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Photo of the Day / Re: Generation 1 Broadside (9/1/2024)
September 16, 2024, 11:50:37 AM
Tacticon Broadside confirmed!

MIKE
engledogg
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Yep, I'm experiencing it, too.  I'll reply here once the bug has been squashed.

Stay tuned.

MIKE
engledogg
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Ohhh...I didn't go back far enough.  I thought he added it/bought it on the 29th for some reason.

My bad,
MIKE
engledogg
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I think he means that Steeljaw isn't showing up in the collection tab of his profile page - I looked under the 8/29 date on his collection tab and I don't see it, either.

snkeyes069, when you mention an item like the B-127 Prime Changer not working properly, what do you mean?  I do see it on your collection tab, but when I look at the product record (https://www.shmax.com/product_details/64395/bumblebee-b-127), I see this, despite you owning it:

Num. Collected by shmax.com users
0

I also see that on Steeljaw's product record, even though I own him, for what it's worth.

MIKE
engledogg
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I can't view the thumbnails - when I click on them, the photos just disappear.

MIKE
engledogg
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Reported to the higher-ups.

MIKE
engledogg
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What would the toyline breakdowns under each be?

For Legendary Defender, for example, a quick search turned up carded Lions, carded Pilots, an Ultimate Voltron, a Metal Defender Voltron, some roleplay stuff, etc.

Let me know which subcategories you want added under Playmates.

MIKE
engledogg
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Sorry for the delay - I passed this info on to the higher-ups.

MIKE
engledogg
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This should be fixed now.  Can you try it again?  If it doesn't work at first, try a ctrl-f5 and let me know.

MIKE
engledogg
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I apologize for not seeing this sooner - I can confirm that this happening to me, as well...I just reported it to the higher-ups.  :)

Someone will reply here once the bug is squashed.

Thanks for the report,
MIKE
engledogg
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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Battle Beasts
December 13, 2023, 06:54:52 AM
Battle Beasts are not currently included in the database, mostly due to the randomness of how they were packaged.

For example, Rocky Rhino could be packaged with Sly Fox or Grizzly Bear (or who knows who else, could be others?).  On the surface, that wouldn't be all that bad as we'd have a Rocky Rhino Sly Fox product record, a Rocky Rhino Grizzly Bear product record, and so on, but the fact that each figure could be either fire, water, or wood, really complicates things.  And, on top of that, you have no way of knowing until you open the package.

So, "one" Rocky Rhino Sly Fox product record would technically be:
Rocky Rhino Fire Sly Fox Fire
Rocky Rhino Fire Sly Fox Water
Rocky Rhino Fire Sly Fox Wood
Rocky Rhino Water Sly Fox Fire
Rocky Rhino Water Sly Fox Water
Rocky Rhino Water Sly Fox Wood
Rocky Rhino Wood Sly Fox Fire
Rocky Rhino Wood Sly Fox Water
Rocky Rhino Wood Sly Fox Wood

Total of nine records.

Repeat with Rocky Rhino and Grizzly Bear:

Rocky Rhino Fire Grizzly Bear Fire
Rocky Rhino Fire Grizzly Bear Water
Rocky Rhino Fire Grizzly Bear Wood
Rocky Rhino Water Grizzly Bear Fire
Rocky Rhino Water Grizzly Bear Water
Rocky Rhino Water Grizzly Bear Wood
Rocky Rhino Wood Grizzly Bear Fire
Rocky Rhino Wood Grizzly Bear Water
Rocky Rhino Wood Grizzly Bear Wood

Total of nine records.

Plus, I'm not sure if Rocky Rhino is always on the left in packaged samples.  If he's not, that opens up a whole new package combo set of nine combinations.

The reason we are able to include the Beastformers, the Transformers Japanese Headmasters equivalent of Battle Beasts, is that they are individually packaged, so the randomness aspect is reduced to only fire, water, wood.  Still, you don't know what you've got until you open it, but for our purposes, that's something we can currently tolerate.

The way the database is currently set up, we'd have to treat each combo of Battle Beasts, taking into consideration figure combinations and fire-water-wood, combinations, etc. as a separate product.  So, you get nine (maybe 18?) products records for the Rocky Rhino Sly Fox pairing, which bloats the database, so that's not a viable option.

The alternative to that would be to create a single base Rocky Rhino Sly Fox product and then, for the contents, have every combination of figures you could get and have people remove/add whatever figures they own (let's say they have a Rocky Rhino fire and a Sly Fox water, they'd have to remove the other figures from the record to show ownership).  The problem with this is we'd end up with one product record with 18 figures in it, instead of two, which is not at all accurate as to how the item was actually sold.  Internally, it would would lead to incorrect product contents completion percentages as 16 figures are being removed from each product record, so that's out.

Another possibility would be to create a base Rocky Rhino Sly Fox product record and have users, for their own use, indicate which combo they own in the notes section of the collection UI.  But, if we do this, we can't add any figures to the product record, so we'd have a product record with no contents, and technically, NO Battle Beast figure records in the database, only product records, so that's a no-go, too.

At some point, we'll be able to more gracefully handle stuff like this (Battle Beasts, Mini-Spy Pack-Ins, Decoy Pack-Ins), but until then, we don't include them.

MIKE
engledogg
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Yeah, 75% of the stuff I've gotten from Bullseye Deals has been fine (Jada Rise of the Beasts R/C Bumblebee, Rise of the Beasts Prime Funko Pop T-shirt combo, and Earthspark Optimus Prime with Robby Malto), but for some reason, not ol' Bumbleswoop, lol.

MIKE
engledogg
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Speaking of package condition, check this out.

Purchased as new on eBay from Bullseye Deals, which is affiliated with Target as they sell Target exclusives, serving as a Target outlet. 

Swoop was removed from the packaging (which was opened, no instructions either), partially transformed and then held in place with a big ol' piece of packaging tape.

No damage to the mailer bag, so this was done before shipment.

Long story short, I got an instant refund.

Of the major retailers, though, I've only had one issue recently with Pulse...a beat-up Cyclonus.  Amazon, on the other hand, I've lost track of how many items I've received that were damaged due to them using a bubble mailer or plastic bag instead of a freaking cardboard box.

MIKE
engledogg
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Which browser are you using?
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Hi, is this happening on desktop and/or mobile?  Is it happening on product records or while browsing?

I just checked it out on my phone.  On a product record, I clicked 17 on the calendar and 17 was chosen (see attachment 1).

I clicked today and the date saved was today (10/26), so it seems to be working for me (attachment 2).

 Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're describing.

MIKE
engledogg