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| In Off Topic, BricksOfFaith writes:
Congrats! May you truly be blessed by the Lord throughout your marriage.
(My son got engaged 2 months ago as well)
Wesley
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2023 19:45 | | Subject: | Re: perhaps a taboo inquiry about making money | | Viewed: | 72 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, madeleine_ writes:
| | i'm sure for many people bricklink is simply a hobby, as for me, but the
shops at the top can't be sinking thousands of hours and dollars into something
because it's fun right? i want to know where these colossal stores find their
profit. as a super tiny store, my investment in little ebay listing or lots is
minimal, and any profit tends to come from shipping costs. i'd love to expand,
but with no guarantee of orders, it's a little daunting to invest money into
items that might only be worth $10 more than i get it for. also i only care about
bionicle. lol.
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Check out some of the early YouTube videos for Pop's Block Shop. Before
he went full time he was sharing his total revenue numbers. I don't know
if he still shares them.
Wesley
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Nov 25, 2023 23:40 | | Subject: | Re: Best technic set | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, Tawraste writes:
| | Hi all,
could I ask your opinions on what the best technic set is, but from an engineering
point of view?
Not bothered whether it's a vehicle, building or whatever, I am trying to
find an interesting build. Doesn't even need to be a modern set.
Many thanks!
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This is my favorite set and the first Technic set I received. It also looks
just like my Grandfather's International tractor.
Wesley
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Nov 23, 2023 22:19 | | Subject: | Re: Getting sick and tired with Lego shipments. | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, tonnic writes:
| | Out of the last 5 orders I made at Lego Shop@home all had damaged sets with dents,
large creases, partially squashed boxes etc. So in all 5 orders almost all boxes
where damaged. Before this year I had these damages in about 50% of the orders
but not all boxes inside the shipments were damaged. At this moment 100% is more
(mostly more) or less damaged. And yes, of course I contacted Lego and they let
me return shipments and reshipped replacement sets (that also were damaged) or
gave me some extra Insiderpoints.
Lego provides large outer boxes that are filled for less than 50% with sets without
any protection, the sets have too much space for movement. No large airbubbles,
brown paper or whatever.
And although I provide them with pictures, return shipments etc. I do get tired
of it, it gives me the feeling of loosing credibility although it is their mistake.
Their service is good most of the time but a good service starts with a good
product at the first place.
Today I send them a message ‘if I place a new order please remind me I shouldn’t
have done this’.
It really annoys me and is getting under my skin a bit.
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It has gotten so much better in my area! They switched from FedUp to UPS and
I have had little to no damage since. I complained every time I got something
from FedUp delivered. Of course FedUp didn't care, but LEGO finally heard
my complaints, maybe? Anyway, they are delivered by UPS now and it is much better.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Nov 22, 2023 22:58 | | Subject: | Re: 5000 feedback - Time to Introduce Myself | | Viewed: | 47 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, mike1burns writes:
| | We recently received our 5000th feedback and upgraded to the orange brick! We've
been at this purposely since 2019 and have shipped out 8754 orders. We have no
social media presence, no advertising etc. and have pretty much lived in the
shadows but I'd like to introduce myself and my store and get to know everyone
a little better and become a bigger part of this amazing community.
My name is Mike, I am located in southwest Missouri, and my full-time gig is
a high school teacher. My wife handles most all of the picking and shipping and
a lot of the listing of new inventory. This store allows her to be a stay at
home mom, put in a couple of hours of work each day and then attend to the rest
of her obligations. I have three young children who also help out with picking
orders and things like minifigure identification.
My store's name is 0 to 60 #fastestshipping, and obviously that fastest shipping
claim is self-appointed. There may be stores that get packages out faster than
we do but there can't be many. We ship everything same day or next day for
orders that come in overnight. USPS does a good job from my location and a majority
of packages will reach their destination within 48 hours of ordering (I haven't
done a study with USPS Ground Advantage to see if that has slowed down from First-Class).
