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Subject: 
Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego
Date: 
Mon, 15 Jan 2001 04:46:37 GMT
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Matthias Jetleb wrote:
The Stars Wars UCS series may be the worst packaging of any retail
set Lego has ever sold.

Yea, definitely bad packaging.

I can't say I've ever understood the fascination with Star Wars and so
I've never had much interest in the corresponding Lego offerings.

I certainly enjoyed the movies, and I have kept some of the models
together, but to me the attraction is the parts they offer. The biggest
attraction of course is peasants for castle set ups, but almost every
set has a good number of very useable parts.

What, therefore, does UCS stand for?

Ultimate Collectors Series.

For that matter, what has Lego
done to the packaging to make it the worst ever? Apart from the
polybag junk, I've always thougth Lego did a pretty good job packaging
wise.

They have used similar boxes in the past, but somehow they didn't seem
get as busted up. Perhaps the popularity of the sets and the larger
number of pieces puts an extra strain on the boxes (8277 Giant Model Set
has the same box style, but I've not seen nearly so many of those busted
open, but it only has 546 parts).

Frank



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  Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
 
(...) The first time I saw these boxes I just said wait for them to show up at Goodwill. I purchased my first UCS X-Wing less than 3 weeks later for 35.00. It has gotten so bad that when I see new sets in the store I gauge their ability to stand up (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)

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  Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
 
(...) Where do you live? I'd never thought of looking to Goodwill for cheap parts - good idea. The Stars Wars UCS series may be the worst packaging of any retail set Lego has ever sold. I can't say I've ever understood the fascination with Star Wars (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)

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