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Re: differences in boxes/seals
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 24 Nov 2000 05:47:10 GMT
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"Wessel Burgers" <wessel_b@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
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> This might have come up before but I'd just like to check it anyway.
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> I recently bought a discounted 7151 Sith Infiltrator. The box was sealed
> with two plastic seals. When I bought another one today I noticed that it
> did not have any plastic seals. This box is made of thicker cardboard and • in
> order to open it you need to press on the two semi-circles on each end of
> the box. I am familiar with these boxes but never noticed that one type of
> set was distributed in different boxes.
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> Does anybody know more about this?
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> Thanx,
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> Wessel
These types of boxes are much more tamper resistant than the tranditional
(sealed) boxes. When the Star Wars sets first came out there were several
reports of people buying them only to find that someone had carefully opened
them, removed all of the new bricks and replaced them with a bunch of used
bricks, and then returned the set to the store. The new boxes may be a
response to tampering.
Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
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| (...) I for one am happier with the newer boxes that make it much easier to tell if they have been tampered with, the old little tape like seals could look like they had been opened when it had not (i.e. the box got hit at a certain angle) or (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Hi everybody, This might have come up before but I'd just like to check it anyway. I recently bought a discounted 7151 Sith Infiltrator. The box was sealed with two plastic seals. When I bought another one today I noticed that it did not have any (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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