I am really proud of my storage system and the speed of which it allows us to
pull pieces. I store my inventory in 440 wooden drawers 24"x24"x2.5"
which I made out of recycled pallet and shipping box lumber (see picture).
My prices are quite high. This is a second job for me and a part-time job for
my wife, so we try to keep things manageable. We average around 6 orders a day
/ around 270 pieces a day / around 70 lots per day. With our current structure
my wife can spend a couple of hours per day getting the orders out and adding
200/300 pieces to our inventory so our store can maintain its current size. If
our prices were lower I'm afraid we'd have a hard time keeping up. Finding
that correct balance has been the most interesting part of this whole journey.
I'm sure this is more than you cared to know about us but thanks to this
community for everything and nice to meet you all!
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Great to meet you. Also looks like you have a good selection of new and used
parts. What does it look like inside the wooden drawers?
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Nov 21, 2023 09:56 | | Subject: | Accurate Shipping for Checkout of Sets | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Shipping | |
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| I have Instant Checkout enabled, but I can't really get it to work well for
new, complete sets. Does Instant Checkout work for sets? Is there an example
of a shipping table that will work for sets shipping across USPS zones?
Thanks for the help!
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Nov 14, 2023 22:45 | | Subject: | Re: MOC Creator Collaboration? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, krystensprouse writes:
| | Holidays are coming up! Is there anyone that has an MOC that they want to sell
as a package deal? We could charge a base price for the instructions to the MOC
with all the pieces. Let me know if anyone is interested in the idea and we can
talk logistics!
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What type of MOC are you interested in? There are several on Rebrickable that
you might want to check out.
Wesley
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Nov 8, 2023 14:51 | | Subject: | Re: Update on November 3rd incident | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Administrative | |
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| | Thank you for the steps taken to get our beloved site back up and working again. |
| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Oct 23, 2023 22:18 | | Subject: | Re: Order Placing without knowing the Postage | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, BrickOutLoud writes:
| | Your own store terms says "please request shipping cost". Just do that
lol.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Sep 27, 2023 23:01 | | Subject: | Re: Looking to start a new store | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | New Stores | |
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| In New Stores, Sir_BrickaBrack writes:
| | Hello community! We are looking to start a new store but need positive feedback
to become a seller. My husband is a previous buyer on this site but we wanted
to use a new name and email for our store.
Looking for advice on how we can get positive feedback without having to buy
a lot that we don't need. We did need a few parts and so made an order but
I'm not sure if all sellers are able to post feedback...life gets busy you
know?
Any tips are appreciated!
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I give positive feedback to every customer who pays. You can place an order
with me.
Good luck with your new store
Wesley
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2023 11:15 | | Subject: | Re: Life Sucks Sale | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, wildchicken13 writes:
| | 50% off all vacuum cleaners. While supplies last.
I'm trying to raise money to buy my wife a new vacuum cleaner. It's my
gift to her after a 22-hour delivery.x
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I learned a long time ago that Vacuum Cleaners don't work out well as a gift
for your wife. Good luck with that. And congrats on your new baby minifigure.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2023 20:54 | | Subject: | Re: Is the price guide not loading? | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, macebobo writes:
| | It will only say loading...
Tried two different browsers. Same.
Now Brave will not load bricklink at all, hopefully this post will go through.
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I'm getting a different view as before. It makes it really hard to check
prices and add to my store.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Aug 17, 2023 08:53 | | Subject: | Re: Suddenly no email confirmations ... ? | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Technical Issues | |
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| In Technical Issues, WestCoastBrickz writes:
| | Since this morning, no confirmation of orders/invoices received.
Same to the buyer
Am I the only one?
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I never get notifications by email. It has been years since it has worked for
me.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Jul 6, 2023 17:11 | | Subject: | Re: When will Hocus Pocus inventory be added? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, StrayFloatStore writes:
| | Hey there! Curious about Hocus Pocus and the inventory, as I just got the set
and wanted to list the items but knew that it would take some time. Will it be
a month?
