Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | yorbrick  | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2019 10:22 | | Subject: | Re: Appoint a new administrator | | Viewed: | 79 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In General, tpr writes:
| | Hi
I know a lot of work goes on behind the scenes with volunteer administrators
who do a damn good job with the catalogue and inventories.
Is it about time Bricklink appointed an (or more) administrator (s) to oversee
the selling side of Bricklink.
Bricklink would not exists without its revenue from sellers putting in time and
effort to sell and pay fees to Bricklink.
Surely it is only fair to sellers and buyers that items for sale conform to the
rules. If items are being mis-represented they should be removed or sellers given
the opportunity to amend their listing.
It would be nice if Bricklink appointed people to oversee the selling side of
the business. Sellers may then start conforming with their listings
tpr
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I think also there should be sanctions where this appears to be deliberate. If
you make a mistake (such as listing new when it has been used) and it is reported
and BL agrees, then it's fine and you should learn from it. If you make that
same mistake again (say within six months or a year), then you get a week's
ban from selling. If you do it again after that, it's a month ban.
Maybe with different limits for bigger stores / higher turnover stores.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2019 07:15 | | Subject: | Re: collectable minifigures leaflets | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | That is not true for series 1 up to 15 where all leaflets had a unique numbering,
also most series at least up to series 13 (if not all) had a unique code on them
to unlock the characters on the website https://www.playminifigures.com/ (is
no longer active, was closed at the end of 2016).
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What do you mean by unique numbering?
Do you mean the 122091-1, 2, 3 codes?
I've just looked at 27 Series 8 leaflets, all have 122091-1 or 122091-2,
and I have not seen any other numbers after the dash. The exact same number is
on other series leaflets too. For Series 10 I have a 122091-3. I don't think
these numbers were unique to individual sets within a series.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 09:26 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | You just said it has two arms, but it doesn't unless you are counting the
unattached robot arm and claw.
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I make that two arms.
| | The catalog picture for a minifigure shows the
minifigure assembled. Most catalog pictures for sets show the set assembled.
But your customers are not expecting you to take what Lego supplied and assemble
it for them like the picture.
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I agree. Most customers buying new parts expect me to take the new parts as supplied
by LEGO and send those. They do not expect me to assemble them. But I cannot
sell the parts that LEGO supplied here, I have to sell either a combination of
them or pull them apart. There is no option to sell it as it was originally supplied.
It is the inconsistency that is a problem. Going back to the sprues, LEGO did
not intend them to be used according to the pictures of the sets. But BL catalogues
these parts as coming on a sprue. They are listed as coming that way in the set,
whether or not all the parts are needed. There is an option to sell the parts
connected to a sprue (or in a bag) as supplied or sell the parts individually.
Whereas here, they are not listed as they come in the set. There is no option
to sell the parts as supplied.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 09:03 | | Subject: | Re: What sets could I build from my inventory | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, szellandor writes:
| | Hey guys,
Is there a listing option here to check which complete sets could I be able to
build using the parts in my inventory? If the answer is yes, can I exclude the
parts from my inventory that belong to a complete set I wouldn't want to
take apart for the purpose? I have a crazy amount of spare parts, I'd like
to check wether they could add up to some nice, complete sets 
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https://rebrickable.com/
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 08:44 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | Because at Bricklink you cannot sell the torso assembly as it is supplied by
LEGO. There is not a catalogue entry for the torso, arm and hand and robot arm
without the claw, as supplied by LEGO. To match the catalogue entry, you need
to add the robot arm.
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Do you really want to sell a torso with 1 arm? Is there is a market for that?
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It is what lego supplied. It has two arms, just no robot arm / claw extension.
I don't know if there is a market for it, as it cannot be sold that way.
And there are plenty of listings for torsos without arms, whether there is a
market for them or not. They all get catalogued even though this is not how lego
supply them. Yet these pieces don't get listed as they are supplied - but
do get catalogued if you either add another part or remove some parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 06:56 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, axaday writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | Precedence.
All of the other torsos that use
are handled the same way.
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OK, so it's historical. Will this ever be changed to reflect what is actually
received in a set rather than what is needed for a set, like the debate about
the sprued parts now being the whole sprue rather than the required parts only?
If parting these out it is necessary to assemble them, and I don't want to
assemble them if they later become the individual parts.
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Please don't assemble ANY of the minifig parts if you are selling it to me.
Why would this imply that anyone wanted you to do that?
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Because at Bricklink you cannot sell the torso assembly as it is supplied by
LEGO. There is not a catalogue entry for the torso, arm and hand and robot arm
without the claw, as supplied by LEGO. To match the catalogue entry, you need
to add the robot arm.
