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 Author: Andy_Bell View Messages Posted By Andy_Bell
 Posted: Aug 5, 2014 17:11
 Subject: Re: Suggestion: Add list of parts only in 1 set
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In Suggestions, cptnruthless writes:
  I'm looking for a feature within Bricklink that can tell me which parts only
have appeared in one set. This information is already within bricklink, just
not displayed as a list anywhere.

(another forum poster suggested that since we already have a MOST common parts
function, a LEAST common parts function could be a solution - as long as it takes
into account color, leaves out parts in colors that never appeared in any set,
and includes more than 25 in the list)

This will be very helpful to me and others, as noted in this thread: http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=842426

I have a huge bin of my childhood LEGO, and unfortunately I did not keep all
of my instructions. This list would be very helpful in figuring out which sets
I have. For example,
 
Part No: 2826  Name: Windscreen 5 x 8 x 3
* 
2826 Windscreen 5 x 8 x 3
Parts: Windscreen
only appeared in dark blue in 1 set. I have this
part, which means I have the parts for
 
Set No: 6175  Name: Crystal Explorer Sub
* 
6175-1 (Inv) Crystal Explorer Sub
152 Parts, 2 Minifigures, 1995
Sets: Aquazone: Aquanauts

Thank you for your consideration!!

Ruth

I agree - from a timeliness standpoint can this be done with other tools?

I don't know how extensive the BL API is ... Is this something that can be
teased out of the database through the API commands?

Brickfininty runs a much more complex set of queries so I would think this level
of search is not that hard.

From a logic stand point:
part 1 color 1 if set appearance =1 then add to list
next
part 1 color 2 etc
repeat

The reality is a list like this could be updated monthly (or weekly) to keep
up with new part appearances, but does not really need to be a dynamic list.

What about rebrickable?

Andy

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View Thread Suggestion: Add list of parts only in 1 set - cptnruthless (1319)
I'm looking for a feature within Bricklink that can tell me which parts only have appeared in one set. This information is already within bricklink, just not displayed as [...]
(120 months ago, Aug 5, 2014, to Suggestions)

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View Thread Re: Suggestion: Add list of parts only in 1 set - cptnruthless (1319)
[...] I have looked at rebrickable, but could not find how to make such a search of this kind. -Ruth [...]
(120 months ago, Aug 5, 2014, to Suggestions)

6 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 - cptnruthless (1319) 120 months ago Aug 5, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 « - Andy_Bell (2369) 120 months ago Aug 5, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - cptnruthless (1319) 120 months ago Aug 5, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - Proprietor (1699) 120 months ago Aug 5, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - Andy_Bell (2369) 120 months ago Aug 5, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - yorbrick (1185) 120 months ago Aug 6, 2014 to Suggestions

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