Prioritize Your LEGO Wishlist - Reorder Mode

When I first built the wishlist feature in GameSetBrick, the goal was simple: let collectors save sets they want and share the list with family. That worked great. But as my own wishlist grew past ten sets, I ran into a problem I should have predicted. Not everything on the list is equally important. Some sets are retiring next month and need to be bought now. Some are brand new and will be around for years. Some are impulse adds that I am not even sure I want anymore. And when my wife opened the shared link before my birthday, she saw twenty sets in no particular order and had no idea which one I actually wanted most.

The flat list problem is something every collector hits eventually. You add sets over weeks and months as you discover them, and the list ends up sorted by the order you happened to find each set. That is not useful for anyone, especially not for the person trying to buy you a gift with a specific budget and no idea which set matters most to you. A wishlist without priority is just a pile of set numbers pretending to be organized.

Reorder mode solves this. It lets you arrange your wishlist in exact priority order, save that order, and share a list where your most-wanted sets appear first. It also introduces three sort modes and a deal count pill that surfaces the sets with the best current prices. The combination turns your wishlist from a disorganized dump into a curated, ranked guide that gift-givers can actually follow.

Tap the reorder button on your wishlist screen and each set gets a pair of up and down arrows. Tap the up arrow to move a set higher in the list. Tap the down arrow to push it lower. Every tap moves the set one position. Hold or tap rapidly to move a set several positions quickly. When you are done arranging, tap the reorder button again to lock in your order.

I chose arrows over drag-and-drop intentionally. Drag-and-drop feels natural on desktop but is inconsistent on mobile devices. Long-press to drag conflicts with scrolling on phones. Accidental drops put sets in the wrong position. And accessibility is a nightmare - screen readers cannot convey drag targets well. The up and down arrow approach works perfectly on every device, every screen size, and every input method. One tap, one movement, no ambiguity.

Your custom order is saved to localStorage the instant you make any change. There is no save button to forget to tap. If you close the browser, switch devices, or come back a week later, your priority order is exactly where you left it. For users with a GameSetBrick account and cloud sync enabled, the order also persists to Firebase, so your priority arrangement follows you across phones, tablets, and desktops automatically.

The reorder interface is minimal by design. The arrows appear, the sets shift, and the order updates. There are no confirmation dialogs, no undo prompts, no save indicators cluttering the screen. If you move something to the wrong spot, just tap the other arrow to move it back. The entire interaction takes seconds, which matters because rearranging a wishlist should be a quick maintenance task, not a project.

Not every situation calls for the same sort. GameSetBrick gives you three options, and switching between them is a single tap on the sort toggle at the top of your wishlist.

Default sort. This is the order sets were added to your wishlist, newest first. It is the starting point before you customize anything. Default sort is fine for small wishlists where you remember what you added recently, but it breaks down fast once you have more than a handful of sets. Most collectors outgrow default sort within a few weeks of using the wishlist.

Deals First sort. This mode pulls every set that currently has a deal - any set where the market price is below the retail price - to the top of the list. Within the deals section, sets are sorted by the size of the discount, so the biggest savings appear first. Sets without deals appear below in their default order. This sort mode is built for the budget-conscious shopper who wants to buy from the wishlist but wants to prioritize whatever is cheapest right now.

The Deals First sort works particularly well when shared with gift-givers who are price-sensitive. A grandparent looking to buy a birthday gift might have a $50 budget. Deals First puts the best values at the top, making it easy for them to find something within budget that you actually want. It respects both the giver's wallet and the collector's preferences.

My Order sort. This is the custom priority order you set using reorder mode. Once you have arranged your sets manually, switching to My Order shows them in your exact priority sequence. This is the sort mode that matters most for sharing. When your birthday is coming up and you share the wishlist link, My Order puts your number one most-wanted set right at the top where nobody can miss it.

The sort mode you select is remembered. If you choose My Order and close the app, it will still be on My Order when you come back. The same applies to the shared link - whoever opens your wishlist sees it in whatever sort mode you last selected. If you want gift-givers to see your priority order, switch to My Order before sharing.

At the top of the wishlist, next to the sort toggle, there is a small green pill that shows how many sets on your list currently have deals. If three out of fifteen sets on your wishlist are below retail price right now, the pill shows "3 Deals" in green. Tap it and you jump straight to Deals First sort, surfacing those three sets at the top.

The green pill serves two purposes. First, it is a quick status indicator. You can glance at your wishlist and know immediately whether any of your wanted sets are on sale without scrolling through the entire list. If the pill shows zero, you know there is nothing to act on today. If it shows five, you know there are bargains worth investigating.

