Redisplay Messages: Compact | Brief | All | Full Show Messages: All | Without Replies| Author: | pikachu3  | | Posted: | Mar 25, 2024 16:34 | | Subject: | Re: Another Question About Unreleased Items | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In General, randyf writes:
| | In General, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | In General, Turez writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, Saitobricks.ca writes:
| | Was thinking more about the doomed sets in the unreleased catagory, and went
for a second look.
I clicked on a item and noticed that the banner on the top said, "This Item
was Likely Not Released".
Key word for me "LIKELY".
How are we supposed to know for sure if a item was not released if no one can
put one up for sale?!?
So my request is that you allow sellers to sell the item, but only in the conditions
of sealed or new.
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If anyone has one of the unreleased items and would like to list it for sale,
they can inform us. Then we'll look into it and remove the "not released"
flag if necessary.
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But most sellers won't think of that or have the time to bother.
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Have you seen the BrickLink catalog? There is so much stuff here that is not
cataloged anywhere else. Over the 24 years that this site has existed, I would
say that almost anything that any user has had has found its way into the catalog
somehow. And we still get rare and old stuff submitted all of the time. If any
of these sets actually existed, they would have most likely turned up by now.
And like Jonas said, if they do turn up, all they have to do is send a message
or make a request like everyone else who wants to contribute.
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Ok, but could you put a note on the items stating, that if you have one to contact
the admins?
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| | | | Since there isn't anything here that we can do from the catalog side regarding
the unreleased items (we can neither change the wording nor the listing policy),
I have moved this thread to "General".
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I do have a set to be added to the unreleased catagoy though.
(No I don't have it, but I know of it)
Where do I add it?
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What set would that be?
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The legendary 60278 Crook's Hideout Raid.
Better known as "the dynamite factory"
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I have had prototype parts that I actually have in-hand rejected from the BrickLink
catalog because they were never officially released. My impression is that those
sets existing in the catalog at all is really just a remnant from a more permissive
BrickLink era.
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Feb 16, 2024 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Duplo with movable eyes | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, WildBricks writes:
| | The eyes spin independently of each other. Wasn't able to find it.
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Feb 13, 2024 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: Feedback Extortion | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Feedback | |
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| In Feedback, TimsBrickHouse writes:
| | In Feedback, enig writes:
| | In Feedback, TimsBrickHouse writes:
| | I had a buyer leave negative feedback. In his email message he writes, "If
this is not dealt with appropriately I will be forced to leave my first negative
review of a Bricklink thus far." To me this is clearly extortion and against
policy, correct?
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Nothing wrong with writing to a seller in advance and letting the seller know
that you are STILL(?) waiting for an issue to get resolved, and that you are
willing to leave a negative feedback if it wont get resolved.
If you have wronged the buyer AND have not offered a suitable solution - negative
feedback is warranted. It is not extortion.
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I told him to sent the order back for a refund(he refused) and he said he wants
to keep the original pieces AND have me send new ones.....Sorry I do not do that,
its called "unjust enrichment"
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It's not clear here, were you asking him to pay extra shipping to fix a mistake
on your part?
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Dec 15, 2023 10:59 | | Subject: | Re: Roborider golden Wheel | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Selling | |
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| In Selling, randyf writes:
| | In Selling, Turez writes:
| | In Selling, rylie_aitch writes:
| | In Selling, Yiiooo writes:
| | Hi, i found this golden Roborider Wheel in my collection.
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| | Do you know where it came from?
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The catalog entries for the golden wheels (and the inventories of the three sets
above) are not yet finished because the wheels are so hard to find. 
| | Might be a nice prototype made by LEGO, might
be someone having fun with a spray can... might be both
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And we have five of them in the catalog already (including the one in the OP):
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I never knew about these! Very cool 🤩
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2023 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: I need help from a Lego expert!! | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, micahriley9 writes:
| | So I have these two boxes that appear to be from the 60s. Does anyone know what
these are and exactly how to value these? There’s literally nothing on the boxes
except for the words “Building Toy” and the tape that reads “Lego Loveland”.
I assume there are just multicolored bricks inside of here, but is it possible
that these are actual sets of something? Or just random bricks? Both boxes
are unopened and I don’t want to open them. Any help would be much appreciated!
