To LUGNET HomepageTo LUGNET News HomepageTo LUGNET Guide Homepage
 Help on Searching
 
Post new message to lugnet.org.caOpen lugnet.org.ca in your NNTP NewsreaderTo LUGNET News Traffic PageSign In (Members)
 Organizations / Canada / 108
107  |  109
Subject: 
Re: What a trip I had to Markville!
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca
Date: 
Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:12:37 GMT
Viewed: 
1045 times
  
In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Calum Tsang wrote:
   In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Steve Hassenplug wrote:
   If you pick some up, you may want to know you can find out a little about what’s inside in advance. There’s a number stamped near the barcode on the tub.

I think there are three possibilities. I’m not sure if all boxes with a single number are exactly the same.

There’s a 3534(?) which has a bunch of 1x3x? (very tall) castle wall type pieces.

There’s a 2814, which has a bunch of heads, and some door rails (pieces that hold motors in place)

I’m not sure what’s in the other tub.

In any case, if you get more than one tub, you may want to make sure they have different numbers.

On your advice (and Tim’s) I got a two strap and a three strap tub each:

This is the three strap:

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tsangc/My4679/4267-calum1.jpg

I decided to lay them out by bag, thinking the bags contents may be the same while the selection of bags was random. No such luck--the bags have similar pieces, but not all the same.


Calum, thanks for doing what I had been trying to do! ;) Your pics match what I had counted so far - 2 bags - and now I know what’s in the other 3 and can go ahead and stock my Bricklink store. :)

Oh and these looks all old grays to me.

Keith



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: What a trip I had to Markville!
 
(...) I'm not sure it all the bags will match-You've got to be careful here. Each bag is "just a little different" than the others. Most of the bag contents I'm sure will be useful, though the ones I really don't know what to do with are these green (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca, FTX)
  Re: What a trip I had to Markville!
 
(...) Thanks again for posting these were available in Toronto. For fun, I bought another two strap today: (URL) different from the two strap I bought yesterday but didn't photograph. I think you have to buy at least two of a kind to have enough of (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca, FTX)

Message is in Reply To:
  Re: What a trip I had to Markville!
 
(...) On your advice (and Tim's) I got a two strap and a three strap tub each: This is the three strap: (URL) decided to lay them out by bag, thinking the bags contents may be the same while the selection of bags was random. No such luck--the bags (...) (20 years ago, 31-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca, FTX)

23 Messages in This Thread:








Entire Thread on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact

This Message and its Replies on One Page:
Nested:  All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:  All | Brief | Compact
    

Custom Search

©2005 LUGNET. All rights reserved. - hosted by steinbruch.info GbR