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Re: Warning! This post praises MegaBloks...
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Tue, 18 Apr 2000 02:12:56 GMT
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"Earls HouseHold" <brandone@mounet.com> writes:

"Randy Anchikoski" <ranch@writeme.com> wrote in message
news:Ft4MsM.Bzz@lugnet.com...
I bought the Battleship too.  Surprisingly (or not), it was missing 10 2x4
gray bricks

My experience has been the oposite.  In the three sets  mentioned, I have a
large number of extra parts, mostly 1x1 or 1x2.  I supected that these parts
are to be used in building the alternate models on the box of the
Battleship, but since The Combat Team had no alternates, but still had extra
parts I'm unsure what they mean.  None the less, I always like to find extra
parts.

I've always found extra parts in Megabloks sets. Heck, one of the Battleship
sets I bought had an entire extra bag of parts (the one with the wheels,
red trapezoids, antennae, etc.). I only hope some poor kid isn't missing
the bag from his set!

--
Don't design inefficiency in - it'll happen in the implementation.

Chris Gray     cg@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
               http://www.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA/cg/



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  Re: Warning! This post praises MegaBloks...
 
(...) I've bought more than six of the battleships, and there's always extras. I think they go by the baker's dozen theory, it's better to have more than less. One set even had three extra clear 2x2's. Careful with the red,white and navy speedboat, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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  Re: Warning! This post praises MegaBloks...
 
"Randy Anchikoski" <ranch@writeme.com> wrote in message news:Ft4MsM.Bzz@lugnet.com... (...) My experience has been the oposite. In the three sets mentioned, I have a large number of extra parts, mostly 1x1 or 1x2. I supected that these parts are to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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