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Re: Question about buckets
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 6 May 1999 15:44:11 GMT
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Tom McDonald wrote:

> In lugnet.general, Leanne Opaskar writes:
> > I saw a batch of buckets relatively-cheap at K-Mart the other day. Never
> > having actually purchased one, I was wondering if they're all identical
> > in piece content, or if they're randomly assorted. Also, do they have
> > any 'special' pieces (windows, doors, stairs, reverse slopes,
> > non-rectangular plates), or are they just normal bricks and plates?
> 
> Check and see if they have the same model number on the bucket. If they are
> all the same model number, they should be all the same. If you find
> differences between bucket contents of the same model, then it's an error.
> 
> And no, the special pieces you describe usually don't come in those buckets
> unless they specifically show them on the bucket itself. Lego is usually pretty
> good about pictorially displaying what's inside.
> 
> If you see a bucket with special pieces, and you collect them, you might want
> to pick one up as rumor has it that Lego won't be making those buckets anymore.
> They're supposedly changing over to boxes.
> 
> -Tom McD.
> when replying, obliterate the spamcake.

Yes, Tom is correct.  If the bucket shows no picture of the contents, then you
probably have one of those buckets that is bricks only, no doors, windows, or
specialty pieces (like those 950 piece buckets, I forget the number).

Gary Istok



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(...) Check and see if they have the same model number on the bucket. If they are all the same model number, they should be all the same. If you find differences between bucket contents of the same model, then it's an error. And no, the special (...) (27 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.general)

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