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What should Disney do to fix the Disney Store Park Pack mystery boxes?

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What should Disney do to fix the Disney Store Park Pack mystery boxes?
I'm against blind purchasing in principle... To me, things like mystery boxes and these park packs are a demonstration of how Disney's pin industry have declined. Instead of trying to put out good product that people want to buy, they're just trying to coerce people into buying multiples in the hope of getting a complete set. And I really don't get the whole subscription box thing (What if you get stuff you don't like? Why would you spend money on stuff that you evidently don't need, since you clearly don't know what you're getting? Who has money for that kind of thing?!). I suppose it doesn't help that I'm very particular about what I like and this type of service would miss the mark 90% of the time.

That said, if they're going to do it, they should at least put more effort into it. So far it really does look like the OE pins are just stock from the parks they couldn't sell, and the LE pins are just lazy. The Cheshire Cat one was decent but would have been better if they put more work into making it a sequence of him appearing/disappearing. The only one I liked out of the whole bunch posted there was the "Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoon" one, and that missed the boat because instead of different borders they should have had different interior scenes.

I can understand why sales are declining. If you're going to run a mystery box/subscription box type service, you've got to at least put cool stuff in it. If people figure out that whatever they get is going to be lame, that'll be the end of it.
 
When the Park Packs were announced I thought us non US collectors were going to be missing out but it turns out we're not really .
If they'd actually been LE500 like initially announced they'd be much better value . A LE2000 is really of little trading value , I know there are differences between them but so far nothing that's made me think option A is way better than option B/C/D (Cheshire Cat was the closest for me) .
The OE pins were only ever going to be a lot luck approach , with them all being available eventually they've got limited value as traders .
Can they fix it ? Possibly , but as long as they continue to sell where is the incentive for Disney to change anything . They've still sold out within a few days I believe . Lots of the revealed LE pins on the DSUK site don't sell out this quickly
 
Forgot to say I do agree with Cory regarding mystery pack pins , I try and buy enough to complete the set assuming no doubles then attempt to trade for the rest . Unfortunately this isn't easily accomplished , posting a single mystery pin is cost prohibitive so I'm always trying to find someone with 3+ to make it worthwhile .
 
I've really liked the Park Pack mystery boxes as traders - I've been able to add some pins to my Muppet collection that do not come up that often. Since I have a less popular collection interest, fewer people tend to have them up as their traders. I've been able to exchange a park pack for a grail the past two months.
 
sweetalissum said:
My biggest problem with the park packs is definitely the lack of cohesion between the pins you get in a box. Each box needs a theme. I get that it's meant to be a mystery for the fun of it, but a vague theme each month would really go a long way to making them desirable. Loot Crate and other monthly box services do this and it's great to drum up excitement. Big fantasy fan? Sign up for June! It's dragon month! Prefer Scifi? August is robot month! That sort of thing would really make me more excited for the Park Packs even if they changed nothing else about them. Boring OE would at least work if you expected them to come in a certain theme (holidays, types of movies - princess, adventure, park attractions, Walt, etc). It's clear from this thread I'm not the only one who feels this way too.
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YES!!! Themed boxes - I agree!

I also like Timeerkat's idea of having unique/different OE pins - makes them slightly more trade-able.
 
I would definitely prefer 4 totally different LE 500 pins being distributed, rather than just variations of the same pin for that money. Though I thought the idea for the last couple were kind of neat, I wouldn't have wanted to buy the packs if I knew what was inside (and I'm glad that I didn't now).

It really is just the idea of finally being able to buy LEs directly from the online store that excited me, but I really wish that they would just release more individuals/sets of pins for us instead of this type of thing. And I mean pre-announced.

Yes, bots would be a problem, but it's still better than no chance at all for out-of-state traders imo.
 
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