It implies you have to either add the arm to the torso, or bag them separately
to keep them together, or store them unattached but need to remember to add the
robot arm, and hope the buyer finds the robot arm before complaining that it
is missing the arm.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 05:28 | | Subject: | Re: Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | Precedence.
All of the other torsos that use
are handled the same way.
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OK, so it's historical. Will this ever be changed to reflect what is actually
received in a set rather than what is needed for a set, like the debate about
the sprued parts now being the whole sprue rather than the required parts only?
If parting these out it is necessary to assemble them, and I don't want to
assemble them if they later become the individual parts.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 9, 2019 04:48 | | Subject: | Benny's torso 973pb1652c02 | | Viewed: | 82 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| This part is listed as
I have opened seven of the CMF versions and they do not come like this in the
set. The torso comes without the robot arm attached. Is there are reason having
only the assembly in the inventory, and not having it how it actually comes in
the CMF set?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jul 4, 2019 07:04 | | Subject: | Brand filters (again!) | | Viewed: | 153 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| The AFOL sets are not real LEGO sets, right?
Have they been catalogued incorrectly or are the filters not working correctly?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2019 08:43 | | Subject: | Re: Connecting to Royal Mail | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, NorthJ90 writes:
| | It would be so much easier if BrickLink could connect to Royal Mail and download
orders like you can on eBay. I’d be happy to pay a little more on fees to accommodate
it.
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I wouldn't pay higher fees for this, so voted no.
Also, there are not that many active UK stores. For BL to implement this for
such a small number of sellers is unlikely.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 27, 2019 14:38 | | Subject: | Re: Toy Story Duplo 10894 parts not in inventory | | Viewed: | 22 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, BEEKUZZ writes:
| | We need the Toy Story Train 10894 inventoried so we can part out. How is this
done? Can I do it myself?
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Yes so long as it is not already reserved. Use the links here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?topicID=38
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 21, 2019 04:58 | | Subject: | Re: col08-14 ACTOR | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
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Is there a reason this keeps getting changed?
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I have no idea. last name change was done by Robert
(Nov 7, 2018 by StormChaser) and this change isn't in the log
So ask him  ...if you have contact with him.
I really have no knowledge about it.
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This set was originally listed as Actor, it was then changed to Thespian. I asked
for the Actor name to be reinstated, which it was, and then it was removed again.
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for other to see it history
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?itemID=111573
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The minifigure version has both names:
Why can the set not keep both names?
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Have no idea.
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I'd suggest it again, but seeing as I have done it once and it got done and
then changed back again later I don't see the point of going round in circles.
It should really drop the "The" as well - we don't have The Butcher, The
Plumber, etc.
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So I've change it to be the same as minifig entry, but you know in the future
a new admin can change it back again 
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Thanks, hopefully the dual name will stay. I know people use both.
Thanks also for correcting the spelling of ANTON'S tile.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 20, 2019 15:25 | | Subject: | Re: col08-14 ACTOR | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Hygrotus writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
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Is there a reason this keeps getting changed?
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I have no idea. last name change was done by Robert
(Nov 7, 2018 by StormChaser) and this change isn't in the log
So ask him ...if you have contact with him.
I really have no knowledge about it.
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This set was originally listed as Actor, it was then changed to Thespian. I asked
for the Actor name to be reinstated, which it was, and then it was removed again.
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for other to see it history
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReqList.asp?itemID=111573
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The minifigure version has both names:
Why can the set not keep both names?
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Have no idea.
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I'd suggest it again, but seeing as I have done it once and it got done and
then changed back again later I don't see the point of going round in circles.
It should really drop the "The" as well - we don't have The Butcher, The
Plumber, etc.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 20, 2019 14:52 | | Subject: | col08-14 ACTOR | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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Is there a reason this keeps getting changed?
This set was originally listed as Actor, it was then changed to Thespian. I asked
for the Actor name to be reinstated, which it was, and then it was removed again.
The minifigure version has both names:
Why can the set not keep both names?
And on their webpages, LEGO refer to it as ACTOR. If it can have only one name,
then surely it should be the LEGO one.
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/themes/minifigures/products/lego-minifigures-8833
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 18, 2019 04:19 | | Subject: | Re: New part that doesn't exist without printing | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
| | There's a new part I want to add to the catalog, and so far it only exists
with a printing on it. Is the proper procedure to add a sort of "placeholder"
entry for the actual new mold/part that has no printing, and then add the new
printed part that I have? I will upload a photo of the printed version I have,
but of course, cannot for the base part.
