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1. extra pieces in sets

   

   Discussion by dkprimus · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   just curious but does anyone know why lego puts extra pieces in sets and what determine's which pieces get extras and how many? are all sets the same? seems pretty random with the only exception that all the extra's are of small pieces that seem to be easily lost.

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   Comment by dkprimus · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   @binaryeye i new you would ask me that after i just put all the extra pieces away. i pulled them out and i think its based on the piece, the one piece that i can see is similar between the sets (the piece they turn into a gun on the fronts) has a spare in all 3 sets. 

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   Comment by binaryeye · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   It's not the number of pieces in the set but the type of pieces. It's likely one of the sets simply had more small pieces (cheese slopes, 1x1 plates, 1x1 tiles, droid arms, lightsaber hilts, control sticks, etc.) For example?

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   Comment by Pumpkin_3CK5 · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   Some older sets didn't have extra pieces. I wonder when they started including them.

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   Comment by DeMontes · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   "the extra's are of small pieces that seem to be easily lost." I think you answered your own question ;-)

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   Comment by dkprimus · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   its just interesting how it varies from set to set. like i just opened 2 of the sw micro fighers s2 sets and both around the same piece count, one had 10 extra pieces and the other only 4. extra in 1 doesnt = an extra of same brick in another set

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   Comment by Oldfan · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   Small pieces that are easily missed by the LEGO automated weighing machines at the manufacturing plant. LEGO programs the addition of those small pieces to ensure that the customer is getting all the parts that are necessary to build the set. If there is a miss on the packaging line and a 1x1 round plate (for example) is…

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   Comment by dkprimus · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   @Yodalicious thats so true, i had that happen the other day and luckily it was 2 easy pieces that went on without having to remove anything

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   Comment by HangedSanchez · November 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

   I just built #70401 Gold Getaway and managed to have a 1x6 plate left. It's quite a large piece and quite a small set, but I've been through the instructions so many times and still can't work out where it goes...

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    Comment by LusiferSam · October 2015 · Home› Everything else LEGO

    And there are times where these pieces don't go anywhere and you spends days checking the instructions for them. I've had that happen with Orthanc and the Kiwi-E-Mart. I'm about 99% sure I've not missed anything in Orthanc, but still checking the Kiwi-E-Mart.

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