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Here's how to do it:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1103
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Jun 30, 2023 10:47 | | Subject: | Re: 100% failure rate | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, cosmicray writes:
| | This afternoon I decided to part out 12 copies of 70111. In it is this part
Just on a whim, and possibly because I once before witnessed a Furty torso crack
(also from a 70111-1), I gave the plate a rotational flex. Nothing severe, pretty
mild flex. It snapped immediately. So I checked the other 11. They all snapped,
some with more flex, some with barely any flex at all. We are all aware of the
brittle parts from that era. This is the most extreme example I have seen. If
you have any of that part in your inventory, in that color, and there is a chance
it is from that era, pull them out and give them a flex. Listen closely. If they
are about to snap, you will hear a sound of plastic sheering from itself just
before it goes. One of them actually sent shrapnel flying when it went, but did
not hit me. Obviously those will not be listed for sale, but I might think of
a way to work them into a MOC.
Nita Rae
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I've been doing the same test for my brown parts before listing them. I
think I have almost a gallon bag of broken brown parts...ugh.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Jun 15, 2023 22:33 | | Subject: | Re: Win a Canada Post Truck on Canada Day | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Contests | |
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| In Contests, TorontoLego writes:
| | The people who help Santa with this every year are amazing!
Which makes me wonder, should we revive the holiday exchange this year?
In Contests, starbeanie writes:
| | Canada is Santa's mailbox.
You can write a letter in any language and send it to:
Santa Claus
North Pole
H0H 0H0
Canada
and you will receive a letter back from Santa.
https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/our-company/giving-back-to-our-communities/write-a-letter-to-santa.page
Bret
In Contests, TorontoLego writes:
| | Respond to this post with an interesting fact about Canada for one free entry.
Get another entry for every order placed between now and the end of Canada Day
July 1st!
This is a great condition set that includes the instructions AND box!
Good luck, eh.
TorontoBricks.com
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Canada is fourth biggest producer of hydro electric power - after China, Brazil
and the USA.
Alabama (the state I live in) is the fifth largest state producer of hydro electric
power in the US.
I work for the local power company 
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Apr 29, 2023 19:25 | | Subject: | Re: how long does it normally take to get orders? | | Viewed: | 74 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, sasquatch_eater writes:
| | My store has been verified for around three days I think and has received an
ample amount of views but no orders. Is this normal? I would also like to ask
how long it normally takes for a store to receive orders?
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I just checked my wanted list and you don't have anything I am currently
looking for. So until your part selection grows it could take a while.
-Wesley
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Apr 27, 2023 23:55 | | Subject: | Re: Are minifigures vital to my store's success? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:
| | Are minifigures vital to my store's success?
Thanks.
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I typically get minifigure sales in an order or part sales. I don't have
many orders where there is a big mix. If there is a mix, it is usually minifigure
related parts.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Apr 15, 2023 17:12 | | Subject: | Re: Have tons of parts want this to be full time | | Viewed: | 73 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, koolkris200 writes:
| | I have almost 40,000 parts in my bricklink store which is an accomplishment for me. Come buy some parts I want to make this a full time job eventually haven’t had a sale for a week or so. And my store for selling anything has been slow so come support my 40,000 parts store Now.
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Tip: combine your lots so people wanting to find a certain quantity will be able
to see that your store has it in that quantity.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Apr 1, 2023 17:23 | | Subject: | Re: Worse news I have had in so many years | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, legoman77 writes:
| | I just found out my oldest cat Sammi has cancer. She follows me around, sits
in my lap and sits on my computer desk when I am doing things. She sleeps in
my arms all night along with the 4 other cats that sleep on my legs and feet.
I cannot move for most of the night because I do not want them to leave. I
care for my cats, especially her, more than anything else except my family and
country. She helped me deal with the death of my 18 year old cat in 2008 by following
me around and insisting on being with me and has always been very vocal when
I am not home. We have a very special bond that is much stronger than I have
with my other six cats that I also love dearly.
I do not mean to use Bricklink as somewhere to lay my ills, but I am not on any
other social media and have a very small family, none of which are in El Paso.
