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 Author: Vovcheg View Messages Posted By Vovcheg
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Hi, can anyone explain how some sellers get hundreds of sealed polybags that
cames only with magazines?
And is it safe to buy and can it be fake or used condition?
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In Help, Vovcheg writes:
  Hi, can anyone explain how some sellers get hundreds of sealed polybags that
cames only with magazines?
And is it safe to buy and can it be fake or used condition?

retail arbitrage.
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they are real and all brand new
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brings back some interesting memories ngl.
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memories that are best left unmentioned
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unheard of as well ...........................
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Not sure what you mean, soooooooooooooo
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pizza gang members sharing a joke 🍕 hahaha
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  Not sure what you mean, soooooooooooooo

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  In Help, ImperialFleet writes:
  Not sure what you mean, soooooooooooooo

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All messages in the thread are cancelled now but in short, someone said something
and people got angry.
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In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  All messages in the thread are cancelled now but in short, someone said something
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alot of conversations, online and not go like that tho.
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In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  alot of conversations, online and not go like that tho.

reminds me of just the other day of how I completely opposed using a piece
of paper as a background since I can’t stand the feel of paper and used everything
I could think of to avoid it
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I agree but I hate the feel of serviettes/napkins, I hate the texture I wont
go into detail because I might cringe but its bad.
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  I agree but I hate the feel of serviettes/napkins, I hate the texture I wont
go into detail because I might cringe but its bad.

No worries I also can’t stand the feel of tissues its just so weird
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YES!!!

I thought I was the only weirdo that hated the feel of stuff like tissues, tissue
paper and paper towels, etc
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In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  YES!!!

I thought I was the only weirdo that hated the feel of stuff like tissues, tissue
paper and paper towels, etc

Don’t worry you aren’t! I also just remembered what’s practically just paper
that they have at some public restrooms to dry your hand like why?
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Like it just spreads the water around your hands instead of absorbing it and
like its a terrible feeling!
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In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  Like it just spreads the water around your hands instead of absorbing it and
like its a terrible feeling!

And it’s literally almost the same as using printing paper to dry your hands
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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  And it’s literally almost the same as using printing paper to dry your hands


I prefer moist towelettes
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In Help, wildchicken13 writes:
  In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  And it’s literally almost the same as using printing paper to dry your hands


I prefer moist towelettes

Or dry towels
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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  alot of conversations, online and not go like that tho.

reminds me of just the other day of how I completely opposed using a piece
of paper as a background since I can’t stand the feel of paper and used everything
I could think of to avoid it

gonna be rough for you when the Lego sets use paper bags instead of plastic
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In Help, peregrinator writes:
  In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  In Help, TheCuteGiraffe writes:
  alot of conversations, online and not go like that tho.

reminds me of just the other day of how I completely opposed using a piece
of paper as a background since I can’t stand the feel of paper and used everything
I could think of to avoid it

gonna be rough for you when the Lego sets use paper bags instead of plastic

Indeed but it largely depending on the paper type as some types are not bad
so hopefully the one they use is a better type
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In Help, Nubs_Select writes:
  Indeed but it largely depending on the paper type as some types are not bad
so hopefully the one they use is a better type

Apparently, the paper bags used by TLG are coated with a thin layer of plastic
to prevent the parts from getting scratched on the inside of the bag, similar
to the paper used for shipping labels and store receipts.
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  Hmm, hoping to be permanently active on the forum, I usually come on in the evening
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Trust me, get out while you can… It's addicting!
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In Help, Vovcheg writes:
  Hi, can anyone explain how some sellers get hundreds of sealed polybags that
cames only with magazines?
And is it safe to buy and can it be fake or used condition?

Sellers with huge quantities tend to be in the country where the magazines are
produced. So I imagine they are foil bags produced by lego then not used, and
disposed of by the magazine publisher.
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In Help, yorbrick writes:
  In Help, Vovcheg writes:
  Hi, can anyone explain how some sellers get hundreds of sealed polybags that
cames only with magazines?
And is it safe to buy and can it be fake or used condition?

Sellers with huge quantities tend to be in the country where the magazines are
produced. So I imagine they are foil bags produced by lego then not used, and
disposed of by the magazine publisher.

The foilpacks (now paperpacks?) are actually produced/packed by the publisher
BlueOcean, or so it states on the back.

These are distributed by different companies in each country to quioscs and so.
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In Help, Stellar writes:
  In Help, yorbrick writes:
  In Help, Vovcheg writes:
  Hi, can anyone explain how some sellers get hundreds of sealed polybags that
cames only with magazines?
And is it safe to buy and can it be fake or used condition?

Sellers with huge quantities tend to be in the country where the magazines are
produced. So I imagine they are foil bags produced by lego then not used, and
disposed of by the magazine publisher.

The foilpacks (now paperpacks?) are actually produced/packed by the publisher
BlueOcean, or so it states on the back.

These are distributed by different companies in each country to quioscs and so.

So it is even more likely that they overproduce their packed bags (given they
already have all the parts from lego) to have a contingency if there is a problem
and dispose of the excess locally when done.