Okay, so I picked up this box set - 4 Film Favorites: John Wayne (UPC 085391174233).  The parent profile is in the databases, but not the associated children.

Popiing the discs in my drive to add by disc ID, it picked up 4 already-created profiles.  Seems this box set repackages 4 previously used disc IDs on two flipper discs.  Downloaded those.  Opened the parent, added these in the box set section.  So far so good.

Seems the original releases of these disc IDs, three of them were for other flipper sets.  So their individual profiles are listed by disc ID. However, the fourth (Operation Pacific) matches disc ID to a single disc release with a UPC.  So it added the profile with the UPC.

I got only a single vote (seems not a lot of people own this set) - 'no' - with a note saying that it looked good except for that UPC, shouldn't it be added by disc ID.  I didn't see the point in creating an entire new profile to submit by disc ID since the only thing that doesn't match is the packaging.  So I updated my notes to let the screeners know that this is the profile that pulled up by disc ID. 

It was declined.  So, could someone tell me if I would need to create a disc ID profile for this film in the set if I wanted to resubmit the box set contents? 

If so, where is this covered in the rules?  I mean, it says use UPC where available.  Now, sure, there's not a UPC for each film in this set, but there was one originally and this is just a repackage of that same disc ID...

Since these are re-releases, the individual profiles have to match the original release.  That may mean that you are adding profiles that don't exactly match what is in your set.  This is nothing new and I see not reason to create a new profile with the disc ID...though, I guess you could.

If i understand it you have 3 films which match existing Disc ID profiles and 1 film matching an existing UPC profile.

So you have to use the existing 3 Disc ID profiles for 3 films.  I'd add the fourth by Disc ID.  It may be a perfect duplicate of the existing UPC-based profile (have you checked that cast/crew?) but you can add the Cover Art and anything else unique into the DB.  Unicus is correct that it isn't necessary, but i'd do it anyway.  That's just me.

I am not sure I understand.

Did the Disc ID's have associated art work, or the UPC's that those disc id's associated with?

Charlie - I'll try to explain better about the release & the art:

Parent:  4 Film Favorites: John Wayne (has UPC & artwork of the package I have)
-- contains --
The Flying Leathernecks / They Were Expendable (flipper disc)
Back to Bataan / Operation Pacific (flipper disc)

The Flying Leathernecks / They Were Expendable (disc IDs match previous release of exact same flipper)
each profile has associated art work for the previous release
no UPC for disc ID profiles (like this one, that UPC is with the parent)

Back to Bataan (disc ID matches previous flipper release of Bataan / Back to Bataan)
has associated artwork for previous release
again, no UPC for this disc ID, that's with the Bataan / Back to Bataan parent profile

Operation Pacific (disc ID matches previous single disc release, disc ID stored in UPC profile)
has associated artwork for previous release
has a UPC, since it was a single film release (but has disc ID stored in that field, that's how it was pulled up by inserting the disc)


Make sense now?  Or am I still unclear?

Okay, so if I have to add it by disc ID, is there a way to delete the UPC from the profile that I have for Operation Pacific?  Since I already have a perfectly good profile for the film I don't want to have to create an entirely new profile simply to be able to submit to the online the box set contents.  If I can delete the UPC from the profile I have and then simply submit by disc ID I'll go ahead and submit the contents of the box to the online.  Otherwise, if I have to create a whole new profile (much like the covers I've already swapped out) I'll just keep them local.

this is actually common (and probably getting more so as I saw two upcoming 4 Film favorites, one for blade and I forget the other)

Lethal Weapon has a set like this
Jean-Claude Van Damme has a set like this
Steven Segal has a set like this
Sylvester Stallone has a set like this

with Stallone and Segal I'm pretty sure that the titles were, in addition to being released individually, also released in 2 packs (1 keep case with a flipper disc one movie per side)

With Lethal Weapon, there also exists a set that has just 1-3 (which was released first)

all the disc ID's of these match those of the individual release. The child profiles for these boxes however are all done by disc ID (there is no upc so its not available to add that way) The leathal weapon 3 pack and 4 pack share the first three profiles but the cover art reflects the triple feature. The 4 film matches a not for resale copy of the 4th movie so it's cover art matches that. As you stated, per the rules it needs to stay this way, but locally you can change it to the 4-pack. I personally changed these to the cover art of the individual release because I think it's nicer than having 5 of the same covers.

I know there wasn't a direct answer but hopefully that gives you some info (and other profiles you can check to see how they are done if you want)

-Agrare