I know that there are many cat lovers here and other pet lovers. This is the
only place to try and share my grief. For all the members that have beloved
pets cherish them as much as possible while they are with you.
John P
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So sorry John. We lost our Cocker Spaniel of 13 years recently. It breaks my
heart still.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2023 23:58 | | Subject: | Re: ATTN: BrickLink "Trans-Black" Color Change | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | In Catalog, Rob_and_Shelagh writes:
| | In Catalog, pitz8008 writes:
| | In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
In May of this year, the LEGO Group plans to release a new color, and this has
implications for the BrickLink catalog and marketplace. The new color being introduced
is 375 Transparent Black, and we believe it will eventually replace LEGO color
111 Transparent Brown.
As most of you know, the greater fan community has for many years referred to
LEGO color 111 Transparent Brown as "Trans-Black". Up until now, this
name has served us well because there was no official LEGO color known as Transparent
Black. Now that the LEGO Group is introducing a color officially known as Transparent
Black, it will cause alignment problems to have the same name being used for
two different colors.
We anticipate that the introduction of this color will cause some disruptions
over the short term, but we have created a plan of action to minimize those disruptions.
The first thing we will do is change the name of the current Trans-Black color
to "Trans-Brown (Old Trans-Black)". This change is scheduled to
take place at the beginning of April. This will ensure that the name change will
be very noticeable within the catalog, set inventories, BrickLink stores, order
summaries, etc., so that the majority of BrickLink users can adjust to the change.
Next, the new color will be added to the catalog as "Trans-Black (2023)"
to make it very obvious that this is a new color and should not be used for older
set inventories and older parts being listed for sale. This addition is expected
to happen at the beginning of May when set 75346 is released and inventoried:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1398124
After a 6-month transition, we will remove the text in parentheses from both
color names. The older color will then be "Trans-Brown", and the
newer color will be "Trans-Black". This will complete the transition.
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Why not just keep the text in parentheses? Seemed like a reasonable plan going
forward. But why not just keep the text in parentheses instead of removing it
after 6 months.
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+1. 6 months is a very short period of time especially for those who have Lego
as an occasional hobby, it is easy to overlook that when many of us visit the
site virtually every day. Apart from this I think the plan is very well thought
through.
Robert
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If there is significant pressure to retain the text in parentheses for a longer
period of time, we will consider doing so.
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Please leave it in place longer than 6 months. Thanks
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Mar 29, 2023 12:55 | | Subject: | Re: ATTN: BrickLink "Trans-Black" Color Change | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, randyf writes:
| | Dear BrickLink members,
In May of this year, the LEGO Group plans to release a new color, and this has
implications for the BrickLink catalog and marketplace. The new color being introduced
is 375 Transparent Black, and we believe it will eventually replace LEGO color
111 Transparent Brown.
As most of you know, the greater fan community has for many years referred to
LEGO color 111 Transparent Brown as "Trans-Black". Up until now, this
name has served us well because there was no official LEGO color known as Transparent
Black. Now that the LEGO Group is introducing a color officially known as Transparent
Black, it will cause alignment problems to have the same name being used for
two different colors.
We anticipate that the introduction of this color will cause some disruptions
over the short term, but we have created a plan of action to minimize those disruptions.
The first thing we will do is change the name of the current Trans-Black color
to "Trans-Brown (Old Trans-Black)". This change is scheduled to
take place at the beginning of April. This will ensure that the name change will
be very noticeable within the catalog, set inventories, BrickLink stores, order
summaries, etc., so that the majority of BrickLink users can adjust to the change.
Next, the new color will be added to the catalog as "Trans-Black (2023)"
to make it very obvious that this is a new color and should not be used for older
set inventories and older parts being listed for sale. This addition is expected
to happen at the beginning of May when set 75346 is released and inventoried:
https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1398124
After a 6-month transition, we will remove the text in parentheses from both
color names. The older color will then be "Trans-Brown", and the
newer color will be "Trans-Black". This will complete the transition.
