  
| Author: | viejos  | | Posted: | Jan 12, 2017 16:49 | | Subject: | Re: Inventory Change Request for Minifig cas095 | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Inventories Requests | |
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| In Inventories Requests, RobErNat writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, therobo writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, Fran_ writes:
| | In Inventories Requests, therobo writes:
| | Have you read the notes on the inventory?
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Yes I have, but as I said this is not quite right. The original minifigure has
the solid stud head, and the newest ones had the blocked open stud
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The notes say that early copies have the solid stud head, so it's the same
as you said, just differently worded.
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As far as I know, minifigs are inventoried with the first head they are 'found'
with.
This means that if someone finds it with a 'b' type head first, then
the fig get's inventoried with that head (alltough it is possible many more
figs are found with the 'c'type head). Occasionaly figs are found with
a 'c' type, and later on people find the 'b' type of heads, but
the figs remain with 'c' type, as that's how they are first found
with...
Following that logic, the 'a' type was 'before' the 'b'
type, so the first one found, is 'a' type, the 'b' type for this
particular fig came much much later. It has only been recently BL inventory admins
started to approve changes from 'b' to 'a' type ' still whished
there would be the 'alternate' head option), so from a logic point of
view the request should be 'approved' by the IA's and the cadmins
should change the note towards Y2K re-issues would carry a 'blocked open
stud', as it would better fit the timeline and current 'policy' on
the heads.
my 2 cents
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With B and C types, you are correct that whatever type is found by a submitter
is confirmed and added to the inventory. If later another type is found, a note
is added. Every once in a while a particular type is determined to be in error,
so an actual change is made.
Regarding the A and B types, it is a more synthetic situation, due to 2 factors:
1) the BL inventory system was started long after the A head was discontinued,
and 2) for a long time (until about a year ago) no A heads were allowed. So in
a way, the site is now "reliving" the transition from A to B, but in reverse
because we are looking backwards.
Because I was very conservative with the timeline, almost all "corrections" at
this point will be notes added to B inventories saying that the A head is also
found. But there is also a chance that Lego releases a new figure that is identical
to an old figure where the head type has already been changed. In that case,
it is likely that the inventory would be changed BACK to the B type and a note
placed concerning the A type.
But I haven't seen that happen yet, and my hope is that before we reach that
bridge that the catalog will have opened up to dedicated entries for the older
A type figures. I really do think it is best for all parties to keep the old
and the new separate. Maybe not for other types of assemblies, but minifigs are
somewhat in their own category.
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Message is in Reply To: 10 Messages in this Thread:  Msg 1 - Fran_ (24) 94 months ago Sep 18, 2016 to Inventories Requests
 Msg 2 - elias3 (4598)  94 months ago Sep 18, 2016 to Inventories Requests
  Msg 3 - Fran_ (24) 94 months ago Sep 19, 2016 to Inventories Requests
Msg 4 - therobo (9708) 94 months ago Sep 19, 2016 to Inventories Requests
Msg 5 - Fran_ (24) 94 months ago Sep 20, 2016 to Inventories Requests
Msg 6 - therobo (9708) 94 months ago Sep 20, 2016 to Inventories Requests
Msg 7 - Fran_ (24) 94 months ago Sep 20, 2016 to Inventories Requests
Msg 8 - yorbrick (1185) 94 months ago Sep 20, 2016 to Inventories Requests
Msg 9 - RobErNat (2926) 94 months ago Sep 20, 2016 to Inventories Requests
Msg 10 « - viejos (670) 90 months ago Jan 12, 2017 to Inventories Requests
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