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Re: Set 4229 - Extra Bricks pack
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 7 Mar 2000 04:41:32 GMT
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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!
Because of this, I try to buy a ballance of raw parts packs (like the famous
1200 piece tub) and sets with lots of cool special pieces.
At the moment, I'm in fairly good shape with basic pieces, but lacking in
larger special ones. My next sets will probably be regular system sets.
Eric Kingsley <kingsley@nelug.org> wrote in message
news:Fr0797.26J@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Paul Baulch writes:
> >
> > 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.
>
> >
> > 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
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> In terms of 4229 in the U.S. I can only make a guess.
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> 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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