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Constructing the 8275
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Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:29:43 GMT
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Hi there.
Could anyone who has built the 8275 Motorized Bulldozer figure the bagging
scheme used? When I first opened the box, I had expected to see parts bagged by
function (i.e. all the gears in a bag, all the axles in another bag, etc). When
I saw that this wasn't the case, I thought it would be grouped by building order
(parts for steps 1-6 in one bag, 7-12 in another bag etc). I quickly realised
that it wasn't this either, as I was opening a new bag almost every step.
It wasn't even that the same parts were bagged together - there were 3 bags
containing a black 15L studless beam, there were at least 3 bags containing the
long friction pins and most of the other parts appeared to be split into two
bags (for example, the 4 sprocket wheels for driving the treads came two each in
two bags).
By the end of the first instruction booklet I had opened every part bag (with
the exception of the track links and the PF parts, which are individually
bagged) and by the end of the second booklet I still had parts in every bag!
(again, with the exception of the track links and PF parts).
Having no apparent order to the bagging actually marred my building experience
somewhat - it got to the point where I was dreading coming across a step that
used a medium-sized part (5L or 7L beam, or a 2x8 plate for example) because I
would have to sift through the contents of half a dozen or so bags before I
could find it! I wonder how many 12 year olds give up in frustration!
That said, it is an awesome model - I can't wait until my rechargeable batteries
finish charging to have a play!
Sorry about that little rant. Has anyone else had this experience? I would have
thought that all sets would be bagged the same way, but perhaps not? perhaps I
just got (un)lucky? Could anyone suggest a logical reason for the way they've
done it?
Play On
Owen.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| Hi Owen, I do not own this set (yet, I should say ;) ), but this comes as a surprise, as in most if not all recent sets LEGO went ahead and defined major building components which were in bags that were numbered accordingly (like "1" for e.g. the (...) (17 years ago, 8-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Constructing the 8275
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| Hi Owen, I had the same questions when i put my first bulldozer together. When i built my second one, i put all the similar bag contents into a bowl. There were many bowls. The last two i built, i messed all the parts into a big bucket just so it (...) (17 years ago, 9-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
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