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 Author: Soviet View Messages Posted By Soviet
 Posted: Sep 16, 2019 13:08
 Subject: Re: Sets missing on Bricklink
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Soviet (338)

Location:  Poland, w. Pomorskie
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In Catalog Requests, daniel2009 writes:
  Hi!

I am collecting for a Museum with Pinball Machines and LEGO® Sets in Neulengbach
(near Vienna AUSTRIA) and figured out, that many LEGO® Education Sets are not
listed on BrickLink (eg 9781-1 MINDSTORMS® FIRST® LEGO® League Start Set with
Mindstorms AND Robolab Software) even thogh I have them. How can I add them?

Also a lot Sets (eg 953009-1 Control Lab Teachers Project Guide) are missing
photos and inventory - how can I add them?

thanks for your answer

Website of Museum: http://kinderkram.eitle.at

Start here: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogAdd.asp
 Author: daniel2009 View Messages Posted By daniel2009
 Posted: Sep 16, 2019 13:04
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daniel2009 (603)

Location:  Austria, Niederösterreich
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Hi!

I am collecting for a Museum with Pinball Machines and LEGO® Sets in Neulengbach
(near Vienna AUSTRIA) and figured out, that many LEGO® Education Sets are not
listed on BrickLink (eg 9781-1 MINDSTORMS® FIRST® LEGO® League Start Set with
Mindstorms AND Robolab Software) even thogh I have them. How can I add them?

Also a lot Sets (eg 953009-1 Control Lab Teachers Project Guide) are missing
photos and inventory - how can I add them?

thanks for your answer

Website of Museum: http://kinderkram.eitle.at
 Author: samsam2 View Messages Posted By samsam2
 Posted: Sep 16, 2019 11:37
 Subject: stickered skateboard with or without wheels
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samsam2 (2361)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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Stickered skateboards show up as counterparts in inventories, both with and without
wheels.

I'm about to add a stickered skateboard to the catalog, but I only have time
to add one of the variations. Do either of the variations have a higher priority
for being added to the catalog over the other?
For example
 
Part No: 42511pb09  Name: Minifigure, Utensil Skateboard Deck with Red Apple Pattern (Sticker)
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42511pb09 Minifigure, Utensil Skateboard Deck with Red Apple Pattern (Sticker)
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil, Decorated
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and
 
Part No: 42511c01pb09  Name: Minifigure, Utensil Skateboard Deck with Red Apple on Black Background Pattern (Sticker) with Black Wheels (42511pb09 / 2496)
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42511c01pb09 Minifigure, Utensil Skateboard Deck with Red Apple on Black Background Pattern (Sticker) with Black Wheels (42511pb09 / 2496)
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil, Decorated
Marked for Deletion
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
 Posted: Sep 15, 2019 10:14
 Subject: Re: Belville Fairy - new color or change of color
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axaday (7301)

Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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In Catalog, Juster_Bricks writes:
  Hello,

I have this item in the color Pink. Can you add this color ?

Or is the color not correct for :

Item No: belvFair8
Belville Fairy - Bright Pink with Stars Pattern

See also : https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=250450&nID=1135471

I found your fairy in 5807.
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
 Posted: Sep 14, 2019 14:05
 Subject: Re: 32064 variants
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popsicle (6656)

Location:  USA, Washington
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In Catalog, mfav writes:
  http://v4ei.com/brickref/32064-variants.html

The absolute best part-variation display I've seen. Beautiful!

You've got a real talent, Mark.

-Cory
 Author: Soviet View Messages Posted By Soviet
 Posted: Sep 14, 2019 13:18
 Subject: Re: 40243 Stairs Spiral Step variants
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Soviet (338)

Location:  Poland, w. Pomorskie
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In Catalog, Brickitty writes:
  Great catch!

I have a lot of these pieces, over 100, most in Light Gray from old Harry Potter
sets but also some newer ones in Dark Bluish Gray and Dark Tan. Not a single
one has the variant with the support facing toward the step. I'd assume that
one is rarer, but I'd love to see what others have to say.

