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Re: A Lego first?
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lugnet.znap
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Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:22:52 GMT
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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!
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> > I had also purchased two #3502 sets at the same time. I opened those and • they
> > had the correct contents.
> >
> > Is this the first time such a problem has occurred? I am now stuck with
> > parts from four #3502 sets when I had only wanted two of each.
> >
> > Has this happened to anyone else who purchased the #3501?
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> > Joe
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> Was it factory sealed? I've seen at Zellers opened packs with different • contents.
> People switch the contents from an expensive set into a cheap box...
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> But Toy's R US will return or exchange the items...
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> Dean
> --
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That's what I thought at first. But the second one I opened was definitely
factory sealed. 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.
Joe
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| (...) Sounds like quite an mistake. I wonder how many were mis-packaged like this. 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 (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Was it factory sealed? I've seen at Zellers opened packs with different contents. People switch the contents from an expensive set into a cheap box... But Toy's R US will return or exchange the items... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap)
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