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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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| | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Ken Dowd
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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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| | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Mark Peterson
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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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| | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Eric Strand
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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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| | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Bruce S. Chamberlain
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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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| | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Roy Gal
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Ram Sreerangam
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Charlie Petersen
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Roy Gal
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Mark Peterson
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Ram Sreerangam
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Roy Gal
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Darrell Urbien
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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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| | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Thomas Garrison
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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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| | | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Bruce S. Chamberlain
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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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| | | | | | Re: Creator Set has 500 extra pieces in dazzling colors... —Eric Strand
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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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