Thanks,
David
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I believe you can only submit the printed part, as that is what exists.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 12, 2019 04:06 | | Subject: | Re: Have all members pay BL $1 to buy and/or sell | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | "Let's trap all buyers inside of this mall so they don't go out without buying our products"
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That's a good idea. How about membership fees of $1000 per year. But that
allows you to get $1000 of credit towards any BL orders you place in that year.
For large buyers it will make no difference. For small buyers, it will encourage
them to spend more.*
* Or not join at all.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2019 12:33 | | Subject: | Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:
| | In Suggestions, nectara writes:
| | In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:
| | This is a fairly bad marketing idea for shops that probably don't work out
in the shops favour. I know a majority of my browsing has ended up in me taking
my business and money to another shop. Where I am either buying from someone
without a min buy, or selecting other items I actually want to hit that minimum
purchase amount. So my suggestion is to add a donation field/possibility to finish
passing the required purchase line.
I have only made 3 purchases since I joined but these 3 people are profiting
by shop deterrence over the min buy. One of which was a difference of 3 cents
to the min buy vs. paying 1 cent more for the same thing because it didn't
have one.
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If a few cents deter you to buy then maybe Lego hobby it's too expensive
for you.
Regards
Nectara
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spending a few extra cents doesn't deter me; being a few extra cents away
from min purchase amount and not being able to find something else I desire to
reach that min buy amount however does.
For example:
if I am after certain minifigs
shop a) has fig 1 for 1.99, and fig 2 for 2.99 that I am after - with a min buy
of 5.00 I am at 4.98. 2 cents away
shop b) will have the same one for 2.00 but no min buy - so I purchase that one
(shop a misses out)
shop c) will have fig. 2 for 6.00 and a min buy of 5.00 - and I'll pay the
extra $3 for that one - because it passes the min buy margin.
It's not that I'm paying more that's the issue - it's more so
that shop a, is missing out on business because of literally 2 cents (or even
$2) that I would be more than willing to donate just so save a 5 or 10 minutes.
so now shop a misses out on a possible profit due to selectivity and lack of
a difference feature
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So you will overpay by $3 and also pay two lots of shipping, which is probably
another $2 minimum. In this example, was there really nothing else under $5 that
you could have added, getting you a cheaper overall price plus a free item?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Jun 1, 2019 04:06 | | Subject: | Re: Option to Donate to reach min. buy | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Brickochet writes:
| | This is a fairly bad marketing idea for shops that probably don't work out
in the shops favour. I know a majority of my browsing has ended up in me taking
my business and money to another shop. Where I am either buying from someone
without a min buy, or selecting other items I actually want to hit that minimum
purchase amount. So my suggestion is to add a donation field/possibility to finish
passing the required purchase line.
I have only made 3 purchases since I joined but these 3 people are profiting
by shop deterrence over the min buy. One of which was a difference of 3 cents
to the min buy vs. paying 1 cent more for the same thing because it didn't
have one.
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Can't you just buy some extra parts you are likely to need in future?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 22, 2019 06:12 | | Subject: | Re: which is the correct listing? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | Which is why my part didn't show up properly, most
people are listed as
whereas really they should be
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There are 87 of the "set", whereas there are 4294 listings for the part. So most
people have listed them as the single part. The sealed ones listed as sets are
likely to be correct, as are the used ones listed as sets as they do not need
to contain the packaging (although the listing should say that).
If you have plenty of a single part set (or single minifigure set), it is often
a good idea to list some as the part (or minifigure) and some as the set, as
different buys will search for different things.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 21, 2019 04:50 | | Subject: | Re: Brittle Blue | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, randyf writes:
| | I just opened a brand new
and when I started to build it, the first few
[p=3062b]
in blue that I put on the build cracked almost immediately with an audible sound.
I had never seen or heard anything like this before in any LEGO that I owned,
so I stopped building right away.
When I looked at the parts, I noticed right away that the color of them looked
off. I then remembered that people here in the forums had talked about a "Brittle
Blue". Sure enough, these parts seem to match the typical color that I have found
in the forums for this "Brittle Blue".
After that, I looked through all of the blue parts in the set and noticed almost
all of them have this same off color of blue. I am afraid to try building with
any of the other parts so as not to crack them. It looks like the only blue parts
in the set that are not "Brittle Blue" are the cup, steering wheel stand and
the modified bricks.
Since some people seem to collect pieces in this "color", I was wondering if
anyone in the forums would be interested in some absolutely brand new "Brittle
Blue" pieces that have never been used in any way. If you are interested, let
me know.
Cheers,
Randy
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That is really bad, it must be disappointing for that to happen when opening
a new set.
