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| | | Author: | Ziegelmeister  | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 18:08 | | Subject: | I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 145 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Pick-a-Brick only has two train Buffer Beams; No.1 and No.2. (I don't think
we're allowed to post links to that site so just go there and type in "Train
buffer beam" They have 6172142/29082, but BL only shows a result when you
search 6172142 and sends you to this . It appears that is correct
since it has the Pilot at the bottom.
PaB then has a Train Buffer Beam No.2 with the ID(s) 6172149/29084 which both
send you to which lists it as "type 3"
But when you do a search for Train Buffer Beam - Type 2 on Bricklink you finally
find: Which isn't on PaB.
Since there isn't a 3D option for the part on PaB, you can't see the
bottom to know if it's the open or closed version.
So; A: does anyone know if the PaB one is the "closed bottom" and B:
Do the "type 2" and "type 3" on BL need to be swapped to align
with what's on (or not on) PaB?
Sincerely-
Confused in Cincinnati
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 18:19 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| (Not an expert.)
Type 2 hasn’t been seen in a set since 2016.
And it’s only in one set from 2016 where Type 3 is an alternate.
So I would rule out finding Type 2 on PaB. That’ll be Type 3.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 18:28 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | (Not an expert.)
Type 2 hasn’t been seen in a set since 2016.
And it’s only in one set from 2016 where Type 3 is an alternate.
So I would rule out finding Type 2 on PaB. That’ll be Type 3.
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Should they be variants?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 18:39 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | (Not an expert.)
Type 2 hasn’t been seen in a set since 2016.
And it’s only in one set from 2016 where Type 3 is an alternate.
So I would rule out finding Type 2 on PaB. That’ll be Type 3.
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Should they be variants?
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They already are (with Type 1):
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 19:07 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, SylvainLS writes:
| | (Not an expert.)
Type 2 hasn’t been seen in a set since 2016.
And it’s only in one set from 2016 where Type 3 is an alternate.
So I would rule out finding Type 2 on PaB. That’ll be Type 3.
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Should they be variants?
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They already are (with Type 1):
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Awe man, sorry. Been running a high fever all day.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 21:59 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| Shoot, so if the part I want just throws up an error on pick a brick it's
no longer being sold and I've got to scrounge up the parts on Bricklink,
yea?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 22:17 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | Shoot, so if the part I want just throws up an error on pick a brick it's
no longer being sold and I've got to scrounge up the parts on Bricklink,
yea?
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Well, yes, you would have to scrounge up the parts somewhere else besides PaB.
BrickLink is one of those choices. PaB is always going to be modern, in-production
parts.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Ziegelmeister | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 22:25 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | Shoot, so if the part I want just throws up an error on pick a brick it's
no longer being sold and I've got to scrounge up the parts on Bricklink,
yea?
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Well, yes, you would have to scrounge up the parts somewhere else besides PaB.
BrickLink is one of those choices. PaB is always going to be modern, in-production
parts.
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That's crazy. Considering how popular trains are in people's cities,
this part had such a short production run:
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | May 6, 2024 22:34 | | Subject: | Re: I need a train expert. | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Catalog Identification | |
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| In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, randyf writes:
| | In Catalog Identification, Ziegelmeister writes:
| | Shoot, so if the part I want just throws up an error on pick a brick it's
no longer being sold and I've got to scrounge up the parts on Bricklink,
yea?
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Well, yes, you would have to scrounge up the parts somewhere else besides PaB.
BrickLink is one of those choices. PaB is always going to be modern, in-production
parts.
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That's crazy. Considering how popular trains are in people's cities,
this part had such a short production run:
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There are plenty of parts that only last 2-3 years before they are no longer
made ever again. Heck, some parts are only made for one set and never used again.
Marketing 101: Keep your inventory fresh so that it constantly generates interest.
So, not only new sets all the time, but also new parts and new colors.
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