Maybe it's worth millions D:
 Author: Brickitty View Messages Posted By Brickitty
 Posted: Sep 14, 2019 12:37
 Subject: Re: 40243 Stairs Spiral Step variants
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Brickitty (6450)

Location:  USA, Colorado
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Great catch!

I have a lot of these pieces, over 100, most in Light Gray from old Harry Potter
sets but also some newer ones in Dark Bluish Gray and Dark Tan. Not a single
one has the variant with the support facing toward the step. I'd assume that
one is rarer, but I'd love to see what others have to say.
 Author: Technologicat View Messages Posted By Technologicat
 Posted: Sep 14, 2019 12:30
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Technologicat (74)

Location:  Finland, Pirkanmaa
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I noticed there are two variants of the 40243 spiral step that behave differently.
On the bottom side, there is a support ridge in the round part that may be located
(see picture):

- Facing away from the step
- Facing toward the step

Both parts have the same code, 40243.

When assembled with the 40244 support axle, with the steps fully spread out:

- The variant which has the support facing away from the step, will have
a part of each step overlapping the previous one (see second picture).

- The variant which has the support facing toward the step - as far I
can tell - will have no (or very little) overlap between adjacent steps.

See third picture, but note only the lowest 6 steps are of the second variant,
because I don't currently have a full set of 8 of them.

All of the steps pictured here are of the old light gray color.

So, does anyone happen to know if particular sets come with a particular variant,
or if it's just random?
 




 Author: Turez View Messages Posted By Turez
 Posted: Sep 14, 2019 08:08
 Subject: Re: We have a new Catalog Associate!
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Turez (43)

Location:  Germany, Niedersachsen
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BrickLink Catalog Administrator (?)
Congratulations Paul and good luck with your new appointment!
 Author: EnchantedBricks View Messages Posted By EnchantedBricks
 Posted: Sep 13, 2019 22:38
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Location:  USA, Pennsylvania
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell


I know I am pretty new here, and I don't know a lot of the stories of the
"Good Ole Days" and I may not be a very large store.. YET, But for what its
worth Congrats !!
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 Posted: Sep 13, 2019 21:09
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Location:  Canada, British Columbia
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Congratulations Paul!
 Author: BricksThatStick View Messages Posted By BricksThatStick
 Posted: Sep 13, 2019 15:28
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BricksThatStick (6356)

Location:  United Kingdom, England
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BrickLink Catalog Administrator (?)
In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Thanks everyone for the kind words
 Author: Adjour View Messages Posted By Adjour
 Posted: Sep 13, 2019 14:52
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Adjour (2453)

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Impressive contributions, welcome (back?) !
 Author: popsicle View Messages Posted By popsicle
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Location:  USA, Washington
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Welcome back, Paul.

And thank you. If you need any consideration from our store please let me know.
It would make me happy to be able to pay-it-back, what you and the others contribute.

-Cory
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Location:  USA, Tennessee
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In Catalog, randyf writes:
  In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  
 
Part No: x789  Name: Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
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x789 Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
Parts: Rock

Really? What a keyboard warrior you are.

Ironically, I've always seen that part for sale and wondered for long periods
of time what it would be good for.
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Location:  USA, Ohio
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In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  
 
Part No: x789  Name: Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
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x789 Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
Parts: Rock

Really? What a keyboard warrior you are.
 Author: axaday View Messages Posted By axaday
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Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Welcome back, Paul #2. Thank you for helping Dan and thank you for helping Dan's
legacy. I never knew him at all, but the thing he made is a good thing and it
needs care. I'll be seeing you around.
 Author: Admin_Russell View Messages Posted By Admin_Russell
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Location:  USA, California
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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  
...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.


Sorry, but I must say that I take offense at this statement. You are passing
judgement on the previous admins and their reasons for leaving the site. You
are implying that the 'correct' attitude would be to maintain one's
dedication to a site even after you may have had a bad experience.
You don't know how they were treated by the management and members of this
site.