Second, it creates gentle urgency. LEGO deals are temporary. Amazon prices fluctuate daily. Retailer sales come and go. That green pill nudging you with "4 Deals" is a reminder that right now is a good time to buy or to nudge a gift-giver toward your list. The deal data comes from the same market price and deal score system that powers the rest of GameSetBrick, so the numbers are current and reliable.

For gift-givers viewing a shared wishlist, the deal count pill is especially useful. They see immediately that some sets are discounted, which might motivate them to buy sooner rather than later. A shared wishlist showing "5 Deals" communicates that now is a good time to shop without the collector having to send a follow-up message saying "hey, some of my wishlist sets are on sale."

The pill updates in real time as prices change. A set that was full price yesterday might show up in the deal count today if its Amazon price dropped overnight. Conversely, a deal that expired will drop the count. The pill is always current, always accurate, and always visible without any effort from the user.

The reorder feature was built specifically for the birthday and holiday gift-giving scenario. Here is how I use it, and how I recommend every collector use it.

A month before your birthday or holiday: Open your wishlist and switch to reorder mode. Move your top three most-wanted sets to the top of the list. These are the sets you would be thrilled to receive. Below them, arrange the next tier - sets you would be happy with. Below that, the "if you are feeling generous" tier. This creates a natural priority gradient that any gift-giver can read instantly.

Check the deal count pill. If any of your top picks are currently on sale, even better. Note this when you share the link. A message like "my LEGO wishlist is at gamesetbrick.com/wishlist/share/abc - the first three are my top picks and two of them are on sale right now" gives your gift-giver everything they need.

Share the link. One tap on the share button generates a URL. Text it, email it, drop it in a family group chat. Everyone who opens the link sees your prioritized list with images, prices, deal status, and buy buttons. No ambiguity. No guessing. No calling you to ask which Star Wars set you meant.

Keep it updated. If someone buys you a set from the list, add it to your Vault and it automatically drops off the wishlist. The priority order adjusts to fill the gap. Your remaining sets stay in the order you set them. Gift-givers who check the link later see an updated list without the purchased set, which prevents duplicate gifts from multiple people.

The combination of priority ordering, deal highlighting, and live updates makes the shared wishlist dramatically more useful than any other method of communicating gift preferences. I have tested it through two holiday seasons now and the hit rate on getting exactly the right gift has gone from about fifty percent to nearly one hundred percent. That is not an exaggeration. When your gift-giver sees a ranked visual list with buy buttons, they cannot get it wrong.

Coordinate without coordinating. One underrated benefit of the shared prioritized list is that multiple gift-givers can see the same list and self-coordinate. If three family members all want to buy you a LEGO set, they can each pick from different positions on the list. The person with the biggest budget takes the number one set. The person who wants a smaller gift picks from the middle. Nobody needs to text each other to avoid overlap because the Vault integration handles duplicates automatically.

Reorder before every sharing occasion. Your priorities change over time. The set that was your number one three months ago might have dropped in interest. Take two minutes to re-prioritize before sharing for a birthday, holiday, or any gift-giving event. Fresh priorities mean better gifts.

Use Deals First for personal buying. When you are shopping for yourself, Deals First sort is your best friend. It puts the best current values at the top, so you spend less on sets you were going to buy anyway. Combined with the Deals page, this turns your wishlist into a personal deal radar.

Put retiring sets high. If a set on your wishlist is approaching retirement, move it to the top of your priority list regardless of how much you want it relative to other sets. A set you kind of want that is about to disappear is more urgent than a set you love that will be available for two more years. Use the retiring sets tracker to identify which sets need urgency.

Keep your list at a manageable size. A thirty-set wishlist is overwhelming for gift-givers. I recommend keeping your active shared list between eight and fifteen sets. You can maintain a longer private list for personal tracking, but trim it before sharing. Quality over quantity. A focused list with clear priorities gets better results than a sprawling list with no direction.

Combine with the barcode scanner. Walking through a LEGO aisle at a store and see something you want? Scan the barcode with GameSetBrick's scanner, add it to your wishlist, and reorder it into position right there in the store. Your shared link updates immediately. Your spouse checking the list at home will see the new addition in real time.

The reorder feature, the three sort modes, and the deal count pill were all built because a flat unordered wishlist was not solving the real problem. The real problem is not "what LEGO sets do I want" - it is "how do I communicate what I want, in what order, to people who do not speak LEGO." Priority reorder mode is the answer.

• GameSetBrick - All Features - See everything GameSetBrick can do
• Create a Shareable LEGO Wishlist
• Market Prices and Deal Score
• The Vault - Your Digital Collection
• Best LEGO Deals Page