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Subject:	Re: A good LEGO anecdote, and a bad one (A warning about buying Monster Studios sets)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:34:45 GMT
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> A person lacking in morals could theoretically open said box in this manner, > take out what they wanted, and then glue the box closed again. The store > would never notice when they took it back as a return as it would appear to > be a completely sealed new set. Hmm. Good point Troy; I guess it simply hadn't crossed my mind that someone would do that, but you're right; re-gluing it would be possible. And you're right: it did seem a little coincidental that all the 'must-have' pieces were what was taken out (and would also explain the open polybags in a sealed box). Perhaps that's what happened to Paul Hanson and his near miss with the soccer bus?! In which case, this brings up an entirely new issue: what can be done to fix this? It's not even shoplifting that can be caught on camera anymore! If stores change the refund policies, honest people who get actual factory mistakes would be stuck. Could Lego possibly make the package more tamper proof?? They could make the boxes more fragile so that any tampering would be visible... but then people who actually collect the boxes would be disappointed that they aren't sturdy enough. Plastic windows in all sets so we can see if the contents are intact? Cost prohibitive (I think). hmm... what about a seal around all the seams of the box? That doesn't help the retailer much in the case of fraudulent returns, but it would at least help consumers avoid the sets that have already been tampered with? Ugh. So now I've gained a little faith back in LEGO but lost some faith in humanity. Somehow LEGO being innocent in this and it simply being a matter of people growing ever more unscrupulous is while more plausable, even more disturbing. Mark W.

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		Re: A good LEGO anecdote, and a bad one (A warning about buying Monster Studios sets)
(...) Well, the larger sets used to be sealed with a small sticker such that it was almost impossible to open the box without either tearing or pulling the sticker off (and damaging the box). Set which had sat on the shelf a long time could have the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)

		Re: A good LEGO anecdote, and a bad one (A warning about buying Monster Studios sets)
(...) Well, I've never had a missing piece problem, but I have seen boxes that appeared to be tampered with in the stores. However, this was much more noticeable. In certain stores I saw Bionicle Krana and Mask packs that had been shrink wrapped; (...) (23 years ago, 29-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: A good LEGO anecdote, and a bad one (A warning about buying Monster Studios sets)
(...) you (...) open (...) from (...) I just wanted to point out that these boxes CAN be opened without using the perforations. In parting out sets, i've opened a lot of boxes, and quite a few of them can be opened without doing any a noticeable (...) (23 years ago, 28-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)

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