Jen

This thread was supposed to be a joyful welcome for a new team member. I'm
sorry if it was offensive to anyone and I don't want to argue a point.

I will leave this thread as it is for now. But if people keep commenting on this
issue, I will be forced to lock it.
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Location:  USA, Oklahoma
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In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  
 
Part No: x789  Name: Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
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x789 Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
Parts: Rock

Are you serious?
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Location:  USA, Washington
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In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  
...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.


Sorry, but I must say that I take offense at this statement. You are passing
judgement on the previous admins and their reasons for leaving the site. You
are implying that the 'correct' attitude would be to maintain one's
dedication to a site even after you may have had a bad experience.
You don't know how they were treated by the management and members of this
site.

I think you make a valid point, I felt so when I first read Russell’s statement
yesterday. But if you’ll allow me just a moment of open mindedness to express
how I reasoned through that portion or Russell’s post…

Simply put, the 'attitude' Russell speaks of, and what you've taken
umbrage with, is for lack of a better term, site first. That is the idea
of BL, not any given people of it - at any given time. Yes, it’s a for-profit
venture, but it’s inception and all important developmental years, were steeped
in the idea of a site that is community for AFOL, according to what is now doctrine
but simply was what Daniel expressed.

I think Russell (understanding he’s partially responsible for the current direction
of BL) to use a metaphor, is attempting to correct course of the ship we all
have boarded

You were as dedicated a BL Inventories Admin as any, I thought. We never met,
but I think I remember you from the Seattle Round Table, sitting across from
my son and I. You’ve given a lot of yourself to the site and should be shown
appreciation, along with the several others that have given selflessly to better
our catalog, including the many non-admin contributors. Catalog is what makes
this site, IMHO.

All that being said, I understand Russell’s statement.

As to your statement "how they were treated by the management and members
of this site" you're no longer an admin, express yourself! I don't believe
unpaid positions are subject to the same enforceability of non-discloser agreements,
if any If you want people to understand the concern that you've taken
the time to post, you'll need to add more context.

Forum participants are less than a percent of the overall site membership, but
the percentage of those that read the forum is far greater.

Take your time, but tell your story, Jen. That is, if you haven't already
somewhere here in the forum.

-Cory
 Author: superchicken77 View Messages Posted By superchicken77
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superchicken77 (1272)

Location:  Canada, Ontario
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I thought the same thing.



In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
  In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  
...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.


Sorry, but I must say that I take offense at this statement. You are passing
judgement on the previous admins and their reasons for leaving the site. You
are implying that the 'correct' attitude would be to maintain one's
dedication to a site even after you may have had a bad experience.
You don't know how they were treated by the management and members of this
site.

Jen
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In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  
 
Part No: x789  Name: Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
* 
x789 Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
Parts: Rock

I see what you did there
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Part No: x789  Name: Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
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x789 Rock 4 x 4 Crystal, Ice Snowflake
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Thanks for the announcement! And I am greatful for everyone's hard work!
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  
...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.


Sorry, but I must say that I take offense at this statement. You are passing
judgement on the previous admins and their reasons for leaving the site. You
are implying that the 'correct' attitude would be to maintain one's
dedication to a site even after you may have had a bad experience.
You don't know how they were treated by the management and members of this
site.

Jen
 Author: paulvdb View Messages Posted By paulvdb
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Congrats and welcome.
 Author: Rob_and_Shelagh View Messages Posted By Rob_and_Shelagh
 Posted: Sep 13, 2019 03:51
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell


Excellent news, excellent choice!

Thanks for taking this role Paul

Robert
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Congratulations.
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In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
  Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell

Congratulations kind sir.
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Hello everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that we have appointed longtime member BricksThatStick
to the Catalog Associate position. Paul served as the site's 4th Inventories
Admin during 2010 to 2011 alongside Emma (SimplyBricks). He effectively replaced
Dan Jezek, the site's founder, who had a special fondness for inventories
work and who of course left very big shoes to fill.

