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Re: missing pieces for Lego 6385 Please help
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:17:50 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Ruth Wright wrote:
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> > Hi This is my first time posting on the newsgroup
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> Hi, and welcome!
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> > so please be patient and let me know if I have done something wrong.
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> Well, tis a minor point, but it's better to use multiple group entries
> on a single post instead of the same or similar posts posted one time
> to each group. Keeps the threads together better.
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> >
> > The pieces are - 2 clear garage door parts.
> - 1 blue 1 x 4 x 3 window with window pane.
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> One thing Steve didn't mention is that if you can identify the most
> recent set that has the pieces you want, it seems to increase the
> probability that Consumer Affairs will have the part. I've noticed that
> sometimes when you say "a set from 1985" they pretty much assume they
> don't have it.
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> So go to http://www.kl.net/scans and see if you can find a recent set
> that has the part ... or since this is a fire station, see if some of
> the fireheads here (and there are a bunch) post of a more recent set
> that has these. Fire stations have more garage doors than all non fire
> station sets put together.
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> Once you've identified the set, locate the page number, step number, in
> the instructions where the part first appears. Then call CA and give
> them that info. They basically look up the set in a big book, then look
> up the instruction step with you, and decode a part number which they
> then use to look in their DB to see if they have any.
I've recently bought several sets in auctions which were missing a bunch
of pieces (including mini-figs). I have heard some people mailed a
letter to consumer affairs, while others use the phone. What wisdom do
folks have for trying to get the parts replaced?
I will tell them that the sets were bought used and identified as not
being complete (or unknown completeness).
Is it worth asking for minor pieces which are replaceable from my own
stock?
Has anyone had any luck getting mini-figs replaced? One of the sets is
6280 Armada Flagship so there is at least a prayer there, the other is
6274 Carribean Clipper.
With the Carribean Clipper, am I best off identifying the parts using a
more recent set (everything missing should be reasonably available).
Also, I seem to remember calling Consumer Affairs with an 800 number,
but all I can find is a non-800 number, am I dreaming?
--
Frank Filz
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| (...) Hi, and welcome! (...) Well, tis a minor point, but it's better to use multiple group entries on a single post instead of the same or similar posts posted one time to each group. Keeps the threads together better. (...) - 1 blue 1 x 4 x 3 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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