink for about a year ago had some articles where we
could meet some sellers. Fun to read and great for any BrickLinker, I think specially
for sellers.

Coldn´t we have something just the same with some buyers? Invite them to participate
and show of their collection. What do you collect? Are you a builder or just
collecting? Any special finding to tell about? What do you seek now? Any goal
whit your project, collection?
Et c.

I been a collector my self and I often think it´s not so easy to share my passion
with ordinary friends, not that many of them understand Passion of Lego at all.
Maybe more people out there thinks the same?

I think this would be a very good byer friendly marketing thing that could increase
traffic and sales to the site.

God or bad idea?

I did see a seller that has something like "send me a pic of what you built and
I'll share it on *insert social media here*" Which is something I thought
was neat. I'd love to so something like that.

In person, meh, not if they know who I am (as in they have bought from me and
now have my address). Unfortunately being a woman in a mainly "male" hobby sets
me up for all sorts of stalkers.

Honestly, I feel your pain, not being able to share, but thats what expos/events/etc
are for right?

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Oct 5, 2018 10:46

Subject:

Re: Restrictions kill sales! I'm outta here!

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In Suggestions, Abels_Bricks writes:

In Suggestions, Teup writes:

In Suggestions, yorbrick writes:

In Suggestions, tEoS writes:

Instant checkout isn't so simple. You can think you have all bases covered,
but later discover something that prevents a buyer from ordering.

In addition, we have no way to test our setup or see a buyer's cart to troubleshoot
an issue.

I use instant checkout, though I would never recommend, as I'm certain to
have lost orders because of it not functioning quite right.

This is where IC could be improved. The current postage cost could be displayed
when in the store and get updated after each addition, and flagged up if an item
is included that stops the IC working. This is pretty much how it works on BO
- it is great to see if adding one part increases the postage costs, you can
then decide whether the real cost for that part is worth it.

And I think on the seller's side of the interface, it should also warn that
not all weight/volume/value/country combinations are covered. I think it's
the sellers responsibility to make sure that they have it all covered, it's
not rocket science. But it is true it takes some concentration and staring at
the screen to make sure everything is OK, so an algorythm that checks if there
are no holes sounds like exactly the type of thing we have computers for.

The best thing that Bricklink could do and I am amazed that BL has not done this.

A sandbox for sellers to test postage options.

This would allow us all to check out settings and tweak them to make sure they
are correct for the way we want to sell.

I love this idea. I still don't have my shipping the way I'd like, mainly
because I can't see what the buyer is seeing.

I'm no dummy and I've shipped thousands of packages on 2 other platforms
before coming here and found setting up shipping to be quite difficult. This
site is not intuitive, but I suppose that weeds out most would be sellers, so
I can't complain too much.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Sep 26, 2018 21:59

Subject:

Re: Is this baseplate faded?!

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In Help, SezaR writes:

I got this for first time:

2552px1 Baseplate, Raised 32 x 32 with Ramp and Pit with Ice Pattern
Parts: Baseplate, Raised

It is not new. All the studs on the top are whitish and not 100% blue. It looks
strange. I am not sure if this is faded or not. If it is faded, it is faded in
a consistent way.
Let me know if you have or had this baseplate in the past and how you find mine
( it has dust on it but that is not an issue)

looks like playwear to me. A lot of kids used these baseplates to build mocs.

Author:

Adjour

Posted:

Jul 11, 2018 12:30

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Re: Block fresh buyers (0) from my store?

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