If you take the time to scroll through Paul's 900+ inventories changes:

https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?chgUserID=44744&v=3

...you will notice a sea of green, followed by a sea of blue, followed by another
sea of green. This means he continued to contribute to the catalog after having
once been an admin, which is (unfortunately) something rather uncommon. But it
demonstrates a great and correct attitude, the kind of attitude we wish to model
for all of our other contributors out there, especially the ones still cutting
their teeth.

Paul has, over the years, been very active as a seller and many of you will know
him also from his activity in the Forum. We look forward to his practical insights
and we are confident he will play a vital role in our growing catalog team.

Please welcome him back!

Russell
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 Author: CCBricks View Messages Posted By CCBricks
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  Greetings all...

I had a question regarding the following set:

 
Set No: 4486  Name: AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
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4486-1 (Inv) AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
76 Parts, 2003
Sets: Star Wars: Mini: Star Wars Episode 4/5/6

Can anyone confirm, who has this set, how many bags are included? I have this
set without the box. It contains 2 bags and the instructions. It looks like
everything is there.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5652397

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet!!! Thanks Randy
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In Catalog, CCBricks writes:
  Greetings all...

I had a question regarding the following set:

 
Set No: 4486  Name: AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
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4486-1 (Inv) AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
76 Parts, 2003
Sets: Star Wars: Mini: Star Wars Episode 4/5/6

Can anyone confirm, who has this set, how many bags are included? I have this
set without the box. It contains 2 bags and the instructions. It looks like
everything is there.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=5652397
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Greetings all...

I had a question regarding the following set:

 
Set No: 4486  Name: AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
* 
4486-1 (Inv) AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
76 Parts, 2003
Sets: Star Wars: Mini: Star Wars Episode 4/5/6

Can anyone confirm, who has this set, how many bags are included? I have this
set without the box. It contains 2 bags and the instructions. It looks like
everything is there.

Also, what is the difference between the two sets below, other than the box?

 
Set No: 4486  Name: AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
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4486-1 (Inv) AT-ST & Snowspeeder - Mini
76 Parts, 2003
Sets: Star Wars: Mini: Star Wars Episode 4/5/6
[s=4486-2]

Thanks in advance!

Brian
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Thank you!

In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
  
 
Part No: 87944  Name: Air Blast Launcher Receiver (Racers)
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87944 Air Blast Launcher Receiver (Racers)
Parts: Vehicle





In Catalog, ziddi writes:
  Hello,
does someone know what is the part on the picture? can't find it.
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In Catalog, Teup writes:
  In Catalog, FloathBricks writes:
  Hello everybody,

Hope the post is right here. I found an article that is listed in the wrong category:

3626cpb2423 is listed under "Mini Doll, Head". Should actually under "Minifigure,
Head"

Greetings
Florian

Interesting. Why can printed versions of parts even have different categories
than their parent part? Is there even a case where that is needed? I can think
of one case: 2 x 2 x 2 Slopes with dress prints could go under Minifig,Bodypart
(or better: change the "legs assembly" category in "lower body" and move all
short legs, mermaid tails and ghost lower bodies there too). But even in this
case, those parts are simply "slope".

So if printed parts never even have a different category than their parent part,
why is it apparently needed that these parts are assigned a category manually?
It's just extra work and extra risk of error. In my own webshop's catalog,
the data of the non printed parent part is used as much as possible. That saved
me a whole lot of work.

Check out
 
Part No: 90398  Name: Minifigure, Utensil Statuette / Trophy
* 
90398 Minifigure, Utensil Statuette / Trophy
Parts: Minifigure, Utensil
and its printed versions.

Niek.
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Part No: 87944  Name: Air Blast Launcher Receiver (Racers)
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87944 Air Blast Launcher Receiver (Racers)
Parts: Vehicle





In Catalog, ziddi writes:
  Hello,
does someone know what is the part on the picture? can't find it.
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Hello,
does someone know what is the part on the picture? can't find it.
 
