legone Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 MC2: Mobile Crane Mk2. You got Barrel Escape right :-) The point is (many) people lose time having to guess or look up. Quote
Young_Gun21 Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 It's like texting nobody wants to actually spell things and you just have to deal with it. -I don't always going shopping, but when I do I buy Lego- Quote
No More Monkeys Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 I think we should not use abbreviations, even more so with set numbers. The purpose is to save time but often we end up with at least one more post asking what it is. With set numbers, readers often have to look up the number to find the set name. Posts like this will make it hard for everyone: "Picked up 2 BE from TRU today, saw a small discount on MC2 but passed" Lego maintains 200 sets each year, how are we going to keep up? part of the reason for abbreviations is because oftentimes, people type it on the phone, and it is cumbersome as it is, let alone typing "mobile crane MK-II". ROFLMAO Quote
No More Monkeys Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 It's like texting nobody wants to actually spell things and you just have to deal with it. -I don't always going shopping, but when I do I buy Lego- These days, I would think "nobody _knows_ how to actually spell things " Quote
Young_Gun21 Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 These days, I would think "nobody _knows_ how to actually spell things "Haha it's true. I've heard of kids handing in reports for school that have text talk in them. -I don't always going shopping, but when I do I buy Lego- Quote
No More Monkeys Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Haha it's true. I've heard of kids handing in reports for school that have text talk in them. -I don't always going shopping, but when I do I buy Lego- Yep, next thing you know, there will be "compact edition" of Pride and Prejudice with LOLs Quote
DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Maybe we just need shorter names for sets instead of abbreviations so people can figure them out: Arkham Asylum Breakout = Nut House The Ewok Village = Muppets Winter VIllage Cottage = Cold house Super Star Destroyer = Badass Ultimate Collector Series Millenium Falcon = The Grail The Fire Brigade = rescue me 2 Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 ^We are doing that already -- Death Star = Live Star (1 letter shorter ) Quote
DoNotInsertIntoMouth Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 ^We are doing that already -- Death Star = Live Star (1 letter shorter ) That's true. I was thinking the people who had the death star as an investment might just want to call it @#$%. I mean, that's probably what they say every year it comes back anyway. Or this: Quote
Blackjack Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 It used to be a few abbreviations that everyone was familiar with (example, SSD, DS, HH) but now every set is being abbreviated. When discussing small/new/low profile sets, I would avoid abbreviations. Quote
Guest brickcrazyhouse Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 ttfn-tigger quote couldn't resist Quote
No More Monkeys Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 It used to be a few abbreviations that everyone was familiar with (example, SSD, DS, HH) but now every set is being abbreviated. When discussing small/new/low profile sets, I would avoid abbreviations. I dare you to abbreviate chima and ninjago sets... Well, I guess EDB kinda stuck Quote
Guest brickcrazyhouse Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 hehe I do it the big C and ****** Quote
rcdb1984 Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 MF monster fighters, minifigures, millennium falcon gets me every time. Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 MF monster fighters, minifigures, millennium falcon gets me every time. How about the new MicroFighters :D 2 Quote
TheViralSmile Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 IDHAMMTKBTS I Don't have any more money to keep buying this stuff. We use it a lot. Hahahaha ... too funny ... and so true!! Quote
Anakinisvader Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 MLM -- Multi level marketing (no its not a pyramid scheme) Quote
biniou Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 PONYTAIL - LEGO Employee Oh thanks, I was trying to figure out what this meant. =) Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 What about PANCAKE?It was a term coined after TRU started mailing the LR cavalry builders in bubble envelopes. They came all squashed and flat. Like a ...... You know that you've been on this site too long when you can referencing "historical" events rather can just read about them 2 Quote
Blackjack Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 It was a term coined after TRU started mailing the LR cavalry builders in bubble envelopes. They came all squashed and flat. Like a ...... You know that you've been on this site too long when you can referencing "historical" events rather can just read about them I missed the pancake and ponytail events. :/ Quote
legone Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 Ponytail event is current: http://community.brickpicker.com/topic/8861-lego-store-clerks/ Quote
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