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New categories
Just to let you know, we recently added some new subcategories to the system.
Animal / Land now has subcategories of cat, dog, horse, other
Minifig / Accessory now has subcategories of food and drink, foot, hand tool, music, other
Duplo now has subcategories of blanket, door & window
Door & Window now has subcategory of classic window
Vehicle has a new subcategory of other
Over the past few weeks, we have been working to clear up some of the naming and categorisation. Over the past 10 years as many new parts have been created, this has become a little messy. Additionally, some categories have become very large so we want to split them up a bit.
We would welcome any discussion on new subcategories that should be created, or help moving/naming things
Animal / Land now has subcategories of cat, dog, horse, other
Minifig / Accessory now has subcategories of food and drink, foot, hand tool, music, other
Duplo now has subcategories of blanket, door & window
Door & Window now has subcategory of classic window
Vehicle has a new subcategory of other
Over the past few weeks, we have been working to clear up some of the naming and categorisation. Over the past 10 years as many new parts have been created, this has become a little messy. Additionally, some categories have become very large so we want to split them up a bit.
We would welcome any discussion on new subcategories that should be created, or help moving/naming things
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Shooter or Shooting would gather all shooters, cannons, projectiles, etc
Stairs, Ladder, Bridge & Slide
Plastic to accommodate Sails, Flags, Tents etc
Hook
Magnet
Also:
Garage Roller, Garage Gate could maybe move to Door category?
Levers could maybe move to Antenna & Bar?
Flower & Plant
Fence
Rock
Flag & (Road) Signs
Also under Parts>Minifig>Legs if something could be done there to thin that out: Standard, Friends (and maybe not now but eventually pants/skirts/dresses or something), Non-Standard (ghost, mermaid, pegleg).
Same deal with the legs.
Overall, like the new sub-categories and the moves but have some suggestions based on how I sort my personal lego store (not my shop!). In no particular order…
1. I have ‘cones’, ‘domes’ and ‘cylinders’ together. This includes the Cones category, some Round Bricks and the Cylinders category (which seems to have hemispheres in it too that I would describe as ‘domes’ to avoid mathematical jargon).
2. The Container category includes cupboards and other furniture items but doesn’t seem appropriate for all furniture items that may currently be here (e.g. a bath) or in a Themed Parts sub-cat. I’d consider a separate Furniture category.
3. I put non-electric ‘motors’ with large Vehicle parts. The current sub-cat Electric & Pneumatic > Motor > LEGO Non-Electric Motors is confusing.
4. I agree with the suggestion above to combine the sub-cats Ladder, Stairs and Slide.
5. I’d combine the Fabric category and Foam sub-cat to make a new Fabric & Foam category.
6. There are many parts in the Minifigure category that don’t actually fit with standard minifigures. The simplest example is all the Friends figures as Friends torsos don’t fit on standard legs etc. I realise that this category is perhaps the most difficult and could be split in so many ways. I will try to explain my suggestion:
a) one category called Minifigure Parts and within this subcategories for Minifigure Heads and Minidoll (Friends) Heads etc. so that the two main types of minifigure can be separated. There are also various Micro figures that may fit here too?
b) a second category called simply Accessories. This could include sub-categories such as those currently in Minifig > LEGO Minifig Accessories as well as those sub-cats currently called Clothing and Weapons for example. And this could also combine the LEGO Minifigure Food & Drink Accessories and LEGO Food Parts in one sub-category here.
7. I think the Arm category needs to go. Most of this is Homemaker figure parts and a couple of pieces that may fit with Hinges?
8. The Decorated sub-categories can be inconsistent and confusing. For example, in Slopes, some decorated curved slopes are in Slopes-Curved-Decorated while are just in Slopes-Decorated.
Finally, when suggesting parts are moved to different categories in the Edit tab, the drop-down list doesn’t seem to match the current category navigation.
Hope this makes sense and is helpful in some way!