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Re: differences in boxes/seals
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 25 Nov 2000 06:40:29 GMT
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On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 05:47:10 GMT, "Mike Walsh"
<mike_walsh@mindspring.com> wrote:
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> "Wessel Burgers" <wessel_b@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:G4HB7x.7qH@lugnet.com...
> > 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 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.
> >
> > Does anybody know more about this?
> >
> > Thanx,
> >
> > 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 sometimes the opposite. The newer boxes
leave no doubt one way or the other. I cannot say that I have run
across different versions of boxes such as you mention before but I
have gotten 3 different years/versions of inserts (the LEGO club thing
and catalogs) from multiple copies of the same set bought at the same
time so things like that happen. I would assume that they are
different production runs and perhaps different production years as
many of this years new sets seem to use the same punch the disk in
packaging. the only people who might get unhappy with the change are
those people that open A LOT of sets, the ones with the tape seals
were real easy to open quickly, the newer boxes probably will go
slower.
Mike
--
All other themes are just spare parts for Castle! :^)
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