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Feature Requests/Announcements / Re: New Voltron listings
April 15, 2024, 07:16:13 PM
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
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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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Download Wishlist is not working / how to filter by 'wishlist' on site
March 22, 2024, 05:49:05 PM
Sorry for the delay - I passed this info on to the higher-ups.
MIKE
engledogg
MIKE
engledogg
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Cannot make item "opened" in collection
December 31, 2023, 12:03:29 PM
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
MIKE
engledogg
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Cannot make item "opened" in collection
December 31, 2023, 07:36:28 AM
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
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
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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Transformers News / Re: Titans Return Titan Masters wave 3
November 21, 2023, 02:47:41 PM
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
MIKE
engledogg
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Transformers News / Re: Titans Return Titan Masters wave 3
November 19, 2023, 04:32:59 PM
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
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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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Calendar is a bit buggy...
November 03, 2023, 07:50:27 PM
Which browser are you using?
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Calendar is a bit buggy...
October 26, 2023, 10:49:31 AM
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
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
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Submission queue
October 18, 2023, 08:39:09 PM
Pending review for some, perhaps a bug for others. Nothing to worry about on your end. Thanks.
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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Gaogaigar
October 06, 2023, 07:25:24 AM
Turns out these were also released by Sonokong in South Korea at some point...not at all sure of the year, though.
MIKE
engledogg
MIKE
engledogg
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Bugs? On www.shmax.com? Ha ha, you kill me... / Re: Error when trying to update forum profile
October 06, 2023, 05:06:26 AM
I'll pass this info on to the higher ups. In the meantime, what browser are you using? Are you experiencing this on both desktop and mobile?
MIKE
engledogg
MIKE
engledogg
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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Gaogaigar
October 05, 2023, 07:26:31 PM
Cool...don't sweat adding stuff on your own - I'll add the contents when I get a chance, using Transformerland as a guide. I've been getting the names of some of the weapons on the GaoGaiGar wiki, as well.
MIKE
engledogg
MIKE
engledogg
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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Gaogaigar
October 05, 2023, 06:19:04 AM
Okay...those Combiner/Roleplay subcats are pretty much worthless then? Should I just nuke them?
So, all the stuff on Transformerland is pretty much DX and they unnecessarily broke it down into four categories including two combiner categories and a roleplay category that aren't officially recognized?
Also, I just want to verify that January and March were actual months that you intentionally selected for the release dates for some of the figs. I want to make sure we don't have a bug or something.
For stuff like this, of which I have no knowledge of, lay out how you think it should be organized, and we'll go from there. I was just going by the only reference I could find on these guys.
Additionally, we have to fill up these products with contents as we don't need any more empty products on the site. I'm assuming Transformerland is useful in that capacity as they seem to have some pretty good galleries with the parts and whatnot.
MIKE
engledogg
So, all the stuff on Transformerland is pretty much DX and they unnecessarily broke it down into four categories including two combiner categories and a roleplay category that aren't officially recognized?
Also, I just want to verify that January and March were actual months that you intentionally selected for the release dates for some of the figs. I want to make sure we don't have a bug or something.
For stuff like this, of which I have no knowledge of, lay out how you think it should be organized, and we'll go from there. I was just going by the only reference I could find on these guys.
Additionally, we have to fill up these products with contents as we don't need any more empty products on the site. I'm assuming Transformerland is useful in that capacity as they seem to have some pretty good galleries with the parts and whatnot.
MIKE
engledogg
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Help Us Build the Database / Re: Gaogaigar
October 04, 2023, 11:55:55 AM
Done - I added the Combiners, DX, and Roleplay subcategories (I borrowed Transformerland's format).
If anything else needs to be added, let me know.
MIKE
engledogg
If anything else needs to be added, let me know.
MIKE
engledogg