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I have just split 4 1/2 price Privet Drive sets, purchased in the UK. I was shocked to find that in all of them the 1x2 grille tiles that form the car bumper were grey and not chrome/silver. Has anyone else noticed this? Huw (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Mine was chrome (bought in the US). Bruce (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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Bruce Hietbrink <bnh@chem.ucla.edu> wrote in message news:H8vnz3.A6q@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Mine were silver (bought in Woolworths back in September) (Duckie) Dave Till (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Huw, The 2 I bought from my local Argos in the half price sale also both had grey grills even though the box clearly shows silver. Talking about the Argos sale I also bought the half price radio controlled racer, but can't figure out what the (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Connect a standard motor to the dark grey connector on top of the receiver unit and all will become clear! William (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) controlled (...) controller, (...) receiver (...) Or lights, the paddles control 9v output on the grey connector, depending on what paddle the polarity changes. Unfortunately it doesn't "latch". But I'm sure it could be used to control a (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I've got a police flashing light bar, spotlights and siren on mine. I'm thinking about some sort of BB shot launcher though... I don't care about paying full price when it came out. I've had a lot of fun with it. Anyway, I just checked my (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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Checked my one and it has the Crome Grills and the sealed bag in question has a Tree Leave inside as well... hummm, an added extra. -- ~~ Mike Edwards ~~ (URL) ~ 'BrikTopia' ~~ "Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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I had two different style boxes for my privet drives. The first one with the seperate tray contained inside the box had the chrome silver grilles. The second with the thick cardboard box contained the grey grilles. Wierd hey? I have already written (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) Just had a reply from LEGO Consumer Services Europe. Who said "All LEGO Sets are tested thoroughly before production, and we have no previous knowledge of a similar defect." They are sending me the new grilles (chrome silver perfect for (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I hope that's in the context of some sort of apology. I've had three Privet Drive sets with this mistake (presumably a bad batch that ended up at Argos), a Black Falcon's Fortress with several redundant parts in the bottom of the box but no (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) My reply said: "We're sorry to hear your new LEGO set 'Escape From Privet Drive' was incomplete. Although we do our utmost to avoid this, it can sometimes occur that a pieces may be missing, especially in larger sets. I have today ordered the (...) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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-----Original Message----- (...) Not a very good picture, but clearly shows "non-chrome" parts in a sealed bag. Very definately not incomplete or missing but substituted at the packing plant (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Jan-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) I just opened up a Troll on the Loose that was missing the troll's loincloth. Rather than call for a replacement I took the easy way out and gave the troll to my kid. It seems seven-year-old boys don't mind those little oversights. Maggie C. (22 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.loc.uk)
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