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I got A. up early, in the shower, through breakfast, and then she had some down time before her 11 am tour of the jr hi. R. took her (they walked).
Meanwhile, I took T. to get his hair cut. We discussed how he could, if he wanted to, bicycle over to get his haircut when the weather is good and he feels like it.
Later, I spent an unholy amount of time assembling a Pick a Brick order. I’m going to go eat dinner now, and come back later (perhaps) and add some details about things like lego color names and part names, and the incompatibility between what Bricklink uses, and what Lego uses on the official site.
Also, I learned today about the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square. That is _wild_.
ETA:
I’ve been buying MOCs (current one I am building: Discworld ; current one I am ordering parts for: Droomvlucht) on rebrickable, and then dumping the parts list over at Bricklink. I do an initial round or two of finding parts in my stash, and then placing an order through Bricklink. However, today I decided to better understand how ordering from Lego directly works, because whenever I looked at Pick a Brick, I couldn’t find things.
So, today, I have learned a few things. First, there are only some things listed through Pick a Brick. More can be found over at Bricks and Pieces (I have not attempted an order through Bricks and Pieces yet; that _may_ be next, because I was able to establish for certain that several of the items I wanted were not available through Pick a Brick). Second — and this is important — the color names in BrickLink are not the same as the color names on the Lego website.
I really cannot emphasize how annoying that is.
Here are some resources:
http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/inv/colors
That’s nice, not what I used, and does require you to switch back and forth.
This is probably less nice, but does not require you to switch back and forth and is what I used:
https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/91641-bricklinklego-color-translation-table/
I’m open to more recommendations for resources to manage this particular nightmare.
Also, I seriously don’t love the search engine on Pick-a-Brick. Further, why are Pick-a-Brick (PAB) and Bricks and Pieces (BAP) named that? I mean, were they _trying_ to create an additional layer of confusion?
There were multiple errors getting from my order on PAB to the bag where you can checkout, and I had more errors checking out. It all _looks_ like it worked, and I have a confirmation number, and the right dollar amount, and the correct amount was charged (well, the amount I was expecting was charged). The order ack arrived in my account on lego and in my email.
Finally, the resulting order summary when you order several dozen types of pieces can really only be described as unhelpful. No pictures, minimal and non-specific part descriptions, and a SKU. Which is to say, the email version has non-specific (no color) part descriptions, and the website version has just the SKU. *Sigh* I don’t even know where to begin, honestly.
I don’t think Lego every intended to become a brick wholesaler. Just guessin’.
ETAYA: So, the online version of the order looks more or less like what I ordered. The email sent to me … does not. Sooo. Sooooo. Sooooooooo. Wrong. I have 70 of one piece and 100 for another piece that do not show up in the email at all. I’m going to treat the email version as some sort of bad joke, and focus on whether or not what is in my account at lego bears any resemblance to what I tried to order.
Meanwhile, I took T. to get his hair cut. We discussed how he could, if he wanted to, bicycle over to get his haircut when the weather is good and he feels like it.
Later, I spent an unholy amount of time assembling a Pick a Brick order. I’m going to go eat dinner now, and come back later (perhaps) and add some details about things like lego color names and part names, and the incompatibility between what Bricklink uses, and what Lego uses on the official site.
Also, I learned today about the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square. That is _wild_.
ETA:
I’ve been buying MOCs (current one I am building: Discworld ; current one I am ordering parts for: Droomvlucht) on rebrickable, and then dumping the parts list over at Bricklink. I do an initial round or two of finding parts in my stash, and then placing an order through Bricklink. However, today I decided to better understand how ordering from Lego directly works, because whenever I looked at Pick a Brick, I couldn’t find things.
So, today, I have learned a few things. First, there are only some things listed through Pick a Brick. More can be found over at Bricks and Pieces (I have not attempted an order through Bricks and Pieces yet; that _may_ be next, because I was able to establish for certain that several of the items I wanted were not available through Pick a Brick). Second — and this is important — the color names in BrickLink are not the same as the color names on the Lego website.
I really cannot emphasize how annoying that is.
Here are some resources:
http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/inv/colors
That’s nice, not what I used, and does require you to switch back and forth.
This is probably less nice, but does not require you to switch back and forth and is what I used:
https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/91641-bricklinklego-color-translation-table/
I’m open to more recommendations for resources to manage this particular nightmare.
Also, I seriously don’t love the search engine on Pick-a-Brick. Further, why are Pick-a-Brick (PAB) and Bricks and Pieces (BAP) named that? I mean, were they _trying_ to create an additional layer of confusion?
There were multiple errors getting from my order on PAB to the bag where you can checkout, and I had more errors checking out. It all _looks_ like it worked, and I have a confirmation number, and the right dollar amount, and the correct amount was charged (well, the amount I was expecting was charged). The order ack arrived in my account on lego and in my email.
Finally, the resulting order summary when you order several dozen types of pieces can really only be described as unhelpful. No pictures, minimal and non-specific part descriptions, and a SKU. Which is to say, the email version has non-specific (no color) part descriptions, and the website version has just the SKU. *Sigh* I don’t even know where to begin, honestly.
I don’t think Lego every intended to become a brick wholesaler. Just guessin’.
ETAYA: So, the online version of the order looks more or less like what I ordered. The email sent to me … does not. Sooo. Sooooo. Sooooooooo. Wrong. I have 70 of one piece and 100 for another piece that do not show up in the email at all. I’m going to treat the email version as some sort of bad joke, and focus on whether or not what is in my account at lego bears any resemblance to what I tried to order.