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Re: Crazy idea for third-party Factory-like service
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lugnet.cad
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Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:28:00 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jake McKee wrote:
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Although not addressing the “cheapest parts list” desire, the Building
Instructions Portal (http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions) has
something similar. Users who add a link to their Building Instruction can
also upload the LDraw file and, thanks to BrikTrak and Richard Morton, add a
link on their BIP instruction description that goes to Bricklink to find the
parts for that specific model.
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I just tried this, but with mixed success. For example, I tried to buy parts
for your Intermodal Spine Car. This produces “Oops! There was a problem
processing your request: 1. Item #21: Item Not Found in Catalog.” (You’d think
it would then provide a way to go on and find the other items, but it does not.)
Then I tried the Older style Boxcar, and this did work better. I’m a little
unclear on exactly what it’s doing when I click through to one of the sellers; I
think it’s showing me all the parts they have that match the inventory parts.
The quantities don’t carry over, so I’d have to keep the parts list handy and
fill out the order myself, but it is indeed a good start.
Then of course there’s the more general problem that half the instruction links
on BIP seem to be broken... I wish BIP would just host the instructions
themselves.
Best,
– Joe
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| (...) Heh...yeah, clearly it needs some updating. Honestly, I sorta lost interest when I couldn't get any feedback or help from Bricklink - that was the lynchpin in the system and without it, it was tough to make much more happen. Of course, that (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, FTX)
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| (...) Although not addressing the "cheapest parts list" desire, the Building Instructions Portal ((URL)) has something similar. Users who add a link to their Building Instruction can also upload the LDraw file and, thanks to BrikTrak and Richard (...) (19 years ago, 29-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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