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1. Parts Vs. Pieces

   

   Discussion by JukEboX · January 2022 · Home› The Database

   So I am confused. In my Collection it says I have certain number of pieces that is 20K more than in the Parts section. In the part section it says this "Note that the inventories we use, from LEGO Customer Services, are often incomplete so the number of parts shown below may be different to that shown in the Sets box…

2. Re: Parts Vs. Pieces

   

   Comment by PDelahanty · February 2022 · Home› The Database

   With Lego's acquisition of Bricklink, I've been hoping that they'd standardize the part names, IDs, and colors between Lego and Bricklink. Bricklink's different color and part names is REALLY annoying when building in Stud.io and then trying to get the parts from BnP.

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   Comment by arathemis · January 2022 · Home› The Database

   But who needs this kind of info (parts number)? I can't see the use of such info, if only to confuse some folks. When you are missing a part you'd go look for it on BL or BnP. You won't go to the brickset page of that set and see "oh this set has 189 parts out of 214 pieces still available". 

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   Comment by 560Heliport · January 2022 · Home› The Database

   The number in the Collection section comes from the number of pieces each set contains. The number in the Parts section comes from the parts that are available from Customer Sevices, where parts no longer in production won't show up. Check a set from, say, 30 years ago- the numbers can vary a lot. So the number from your…

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   Comment by karrit · February 2022 · Home› The Database

   BnP is a lot easier if you know the actual part number. I find it a pain to scroll through using the actual set number if I know which part I need. I actually prefer using the actual design ID so I can see all the colors a particular part is available in. I still have a hard time with Bricklink's weird numbering system.

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   Comment by 560Heliport · January 2022 · Home› The Database

   My own part counts differ by about 15%; I have sets going back to 1973.

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   Comment by Huw · January 2022 · Home› The Database

   Yes that pretty much sums it up. The number in the sets owned box uses the piece count recorded in the database for each set. The number in the parts box is the sum of the parts in the inventories that LEGO has published for the sets you own. If you only own sets from, say, 2010 onwards, the numbers will be closer than if…

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   Comment by Oldfan · March 2022 · Home› The Database

   It would be most helpful if LEGO color names were easier for us common folk to relate to the actual color of the parts in question. Right now most of the color names are similar to those that the car companies use...BL's arguments for the color names they use are usually along these lines.

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   Comment by Lo1sJess · January 2022 · Home› The Database

   @JukEboX say you had a set with 100 bricks from 1989 and Lego has 80 of those bricks still in production and/ or available (in sets, or as replacement bricks, customer service etc). The parts section will show 80 and the database will show 100. The more recent the set the more likely the two numbers will match, the older…

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