This is a new experimental advanced tool to process data quickly. We are currently testing it; reach out if you are at least a Curator and interested in trying it (Champion and above have build-in access).


Adding to Workbench

You can find and batch-process items in Manage Database Items to add them to your own Workbench. Learn more about Managing Database items here.



Champions and above can also add items to the Workbench from the Showpage -


Go to the Workbench

You find a button on the top right of the screen.




Working in the Workbench


 The workbench has a lot of features, these are the ones on the left (desktop) or top (mobile):





  1. The items you selected to work on show in your workbench here. You can click on the title to see the actual item. It shows the item, Estimated Value, a photo, price point, some other attributes, the creator (sometimes the Member who asked for information to be added from data feeds where the item is automatically created) and if the item is Approved (can be seen by members in the database) or not. The magnifying glass next to the photo will allow you to see a bigger version of the image (some of the data feeds do not have large images).

  2. a. If you want to keep an item in your queue, but aren't ready to process it yet, Moving it to the end of the queue will keep the item in your Workbench.

    b. Release will remove the item from your Workbench. Please do this if you cannot work on the item in the near future or it is not an item you feel comfortable handling.

    c. Delete will delete the Database Item and move a Price Point to our "Deleted Lists" (Price Points that cannot be again added to any Database Item).
  3. This might show our most recent Price Point for this item and helps identifying what it is (you can see Estimated Values of potential matches on the right). You can also edit Condition and Packaging value here (we accept and display Price Points where the item is not Near Mint but do not use them for the calculation of the Estimated Value).

  4. If this item is new to hobbyDB you can work on it and publish it (if it is currently Unapproved, i.e. if it was created by a Rookie or was imported via a feed).  Items from a feed have the set Database Item Type which could be wrong and you can change that here.

    Note. If we have a variant or subvariant use the feature under Point 7


    Now the features on the right (desktop) or bottom (mobile):



  5. If the system does not show results or the right results you can search the database here (we will have a lot of work to do to make the initial matches better).

  6. If you want to see variants or subvariants click the link here.

  7. If the item is in the Database you can merge or quick merge it here.  If it is not but we have a variant or subvariant you can create it here. Quick merge will not retain any data from the item on the left and should be used ONLY if we just want to assign a Price Point to another near perfect database item.



Please keep in mind that this is a new tool and still work in progress. The Stats section is also not yet working.  On everything else we love to hear your feedback!