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Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... (padding of the subject to fix line wrap)
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Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:43:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> 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.
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, and I need to go through
all the bags individually to find out what's actually in the set.
2) The piece count of 1513 includes the box of 500 random pieces
that is strapped onto the tub. That would be deceptive advertising;
the people I've talked to have all assumed that they were buying 2013
elements per bundle, particularly since the box says "500 extra LEGO
elements", not "the other 500 LEGO elements we were too lazy to
pack into the tub". Also, were it not for the fact that these are flying
off the shelves (because, again, people think that they are buying 2013
pieces for $20) the bundle would suffer the same fate as, e.g., set 3509
(the straps don't even need to be broken to separate this box from the
tub) and there would be bare tubs sitting on TRU shelves labelled
1513 pieces.
> I just checked the hollow stud minifig heads in the extra 500 pieces.
> There were a lot of them, but what caught my eye first was the 8 in
> what appears to be dark red. I checked Bricklink and only 1 seller
> had 1 of those for $5 !! Then I thought I saw some in sand green and
> either sand blue or light blue. I couldn't find any sellers in Bricklink
> selling in those colors. Ditto for the ones that appear to be tan (not
> flesh) or light yellow.
In all ten 500 pieces boxes that I have personally examined, there is a
bag consisting predominantly of black and brown heads. One of my
bags has one blank green head. I haven't seen any of these other color
heads in person.
TWS Garrison
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