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Re: Set 4229 - Extra Bricks pack
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:07:55 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Paul Baulch writes:
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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.
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 seems like everything is a special piece.
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> 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].
First 4229 is in the Pause database.
http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=4229
In terms of 4229 in the U.S. I can only make a guess.
Many stores still have quite a few freestyle tubs left (1200 pieces for $19.99)
and my guess would be that stores want to clear out their inventory of these
sets before stocking with 4229s.
My guess is that this set will become available more in the states as stores
sell off their tubs.
I realise that with LEGO Direct comming this summer (we all hope) that this
suggestion won't get any responses but in terms of sets like 4229 what I would
much rather see in stores would be say a box of yellow 1xXs and yellow 2xXs and
Gray 1xX's and Gray 2xX's so on and so forth for all the colors. Granted this
would take up a lot of shelf space stores don't want to give up but maybe there
would be a market for something like this in the specialty stores and the LEGO
Outlets.
I too hope that LEGO Direct will meet our needs in time but I just have a
feeling that not everyone is going to be happy with their offerings for a while
and who knows what minimum order quantities will be and what the cost is going
to be.
Eric Kingsley
The New England LEGO Users Group
http://www.nelug.org/
View My Creations at:
http://www.nelug.org/members/kingsley/
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| I have a love-hate relationship with special pieces. On the one hand, special pieces drive up the cost of a set and drive down the piece count. On the other hand, I have built many buildings that sprung from the core of a single special piece! (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.general)
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