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 Author: Jan_K View Messages Posted By Jan_K
 Posted: Jun 30, 2014 08:51
 Subject: Re: better definition for incomplete sets require
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In Suggestions, Pazzo writes:

  If I list a Cafe Corner without the box, it is incomplete, I think we all agree
on that....

no, we do not all agree.

Currently, according to BL rules, a used set may be called complete when the
box is missing - and that's a situation I fully support.
USING a LEGO set means building it - and you don't need the box for that.

A different issue is the fact that even a used set without INSTRUCTIONS may be
called complete - as long as the lack of original instructions is explicitly
mentioned in the item description.

This is something I strongly disagree with, since for most (if not all) sets
of more than 25-30 parts, it's very hard (or even impossible) to build the
set without the instructions leaflet - which is, from the perspective of a toy
being sold to kids, the primary USE of a LEGO set.

This has been different in former times, and I am not happy that this got changed.

Jan

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View Thread Re: better definition for incomplete sets require - Pazzo (8551)
[...] If I list a Cafe Corner without the box, it is incomplete, I think we all agree on that....
(121 months ago, Jun 30, 2014, to Suggestions)

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View Thread Re: better definition for incomplete sets require - par016 (7730)
It probably had to do with the fact that all instructions are free electronically. I'm not saying that makes it right but that was probably the thinking behind the change. [...]
(121 months ago, Jun 30, 2014, to Suggestions)

16 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 - Pazzo (8551) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - Hunny1 (3737) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - Pazzo (8551) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - Speciale (4830) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 « - Jan_K (1651) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - par016 (7730) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - Jan_K (1651) 120 months ago Aug 6, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 8 - yorbrick (1185) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 9 - Pazzo (8551) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 10 - yorbrick (1185) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 11 - yorbrick (1185) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 12 - pumbaugh (2456) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 13 - edeevo (11229) 121 months ago Jun 30, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 14 - ektadad5856 (704) 121 months ago Jul 1, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 15 - yorbrick (1185) 121 months ago Jul 1, 2014 to Suggestions
 Msg 16 - Proprietor (1699) 121 months ago Jul 1, 2014 to Suggestions

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