Can you guarantee they will break on first use?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 20, 2019 06:22 | | Subject: | Re: Protest of 3830c01 marked for deletion | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Cob writes:
| | In protest of 3830c01 being marked for deletion I am not going to sell either
3830 or 3831 on BrickLink.
I sell used bricks, nearly all of these come to me as a complete hinge, in order
to sell them I must either sell them as a pair or manually separate them and
then list them separately.
I still don't understand why they were marked for deletion. There only single
colors in the catalog, no crossed colors, no decorated items. Nothing but plain
single colors.
I will sell them on other well known sites.
Cob
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While this piece is being discussed, I have always found the name odd. It only
looks like a 1x4 hinge brick when it is paired together. Therefore if it is not
paired, then the parts are not a 1x4 brick. They look like 1x2 bricks with a
bit of modification.
LEGO refers to the individual pieces as a "hinge 1x2 upper part" or "lower part".
Which makes more sense when you are searching for it.
And in terms of setting a precedent:
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 14, 2019 05:17 | | Subject: | Re: Fair, safe and legal trading = BL principles | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | Well, yes, you are right. The seller has to cancel when requested but is entitled
to taking any measures they like. Especially since this Bricklink world is slightly
different from regular online retail as a lot of labour goes into getting an
order together.
Maybe the "without penalty" part wasn't phrased to well. At least I would
like the language to change. Because right now some sellers write things in their
terms like "I don't accept cancellation requests" or "orders are legally
binding contracts" or stuff like that. I think there's an important distinction
between discouraging it / considering it rude or something like that on the one
hand, and making buyers believe they have no actual choice but to pay up on the
other hand. The latter is basically misinformation about the rights that consumers
have. I think vulnerable/naive consumers should be protected by at least being
offered store terms that don't obscure their rights.
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Yeah, I totally agree. This is sort of covered already in the terms, as sellers
must abide by their local laws, and writing contract terms that go against those
just mean the buyer is likely to win if they ever took the case to small claims
court or equivalent.
That said, the BL terms mention that orders are "legally binding contracts",
which probably needs cleaning up.
| | | | | | - Being responsible for lost shipments - meaning full refund or resend if anything
goes missing
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And no problem there, and this holds if the buyer pays with paypal anyway. Although
if BL start asking for proof of delivery routinely, this may change smaller orders
as sellers start charging for this.
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I think Bricklink could do two things in all this: 1. Enforcing by being involved
with the actual transactions, which might be complicated and costly (although
that is not an excuse it is not needed - perhaps it is) and/or 2. Simply moderate
store terms ahead of any transactions a store may be involved in. That's
not too much manual work, and we live in an age where computers can recognize
actual people in photographs, so I'm pretty sure some algorithms can be put
together to spot illegal store term claims. Even with a simple search operation
it's easy to spot them.
I think the main problem has to do with stores having illegal terms more than
store having legal terms but not keeping to them. Once the store terms are sound,
buyers will be able to call out and spot bad sellers pretty easily whenever they
cause trouble that's not in line with their own terms.
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Yeah, although there are probably ways around the machine learning checks for
terms. It might be better that BL has one set of terms that sellers must agree
to, standardised across all stores. Where necessary there could be country based
amendments (across all sellers in that country) due to local laws.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 13, 2019 06:03 | | Subject: | Re: Fair, safe and legal trading = BL principles | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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- Full acceptance of cancellation without penalty and without reason required
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This issue has been around for years (as has the thread!). There is no legal
right to cancellation without penalty. The buyer has a right to cancel,
but that does not mean that they can order, then cancel. Order, then cancel.
And so on without penalty. If a buyer becomes a problem for a store (whether
on BL or elsewhere), the store is legally entitled to stop selling to them. It
is the same with feedback - feedback does not affect the right to cancellation.
Just because a buyer has a right to cancel, it does not take away the right a
seller has to leave feedback or file a NPB. Of course, if a buyer is responsive
and asks for a cancellation, then many decent sellers will allow cancellations
and they may be more lenient than if the buyer just doesn't pay. But if a
buyer orders then cancels, orders then cancels, orders then cancels, it wouldn't
surprise me if the buyer gets blocked from buying from that store.
| | - Accepting returns and refunding the buyer including the postage cost and the
postage cost of sending it back
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Again, legally they have this right (although may need to pay return postage
if this is detailed in the seller's terms). But that doesn't mean the
seller cannot block them to stop them doing it again in the future.
Large online retailers are starting to crack down on people buying items, especially
clothes, wearing them with the tags on, then returning them.
