Author:  WOLKsite  Posted:  Feb 28, 2024 15:19  Subject:  Re: Unused parts from part 4502 - Who is with me?  Viewed:  39 times  Topic:  Inventories Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card WOLKsite (13) Location:  Sweden, Örebro Member Since Contact Type Status May 4, 2013 Buyer

In Inventories, EDOM writes:      *  4502 (Inv) Minifigure, Plume / Feather Wheel, 3 on Sprue Parts: Minifigure, Headgear Accessory {Yellow} Certain sets only use one or two of the plume feathers from that wheel. But even if only one is used, the other two are also listed on the regular items. On this page https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=1562#regularItems in the section "Additional Information About Regular Items" it says: Parts on Sprues - Complete sprues are included in this section unless some parts from the sprues are used in minifigures. In that case, the parts from the sprues that are not used in minifigures are included in this section. Now my question is: Why? Example given: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=6274-1   *  4502a Minifigure, Plume Feather Small Parts: Minifigure, Headgear Accessory {Yellow} and   *  4502c Minifigure, Plume Feather Large Parts: Minifigure, Headgear Accessory {Yellow} are not used anywhere on the Caribbean Clipper. There is no official parts list of this set. But still both pieces are listed as Regular Items on BrickLink. In this particular case the price for the complete set is increased by approximately $10 just because these two unused parts are listed as regular parts. I suggest to change the Brickink definition of regular items and move those parts from Regular Items to Extra Items. Who is with me? This treatment is consistent with any modern such items where set inventories from LEGO do exist, and those parts are included (typically, all as one "single" piece) regardless of if they are used or not. Personally, I would consider a set incomplete without those pieces, much like I would consider a set incomplete without spare ammo; it's not a matter of what is used in the builds, it's a matter of what is part of the set.

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Unused parts from part 4502 - Who is with me? - EDOM (3739)

(Part 4502,3) Certain sets only use one or two of the plume feathers from that wheel. But even if only one is used, the other two are also listed on the regular items. On this [...] (3 months ago, Feb 28, 2024, to Inventories)

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Re: Unused parts from part 4502 - Who is with me? - yorbrick (1185)

[...] Tat is fine for a new set. But for a used set, you only need the parts necessary to build the set. No extras or even regular parts not used in the build(s) have [...] (3 months ago, Feb 29, 2024, to Inventories)

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