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Re: LEGO Quality Control?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:51:34 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Brian Cavalier writes:
> Well, I suppose it's time to give up my status as a lurker (primarily in space
> and building.mecha) and post my first message to lugnet.
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> The good news is that, after a long hiatus, I have recently rediscovered how
> much I enjoy Lego. I dug out my childhood collection, and have been buying a
> few of the newer sets here and there to expand. I've also become much more
> anal since my childhood, and so have undertaken the task of organizing and
> storing them.
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> I recently bought 5 Star Wars sets from eToys, including an X-wing (non-UCS--
> got the UCS a few months back), two droid fighters, a snowspeeder, and
> Anakin's podracer. They are all nice sets, but the bad thing is that two of
> the sets had serious problems.
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> One long brown wing/leg pieces in one of the droid fighter sets was bent. The
> box the set came in was in perfect condition--only the piece was damaged. And
> the X-wing came with 4 wings for the left side instead of 2 left and 2 right!
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> I could understand a damaged piece if the box was also damaged (during
> shipping, etc.), but 4 left wings? Also, to have two sets with problems in
> the same shipment seems highly unlikely. Maybe I am just unlucky, but I sure
> hope TLG's quality control hasn't gone as far south as this latest shipment
> would imply. Has anyone else had experiences like this recently?
About a year ago I purchased a returned x-wing at my local TRU for less than 10
bucks Canadian with the very same problem. At least I knew what I was getting.
:-) The set was mostly built before the error was discovered, that would suck
for the person all excited to build the set to discover that at the end.
I would suggest you call LEGO at the non-S@H number and get them to replace the
parts, they have always been good to replace problems I have had. Still it is
too bad they prefer to fix the barn door after the horses leave :-(
> Anyway, that won't stop me from getting back into it.
Good for you, I am glad to see that LEGO has not turned you off of LEGO. :-)
> I've already started a
> few smallish MOCs to get get my hands dirty ... and so:
Go for it!!!
> "Hello, my name is Brian. I am 27 years old, and I love my Lego."
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> b
Sorry Brian, the only twelve steps you will get here are building instructions
:-P
Jude
Imagine the traffic Todd would get if he added lugnet.lego.complaints?!?
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