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- Not charging more for transaction fees than the transactions actually cost
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No problem there.
| | And last but not least:
- Being responsible for lost shipments - meaning full refund or resend if anything
goes missing
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And no problem there, and this holds if the buyer pays with paypal anyway. Although
if BL start asking for proof of delivery routinely, this may change smaller orders
as sellers start charging for this.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 10, 2019 13:54 | | Subject: | Re: Fair, safe and legal trading = BL principles | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| | | This is great and all of that; as I don't support customs fraud, and so I
support this idea of yours! HOWEVER, the problem with buying internationally
(at least for a Canadian Buyer as myself) is that the sales taxes (GST, HST and/or
PST) *IN PARTICULAR* (it's much, MUCH more difficult to do it with customs
duty fees, but whatever...) aren't usually automatically levied and actually
shown/itemized on invoices for Bricklink orders from Sellers in foreign countries
like the U.S. when the net amount [price of LEGO goods, excluding shipping, handling
and insurance fees (if insurance is requested by the Buyer or is made mandatory
by the Seller)] is over $40, which is the *new* minimum amount in which GST,
HST, PST, etc. can be levied for importing goods via e-commerce. Therefore, this
creates an emotional headache for the Buyer when the mail person delivers the
parcel to the shipping address but asks for sales taxes plus the customs handling
fee payments *before* releasing the parcel to the Buyer (or to someone else on
the Buyer's behalf), as the buyer is often either in one of two situations
– one, he/she is not always home there when the parcel is attempted delivery;
or two, the buyer's own home address is different from the delivering-to
address (the latter one is the one that applies to me personally there), and
the person who is supposedly accepting the parcel on the Buyer's behalf refuses
to pay anything that is owning to various levels of government (sales taxes,
customs duties and/or customs handling fees) on the Buyer's behalf (to which
the Buyer will later pay back to whoever had to pay the various fees to the postal
worker UP FRONT on the Buyer's behalf) – which results the Buyer in needlessly
in having to go to the local post office to pick up the parcel and make "surprise"
payments for any sales taxes (as well as possible customs duty fees, in some
cases) plus the customs handling fee that are owning there.
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I don't really see how any of this is different to other countries that charge
sales tax on imported goods over a threshold. If you buy over the threshold,
you get taxed. It is your job to know about this as an importer buyer, and there
should not be a surprise.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 2, 2019 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Coral | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, runner.caller writes:
| | In Colors, yorbrick writes:
| | In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, Teup writes:
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I'd go for salmon or something like that.
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Are you talking about the colour of the fresh flesh, the cooked flesh, or the
smoked flesh? At what time of the year the salmon was killed? What did the
salmon eat? Were there artificial colorants added? Or are you talking about
the colour of its scales? And are they the scales on the belly, the head, the
tail? And which of the 8 species of fish that we name “salmon”?
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Don't start on lavender. I have about 15 different varieties in my garden,
and none of them match the colour of BL's lavender.
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I'm still waiting on BL to address the different shades of black.
Black
Dark Black
Light Black
Dark Bluish Black
Light Bluish Black
Trans-Chrome Black
Whitish Black
The list goes on!
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Don't forget "Priests' socks" black. All others are really very, very,
very very dark blue.
https://youtu.be/N8VFecEzkgk?t=32
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 2, 2019 09:22 | | Subject: | Re: Coral | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, Teup writes:
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I'd go for salmon or something like that.
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Are you talking about the colour of the fresh flesh, the cooked flesh, or the
smoked flesh? At what time of the year the salmon was killed? What did the
salmon eat? Were there artificial colorants added? Or are you talking about
the colour of its scales? And are they the scales on the belly, the head, the
tail? And which of the 8 species of fish that we name “salmon”?
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Don't start on lavender. I have about 15 different varieties in my garden,
and none of them match the colour of BL's lavender.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | May 1, 2019 12:36 | | Subject: | Re: Make website mobile-friendly | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| 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
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It depends what you are buying. If just minifigures, then a normal to larger
smart phone screen would be fine if there was a decent interface. Similarly,
if buying from an already set up wants list, a smaller screen is fine.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 22, 2019 07:40 | | Subject: | Brand filter not working | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| The brand filter is not working correctly. I have LEGO only turned on, yet I
am shown adverts for non-LEGO items during my searches. Is it possible to turn
off non-LEGO products?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2019 09:45 | | Subject: | Re: Lengths in “L” and 18654 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, jennnifer writes:
| | In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | My point was that if you categorize it as a bushing, you don't need to worry
about the length of it at all. You don't see the axle bushing above listed
as a "Technic Bush 1L". It is just "Technic Bush". So change that one to "Technic
Axle Bush" and
to "Technic Pin Bush" and problem solved. No need to worry about the length at
all. Like I said, it doesn't and can't connect pins or axles at all,
so it is definitely *not* a "Technic, Pin Connector". And that's a fact.
