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I've achieved my 15 microseconds of fame. My bricklink suggestion to display stats on what parts sell like hotcakes has been implemented. Check it out at: (URL) would never have picked flowers as being top-selling items! Kerry (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Congratulations, a top of the crop suggestion. (...) When I sell on ebay, flowers always do well, buyers are almost always female. Whereas palm tree buyers are generally male. pete.w (who prefers trans-anything flowers) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) That's kind of interesting, but I don't think it really shows what are hot items - that would be stats on the total amounts spent on specific parts. If six hundred Landos (an exceptionally hot amount) were sold this month for $7000, that's way (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Maybe that's because you don't have any picked flowers in your bricklink shop... ;-) Cheers Richie Dulin (URL) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) female. (...) Freud would surely have something to say about this. Kerry (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) [hot] (...) parts. True, but my request was for data on "what people actually buy" as distinct from "most wanted" or what's hot. Personally I find the data remarkable. I really did not expect to find such buyer enthusiasm for some very (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Almost :) The Pick-A-Brick selection in the US was extended a couple weeks ago to include flower stems (and flowers), and that's something I know I personally have been yearning for for ages: mass quantities of flower stems. I'll bet in the (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) You're not the only one. They make great plantlife groundcover in large quantities, just leave the flowers off. Great stuff. What has me especially happy is that I managed to score a few brown ones! (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Wow! In quantity? I've only got the select few from Cloud City sets... That was one of the other things I made sure to ask for in Richard's 'bulk offering' survey-- brown, green, tan, orange, black, etc. Anything that would make great foliage (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Not from PaB, from some lucky Dane. And not a HUGE quantity, just a small baggie. But still enough to do useful things. (...) Ya, that wood (1) be great. 1 - er, ah, sorry about that. (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I for one am constantly running out of black 1x2 bricks... but then I don't have a wall of Blue Tubs (tm). (...) (URL) ? ;) Michael (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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In a discussion of the Top Ordered parts on bricklink: (URL) says: (...) seller, (...) that (...) lifespan of a (...) Well, traditionally, stock turnover is one of the great metrics for retailers. However (and hence my cc-ing to (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) The number of people who make a living at it, or at least a significant income, seems to be a very small proportion of sellers but they have a significant proportion of the volume. (...) If you want to use sales data to drive what is a highly (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Possibly, "Sometimes a palm tree is just a palm tree". Unless of course there are some prickly bushes nearby......... then it's a tropical garden. (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) They may have travelled to Amsterdam recently. (...) They may not Fall for those suggestions. (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Is it possible there are a lot of hippies out there or keen gardeners or maybe lonely hearts going "she loves me, she loves me not..." or "he loves me, he loves me not..."? Could be, or could be not ;) Mel (will be happy when I see purple and (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) Mmmmmm purple flowers... that would be splendid! Oh... suddenedly I have an overwhelming sense of guilt pertaining to the (URL) flower count> on bricklink! Thankfully I know I'm not the only horder. OH MY! Janey "Red Brick" (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Oops!!!! Blames replying to my own post with my new rule.... "Never post when suffering a Canada Day HANGOVER" Then corrects typos..... "suddenly" and "hoarder"! Then goes back to bed! Janey "Nearly Dead Brick" (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) And that's different from every other day *how*? ;^) -Tim (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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(...) Or was that Janey "purple flower"? ;) I totally love the scala flowers... soooo nice ;) - salmon, medium blue, yellow, white, red, light violet...(URL). Mel (happy to own some) P.S. I WANT MORE COLOURED PLANTS/FOLIAGE etc!!! Forest green (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Apparently only different in my own mind. It was nice to have the holiday as an excuse, as transparent as it was. (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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