Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | mwright5  | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 19:19 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-brown (old trans-black) | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, TheBrickGuys writes:
| | In Colors, mwright5 writes:
| | Seriously? Light trans-black would have been a more appropriate identifier as
there is a noticeable difference, however there is nothing brown about this color
that we are now calling trans-brown.
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Once you compare them side by side, like the one shown in the link posted by
1001bricks, you can see that old trans brown is very accurate.
Jim
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I have looked at them side by side, and I agree there is a difference, as previously
noted. I do not agree, however, that brown is an accurate description.
pbbbbbbtssss!!!! Raspberry to all of you.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Feb 12, 2024 15:02 | | Subject: | Trans-brown (old trans-black) | | Viewed: | 145 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Seriously? Light trans-black would have been a more appropriate identifier as
there is a noticeable difference, however there is nothing brown about this color
that we are now calling trans-brown.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jan 25, 2024 09:03 | | Subject: | Re: Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| In Announce, yorbrick writes:
| | In Announce, mwright5 writes:
| | Holy Cow! I'm not reading through all those replies, so I apologize if this
has been covered. I for one have found keeping up with all the variants to be
exhausting over the last 9 years, however, from the standpoint of trying to complete
sets, it is important to know the variations of an element, and which variation
you need to acquire in order to complete your set.
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It depends what you mean by complete your set. If you mean complete it according
to the BL inventory, it will actually be easier as you don't need to worry
about variants.
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Yes, I do mean to complete it with the BL inventory, and I can not see how it
will be easier. For years now BL has broken down the variants, which has been
exhausting from a selling standpoint, but helpful from a buying standpoint for
me anyway. I don't see how cancelling these previous distinctions is going
to make things easier. For example, if I am missing a specific variation/mold
from a set that is from 1983, I can not just plug in any variant. If so, the
authenticity of the set is now marred.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jan 24, 2024 15:36 | | Subject: | Variant Merge | | Viewed: | 284 times | | Topic: | Announce | |
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| Holy Cow! I'm not reading through all those replies, so I apologize if this
has been covered. I for one have found keeping up with all the variants to be
exhausting over the last 9 years, however, from the standpoint of trying to complete
sets, it is important to know the variations of an element, and which variation
you need to acquire in order to complete your set.
If it is no longer mandatory to keep up with distinctions, it will be even more
difficult and frustrating from a buying standpoint, always having to ask before
you buy, which will fluster the seller, especially if they have no idea which
variant they have and probably will not want to go digging to find out.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2023 11:11 | | Subject: | Re: part 30104 chain | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, qwertyboy writes:
| | In Catalog, mwright5 writes:
| | Set 7946 has 2 of these in light bluish gray according to the bricklink inventory
for the set. However, if you search for 30104 and click on it in light bluish
gray, in order to find which sets include this. 7946 Kings castle is not listed.
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The inv shows them as dark bluish gray ?
Niek.
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Thanks Niek. My error.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Oct 22, 2023 11:05 | | Subject: | part 30104 chain | | Viewed: | 67 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| Set 7946 has 2 of these in light bluish gray according to the bricklink inventory
for the set. However, if you search for 30104 and click on it in light bluish
gray, in order to find which sets include this. 7946 Kings castle is not listed.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Sep 4, 2023 08:59 | | Subject: | Re: Forest Guardians | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, axaday writes:
| | In General, mwright5 writes:
| | Do a search in the search bar for forest guardians. Nothing comes up, on Bricklink,
or on Google. At least nothing comes up that is Lego related. So why has the
creator of set 10305 Lion Knight's Castle taken it upon themselves to change
the name of forestmen, to forest guardians? I'll tell you why, because the
object of that set goes beyond empowering girls, which it definitely intends
to do. Queen instead of King, lady knights, etc. I have 2 daughters, and that
would not be a problem for me. I find it a bit confusing, but I'm down with
those changes. I knew about them before I bought the set. The problem is that
this set poses as a tribute to past sets, but imposes female characters into
places where they were not originally, both in life and in previous LEGO sets.
As noted, even the name forestmen, which is a widely accepted past theme that
is celebrated in the set, has been conveniently changed to forest guardians.
So it ends up being a degradation in my opinion, not a celebration. What the
heck.
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Where did you see "Forest Guardian"?
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All of the themes that are being celebrated by the set are listed on the box.
