8043 packed instructions whit cardboard

[legolijntje]

I bought a 8043 today and when I opened it and looked to the instructions, I saw this:

In the package were also the stickers.

It's the new excavator version.

Does someone now what's going on at LEGO?

sorry for big pictures, don't now how to resize them)

Edited October 22, 2010 by legolijntje

[Benly]

I bought a 8043 today and when I opened it and looked to the instructions, I saw this

Does someone now what's going on at LEGO?

(sorry for big pictures, don't now how to resize them)

It must have been to due to all our complains at damaged/crumpled/torn/peeled sticker sheets.

Glad to see they took the initiative to avoid future problems! Good on TLG!

edit: It would be ironic if *only* the instructions were placed inside that bag and the stickers still loose...

Edited October 22, 2010 by Benly

[Tobbe Arnesson]

Not a day to soon!

[jantjeuh]

Holy unresized humongous pictures, Batman

Good to know TLG is taking steps to improve the dire folded instruction-sheets/crippled sticker-sheets situation :)

Edited October 22, 2010 by jantjeuh

[Benly]

Holy unresized humongous pictures, Batman

This thread needs a 64K warning. Heck, even a 512K warning wouldn't be far fetched

[phool]

We can only hope that the trend continues (packaging instructions between cardboard; not posting massive unresized images).

[Piratedave84]

I had dreams of the day Lego would do something about crimpled instructions / destroyed sticker sheets.

Lego, once again you live up to my expectations!!!!

Let's hope it's a trend which will apply to most larger sets, maybe even smaller!!!!

Pirate

[JunkstyleGio]

It is said that the packaging of the instuctions and stickersheet is only in sets over 800 pieces.

But...

It's a start!

[Front]

I was very surprised when I saw the building instruction packed like shown here. It was a delight to open the set back when I "tested" a fresh 8043 set with improved LA.

But please don't get your hopes too high. I've also seen how these manuals are packed, and we at LEGO need to figure out an inexpensive and automated way of doing it, before it will be the norm.

Front aka Erland, Part Design.

[Tobbe Arnesson]

Tideous, the task for a Trainee can be.

[KimT]

I was very surprised when I saw the building instruction packed like shown here. It was a delight to open the set back when I "tested" a fresh 8043 set with improved LA.

But please don't get your hopes too high. I've also seen how these manuals are packed, and we at LEGO need to figure out an inexpensive and automated way of doing it, before it will be the norm.

Front aka Erland, Part Design.

Indeed,

But for now all packed sets with more than 800 parts will be having this type of instructions & stickers packaging.

Bear in mind though, that it's only sets being packed now and therefore you might actually buy a 8043 that hasn't got this instructions cardboard wrapping.

[dr_spock]

Holy huge bandwidth eating pics, Batman.

It's great to see that Lego is protecting the instruction booklets and stickers. My 8043 booklets and stickers were bent in the box. I had to flatten them out under a pile of heavy books.

[cleong]

Well here's to hoping that the cardboard-backed instruction manuals mean they're the updated kits. Have been messing about with my excavator for the past one day and it all seems fine. The shop that I bought it from assured me it was the fixed one.

[jantjeuh]

Well here's to hoping that the cardboard-backed instruction manuals mean they're the updated kits.

You can also tell by the production codes on the LA's :) 3x60 or 'higher' means you've got the real deal.

[CP5670]

It's good to see that TLG is at last doing something about the crumpled manuals we often get in large sets. This has been about 10 years overdue though, so I wouldn't give them too much credit for it.