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I submitted changes along this train of thought long ago but they were not approved.
It is a 1x1 Liftarm in actuality but functions only as a bushing. I support moving
it to a more appropriate category.
Jen
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I had never thought of it as a 1x1 liftarm, but that makes perfect sense at least
in an algorithmic type way. A liftarm that cannot actually lift or connect anything!
Maybe go further and rename all liftarms as double bush, treble bush, etc!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2019 09:07 | | Subject: | Re: Lengths in “L” and 18654 | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
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Yeah, so why call this a pin 1/2 ... […]
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Because there’s no constistence to the catalogue?
| | Personally, I'd go with a naming convention of the form:
Pin 2L (with friction ridges) and Stop Bush 1L.
So a normal pin would be a pin 2L, a half pin would be a pin 1L, and so on. Anything
with four half pins would be "with 4 pins 1L" and so on.
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Okay… provided we agree on what a “L” is and out-of-system dimensions like “2/3
L” are verified before being accepted in the catalogue
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Yes, consistency is key. Maybe as a definition, call 1L equal to what LEGO call
1M.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2019 08:45 | | Subject: | Re: Lengths in “L” and 18654 | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog, yorbrick writes:
| | | | No. A "pin" is the standard Technic pin. Basically, half of
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Why half of it? And if it was half of it, shouldn't that one be named a "double
pin". […]
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But
has only one pin, or is the other half considered hidden inside the brick?
And
and the like are “pin”s, not “half-pin”s and there’s no room for a hidden second
half.
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Yeah, so why call this a pin 1/2 ...
And this ...
And everyone's favourite, the flick missile ...
Personally, I'd go with a naming convention of the form:
Pin 2L (with friction ridges) and Stop Bush 1L.
So a normal pin would be a pin 2L, a half pin would be a pin 1L, and so on. Anything
with four half pins would be "with 4 pins 1L" and so on.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 17, 2019 08:19 | | Subject: | Re: Lengths in “L” and 18654 | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | No. A "pin" is the standard Technic pin. Basically, half of
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Why half of it? And if it was half of it, shouldn't that one be named a "double
pin".
I have always taken a pin to be that whole part. If you have half of it, then
you have half a pin. Which is how this one is named.
And of course if you have 3/4 of it, you get this one.
But then the naming problems come with longer ones.
and so on. These should be 1.5 pins but now use the L naming instead so 3L.
Maybe normal pins should be called "pin 2L", half pins could be called "1/2 pin
1L" and so on, although just "pin 1L" would do if the L designation is used.
Especially when things like this are named
as pin double, when really they are "pin 1/2" double. And double is also used
here:
What is double here, is it two full pins joined side by side with a stop bush
inserted into the middle with an axle hole (as suggested by the name), or is
it quadruple 1/2 pins? Plus the L dimensions are not given.
Worse still, this one is now not a double, but four pins (really 1/2 pins).
Or should it be a double pin, where the pins are separated with something in
the middle, like above.
Plus this one isn't a pin anymore, whereas the one above is.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2019 13:06 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Store Pick Brick Wall Small Cup Vs Large | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, randyipp writes:
| | In Inventories, POPS_BLOCK_SHOP writes:
| | Made a short 4 minute video with spreadsheet and all of what Cup is a better
value at Lego Store Pick a Brick Wall.
LARGE Vs. SMALL
https://youtu.be/4ewH-smrNFc
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Unless you get exactly the same thing in each cup this calculation really doesn't
work. It works for you if you are curious as to the value you got but really
has nothing to do with the difference in size.
Just one example: You have the 28 1x4 which would be equivalent to about 250-350
1x1 round plates which equals nearly $12 (assuming 300).
I think a simple solution would be to fill the small cup with water twice and
dump it into the large cup to see what the difference in volume is.
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That is a rough guide but with bricks you cannot fill the cups completely due
to voids. I know in the past people have checked the value of filling a big vs
small cup with just one type of part at a time (2x4 bricks or 1x1 round tiles).
For example, you can get 102 2x4s (8.8c each) in a small cup, compared to 167
(9.6c) in a large. Whereas if you just scoop into the small cup, it is down at
56 bricks (16.1c).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGIS2rwYPTc
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2019 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: Keffiyeh vs Turban | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | Well, I’m sure there’s peacockery somewhere (bad, bad pun) but “corne” is a common
term in French for angled/folded —wait for it— corners!
