Author:  calsbricks  Posted:  Jul 5, 2016 03:21  Subject:  Lego v Bricklink colours  Viewed:  189 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Discarded Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card calsbricks (8519) Location:  United Kingdom, England Member Since Contact Type Status Aug 12, 2008 Seller  Store: CalsBricks

I am aware that this has been suggested many times before by various people and unfortunately nothing has ever been done about it but perhaps now is the time to bring it back up. When a new used comes to Bricklink they are faced with lots of hurdles - they will not recognise the Bricklink part numbering system; and in lots of cases the colours as many of them have totally different names. The Lego stores also call colours differently e.g. Dark Blue to them is their standard blue brick and if you ask for Earth Blue - they often look at you with a puzzled look, even though that is an official Lego Colour name. The same with Green etc. So, with that in mind could the Bricklink developers not come up with a better idea than the current colour chart for the catalogue. Perhaps similar to the very old and outdated Peeron one. It would help the new buyers - and after all we give them the option to key in the number at the back of the Lego instructions to find a part (and little do they know by using that number they get the part in the correct colour). Bricklink want to encourage new buyers and as a store we want that as well - but let us give them the tools do make it easier for them not more complicated.

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Re: Lego v Bricklink colours - yorbrick (1185)

I don't think most new users know the official Lego colours any more than they know BL colours. BL colour names are used widely outside of BL too. Changing would probably [...] (96 months ago, Jul 5, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Lego v Bricklink colours - Rob_and_Shelagh (26340)

[...] I would not favour "changing" any BL colour names but I would like to see a user friendly colour reference section explaining colours (especially as you say for [...] (96 months ago, Jul 5, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Lego v Bricklink colours - TBS (7168)

Don´t know if that´s really correct, but i heard, that BL is not allowed to use the Lego color names, since they are "owned" by tlc. Lugnet, or a similar old site from the 2000´s [...] (96 months ago, Jul 5, 2016, to Suggestions)

Re: Lego v Bricklink colours - WoutR (920)

[...] See (URL) (96 months ago, Jul 5, 2016, to Suggestions)

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 Msg 1 « - calsbricks (8519) 96 months ago Jul 5, 2016 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - yorbrick (1185) 96 months ago Jul 5, 2016 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - calsbricks (8519) 96 months ago Jul 5, 2016 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - TheBrickGuys (13288) 96 months ago Jul 6, 2016 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - Rob_and_Shelagh (26340) 96 months ago Jul 5, 2016 to Suggestions
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 Msg 12 - calsbricks (8519) 96 months ago Jul 5, 2016 to Suggestions
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