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Help Us Build the Database / Handling Revoltech in the future

November 03, 2011, 07:04:23 AM

So, now that there are third party products and Gobots, with the potential for more and more toy lines to be added, how do we handle things like Revoltech? It's its own toyline, but there are already Revoltech records in Transformers. Is there a way to link a record to multiple spots in the category tree?

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Help Us Build the Database / Re: C-05 Hot Rodimus (two entries?)

July 26, 2011, 07:09:10 AM

I think the rationale is that since the releases of Hot Rodimus are far enough apart that the second record is warranted (2008 vs. 2011).

If the releases were closer together, say a few months, or even a year, we can assume that the parts were probably all from the same batch.  It's possible that TakaraTomy cranked out "x" number of units, but only put 1/2x out on the market, not knowing how well they would sell, keeping the others for a "rainy day", or perhaps for a planned second release.  

But since these Hot Rodimus releases were 3 years apart, I'm betting against this scenario.

MIKE
engledogg

I just don't think of if that way. If it's identical to the original release, save for maybe the product code, I don't think it deserves a new record. Henkei Hound and Prime got re-releases two years after their release, but they didn't get new records (and I don't think they should).

It just seems really foreign to me, i.e. that it genuinely matters, even to a full MISB collector.

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Help Us Build the Database / C-05 Hot Rodimus (two entries?)

July 21, 2011, 12:29:27 PM

I was just curious why C-05 is getting a new stub:

http://www.shmax.com/product_details/9315

while Henkei Convoy, Hound, Astrotrain, Streak, etc haven't, even though they've been "re-run" in the same way.

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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: OMG! What are all these flashing numbers and weird icons?

May 19, 2011, 07:15:43 AM

Yeah, it doesn't really bother me. It's pretty cool, and it's been expensive getting there, but I'm not worried. I may be the highest rank with a significant number of loose figures, so I'm sure anything can happen with loose vs MISB/MOSC grading.

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Photo of the Day / Re: Photo of the Day: May 18th, 2011

May 18, 2011, 12:55:02 PM

I'll get there eventually.  :mrgreen:

Get where?  :shock:

To focusing all my collecting might on G1... :twisted:

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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: OMG! What are all these flashing numbers and weird icons?

May 18, 2011, 09:48:04 AM

Nice work, RC. It's been a while since we've seen any movement in the top ten. That must have been some DOTM haul you picked up on Monday...

Pretty much everything except the Robo-Power figures...it also helped that my Gaiacross set came in.

Now, on the front page, I'm #9, but if I drill into my collection, it says I'm #17. Is one based on figure count and the other on dollar value?

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Photo of the Day / Re: Photo of the Day: May 18th, 2011

May 18, 2011, 09:42:35 AM

I'll get there eventually.  :mrgreen:

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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: OMG! What are all these flashing numbers and weird icons?

May 18, 2011, 06:40:16 AM

554 to go. I also just noticed I finally floated into the top ten collectors. Woot!

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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: Update 03/10/2011

March 18, 2011, 10:38:37 AM

- Yet another redesign of the collection interface's date picker. This one takes us back to the text entry + calendar method, but introduces "shortcuts" for "today" and "release date".
- now removing "add to my collection" links for newly submitted but unreviewed items, as well as "upcoming" items

I'm so happy I can hit "today" now with one click. Thanks!

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Help Us Build the Database / HftD Multipacks in wrong category

September 17, 2010, 12:42:49 PM

There are some Hunt for the Decepticons Multipacks in the Generations Multipacks category:

http://shmax.com/database/1924

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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Spurious Entry in 2010 Voyagers

August 11, 2010, 05:27:51 AM

Sorry. I was in a hurry yesterday... :-)

"Twin Boomfight" was the place holder name for Highbrow in Wal-Mart's computers before he was named "Highbrow". There's now a Highbrow entry, but the old "Twin Boomfight" entry was never removed. It probably should be.

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Help Us Build the Database / Spurious Entry in 2010 Voyagers

August 10, 2010, 01:22:47 PM

There's still an entry for "Twin Boomfight" which is Highbrow:

http://www.shmax.com/package_details/71 ... _boomfight

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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Animated Ironhide's dinglehoppers

August 09, 2010, 02:03:07 PM

I like "iron punch" FWIW.

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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Should this category be renamed?

July 30, 2010, 12:12:48 PM

I wonder if it is possible that this line doesn't really have a true "name" (other than the umbrella Transformers line) and that "Hunt for the Decepticons" and "Autobot Alliance" are just promos/campaigns that are run under the line, but aren't meant to be considered proper names for the toy line.

I think that's probably the most right answer. I hadn't noticed the text on the cards from BotCon, so I guess it's OK.

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Help Us Build the Database / Should this category be renamed?

July 30, 2010, 09:03:42 AM

http://shmax.com/database/1926

Right now it's "Autobot Alliance", which is TakaraTomy's post-movie Movie line. I recommend we switch it to "Hunt for the Decepticons" as that's the best agreed upon name (Hasbro even used it at BotCon).