Question about Grand Opening and Monthly Model Build Sets

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• bluemoose Member Posts: 1,716

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  MMMB - no, not polybagged. The parts are delivered the shops as individual parts; the staff either pre-sort them into zip-lock bags, or allow the public to pick the parts they need from pots on the day (it's up to the store how they run it).
  
  Grand Opening - *most* of the Grand Opening sets have come pre-sorted in a zip-lock back with colour photocopied instructions. The newer fig selections come in a plastic pack like the 'Build A Minifig' pack. The 'Brick Apple' set came as a proper polybagged set, but I think that might be the only one ... I never saw the unopened London Bus & Copenhagen packs in the flesh, but I've been told they came in 'service pack'-style zip-lock bags.

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• atkinsar Member Posts: 4,258

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  Thanks a lot @bluemoose, much appreciated.
  
  The first polybag BrickList (2011 to date): http://www.brickset.com/brickLists/?4966

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• Huw Administrator Posts: 7,088

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  The London Bus was a proper polybag, I believe. @DrDaveWatford will be able to confirm.
  
  ^ Excellent work and what BrickLists were designed for...

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• bluemoose Member Posts: 1,716

  May 2011 edited May 2011

  From Bricklink, it looks like the London & Copenhagen grand opening sets were both released in 'service pack' style zip-lock bags -
  http://www.bricklink.com/OL/3300005-1.jpg?1
  http://www.bricklink.com/OL/3300006-1.jpg?1
  
  Great bricklist; glad I'm not obsessive about collecting polybagged sets!

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• atkinsar Member Posts: 4,258

  May 2011

  Thanks guys, look out for lists from other years in the coming weeks. I'm hoping the community can chip in with extra information about where some of these polybags can be procured.
  
  Unfortunately, I am obsessed with these things, they are great fun to trade.

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• drdavewatford Administrator Posts: 6,755

  May 2011

  ^^ Correct - the London grand opening set wasn't a sealed polybag, it was indeed a service-pack style ziplock-type bag.

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• Yellowcastle Administrator, Moderator Posts: 5,234

  May 2011

  The Phoenix store was also a regular ziplock. I was kinda hoping for a polybag, though.

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