Yes the English “corner” is about horns too
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Of course, Little Jack Horner sat in the corner ...
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2019 12:35 | | Subject: | Re: Keffiyeh vs Turban | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | You’ll note that on that page, keffiyeh is spelled keffiyah.
(While the wiktionary lists kaffiyah, kufiya, and kufiyah as alternative spellings,
but not keffiyah.)
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Spellings and especially accents are a real pain.
My claim to fame is that I managed to get "Palantir" added to "Palantír".
* | | 54821pb02 Ball, Bionicle Zamor Sphere with Marbled Trans-Yellow Pattern (Palantír, Palantir)
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Not only didn't I know there was an accent on the i, as an English speaker/writer
I haven't a clue how to add an accent anyway so would never have been able
to search for it.
I tried similar for Joachim Low, Mesut Ozil, and so on, but they were rejected.
For some reason, Jérôme (Jerome) Boateng is allowed as a minifigure name only,
but as a set he is just Jérôme Boateng. The one that is a pain is André Schürrle,
as he has an accent in both names so cannot be searched unless you can enter
accents or cut and paste his name. Quicker to just search for "DFB" instead.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2019 11:29 | | Subject: | Re: Keffiyeh vs Turban | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, velocity.rex writes:
| | I get a little annoyed every time I encounter this piece.
It's always the same cycle, I search "turban" because it's very similar
to a turban.
and all that pops up are these;
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So then I remember that the piece I'm looking for is on a few of the Prince
of Persia minifigs so I go to catalog, minifigs, prince of persia, and then scroll
until I find one with the matching headgear, and then drill down into it's
inventory to find that it's called a "Keffiyeh"
to which my response is, "oh, well, I'll probably never remember that..."
I wish the description was "Headgear Headdress Cloth Wrap Keffiyeh (Turban)"
even if it's not technically a turban. It would help me find it faster in
the future.
At any rate, taking the time to type this all out should help me remember in
the future and I discovered that one only has to type "kef*" in the headgear
search and this pops up so I should be able to remember those 3 letters at least
going forward.
Took me awhile to remember "kepi" for this part too, but I remembered eventually.
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You can request a change, to add the word turban to it. https://www.bricklink.com/catalogReq.asp?itemType=P
For example, Katana was added to this one:
Fortunately, the more basic "sword" was also kept!
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2019 10:39 | | Subject: | Re: inconsistencies | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, POPS_BLOCK_SHOP writes:
| | Just Ask Bricklink to change the description of what you think is wrong. I have
been doing the last few weeks and they have changed the description on everything
I asked them to.
Example
Item No: 14769pb196
Used to have title
Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Bottom Stud Holder with Tree Trunk Pattern
I was searching for Wood Grain which was not in the description at all. Not "Wood"
or "Grain"
I sent request and within 2 days they updated it to
Tile, Round 2 x 2 with Bottom Stud Holder with Tree Trunk, Wood Grain Pattern
I also made a youtube video on how to submit such things to help make bricklink
better!
https://youtu.be/H3M6AlhoEUM
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While names are updated quickly, I doubt that they will update categories so
freely. Some people sort and store by type, and to just move a part from one
type to another is not something they should do without careful thought.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2019 10:30 | | Subject: | Re: Lego Store Pick Brick Wall Small Cup Vs Large | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, POPS_BLOCK_SHOP writes:
| | Made a short 4 minute video with spreadsheet and all of what Cup is a better
value at Lego Store Pick a Brick Wall.
LARGE Vs. SMALL
https://youtu.be/4ewH-smrNFc
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If you think you can sell them for the 6c price, you should have filled up with
the 1x1 round tile (closed eye). You can pack more than 3x of those than the
2x2 corner plate into either cup, and 3x6c = 18c, more than the "best value"
2x2 corner plates at 10c.
That might also be why your small cup appears better value, as you have 173 of
this part in the small cup but only 285 in the large cup. To make a fairer cost
comparison, you could have put 308 into the large cup (173*$16/$9). Or keep the
ratios of all the parts you add the same in both cups.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 8, 2019 10:14 | | Subject: | Re: inconsistencies | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, edk writes:
| | why is a plate modified when is a tile modified?
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There is no consistency, both could be either.
You could say the parent of 6576 is either a 4x8 plate or 4x8 tile, but the 4x8
tile doesn't exist so 6576 must be a modified plate.
Or you could say you add 12 studs to the tile or remove 20 studs from the plate,
so it is closer to being a tile than a plate.