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I would be very interested in these — I haven't seen them before, but I live
very close to Loveland, this is a rare find for sure 
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2023 11:29 | | Subject: | Re: Pearl Gold Discrepancies - What the FROG? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, MiniRoz writes:
| | Hello. I've read several posts about there being a range of "pearl gold"
colors, but I just received an order with Pearl Gold Frogs, and half looks PG
and the other looks like a weird bronze color.. like a cheap gold necklace that
eventually turns your skin green. They came in the same order, so I'm baffled.
Also, to my knowledge, the only gold color for the frogs is Pearl Gold. What
in the name of frog is going on?
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I'm not so sure here. Those do look darker and more reflective than even
the extremes of Pearl Gold — it should be easy to tell if it's a coating
by checking underneath, since parts are rarely completely covered.
What stands out to me is the molding seam that goes up the front, but slightly
off-center. I looked at my frogs and couldn't find any like it, in any color.
Is it possible they aren't Lego at all?
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 15:23 | | Subject: | Re: Mysterious Set | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, ghyde writes:
| | In General, pikachu3 writes:
| | In General, acedmb writes:
| | Does anyone have any idea what this is? Is it some very professionally done custom
job? I've never heard of this set before. This is the only pic i have of
it. Thanks!
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Looks like some kind of custom to me. The build is overly simplistic and looks
like an LDD render. The set number refers to an existing set. Where did you find
this photo?
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What existing set? That set number is not on BrickLink.
Cheers ...
ghyde
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eup, I must have typed in the number wrong. You're right
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Oct 17, 2023 11:13 | | Subject: | Re: Mysterious Set | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, acedmb writes:
| | Does anyone have any idea what this is? Is it some very professionally done custom
job? I've never heard of this set before. This is the only pic i have of
it. Thanks!
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Looks like some kind of custom to me. The build is overly simplistic and looks
like an LDD render. The set number refers to an existing set. Where did you find
this photo?
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Sep 24, 2023 19:57 | | Subject: | Add alt item IDs | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| I have one copy of this:
I can't find that ID anywhere on it — mine has 2298628 on the sleeve (likely
a standard element ID), and GEN-DEMO-02 on the disk. Could we add those as alt
IDs, or at least in the description? My cover looks identical to the existing
photo.
Ryan
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2023 17:37 | | Subject: | Re: Can't add 4073 in mettalic gold to collection | | Viewed: | 34 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, crocushorselady writes:
| | Hi,
When I try to add in metallic gold to my collection page it will not
let me. It is not listed as a known colour.
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Do you have a photo? Metallic Gold is a shiny matte ink coating on top of the
part, and I've never seen a 4073 in that color. Pearl Gold shows a lot of
variation!
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2023 16:59 | | Subject: | Re: Would these be added? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog Requests, here4bricks614 writes:
| | I recently acquired a few of these special employee clips, but seeing as they’re
exclusive to “jobdag” events/employee items, I’m not sure whether they belong
here.
Is this something that could be added? Name and item number suggestions? They
are official LEGO, but do not have design numbers.
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this does have precedent, IMO:
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jul 14, 2023 16:34 | | Subject: | Re: Same “Peach” or not? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | Hi all,
Two questions stemming from an error in Studio concerning these parts:
1. Are px2 and px21 using the same “Peach” colour? px2 seems more Yellow / Bright
Light Orange than Nougat.
2. Shouldn’t “Maroon” be “Dark Red” and “Peach” be “Nougat” (as used by LDraw)?
(IOW, shouldn’t descriptions use “real” colours?)
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These are tricky — Dark Red wasn't introduced to the palette until much later,
so I doubt that TLG would consider it the same color. I think in some cases it
might actually be just red over black — see the first attached picture, where
the maroon looks like just red where it overlaps the peach. In the second photo,
you can see a sliver of red on the bottom right edge, which implies that the
two black checkers were overprinted with a full red shield. But I've yet
to see a misalignment that actually reveals the black layer itself.
After looking at set pictures on google/brickshelf, I think all the peach printing
on those shields (and all the torsos that feature that shield design) are likely
the same Nougat, it just varies a bit based on the part color showing through.
(I REALLY wish I could find more info on old ink colors!)
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jul 13, 2023 16:15 | | Subject: | Re: More brittle parts encountered | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Problem | |
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| In Problem, abriggs writes:
| | There's an awful lot of dark red in the Ghostbusters Firehouse. I wonder
about that set.
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That set was 5 years later, I don't think the brittleness was *as much* of
an issue by that point.
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jun 13, 2023 13:30 | | Subject: | Re: Anyone recognise this part. | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, Stuart9 writes:
| | Don’t think it is Lego but I could be wrong.
