January 8, 200817 yr My son got three new sets for Christmas, and two of them were missing entire bags. I've had sets missing a piece or two over the years, but never an entire bag. And it happened TWICE this year! Thankfully I was able to exchange both defective sets at the Lego Store in Schaumburg, IL without a problem. TLC's customer service continues to be excellent, but man, their quality control is going right down the crapper.
January 8, 200817 yr This is alittle off topic but I recently found one of the horses in my Cyclone Defender box. *wacko* It seems you have a title to match now! :-)
January 8, 200817 yr The gate in for the big doors in the Hogwarts 4757 was cracked! And the face of Ron had a scar in his face (not a printed one, offcourse :-P ). I sended a mail for replacement parts and I got one back that I will get them soon, but I didn't get anything yet. That's the only set there is something wrong with. Al the other 85+ ones didn't have any defects.
January 8, 200817 yr It seems you have a title to match now! :-) I just noticed that, thanks Hinckley! :-D
January 8, 200817 yr I just found out a head (the exo builder sig fig head!) has a curious scar on the back! I just found out, when looking for a head to build Exo-builders sig fig! Edited January 8, 200817 yr by Lord Of Pies
January 8, 200817 yr Did anyone else get the DSS for "Crab Crusher" in their Aquabase? Because I did... 8-| Anyhoo, I just noticed Exo-horse, hahaha nice title Exobuilder! U_T
January 8, 200817 yr Did anyone else get the DSS for "Crab Crusher" in their Aquabase? Because I did... 8-| Anyhoo, I just noticed Exo-horse, hahaha nice title Exobuilder! U_T No, but I recieved a crab crusher inside a castle seige box, and I recieved a skeleton tower inside a skeleton ship attack box. These are in addition to other missing pieces and missing minifigs througout the years, mainly on the castle line.
January 9, 200817 yr No, but I recieved a crab crusher inside a castle seige box, and I recieved a skeleton tower inside a skeleton ship attack box. These are in addition to other missing pieces and missing minifigs througout the years, mainly on the castle line. You found full sets inside your other sets or just the DSS? Username_Taken-They manufactured the DSS for the Crab Crusher and Aquabase Invasion to be the same one.
January 9, 200817 yr The best story I have ever heard was a guy on Brickset who found Mistlands Tower in his Sentai Fortress box. :-D
January 9, 200817 yr I was missing one of the concave connector pieces on the MT-21 Mobile Mining unit, instead, I got three of the part that connects to it! *wacko* What's DSS? *wacko*
January 9, 200817 yr I was missing one of the concave connector pieces on the MT-21 Mobile Mining unit, instead, I got three of the part that connects to it! *wacko* What's DSS? *wacko* Dreaded Sticker Sheet. *sweet*
January 9, 200817 yr Dreaded Sticker Sheet. *sweet* The 'D' can also be substituted for another D word.. :-P
January 9, 200817 yr Username_Taken[/b]-They manufactured the DSS for the Crab Crusher and Aquabase Invasion to be the same one. Thats what I figured. Thanks Hinckley. :-) U_T
January 9, 200817 yr off the top of my head i can only think of 2 sets ive had problems in 1 was the joker + batwing parts were missing from the helicopter so i had to use replacement parts from other sets 2 was the new city cement truck 1 of the pieces looked like it had been melted or something and was completely unusable
January 9, 200817 yr What!? How'd that happen? Were they full sets? That is so strange...DP8 Yeah, full sets. I exchanged them both with the retailer, but I thought it odd that I had a completely different set inside another set's box, but the exchanger at customer service said 'it happens'.
January 13, 200817 yr Well, I would say the most annoying issue was a crumpled sticker sheet with my Lego City Harbour. I also find the variation in tan brick colour on sets such as Caf
January 13, 200817 yr When I bought my Wizard's Tower set, the wizard's beard was missing and guess where I found it: In a Starwars AT-AP walker set I bought some time later. >:-(
January 13, 200817 yr At least you happened to have found one! I have had no such problems actually. I think I have one odd piece I remember it, but whether that was caused by myself when I was younger or TLC I will never know. (or remember) ;-)
January 13, 200817 yr When I bought my Wizard's Tower set, the wizard's beard was missing and guess where I found it:In a Starwars AT-AP walker set I bought some time later. >:-( That's uncanny that you found another one in another set... 8-
January 13, 200817 yr Since the topic came up, Almost every recent large set I've gotten came with a crumpled sticker sheet and horribly bent up instructions. Usually causing me to put them under something heavy for an hour before I can start building again :-$
January 20, 200817 yr When I bought my Wizard's Tower set, the wizard's beard was missing and guess where I found it:In a Starwars AT-AP walker set I bought some time later. >:-( Not sure why you'd be angry about that. I'd call that an amazing stroke of luck or an incredible use of the force *yoda* . Still, LEGO is fantastic when it comes to missing bricks. I have never had any trouble with their customer service dept., and both times I've had sets that were missing bricks, they were quickly replaced without questions.
January 20, 200817 yr Knowing that we all find the defective part, missing piece, crumpled instructions, miss-colored parts, and explosives in our sets there is one defect that I find the worst of them all............................. The Designers! Thinking about it there are good sets and bad sets. Lego over the years has continued to make improvements in its set designs and the diversity of the sets. But they also have succumb to things such as juniorization, poor set construction, etc. This is quite notable in a few themes in recent years. Technic used to have great functional sets such as the super cars8880 :'-), 8448, 8446 off roader, the space shuttle, barcode multi set, the air tech claw rig, etc. The advanced functions (gearboxes, springs, and sadly pneumatics) have been dissappearing and are being replaced by less functional sets. Bionicle has also seen some declines. Take the Inika for example, clone sets, reuse of parts, poor set designs (....what happened to the nuva this year?). To say the least some sets are still superb above all, and I do like many of the new designs. It is the target audience the designers are going after, the money they can make, whatever floats their boat. If you want to find the root of the problem, you can blame the creators for that.
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