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Re: A good LEGO anecdote, and a bad one (A warning about buying Monster Studios sets)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 29 Aug 2002 00:22:55 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> > pieces. The box itself was *sealed*... it's one of the newer boxes where • you
> > have to rip along perforations and basically damage the box in order to • open
> > it, so it's not as if it could be re-sealed. It had never been opened; • from
> > the looks of it the bags inside burst before they were put in so all the
> > pieces leaked out.
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> 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 damage to
> the box.
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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.
As I said in the case of my soccer bus, the box was noticeably light. I
doubt the store would have taken it back without quesion. And since the box
was light, I looked at it VERY carefully for signs of tampering. There was
none (and I design & fabricate packaging mock-ups for a living - I would've
caught it if there were). I'm convinced it came from the factory that way.
TLC's QC and customer service have historically been second to none. No
doubt they are cutting some corners to reduce costs, but this kind of
slip-up is hard to imagine (which just goes to show how good their QC *used*
to be).
People pilfering parts from sets on store shelves is indeed a big problem,
and makes me very sad, but I don't think that's the problem here.
- Paul
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