It is not in great shape but I’m intrigued as to what it is.
Poor images but it is black.
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Part of this?
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Jan 7, 2023 15:56 | | Subject: | Printed Tile ID | | Viewed: | 106 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Does anyone recognize these tiles? Please don't just say "not lego"
— even if they are custom, I'm very curious who made them and when.
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2022 19:37 | | Subject: | Re: Identifying colors for prototype pieces | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| ...they might just be black with not enough colorant, too (a manufacturing defect).
That happens sometimes even in released sets. Without colorant, materials like
polypropylene and ABS are just milky white.
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Dec 28, 2022 19:35 | | Subject: | Re: Identifying colors for prototype pieces | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, arpyesque writes:
| | Hello all,
I am looking to list some rare Bionicle prototypes/recolors I have from back
in the day and wondering what to classify some of the colors as.
For the weapons and mask, would you say the darker color is pearl dark gray,
trans-black, or something else? They look closest to pearl dark gray in normal
lighting, but they are also translucent when backlit (second photo), which pearl
dark gray is not. For reference, I have included some pearl dark gray beehives,
the Vahki leg (lower center) is definitely pure trans-black, and the Zamor sphere
balls are pure black with red marbling.
Also, for the shadow leech (lower right), would you say it's trans-orange,
trans-neon-orange, or something else? It seems a bit redder than trans-orange,
but it's not completely neon.
Thanks for any thoughts!
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I would guess Trans-Black. Transparent colors always look more opaque in polypropylene
plastic — see the vahki eye parts for example. (that said, polypropylene Black
parts are slightly more translucent than ABS black parts...)
For the shadow leech, the usual test is to shine a UV light on it and see if
it glows, but being rubber that might not be as reliable. It might even be an
even marbling of two colors like some squid ammo.
Very nice parts, I'll watch for them to be listed
Ryan
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Sep 15, 2022 11:18 | | Subject: | Re: EXCLUSIVE! "VIP" CHROME SILVER KEY CHAIN! | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Sales | |
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| In Sales, yorbrick writes:
| | In Sales, BrickUA writes:
| | In Sales, yorbrick writes:
| | In Sales, ryanaitch writes:
| | In Sales, Nubs_Select writes:
| | They do look rather custom made…
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LegoLand Discovery Centers have engraving machines behind the checkout counter
where you can pick out a keychain brick and they'll engrave any text you
want on it. I grabbed a 3001 from the PaB wall and had them put "3001" on the
side :p So these could be technically "official" while not being rare at all.
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Any item that has been custom engraved, even by a LEGO LDC, fall foul of point
4 here:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=103
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And if this is not a custom engraving, but a factory version of the LEGO company?
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There is no evidence that these were created by LEGO. The LDC engravers are quite
high quality and reproducable, as they are essentially small CNC devices. They
are not hand engraved, at least the ones I have seen. Any CNC can make these
in a reproducable way without flaws. But also the strange font and the use of
V.I.P instead of VIP does not look at all like they are official LEGO.
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I'm not sure about the "high quality" part — but maybe different locations
use different machines. This is how mine came out (LLDC Schaumburg):
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Aug 26, 2022 16:10 | | Subject: | Re: Medium Lime Torso in 30375 | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Buying | |
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| In Buying, faro writes:
| | In Buying, Nubs_Select writes:
| | I recently got a lot in the mail and found one of the lime torsos and was so
excited that I might have found one for you but when I compared it to your photos
and the like I realized it wasn't the colour variation you were looking for
and was sad
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Oh, it is a pity. I do not know how they actually are but the show from time
to time. I have 91 for my medium lime army (the other colors are complete) and
miss 11. But I collected 16 years now 
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Do you have a picture of your army?
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| Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Aug 21, 2022 14:58 | | Subject: | Inventory Change Request for Set 9940-1 | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests (Entry) | | Status: | Open | |
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| Please make changes to the following inventory:
* Delete 4 Part x77a Black String, Cord Thin (Undetermined Length)
* Add 2 Part x77cc80 Black String, Cord Medium Thickness 80cm
* Add 2 Part x77ac60 Black String, Cord Thin 60cm
* Change 8 Part Black {23229 Rubber Band Extra Small (Square Cross Section) to 71509 Rubber Band Small (Square Cross Section)}
Comments from Submitter:
via a new (but open) 9940. Strings were still wrapped around original cardboard, surely uncut.
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