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which have been on the walls for ages (and were there last time I updated - but that was before the move from BrickLinks ids and images).
I couldn't find any way to select the right part.
These bricks, however, were stacked in the corner with other cases of specialty pieces, such as the 1x1 black brick with studs on 4 sides and the olive green cheese slopes. Is there a way to track parts available, but not on the physical wall (i.e. the good stuff in the boxes in the corner)?
People going to the store will need to ask about the extra bits anyway.
dwalton76, I tried to update the Utah location, but part # 60603 won't show up( in the 4,3 slot). I'm not sure if this is the right place to let you know, but there it is. Thanks
I would not want to have to go and drive to my closest LEGO shop and find out they do not have the 1x2 Masonry brick for example.
Im sure others feel the same way.
Can they call ahead? Sure, but then why have this site at all?
It is good to see what is roughly available at a site, in the wall or in the back.I say a section entitled reported as 'present but may not be on wall' may be something to be looked at
6x16 Dark bley plates
2x10 Tan plates
1x1 Black traffic light bricks
And i think there may be more new too as the 1x6x5 white panels are now on the breakfast bar.
Might be a nice selection for those going to the AFOL morning tomorrow.
Were the 'traffic light' bricks the ones with studs on 1 side, 2 sides or all 4 sides?
I've bought individual pieces from the PAB wall in store before (to get over a cost threshold) which iirc was a set 50p each - so perhaps they'll sell them for that price?
Ah I must be crazy then, I stack these just one on top of the other in brick fashion and just separate them later with the brick separator while watching TV and the like.
@Jasor My store just always asks me if its a refill or not, no stickers for like 6 months now
If I do that, I'm also kicking around adding a feature where you look at a page in the manual and say "This page uses two 2x2 red bricks and three 2x4 blue bricks". That way in a month from now when you find a single 2x4 blue brick beside the set but you don't know where it goes, you could quickly flip through only the pages of the manual that use a 2x4 blue brick. I really need this to put my death star back together after my kids play with it :)
This 2nd feature would require the user to sit down and input into wallofbricks exactly which parts are used on each page of the manual. Would this feature be worth that amount of hassle?
Personally, I'd focus on core functionality, and then when you're happy with that, go for a big publicity push (work out, or ask what all the big sites need to put wallofbricks on the front page). The real thing you need is more contributors. Then you can add all kinds of stuff.
As for a big publicity push, short of buying ads on facebook, google, etc, I'm not sure what else to do. I emailed just about every lego users group I could find, I've had it mentioned in a few blogs, etc. I just don't have tons of time to dedicate to building up a huge collection of inbound links. I talked to the person who owns brickset (sorry, I forget his name off the top of my head) and he plans on linking to wallofbricks for parts that are currently on available via PaB walls. Hopefully that will increase visibility to the site some.
Is there any site that tracks when new parts are added to PaB online?
It takes forever to scan through hoping I will recognize a newly added part.
Long answer: no, sorry.
Would you have any interest in working with another developer (me) on an Android app? Not sure how my free time will work out for this kind of a project, but if you build the APIs, I'd be happy to take a stab at making the app ... This would greatly help in those stores where reception is poor (that's most of the ones in my area), as I could have make the app sync on WiFi or connection availability, and have the parts image database device-resident.
Let me know if you are interested.
I was surprised at the lack of data for the stores near me. It really surprises me that there aren't any local collectors that are updating the WOB. I would have thought that there would be a bunch of Bricksetters here in So Cal.
So I figure, 1) no one else has the time either, 2) there aren't that many AFOLs here, or 3) no one knows about WOB.
I honestly don't have the time to visit my local store(s) as often as I'd like, let alone do inventory of the PAB wall (or I would - Honest!). Really... if I had the time I would do it.
What we need is a way to get store employees involved.
Just some musings of a bored-at-lunch AFOL.
An app they could upload would make everyone happy.