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Set 4229 - Extra Bricks pack
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 01:42:38 GMT
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I was building various things with my (once again) growing Lego collection,
and I noticed something that many other builders had complained about - the
relative lack of basic 2xN and 1xN bricks in a collection consisting mainly
of System and Technic sets. It was seriously hampering my building.
I was wandering through the local department store when I saw something I
hadn't noticed before: set #4229. it contains an assortment of 1xN and 2xN
bricks in a variety of colours including green. As I have a preference for
1xNs over 2xNs (I'm a minifig-scale builder, mainly), this set caught my
eye. They were on discount, so I immediately bought a couple.
This set improved the situation no end! It has proved to be a fantastic
complement to my collection of System sets, for building purposes.
With the way that people have been talking about their collections, and a
quick search on LUGNET newsgroups for "4229", I began to speculate that it
wasn't actually available in the U.S. Is this true?
The search didn't seem to uncover any posts that actually said so (Pause
didn't either), although a few UK posts _did_ say that 4229 was poor value
for money compared to a semi-mythical brick pack apparently numbered
"1857"[1]..... is 4229, then, available in the U.S. but not good enough
value for parting out? It seems like a fantastic parting-out brick pack to
me[2][3].
Paul
LUGNET member 164
[1]Does anyone in the U.K. have a picture of 1857 for reference? And to
prove that it exists.... ;-)
[2] Hmmm, it does have a few too many 1x2s and 2x2s.... does anybody really
use them in that proportion?
[3] Oh, and no grey bricks :-(
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) I've heard a lot of people complain about the lack of basic building bricks in the System sets. Which makes me wonder: If they want basic bricks, why do they buy System sets in the first place? There are lot's of sets containing nothing but (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Set 4229 - Extra Bricks pack
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| (...) First let me say that I agree with your perception that there is a tremendous lack of basic bricks in sets today. I have a nephiew who currently only has sets and whenever I try and build with his collection I find if very hard because it (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Set 4229 - Extra Bricks pack
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| Paul Baulch wrote in message ... (...) I have seen the basic boxes at TRU, although I'm not sure if I have seen this particular one. I do recall noticing a largish box of bricks and wondering why somebody would pay that price* for it when they (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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