Pick a brick Spanners

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• dougts Oregon, USAMember Posts: 4,129

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  This was intentional. The August mini build model (the jeep) has the tool clipped to the side of it

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• oldtodd33 Denver 4800 miles to BillundMember Posts: 2,536

  August 2015

  If you mean the black wrenches, they are part of this months mini PAB build. 

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• Ian_S UKMember Posts: 66

  August 2015

  That's interesting, but this was a PAB wall in the UK and as far as I know we've not had the Pick-A-Model (not a great idea IMHO) added to PAB walls here yet.  Hence my surprise.

  @oldtodd33 Alright, "wrench" if you insist, but I'm still gonna call them spanners! :)

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• oldtodd33 Denver 4800 miles to BillundMember Posts: 2,536

  August 2015

  Few people here would call it a spanner, generally it's a term for a fixed width wrench.

  

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• CoraHarrison Member Posts: 242

  August 2015

  I saw this, and I too was a little stumped as to why this happened. 
  Shame it's a one off and we're not going to see much else in the way of minifig accessories in PAB anytime soon.

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• LostInTranslation UKMember Posts: 5,583

  August 2015 edited August 2015

  @oldtodd33 - they're commonly called spanners in the UK.  It's also a slang term for an idiot  :)
  I do love these cultural differences! 
  

  

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• Ian_S UKMember Posts: 66

  August 2015

  @CoraHarrison It'd be lovely if it wasn't a one off, there are quite a few minifig accessories that I'd happily grab a few handfuls of at PAB prices!  But I fear you're quite right. 

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• Paperballpark Near ManchesterMember Posts: 3,927

  August 2015

  @Ian_S They've been re-naming the PAB walls from Pick-a-Brick to Pick-a-Build. In the UK this seems to consist solely of putting new signage above the wall (without losing any space). Apparently a lot of people thought the elements were for decoration only, so they've added the signage to encourage more people to buy from it.
  

  

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• Ian_S UKMember Posts: 66

  August 2015

  @Paperballpark Ah, yes I saw the new sign first at Watford, though I didn't think it looked very "on brand" myself; I seem to recall the colours were a bid odd to my eye.  Have to admit on my first visit to a Lego store way-back-when I assumed they weren't for sale because they were behind the tills.

  

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• Kevin_Hyatt UKMember Posts: 778

  August 2015

  I was tempted to buy a cup full just so that I'd never need to get another spanner ever but then I realised I already had a lifetimes supply of ten!

  

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• Shib UKMember Posts: 5,356

  August 2015

  Ian_S said:

   I assumed they weren't for sale because they were behind the tills.

  This is exactly the problem and no amount of signage will change that from a new customer perspective - I say this as a sign maker, people go blind to signs, no matter how obvious it seems!

  

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• Ian_S UKMember Posts: 66

  August 2015

  @Kevin_Hyatt I grabbed a small handful which turned out to be 51.  What I'd really like is to see mugs appear, then I can fulfil my dream of creating a rather meta Mug of Mugs without breaking the bank!  But that's never going to happen.

  

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