 Author: hpoort View Messages Posted By hpoort
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In Catalog, Teup writes:
  In Catalog, FloathBricks writes:
  Hello everybody,

Hope the post is right here. I found an article that is listed in the wrong category:

3626cpb2423 is listed under "Mini Doll, Head". Should actually under "Minifigure,
Head"

Greetings
Florian

Interesting. Why can printed versions of parts even have different categories
than their parent part? Is there even a case where that is needed? I can think
of one case: 2 x 2 x 2 Slopes with dress prints could go under Minifig,Bodypart
(or better: change the "legs assembly" category in "lower body" and move all
short legs, mermaid tails and ghost lower bodies there too). But even in this
case, those parts are simply "slope".

So if printed parts never even have a different category than their parent part,
why is it apparently needed that these parts are assigned a category manually?
It's just extra work and extra risk of error. In my own webshop's catalog,
the data of the non printed parent part is used as much as possible. That saved
me a whole lot of work.

The BL database does not 'know' about parent parts. This is something
that we as users understand by trimming the part number, but in the underlying
database, there is no such relation between P=3626cpb2423 and P=3626c. For the
database engine, these are just two unrelated records that happen to be near
each other in alphabetical order. Therefore, the category field is to be filled
separately with every item.

There is a relation in the database that relates P=3626c to P=3626a and P=3626b,
but that is not the relation you seek right now.

With the current database, this functionality of automatically linking categories
to the category of the parent part, is (a little) harder to build. However, it
would have unintended consequences: A quick selection in Excel learns that of
the 40K decorated part, 11K have the same category as their 'parent'
part, 24K have not, and 5K have no parent part defined in the database. This
is mostly because there is a separate category for decorated, but there are more
examples.

Hans-Peter
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In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
  In Catalog, Teup writes:
  […]
So if printed parts never even have a different category than their parent part,
why is it apparently needed that these parts are assigned a category manually? […]

There are lots of reasons why something isn’t automatized. The main ones are:
1. You have to realize it’s stupid work.
2. “You can automatize that?!” The users don’t even know they can ask for it
to be done.
3. And, of course, “there’s something else more urgent to do.”

You thought about it because you’re lazy (in a good way ) and you needed to
do the job yourself.

You're probably right, a lot if this may have to do with the fact that catalog
work is unpaid work for Bricklink. Why waste time on making something that's
free less work?
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In Catalog, Teup writes:
  […]
So if printed parts never even have a different category than their parent part,
why is it apparently needed that these parts are assigned a category manually? […]

There are lots of reasons why something isn’t automatized. The main ones are:
1. You have to realize it’s stupid work.
2. “You can automatize that?!” The users don’t even know they can ask for it
to be done.
3. And, of course, “there’s something else more urgent to do.”

You thought about it because you’re lazy (in a good way ) and you needed to
do the job yourself.
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In Catalog, FloathBricks writes:
  Hello everybody,

Hope the post is right here. I found an article that is listed in the wrong category:

3626cpb2423 is listed under "Mini Doll, Head". Should actually under "Minifigure,
Head"

Greetings
Florian

 
Part No: 3626cpb2423  Name: Minifigure, Head Medium Azure Ice Beard, Eyebrows and Gills Pattern - Hollow Stud
* 
3626cpb2423 Minifigure, Head Medium Azure Ice Beard, Eyebrows and Gills Pattern - Hollow Stud
Parts: Minifigure, Head
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In Catalog, Teup writes:
  In Catalog, FloathBricks writes:
  Hello everybody,

Hope the post is right here. I found an article that is listed in the wrong category:

3626cpb2423 is listed under "Mini Doll, Head". Should actually under "Minifigure,
Head"

Greetings
Florian

Interesting. Why can printed versions of parts even have different categories
than their parent part? Is there even a case where that is needed? I can think
of one case: 2 x 2 x 2 Slopes with dress prints could go under Minifig,Bodypart
(or better: change the "legs assembly" category in "lower body" and move all
short legs, mermaid tails and ghost lower bodies there too). But even in this
case, those parts are simply "slope".

