I have heard of buying sets with no minifigs in them but when I got home from Target and opened this set it had a black trash bag, a hardback novel and a bunch of cardboard puzzle pieces in it. The thing is the box was MINT and all four seals were perfect and intact. Is that something particular to this set? I feel pretty stupid as I had no cart and held the box in my hand and didn't even realize it. Well I had the Z 95 headhunter and an arch set all stacked up all taken to customer service for an ipad PM with target online.

WOW.  That is really sad.  I've never seen that before.............

Post pics of the puzzle pieces and see if members can identify the puzzle!  

Someone was able to put the seals back on enough to fool target customer service when it was returned. The book was for weight and the puzzle pieces were to mimic legos. Sad!

I am building the Z-95 or I would have put the puzzle together it probably is something apropos as the book is entitled Bad Luck and Trouble a Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child.

Must of been a crappy book. 

That`s just weird! Scary to think that someone, somewhere is thinking "I got away with it!" Really pathetic to say the least. 

You need to find the puzzle title and see if it has the same number of pieces as the Lego set would have.  If it is, then it is a great internet shopping story.  Worthy of Yahoo News or at last here.

Wow. 

You need to find the puzzle title and see if it has the same number of pieces as the Lego set would have.  If it is, then it is a great internet shopping story.  Worthy of Yahoo News or at last here.

I thought I was doing better with my OCD. But 323 pieces, I guess the book and bag equal 50. No I am not making the puzzle but if you want it I will trade you for a SSD ;)

A worthy try.  Please post the Target response to this one.  

I have heard of buying sets with no minifigs in them but when I got home from Target and opened this set it had a black trash bag, a hardback novel and a bunch of cardboard puzzle pieces in it. The thing is the box was MINT and all four seals were perfect and intact.

If you still have the original receipt then you could try returning it to customer service and explain this deplorable situation. They shouldn't give much hassle if you don't have a history of constant returns. Not Lego related but I returned a DVD box set ordered from Walmart because it did not contain a single DVD and the case was filthy as hell yet the packing box was pristine.

There's the guy that bought two different iPod Classics at Target just these last couple of weeks, and the iPods were gone, replaced with flash cards and erasers.

 

Bad times at Target right now.

they shouda filled it with mega blocks

they shouda filled it with mega blocks

At least puzzle pieces should fit together.  Mega blocks never do.

Omg that's terrible. What people won't do nowaways. I'm so worried the NIB sets I have sitting on my shelves are like this now.

I'm so worried the NIB sets I have sitting on my shelves are like this now.

I just had the same thought. Cringerific.

wow that's impressive.  Funny story and somewhat related, yesterday I found a Jabba's Sail Barge on clearance at a Wal-Mart.  Box was mint and the seals were all great but when I picked it up it felt really light.  Like it just didn't feel heavy enough.  So I left it there and at the next store found some sail barges and picked one up and was like that feels so much heavier and...well better.

 

Dang this is going to make me paranoid.  Might have to take a few extra seconds to closely examine the boxes in the future.

I just had the same thought. Cringerific.

 

 

When I get back to investing in boxed sets, I am opening every blasted one of them. It will affect the resale value almost nothing and I will be able to fall asleep at night.

I did buy a Lone Ranger set where the box felt very...full. :S

 

wow that's impressive.  Funny story and somewhat related, yesterday I found a Jabba's Sail Barge on clearance at a Wal-Mart.  Box was mint and the seals were all great but when I picked it up it felt really light.  Like it just didn't feel heavy enough.  So I left it there and at the next store found some sail barges and picked one up and was like that feels so much heavier and...well better.

 

Dang this is going to make me paranoid.  Might have to take a few extra seconds to closely examine the boxes in the future.

It does scare me that there has been some dodgy activity with boxes I have bought. 

Man people are genius..... evil but still genius

 

i would not think of doing that lol

Very interesting story. I have heard of people taking out certain minfigures from Lego sets, but not taking out the whole set and replacing it with a book and some puzzle pieces.

That's terrible. Is there any site that tells you how many bags should be included in a set? I poked around bricklink and brickset but didnt see anything. 

That's terrible. Is there any site that tells you how many bags should be included in a set? I poked around bricklink and brickset but didnt see anything. 

Here is a link to a thread on Brickset. I use this most of the time when I am not sure about the number of bags in a set.