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The question arises, why have we decided to go the route outlined above rather
than leaving "Trans-Black" aligned to LEGO color 111 Transparent Brown
and creating a new color name for the new LEGO color 375 Transparent Black? There
are several reasons.
First, we want to make sure that we do not create long-term confusion between
these colors, since we believe the new LEGO color 375 Transparent Black will
become the standard color and LEGO color 111 Transparent Brown will become just
another part of the history of the brick system we all know and love. As time
goes by, the older color will not be seen as often and the newer color will be
everywhere. And after what we hope is a relatively short period of time, BrickLink
users will adjust naturally to the change.
Second, coming up with a name for a new color is not an easy task. Although it
looks darker than the current LEGO color 111 Transparent Brown, it doesn't
look much different from what most people would say is some type of "transparent
blackish gray" color. Typically, new color names grow longer over time to
help distinguish from existing colors, so we could end up with something like
"Trans-Very Dark Bluish Gray".
Longer names are something we have come to accept in a catalog that covers the
entire history of LEGO colors, but it helps lower the entry barrier to BrickLink
when we can use simpler names at least for the most common colors. Using the
relatively short names "Trans-Brown" and "Trans-Black" are ideal
instead of retaining "Trans-Black" for the earlier color and creating
a longer name for the new color.
Finally, aligning the names of the two colors with the official LEGO color names
helps us future-proof the BrickLink catalog. By aligning these color names now,
we make sure that any other colors the LEGO Group may introduce within this range
in the future would not cause any further issues.
Thank you for your patience as we make this transition.
The BrickLink Catalog Administrative Team
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I'd be in favor of keeping the (Old trans black) in the name longer than
six months. Also could we designated other colors as (Retired), such as brown,
light grey, and dark grey? I think that would help new comes understand the difference
better as well.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Mar 22, 2023 23:09 | | Subject: | Re: How do you just KNOW what parts to use? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | My Own Creation | |
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| In My Own Creation, Buildinator writes:
| | I've been playing with Lego sets for years and have always dreamed of creating
a big lego MOC. I've messed around in Studio, yet I find that my models are
bulky, unstable, and overall need a huge cleanup. I thought years of building
giant sets would give me that knowledge, but I don't have that "special
vision" pro-builders have where they know the exactly what pieces they need
and create a work of art. What am I doing wrong?
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I think it takes an artist's eye. When I look around at buildings, I instantly
see certain shapes in LEGO bricks. I know exactly what brick will make a particular
design or look. My son does the same. He knows 1,000's of parts visually
and can go to exactly which one he needs to get the look is he going for. Look
at others for inspiration. It takes time and practice for sure.
Good luck.
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Mar 20, 2023 23:10 | | Subject: | Re: What are your favorite LEGO colors? | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, legoman77 writes:
| | In Colors, here4bricks614 writes:
| | LEGO has been adding more unique colors in recent years, something I’m sure many
of us welcome. After all, who doesn’t like more shades of red and yellow?
Whether it be something as exotic as Sand Red, as basic as Blue, or fun like
Transparent Orange with Glitter, feel free to share your opinion!
Personally, you can never go wrong with Sky Blue.
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Flesh
John P
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Shocking!
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| Author: | wahiggin | | Posted: | Mar 15, 2023 21:35 | | Subject: | Re: Favorite theme | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, pcthurman writes:
| | I couldn't sleep last night so I decided to build a Lego set.
After I finished it and ran it around for about 2 minutes checking to make sure
it worked on all 3 channels; I started thinking about how much fun I had building
it. This led me to think about my favorite theme which led me to think about
my top 3 and top 5 themes.
1) Harry Potter-I am super passionate about this theme!
2) Western
3) Castle & Ninjago are pretty much tied
4) Town / City
What is / are your favorite theme(s)?
Cass T
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Sets from the 80's and 90's with boxes and instructions.
1) Pirates
2) Space
3) Castle
4) City
A sample of my collection: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJvqdDb
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