  
| Author: | DeLuca  | | Posted: | Feb 17, 2024 01:28 | | Subject: | Re: Reaction to the R.R. Slugger video | | Viewed: | 80 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:
| | Set 7171 from 1999 (Mos Espa Podrace):
is one of the celebrated early Star Wars sets and as such we may consider it
to be at the pinnacle of collector interest. In that set is a yellow dome with
a “blocked open stud” which is part no. 30151a:
[p=30151a,3]
The next version of that part by all accounts was introduced around 2010,
[p=30151b]
and by that time, the Mos Espa Podrace had long been retired. So we can say with
reasonable certainty that this set came originally with domes with blocked open
studs. If you see a copy of the set sitting on someone’s shelf and the domes
on Anakin’s podracer have hollow studs (no little Mercedes symbol), that is a
sure sign that the parts, and maybe even the whole set, is not original.
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We only know this because of complete databases like the BrickLink Catalog.
| | Next up is set 6745-1 from 2009 (Propeller Power).
This also has a red 533 on the nose of the plane, but here the inventory system
says it could have either the “b” or “c” variant. Check the change log to see
if you recognize any of the people who added these variants to the set:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogInvChangeItem.asp?itemType=S&itemNo=6745-1&viewDate=Y&viewStatus=1
We’re pretty sure this came with both “b” and “c” types. It didn’t come with
a vented stud, and someone might mistakenly put one on this model if BrickLink
doesn’t educate them about it, right? That is the premise on why we need these
variants in the catalog, correct?
The thing is, how can we tolerate the difference of stud type in this model,
and not in other models where it is historically incorrect? In this plane model
from 2009, both are correct, so what does that say about the mixing of variants
in other models?
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As you say, it is because other cases are historically inaccurate. To use a Star
Wars example, this is like asking why Imperial officers cannot wear single-line
rank insignias post-Yavin when they had a mix of single-line and double-line
ranks (an increasing number of the latter, over time) before Yavin.
| | True collectors know that there actually is no replacement part that will ever
perfectly replace a part that is lost. The only truly correct part is the part
the set originally came with. It’s nice to get as close as possible to a correct
replacement part, but it’s a futile attempt.
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This is pure cope, and also bull****.
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Message is in Reply To:  Reaction to the R.R. Slugger video - Admin_Russell | Hello again everyone, This is my official response to the video from R.R. Slugger concerning the merging of part variants in the BrickLink catalog: (URL) Here is an initial [...]
(4 months ago, Feb 16, 2024, to Catalog) |
Message Has 1 Reply: Re: Reaction to the R.R. Slugger video - yorbrick (1185) | [...] It isn't complete and never will be. With the rate new sets are produced and the lack of information about old sets and items, there will always be uninventoried [...]
(4 months ago, Feb 17, 2024, to Catalog) |
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