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| | | Author: | SteveTheSquid  | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2019 11:50 | | Subject: | Bionicle Random Part Sets | | Viewed: | 135 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | | For: | Catalog Associate | | Status: | Open | |
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| I want to put forward multiple requests regarding a few Bionicle supplementary
sets.
First issue: the original 18 Bionicle masks come in 6-10+ colors each. However,
most of them only come in one or a few sets, in one or a few colors. The rest
come from "mask packs", where you could get two random masks from a set palette
of colors. Because these mask packs are random, bricklink has them labeled as
"cannot be inventoried", but this means that the majority of official colors
that these parts come in do not show up in the catalog. As a result, many sellers
upload their parts incorrectly, as well as buyers putting them on their wanted
lists wrong.
A particularly strong example of this is the "bionicle mask kaukau". It's
a more popular one, with the trans-neon-orange variant selling for around $12
right now. However, 22 people put trans-orange on their wanted list, and sellers
capitalized on this by uploading them as such. If you look at the price guide
for regular trans-orange, they sell for a whopping $20-40!
I propose that to cut down on confusion, these sets be changed to have inventories
that list only alternate parts, so that the accurate color names show up as suggestions
when people add the parts to their inventories or wanted lists.
If somebody is willing to help me with this, i will gladly supply information
on which parts could be found in each pack. It does get a little confusing, but
bionicle is very well documented 
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Perhaps contradictory to my first suggestion, there are a few bionicle supplementary
sets that have random parts inventories but DO have inventories on bricklink.
Since these sets usually have no exclusive parts, they SHOULD be changed to "cannot
be inventoried", especially since there's no point in selling them unless
they're unopened.
These sets include:
6620-1 Ultimate Accessory Set 500
6637-1 Ultimate Battle Set
6638-1 Ultimate Creatures Accessory Set (Special Edition) 300+ Pieces
8711-1 Master Accessory Kit 702 Pieces
8713-1 Limited Edition 500 Pieces
8715-1 Ultimate Creatures Accessory Set
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| | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2019 12:23 | | Subject: | Re: Bionicle Random Part Sets | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| | | I propose that to cut down on confusion, these sets be changed to have inventories
that list only alternate parts, so that the accurate color names show up as suggestions
when people add the parts to their inventories or wanted lists.
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The nexo shield packs that contain five shields are almost listed like this.
Five shields are listed as regular items, the other ones in the series are listed
as alternates. This way, the regular part count is correct although it does define
some shields as regular and others as alternate when in reality they are random
(for a given colour).
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