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| Sorry to bother you all with this, but nobody in my house cares at all, and I need to share with SOMEBODY. After 21 years of putting together Lego sets, last night I came across the very first instance of a set missing a piece. I have had "near (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) That is definitely odd to have the first time happen at the same time as the second time and all after 21 years. In the close to 500 sets that I have I've only once come across a missing piece - on of the tubing pieces for the small Anakin's (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Oh, yeah, that happens to me too. Especially since I generally dump all the parts into the box and work out of there. Even getting towards the end of a model though I will swear that a piece isn't in there but it always shows up eventually. As (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| snip: (...) snip don't they include extra ones of those elements anyways? every set i've gotten that has a supply of 1 x 1 round plates always came with an extra piece. maybe i just happen to have gotten yours. ;) seriously though, unless it's an (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| No its not just you, you should have seen the trouble I had with not finding the pieces when I put the silver champ together! Ugh! Gary Greg Perry <supernerd23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GJ9D41.Gvy@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) the (...) tore (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| "Greg Perry" <supernerd23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GJ9D41.Gvy@lugnet.com... (...) Definitely! I normally put all the pieces into the box or something I've got lying around and work from there sitting in front of the TV. I normally end up (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) <snipped> (...) If it's OCD-ish then I, too, suffer. :) I've been the same way since about 10 years old or so... at least that's the first instance I can recall where I was "sure" LEGO forgot a piece. What you described is almost word for word (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Happens to me ALL the time Greg! Almost systematic in that every set I put together a piece falls on the rug, or under my leg, or under another piece or god knows where and I am CONVINCED the the very CORE of my soul that the Lego Corporation (...) (23 years ago, 7-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| (...) This probably happens to every LEGO fan. I know it happens to me every time. Normally two or three times with each set, even. The closest I've come to a missing piece was quite a few years ago with the Ice Planet series. One of the sets had (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| yes all the time. just when your convinced it isnt there it sits up and looks at you. grrrr James "Greg Perry" <supernerd23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GJ9D41.Gvy@lugnet.com... (...) and (...) the (...) tore (...) they (...) very (...) the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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