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OK, someone brought this to my attention from a Bricklink post. But there is a new 4679 Creator set tub with 1000 pieces (for $19.99), with an extra 500 pieces that looks like they're emptying the rare colors bins at TLG. I just checked the hollow (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Also, a discussion thread is located here: (URL) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, check this page: (URL) are multiple listings for several of the colors you mention. And I would keep checking back because sellers are just now finding those sets (at Toys R Us) so they'll be parting them out for a while. HTH, Maggie C. (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Okay, I'm confused. My three tubs all say that they have 1513 pieces. The inventory printed on the back matches that for set 4278, down to using the old grays. But set 4278 is a 1000 pieces tub. So either 1) The inventory on the back is wrong, (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:I4DpwD.4Lz@lugnet.com... (...) $19.99 for 1000 pieces plus an extra 500 strapped on top. Not bad considering that the same deal at the LEGO shops in the UK is £28.95. Do the math, 28.95 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But I just checked my local TRU in Toronto on Monday and they don't have it. Does anyone know if this will be showing up in Canada? Keith (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.brickshops)
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(...) Well, someone has to pay for the US-only support programs (Event packets, LEGO Brick Masters, etc), the seemingly omnipresent commercials on American TVs and to make the prices in America competitive with Megablokes. So they _have_ to rip us (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Competetive with MegaBloks? Where have you been? Lego is priced at least twice what the same same size MB set sells for here in the USA. (...) I won't mention that one either. It was not on my list of must do's. All seemed fairly quiet until (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... (...) ... The randomness of this set interests me. Has LEGO ever released a 'random' set before? It isn't truely random, in the sense that a hopper was loaded with a bunch of different colors of the same part. I see the identical numbers (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have often thought that a 'grab bag' type of product might be a fun thing for them to release. Larger ones to sell in stores and smaller ones that parents could order in bulk (5, 10, 15 copies maybe) to use as giveaways at children's (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Neat speculation! Those of us that saw Jake's keynote at BrickFest 2004 in DC will recall mention of Lego Factory. Perhaps this IS a test, and like with recipe testing where you eat your first tries, they're selling off the test run results. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Grab bags seem to do fairly well when sold at retail, or did, until PickABrick came along, so ya! (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup. At least (URL) one> set has had slightly variable contents. It wasn't bundled with any other sets, it didn't have any instruction/idea booklets, and it barely had any TECHNIC connectors, so it wasn't very useful as a stand-alone set, but (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Allan, Cary, Lar, et al... I too have had long interest in a "grab bag" of sorts. I am really intrigued by the randomness of the idea (kinda like those pills that dinosaurs come from after you dip em in water...you never know whatcha gonna get (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"TWS Garrison" <twBASSs@ISmorBESTfydd.net> wrote in message news:I4EH4y.rz6@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) I have purchased two of these tubs. One had a bag with one green head, the other did not. Initially I thought the two bags were the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I wouldnt mind a few of these (especially as there doesnt seem to be a huge amount of new greys in them :) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, these boxes are the most fun tubs since the silver tubs of '98! (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi, We have this tub (4679) also in Belgium and sells for 39,99 Euro to 44,49 Euro / tub (depending on retail shop). Meanwhile there are some other Creator sets going on with extra pieces. There's the 4411 (Blue STRATA box)with 1000 + 200 (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Does anyone have any more information on 4562? It's not in the LUGNET Set Guide, or shop.lego.com, or BrickSet. TWS Garrison (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.database)
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(...) Has anyone actually gotten around to counting the actual pieces inside the tub yet? -Juan (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, Bill Swanberg inventoried it over on BrickLink and there are 1000 pieces. But it appears that only the first shipments of the tub have the old light and dark grays. Evidently the newer ones are showing up with the new grays. Maggie C. (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, while Lego is about 2x MegaBlok prices in the US, European prices are typically between 1-2x the US price. So European Lego might cost as much as 4x a comperable MegaBlok set. It's most likely one of the factors that has cause US prices (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Andrew, You might be happy to hear that there may be plenty of these to go around. I thought I had bought out my local TRU store a few days ago. Today I go by and they put out another dozen of these sets. It appeared that they had just (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Tom, Hey, thanks for the heads up, and yes I'm glad to hear that! It's 9:30 EST so they just closed but I'll have to give them a call over the weekend as I was thinking a limited supply was also at hand. Also, if you have the time, could you (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... (...) ... (...) I'm not done parting out, but it sure looks like there are three major variations. The easiest way to identify the variations is from the 'minifig heads' polybag. Variation 'A' has mostly brown and black heads, but no light (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I bought one last night and it sounds like I got a B variant. (...) I'm going to another set, and Cary, I have to smile at your statement about "increasing my sample size" - that has got to be the most scientific way I have heard anyone say "I (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I popped open a few more sets this morning and found variation 'D': mostly sand blue and tan heads, 3 light yellow slopes and 3 red 3x4 33 slopes. ... (...) Joe, don't look in the Durham TRU because -- you can guess why! Cary (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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Anyone see one of these on the West Coast/Southern Cal? All the TRU I've