I wrote this up yesterday as a comment. Thought I would share it.
Just come upon a whole bunch of Lego/Minifigures? Here's a quick guide to ID'ing which minifigures may be included in the lot on Bricklink:
Locate by Theme:
- Do you know what theme it's from?
- Click "Catalog" -> "Minifigures" and then click the theme (ie. Star Wars).
- Know which subtheme it's in (IE. Star Wars Ep II)? Great! Click on that instead.
- Now Scroll through until you see a familiar piece.
Locate by a uniquely coloured piece:
- Does it have sand green hands or something uncommon?
- There are two ways to go about this one:
- By colour: Click "Catalog" -> "Colours" -> eg. Sand Green. -> Minifigure, Body part
- This is great for finding uniquely coloured heads (like white or orange, for example)
- By type: Click "Catalog" -> "Parts" -> "Minifigure, Body Part"
- Search for "Hand" (or whatever body part it is) and click on it to go to it's catalog item page
- under "Known Colours", click eg. Sand Green.
- Now Scroll through until you see a familiar piece.
Locate by piece description:
- Does it look like a robe? Does it have a belt?
- Go to "Catalog" -> "Parts" -> "Minifigure, Torso"
- Search for "Robe", or "Belt", or "star", or "jacket" or whatever it looks like to you.
- Now Scroll through until you see a familiar piece.
Locate by Unique piece:
- Does it have a wierd shark head?
- Go to "Catalog" -> "Parts" -> "Minifigure, Head Modified"
- search "shark" or whatever you think it might be called.
- Now Scroll through until you see a familiar piece.
Once you have found a correct piece
- Remember, a torso (or leg, or head) could be part of several different minifigures. On the Torso's catalog item page, click "View Them" under "This item appears in: ## Minifigures" to see any minifigure it's included in.
General Tips:
- If you have a stack of instruction books included with the stuff you bought, you can look those set numbers up on bricklink. Bricklink will have a list (under "Inventory") of which minifigures are included in any given set.
- It is better to be specific when searching. Navigate to the category you think the part is in (ie. "Minifigure, Body Part") and then search. You'll only get matches from that category. Even better, if you list stuff by colour (Catalog -> Colors) and then either select a specific category or search within that colour you will get less results, hopefully making your visual scan through the thumbnails easily.
- If you find a minifigure with the correct torso (or something else), but it is not the correct figure, you can click "(Inv)" Beside that minifigure's Item number, or click on "View Inv" on the Catalog item page for that minifigure. Click on the item you have and you will be able to see which other minifigures that part is in.
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