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Re: A Lego first?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 01:30:39 GMT
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In lugnet.znap, Kevin Salm writes:
> In lugnet.znap, Joe Davenport writes:
> > In lugnet.znap, Dean Husby writes:
> > > Joe Davenport wrote:
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> > > > Dear Lego,
> > > >
> > > > I recently purchased two #3501 Black Racer ZNAP sets at Toys R Us. I
> > > > expected to get the parts to make the black and yellow car. Instead,
> > > > inside the box were the pieces and instruction book from set #3502
> > > > Green Jet!
> > > > Not believing Lego could make such a mistake, I opened the other #3501. It
> > > > also had the wrong parts and manual! I had also purchased two #3502 sets
> > > > at the same time. I opened those and they had the correct contents.
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> > I went back and purchased the rest of them (16, they're only
> > $1.97), and compared the weight of them to the other small sets using a scale
> > at work. All of the 3501 boxes weighed exactly as much as the 3502 boxes (to
> > a tenth of a gram). I then took one and opened it. Sure enough, the Green • Jet
> > was inside. Now I guess I have plenty of green ZNAP beams to build with, but • I
> > don't know if I should open the 15 unopened sets.
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> Sounds like quite an mistake. I wonder how many were mis-packaged like this.
I have looked for the 3501 in 3 other Toys R Us stores, but none had the 3501
or 3502. I hope some others on Lugnet find the 3501 to see if all of them
in the U.S. are this way.
> Unless you want more Green ZNAP elements, I would not open the packages or
> return them to where you bought them. Rather, I would suggest that you
> photograph and document as much as possible. These could make for some neat
> collectors items someday.
I hope so. But, if all 3501's are that way.... :-(
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> It certainly sounds like a first-ever occurence to me. I would guess similar
> mistakes happens from time to time but the errors are discovered before they
> leave the production facility and the errors are corrected or destroyed. You
> may want to consider contacting Lego Consumer Affairs to inform them of this
> error. They might reward you somehow--or at least provide you with the • correct
> contents of your sets at no charge.
Maybe they read Lugnet.dearlego ???
Replacement parts would be nice. I actually bought the first two sets for the
yellow tires! Oh well....
Joe
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> __Kevin Salm__
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| Dear Lego, I recently purchased two #3501 Black Racer ZNAP sets at Toys R Us. I expected to get the parts to make the black and yellow car. Instead, inside the box were the pieces and instruction book from set #3502 Green Jet! Not believing Lego (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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