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All the April releases - PARTHAWKS!, less noise and more!
🕑 Added 2021-04-27 13:46:06 +0000 UTCHello Patrons :)
It's release day! Well, it's actually "update-you-on-all-the-little-changes-this-month day"! A number of small changes have made their way out this month - none big enough on their own to warrant a Patreon post, but collectively they all do! Here's a quick (#numbered) rundown of the various releases from this past month:
PARTHAWKS!
(#1) PARTHAWKS is receiving much needed attention and the most noticeable change has been to the PARTHAWK Alert emails. Their look and feel now matches the other Hawk alerts and they also include an image of the part. There are also links to both the actual PARTHAWK in BrickHawk as well as a direct link to the part store.
(#2) The PARTHAWKS page is now showing the last updated times and currency for your region (and not Australian Eastern time/$AUD regardless of your region).
Noisy alerts
Getting on top of Hawk alerts that are wrong or of no use (i.e. "just noise") has been a priority, and two such examples have been fixed:
(#3) SUPERHAWKS and THEMEHAWKS (with RRP comparison enabled) will no longer alert you if the price increases. For example, if you have a 30% RRP threshold set, and a set increases in price from 39% off to 36% off (e.g. $100 RRP, and the price changes from $61 to $64), no alert will be sent. No longer will you see alerts like this one:
(#4) When the new PARTHAWKS email format was released earlier this month, occasionally a PARTHAWK alert would be sent with (seemingly) no changes. There was a change (maximum number available to order had changed) however it was not displayed in the email. This has been fixed, and alerts will only be sent when the maximum available to order increases (or the part's availability or price changes). No longer will you see alerts this this one:
(#5) Also a bug fix - the "Mute SUPERHAWKS" and "Mute THEMEHAWKS" options for each set (on the Alerts tab) has been fixed, allowing them to be switched on when a set is not Hawked. This is how they functioned when originally released, however a subsequent release broke them and they could not be used unless a set was Hawked (which defeated their purpose!).
BrickHawk Insights
(#6) Regional availability and pricing has been added to the Insights for each set, allowing you to see if a set has retired in another region, or how the prices compare. This was requested by a few of you from Europe, and it's been interesting to see how the availability and VIP points can vary across regions.
Retailers
A few updates for various retailers to note:
(#7) toys101.co.nz (NZ) - BrickHawk resumed tracking this retailer and now tracks the availability of their sets
(#8) bigw.com.au (AU) - Improved tracking of products and their availability (currently tracking default store availability, but tracking per store is being investigated!)
(#9) mightyape.co.nz (NZ) - BrickHawk resumed tracking this retailer
(#10) all retailers - BrickHawk is now trying harder to detect non-LEGO products, e.g. lego lighting kits and display cases
Other fixes
(#11) If you watched closely enough, you may have noticed that when you deleted a hawk that the hawk count at the top of the page didn't reduce to reflect the new number of hawks. It does now :)
And that's all for April!
Hopefully you've found one or more of these releases, changes and fixes useful. There is still plenty to come, including several of your suggestions and ideas that are yet to be realised :)
If you have any feedback on this lot, or have some other ideas or changes you'd like to see, please don't hesitate to comment below or email info@brickhawk.com.
As always, thank you so much for your support. You really are the best :)
BH.
