Author:  Proprietor  Posted:  Aug 5, 2014 17:58  Subject:  Re: Suggestion: Add list of parts only in 1 set  Viewed:  33 times  Topic:  Suggestions Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Proprietor (1699) Location:  USA, New York Member Since Contact Type Status Collage Oct 18, 2011 Seller Store: Lost & Found

This sort, which is the This Part Appears in X Sets instantly shows parts that are unique in a particular color. I know nothing about programming, but it would seem that the info is already here to compile a list where only 1 set exists for any particular part and color combination. A 3rd party may be able to create this by downloading the catalog, no? http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=2826&in=S In Suggestions, cptnruthless writes:    In Suggestions, Andy_Bell writes:    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,   *  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   *  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? I have looked at rebrickable, but could not find how to make such a search of this kind. -Ruth    Andy

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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)

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 Msg 1 - cptnruthless (1319) 120 months ago Aug 5, 2014 to Suggestions
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 Msg 5 - Andy_Bell (2368) 120 months ago Aug 5, 2014 to Suggestions
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