For 88646, neither the parent tile or plate exist. You add 4 studs to the tile,
but remove 8 from the plate and also have to shift them. So does that make it
a modified tile rather than modified plate?
If so, then the 1x2 jumper should be a modified tile (add one stud, vs remove
and move one stud). Similarly a 2x2 jumper is definitely closer to a tile than
a plate but is still a modified plate. Worse still, this pack of jumper bricks:
contains no bricks at all.
is clearly a 2x2 plate with two studs removed, but it is a modified tile.
is also a modified tile rather than plate (compare to 6576).
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 4, 2019 04:10 | | Subject: | Re: Seprate entries for each book of instructions | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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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.
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You should always get the full set of instructions, unless otherwise noted.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2019 11:37 | | Subject: | Re: Help identifying these green colors | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Juster_Bricks writes:
| | Help identifying these green colors
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Looks like sand green and light green.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2019 04:32 | | Subject: | Re: 53705 - Copper and.. something else? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, TorontoLego writes:
| | I have one of these
[p=53705]
In a colour I would describe as metallic rose, or metallic red?
It is different from the copper ones, even with the variation in that colour.
What do you think?
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I imagine it is copper, I have seen a wide variation in metallic colours in that
part.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2019 04:35 | | Subject: | Re: Make paperwork optional | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| 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
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Only if the seller has the right to refuse to add paperwork and allow them to
charge for it if a buyer wants it. If not selected by the seller, then the buyer
should not be offered paperwork. If the seller is willing to print the order
out and include it, then let them have the option. But don't force it on
all sellers.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2019 07:53 | | Subject: | Re: cant's see all color variants listed on sale | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, BombaFett writes:
| | Hello, I saw a problem regarding catalog view. I cant's see all color variants
listed on sale. When I add a brick in a unique color, it does not appear to me
on the list of bricks available for sale. Does anyone know what the reason is?
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Are you looking under "all" or "known" colors?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 21, 2019 12:39 | | Subject: | Re: Ghost Buy feature from sellers own store | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| I imagine the BL worry is that a buyer could just email a xml file to a seller,
they pick the order as themselves so no fees, invoice by email, then send it
off.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 11, 2019 11:42 | | Subject: | Re: Helmet 90392pb01 metallic gold or tan? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, axaday writes:
| | In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, crepundi writes:
| | I have a question about part
Under known colours it is listed in black and metallic gold. I have this part,
but in fact it is not metallic gold but tan (inside) and the outside is only
printed metallic gold. Is this the regular version that shoul be listed under
metallic gold?
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I’d say it’s the regular version: Metallic Gold isn’t a plastic colour, it’s
coated on another colour (generally Tan).
On the other hand, I thought the coating always cover all the part’s surface
(but I don’t have many parts in MG, and none hollow/concave like a hat/helmet).
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It makes sense not to paint the inside of a helmet if the way they do it allows
for that.
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Yes, some chrome parts, such as this torso are similar:
It is the base colour inside (which is OK) but also if you move the arms from
their down position (much worse!). The paint shadow shows that they coat the
torsos after the arms are inserted.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2019 13:32 | | Subject: | Re: How should i name this set? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, GoudvanOud writes:
| | Last question about it, i hope.
I want to add this set to the catalog, but how should i number/name it? There
is no set number to be found.
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This set is on ebay - same photos. 183718197300
Is it yours?
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 7, 2019 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: How should i name this set? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Biglesdug writes:
| | In Catalog, GoudvanOud writes:
| | Last question about it, i hope.
I want to add this set to the catalog, but how should i number/name it? There
is no set number to be found.
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Exploriens Value Pack
space: Exploriens: vp-25
maybe?
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I would add "Space 3-Pack" to the title, seeing as that is what is written on
it. If someone doesn't know what it is, that will probably be a search term.
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| Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Mar 6, 2019 06:19 | | Subject: | Re: how to? - hypothetical inventory from a haul | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Inventories | |
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| In Inventories, MichiKen writes:
| | I am looking for a tool that will help me identify inventory bulk lot purchase
of Bionicles.
There were about 2 cubic feet of Bionicles that I would like to sell. There were
only 3 instruction sets in the lot. Traditionally I would find the sets on BL,
then print them to check off those sets I have, and what on the lot is found.
I put these into bags, and work my way through the lot until I have complete
sets, or know just some small parts to replace/purchase.
This appears very old-school. What I would like is a like a "hypothetical" inventory,
that I can add a complete set, then click on the items as "found". This would
be nice if I could tag this to a lot for when I buy things off eBay or Facebook
Marketplace.BL to do this?
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Use this tool to identify sets:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogIn.asp?viewMulti=Y
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