hit so far (about 6) have had the Duplo bucket with bonus strap-on-box-o-parts, but no Creator bucket. Strangely, when the managers check their computers, the computers say (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I was in a number of TRU stores this week. Only noticed the bonus tubs in 2 so far. (...) On the floor might mean that they have arrived on the truck, but have not been worked out to the floor yet. I saw a couple of TRU stock rooms that had (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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It appears there are at least 2 different bonus box lots. They are either stamped 2714 or 2814 on the bonus box. I believe 2714's have the solid color minifig head assortment. If there are any other bonus box serial numbers would someone please post (...) (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Daniel Barrett" <daniel.barrett2@comcast.net> wrote in message news:I4MAJ1.qIM@lugnet.com... (...) have the (...) serial (...) Where did you find the serial number, I don't see one on my boxes. Mike (20 years ago, 25-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hold the box so the front is facing you. Rotate the box away from you 90 degrees. The serial number should be embossed in the upper right hand corner of the side your looking at. It is perpendicular to the normal printing on the box. Note it (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... All of my boxes are stamped 2714, even though they contain different assortments. Underneath one of the interior flaps is printed either F042191 - 1 or F042191 - 2, but this doesn't appear to have anything to do with the packed assortment (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The answer to this has been a great source of frustration for me in trying to get the tub. Apparantly, the green Duplo tub with a box of 40 bonus pieces (set 5352) that people have seen at some Toys R Us shares the same system entry in the TRU (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Cary Clark wrote: <snip> (...) I have bought several with variation 'E': mostly black, brown, and bright green heads and 3 light yellow 3x4 33 degree slopes. Ken (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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My TRU has "restocked" with all green tubs. Yikes! (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Charlie, Glad to see you and WELCOME! Thanks for the search tidbits and warehouse info. That does present a dilemma if green tubs need to be moved before any red ones can arrive. Hmmm. Well, I'll let you know what happens next for me, but I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) -snip- (...) Hey Andrew, I've bought 15 of these tubs so far! I've got them from 3 different cities (over 100 miles apart) in order to see if there is a difference in what you get. So far, it does seem to make a difference, but I've also found (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Three of the six I have bought have a tan arch (URL) of the LtYellow baseplate. (Figures. . .the best baseplate is the one that I don't get half the time.) (...) In general, that seems to be the case. The one exception is the Plate 1 x 1 with (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have bought seven tubs before today. Five had no number stamped on the picture of the contents on the tub and had black and brown minifig heads. Two had 2814 stamped on the tub and had black, brown and medium green minifig heads. Today I (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This guy got his from Socal, I think... (URL) it on the forums on bricklink. Eric (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Most people seem to be finding the tub at Toys r Us. Is the set exclusive to TRU? Has anyone found it at like Target/Kohls or any other chain? Thanks, Mark (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I found an even different variation in the extra 500 box. I have 5 identical bags of parts in the box. in each bag: 8-1x3x5 wall pcs lt gray Lots of slopes in each bag. lime green tiles Several technic small beams and plates now the contents (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi, Here some comments of the Creator set 4562 with 200 Extra pieces. 1) The 8 transparent 2x2 RED bricks are replaced with regular 2x2 RED bricks. 2) The 8 transparent 2x2 BLUE bricks are replaced with regular 2x2 BLUE bricks. 3) The 2 (...) (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, that would explain it, thanks. So.... Seeing that it doesn't look good for us in SoCAL to find the red tubs.. Anything good in the green ones? :( Darrell (20 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I e-mailed LEGO the same question, and received this response: The bucket you asked about is a ToysRUs(R) exclusive. We do have other tubs and buckets of bricks available at all retail stores that carry our products. Item numbers 4028 and 4105 (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since Wal*Mart was mentioned, I feel it important to mention that, increasingly, the larger mass retailers in the US actually dictate and demand specific price points on products they put on their store shelves. For example, if W*M wants LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Salm wrote: (snip) (...) Note that some people get confused by a FUT to a group without the original post appearing there. It is considered good practice by them and by others to post the original post to the group you set (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) Sounds like you found the "Sweet bucket of joy" according to Normificus on Brickshelf. :) I found this pic a few days ago when I did a search for 4679 in the gallery. At first I thought it might have been faked but sounds like you got it too. (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Eric, Why do you call it the "Sweet Bucket of Joy"? I just got four of these with five identical polybags in each. I was disappointed that I got so many identical parts. The seven tubs I got earlier had different polybag contents in each so I (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I just picked up 3 tubs at a Sacramento (Northern California) TRU and they all had the more boring extra parts (URL) seen here> No nice minifig heads, no baseplates. I will try some other TRUs in the area if I get a chance, but this assortment (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I picked up some sets here in Colorado and they are exactly the same as those in your pix! Everyone one of them I must say... very disappointing! Looks like the first sets had the good pieces and then it got worse. Interesting to note the (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Mark, Roy, and Ram - In another part of this thread, Bruce said he bought 4 tubs with 5 almost identical bags in each tub. Those tubs had 3534 stamped on them, and three straps, instead of the usual two, holding the box to the tub. Did your (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) My tubs do have the three straps, and they have the 3534 stamped (over the text near the UPC symbol). Good call - I wonder if your hypothesis is correct! Roy (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Were they really identical? I've opened a few of these (or seen them opened) and the bags were all of the same type, but I don't think that they were identical (some had TrBlue Panel 1x4x3s, some had Orange 1x6s, some had no Gray 1x3x5s, . . . (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Bruce, I just used that name because that's what the brickshelf image poster (not me) used as a description. Also, I think it is a funny name. Eric (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thomas, All twenty bags were identical, however I got two more tubs last night which had 10 identicAL Bags but were different from the first 20. They had TrBlue Panel 1x4x3s, Orange 1x6s, no Gray 1x3x5s, gray 2x2 double convex 45 slopes, (...) (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah mine had three straps and the # 3534 stamped on it. one good thing is that is is all the old colors!!! Mark (20 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I am not so sure about the "boring" tag anymore! This is the best boost to my collection ever with an incredible set of grey 3x6's. The number of straps and the number stamped on them ring true. Though I would add another criteria -- I happen (...) (20 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Some more data points - I hit up another TRU and found tubs with three straps and NO number stamped near the UPC. And they are AWESOME. Lots of minifig heads and all kinds of weird parts. I've posted pics at (URL) this Brickshelf gallery> once (...) (20 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Can someone post the Toys R Us SKU/SKN number for the 4679 tub? You can get it off the receipt if you purchased the set. Thanks, Mark (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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It was posted earlier in the thread - 500979. The problem is that the SKU covers both the Lego and Duplo versions of the bonus pack, so if you call a store, you need to have them physically check to see if they have both (the only TRU within 75 (...) (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, good to know. Thanks for posting it! Mark (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think the tubs are just arriving in some areas of the country. Here in So Cal all I found last week were Duplo tubs. In the last couple days I've found several cases of 4679 in back rooms, just waiting to be stocked. I have a feeling if you (...) (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, there's always (URL)! (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I finally found some in Phoenix at the 8th st and camelback store. Hopefully other stores will get some in. Mark (20 years ago, 1-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I think a more appropriate title for this type of seller (i.e. those who sell currently or recently available sets for inflated prices) would be "Scammer". -Orion (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) However, that set is NOT currently or recently available to most of the world. ROSCO (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I hear your pain, man. I got an idea. We here on Lugnet are a community, right? Well, one thing that communities do is help each other out in a crisis, right? Our Aussie and other non North American peers are in a crisis of not being able to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) LOL Avery, I'm sure some non-US AFOLs will (and probably already have!) done a deal similar to this with their US friends. I have no particular desire to acquire these sets, though if they became available here at retail I would probably buy 1 (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, FTX)
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(...) I was lucky enough to be able to buy 9 of these tubs during the TRU sale. If I sell only 4 of those for $30 each then I have paid for all of them. And if I can even turn a small profit then that's great because any extra cash will probably go (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Jon, Those who know me well know that I realize that there's an exception to every rule. Please don't think I was personally attacking you even though my post could be interpreted that way. My comments were more directed to those people that, (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I'm "Normificus," and the one who referred to this as the "sweet bucket of joy." I really see it as a mixed set of varying blessings, for while I am by no means disappointed in getting tons of free pieces, some could've certainly been better. (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 2-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) My receipt only has the UPC number from the bar code; no SKU number. UPC: 673419058438 David "Fuzzy" Gregory (20 years ago, 3-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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Has anyone bought a Duplo tub/extras and seen what is in it, curious for my kids maybe. ONly thing available in Canada seems to be the DUplo version. (20 years ago, 3-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Anyone else notice the contents of the 3534 tub are packaged differently too? I have a couple of the 2714s, and they all have 10 small bags inside. The 3534 I opened has nine. Also, none of the tub+box combos I've opened have had the full 1513 (...) (20 years ago, 3-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I picked up one. The TRU I was at only had 2 red tubs and a bunch of Duplo, so curiosity got the better of me :) Bags #1 & #2 2 2x2 dk pink bricks 2 2x2x2 white bricks 2 2x6 trans light blue bricks Bag #3 3 2x2 trans yellow bricks 2 2x6 dk (...) (20 years ago, 4-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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This tub is now available through Amazon.com: (URL) though the description is simply "Lego Creator Tub with 500-pc. Elements Box," it has the 500979 SKN number that Toys R Us uses. Upside: Now available to anyone Amazon will ship it to. Possible (...) (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Downside: "Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S." ROSCO (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "See larger picture" I get a 1x1 pixel .gif. (20 years ago, 13-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well these bonus boxes recently showed up in Australia (thanks LEGO!) and the number stamped on all the boxes I saw was 3214. Looks like maybe we got yet another assortment! In fact there were 2 or 3 variations within our assortment, and lots (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I have a box that appears to be labeled 3314 acquired from the perth city store. Also, 3314 (I think) was spotted at the Morley store. Mine had old colors in both the tub and bonus box with the exception of some dark grey 1 x 1 "teeth" pieces. (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-04, to lugnet.general)
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