So if printed parts never even have a different category than their parent part,
why is it apparently needed that these parts are assigned a category manually?
It's just extra work and extra risk of error. In my own webshop's catalog,
the data of the non printed parent part is used as much as possible. That saved
me a whole lot of work.

This is why goatleg exists - the flatness of the Bricklink catalog makes it difficult
to find decorated parts because they are all thrown into one jumbled category
at the same level as undecorated parts. If the Bricklink catalog were arranged
with true categories and subcategories that move from the general to the specific,
then decorated parts would be subcategories of their undecorated versions and
would be much easier to find.
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In Catalog, Teup writes:
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(or better: change the "legs assembly" category in "lower body" and move all
short legs, mermaid tails and ghost lower bodies there too) […]

Yes, please.
 Author: Teup View Messages Posted By Teup
 Posted: Sep 7, 2019 11:38
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Teup (6593)

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In Catalog, FloathBricks writes:
  Hello everybody,

Hope the post is right here. I found an article that is listed in the wrong category:

3626cpb2423 is listed under "Mini Doll, Head". Should actually under "Minifigure,
Head"

Greetings
Florian

Interesting. Why can printed versions of parts even have different categories
than their parent part? Is there even a case where that is needed? I can think
of one case: 2 x 2 x 2 Slopes with dress prints could go under Minifig,Bodypart
(or better: change the "legs assembly" category in "lower body" and move all
short legs, mermaid tails and ghost lower bodies there too). But even in this
case, those parts are simply "slope".

So if printed parts never even have a different category than their parent part,
why is it apparently needed that these parts are assigned a category manually?
It's just extra work and extra risk of error. In my own webshop's catalog,
the data of the non printed parent part is used as much as possible. That saved
me a whole lot of work.
 Author: SteinchendeaIer View Messages Posted By SteinchendeaIer
 Posted: Sep 7, 2019 10:24
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Hello everybody,

Hope the post is right here. I found an article that is listed in the wrong category:

3626cpb2423 is listed under "Mini Doll, Head". Should actually under "Minifigure,
Head"

Greetings
Florian
 Author: SezaR View Messages Posted By SezaR
 Posted: Sep 6, 2019 04:42
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In Catalog, WoutR writes:
  In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all

If I remember correctly, around 1985.

You remember correctly but the roof 4509 coming with sets 7755 and 7727 in 1983
had part number since its earliest production.

Some old baseplates from 60s or 70s had also part number.
 Author: 1271moggy View Messages Posted By 1271moggy
 Posted: Sep 6, 2019 04:22
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In Catalog, Soviet writes:
  In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  In Catalog, WoutR writes:
  In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
  In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all

The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.

David

Part number such as 3001 for a 2x4 brick ? Certainly the older CA parts had that,
so it must have been in the earliest days.

Nita Rae

The CA parts did have mold numbers (5 04) but not the part number (3176)

Thank you all for your replies. I am now going to pose another question - What
are 'CA' parts? Sorry to be so thick.
Linda

Cellulose Acetate plastic, which LEGO phased out in 1963.

Thank you very much. Everyday I learn something new from the forum.
 Author: Soviet View Messages Posted By Soviet
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In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  In Catalog, WoutR writes:
  In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
  In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all

The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.

David

Part number such as 3001 for a 2x4 brick ? Certainly the older CA parts had that,
so it must have been in the earliest days.

Nita Rae

The CA parts did have mold numbers (5 04) but not the part number (3176)

Thank you all for your replies. I am now going to pose another question - What
are 'CA' parts? Sorry to be so thick.
Linda

Cellulose Acetate plastic, which LEGO phased out in 1963.
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In Catalog, WoutR writes:
  In Catalog, cosmicray writes:
  In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all

The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.

David

Part number such as 3001 for a 2x4 brick ? Certainly the older CA parts had that,
so it must have been in the earliest days.

Nita Rae

The CA parts did have mold numbers (5 04) but not the part number (3176)

Thank you all for your replies. I am now going to pose another question - What
are 'CA' parts? Sorry to be so thick.
Linda

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