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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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(...) 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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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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(...) -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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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