That's where it says Forest Guardians, instead of Forestmen. And it is
right beside the Forestmen Shield that has the little deer head on it. So it
is quite deliberate.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Sep 3, 2023 11:05 | | Subject: | Forest Guardians | | Viewed: | 160 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Do a search in the search bar for forest guardians. Nothing comes up, on Bricklink,
or on Google. At least nothing comes up that is Lego related. So why has the
creator of set 10305 Lion Knight's Castle taken it upon themselves to change
the name of forestmen, to forest guardians? I'll tell you why, because the
object of that set goes beyond empowering girls, which it definitely intends
to do. Queen instead of King, lady knights, etc. I have 2 daughters, and that
would not be a problem for me. I find it a bit confusing, but I'm down with
those changes. I knew about them before I bought the set. The problem is that
this set poses as a tribute to past sets, but imposes female characters into
places where they were not originally, both in life and in previous LEGO sets.
As noted, even the name forestmen, which is a widely accepted past theme that
is celebrated in the set, has been conveniently changed to forest guardians.
So it ends up being a degradation in my opinion, not a celebration. What the
heck.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2023 20:18 | | Subject: | Re: Sale Sale Sale Sale!!!! | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Nubs_Select writes:
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the forum is mostly (not entirely) used by about 30-50 people and many are sellers
and not too many buyers so sale announcements in the forum generally don't
help point many if any buyers to stores
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That's exactly my point!! It's just plain silly.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2023 20:08 | | Subject: | Re: Sale Sale Sale Sale!!!! | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, mwright5 writes:
| | 20% off, 50% off, 75% off, everything off!!!!! Holy cow it's summer time
in the US!!! Maybe if I advertise on the forum, which is monitored by other sellers,
not buyers, everything will be cured.
Yes, I am making fun.
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Nothing but crickets
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jul 15, 2023 09:30 | | Subject: | Sale Sale Sale Sale!!!! | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| 20% off, 50% off, 75% off, everything off!!!!! Holy cow it's summer time
in the US!!! Maybe if I advertise on the forum, which is monitored by other sellers,
not buyers, everything will be cured.
Yes, I am making fun.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jun 27, 2023 19:32 | | Subject: | Re: What do you do with legos in poor condition? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, LetMeSort writes:
| | We are selling used Lego and I make a strong effort to keep worn and severely
beat up pieces out of inventory. Some of the moderate play wear I’ve included
in our inventory but with descriptions. But there is some Lego I have that must
have gone to a prison or were driven over by big wheels in a driveway, they are
straight up abused! But I don’t have the heart to throw them out.
Has anyone known people that buy really beat up Lego? If there was a rare part
that was beat up, do people still buy them?
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Don't worry, after a few years of running a store, you'll be much less
likely to get attached to damaged pieces. In fact, even the new pieces that
fall on the floor are likely to find a permanent home there.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2023 13:56 | | Subject: | Re: Selling a store | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| LOL!
In Sales, zorbanj writes:
| | Instead of selling the entire store at once, consider progressively discounting
your inventory, maybe start with 10% or 20% off and increasing from there. That
way you don't have to wait for that one buyer to show up. If you get too
many orders because of the discounting you can close the store until you catch
up. You can then list a bulk lot on feebay with whatever is left at the end.
In Sales, mwright5 writes:
| | | | I've purchased my first store earlier this month, and we're indeed in
the 30-40% range based on the 6MSA. In my case I also took the storage containers
and drawer units with it, bringing the total price closer to 40%.
I'm based in the Netherlands, and needed to drive about an hour to collect
everything. Compared to the US, that's probably not far at all, but shipping
a pallet could be cheaper than driving across states of course.
Hope this helps!
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You sound like a reasonable Bricklinker. Please move to the U.S. and buy my
store. LOL
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Feb 1, 2023 12:21 | | Subject: | Re: Selling a store | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, Alico64 writes:
| | In Sales, mwright5 writes:
| | Has anyone recently purchased or sold a store? Assuming that you would base
your asking price on the potential earnings of the merchandise, and overhead
if that's included in the transaction. In your opinion, what is a reasonable
asking price for a store owner?
Thanks,
Matt
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I've purchased my first store earlier this month, and we're indeed in
the 30-40% range based on the 6MSA. In my case I also took the storage containers
and drawer units with it, bringing the total price closer to 40%.
I'm based in the Netherlands, and needed to drive about an hour to collect
everything. Compared to the US, that's probably not far at all, but shipping
a pallet could be cheaper than driving across states of course.
