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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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lugnet.general
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Thu, 23 Sep 2004 20:34:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> 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.
Has anyone actually gotten around to counting the actual pieces inside the tub
yet?
-Juan
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