Author:  yorbrick  Posted:  Feb 8, 2024 03:30  Subject:  Re: Proposed Alternative to Catalog Consolidation  Viewed:  53 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card yorbrick (1185) Location:  United Kingdom, England Member Since Contact Type Status Apr 11, 2011 Seller  Store: Yorbricks

That sounds awful to me. Things like that work OK for a few variables when those variables do mot take many values, but for decorated parts it is complete overkill. Think about minifigure heads. The variables would be stud type, colour and decoration number. The first two are fine. But the print is not a variation of a standard head, different prints are different parts and should be catalogued separately. If you want to know what (print) heads exist in a specific colour, you can already do that using an existing search.

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Proposed Alternative to Catalog Consolidation - PurpleKangaroo (139)

So there's been some heated discussion about the recent decision to consolidate certain Bricklink part entries. For example, the merger of certain parts with open studs and [...] (4 months ago, Feb 7, 2024, to Suggestions)

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