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Subject:	Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:35:11 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Cary Clark wrote: > In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote: > > ... There is a new 4679 Creator set tub with 1000 pieces (for $19.99), > > with an extra 500 pieces. ... > > I bet that this set has some great finds. I understand that the extra 500 > > pieces will be rather random parts. > ... > The randomness of this set interests me. Has LEGO ever released a 'random' set > before? 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 birthday parties. Just a thought. Best regards, Allan B.

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		Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors...
(...) 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)

		Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors...
(...) 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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		Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors...
(...) ... (...) ... 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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