Hope this helps!
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You sound like a reasonable Bricklinker. Please move to the U.S. and buy my
store. LOL
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2023 22:13 | | Subject: | Re: Selling a store | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, 1974 writes:
| | In Sales, mwright5 writes:
| | Has anyone recently purchased or sold a store? Assuming that you would base
your asking price on the potential earnings of the merchandise, and overhead
if that's included in the transaction. In your opinion, what is a reasonable
asking price for a store owner?
Thanks,
Matt
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It's actually quite difficult to sell a large amount of (BL)LEGO at once
Say, you have a few of hundred pounds of _sorted_ LEGO parts and a hundred sets
How would would you ship that?
It would be very expensive!
Best to find a local BL shop that can xome pick up the stuff
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No kidding?
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jan 31, 2023 15:27 | | Subject: | Selling a store | | Viewed: | 277 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| Has anyone recently purchased or sold a store? Assuming that you would base
your asking price on the potential earnings of the merchandise, and overhead
if that's included in the transaction. In your opinion, what is a reasonable
asking price for a store owner?
Thanks,
Matt
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Jan 14, 2023 10:34 | | Subject: | Re: Slope similar to 61678pb130 but printed | | Viewed: | 26 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Requests, brxstore writes:
| | Hi,
I found a decorated slope that looks similar to 61678pb130 but the pattern is
printed (no sticker).
Can this please be added to the catalog?
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Is the word Lego on the underside? It may be another brand.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2022 13:38 | | Subject: | Re: Mass Update Feature | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, 1001bricks writes:
| | In General, mwright5 writes:
| | I'm trying to mass update the remark category for many things in my inventory.
I downloaded them to brickstore, made the remark update, and then tried to upload
via mass update. I keep getting an internal error. So then I tried to upload
the same thing via mass item upload just to see what would happen. This seems
to be working fine, but I deliberately did not complete this process in order
to avoid doubling the quantities.
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Not sure to understand.
You've to:
* download shop inventory (CTRL I, CTRL S)
* change one or few remarks
* select all
* export mass UPDATE and paste this in the BOTTOM field (important) of the mass
upload BL page where it says UPDATE.
If you do this it won't double the quantity, it just updates.
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Sorry, but you clearly didn't read or interpret correctly what I have already
explained. The process that you detailed, is exactly what is not worrking, and
is exactly what is generating an internal error message.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Oct 29, 2022 09:23 | | Subject: | Re: Mass Update Feature | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, BasKrie writes:
| | In General, greenman writes:
| | In General, mwright5 writes:
| | I'm trying to mass update the remark category for many things in my inventory.
I downloaded them to brickstore, made the remark update, and then tried to upload
via mass update. I keep getting an internal error. So then I tried to upload
the same thing via mass item upload just to see what would happen. This seems
to be working fine, but I deliberately did not complete this process in order
to avoid doubling the quantities.
Looking for help regarding this issue from folks that have experience with mass
update.
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Step 1: when you have your BrickStore file at hand, give every Part the amount
-1
Upload them as usual
One remark: if you have 0 (zero) parts online in BrickLink, uploading -1 will
result in deleting the part from the BL database.
Step 2: make the changes in BrickStore, and upload every part +1
('new' everything)
Simple...
Tip: Uploading batches of about 600 different lines works fine, way more will
terribly slow down the proces (at BrickLink side).
Good luck!
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Why these extra steps?
Brickstore (at least the current one) can handle mass update as it should.
Just changed some remarks and updated them using mass update.
@greenman,
what is the error you get? And where/when do you get it?
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Thanks for the replies. As soon as I click on mass update in Brickstore, it
takes you to the Bricklink upload page as usual. However, when I paste the file
into the mass update box, it says internal error. Again, when i paste it into
mass upload box, it will work fine, but the quantities are going to be changed.
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| Author: | mwright5 | | Posted: | Oct 28, 2022 14:33 | | Subject: | Mass Update Feature | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| I'm trying to mass update the remark category for many things in my inventory.
I downloaded them to brickstore, made the remark update, and then tried to upload
via mass update. I keep getting an internal error. So then I tried to upload
the same thing via mass item upload just to see what would happen. This seems
to be working fine, but I deliberately did not complete this process in order
to avoid doubling the quantities.
Looking for help regarding this issue from folks that have experience with mass
update.
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