Stickers on S@H items?

[funkybrick]

Hi,

As the title says, I'd like to know whether the boxes from Lego Shop At Home have stickers (labels, price stickers, etc.) on them. I ask because, as you probably know, a box without stickers is worth more than the same box with stickers on it.

Looking forward to replies,

funkybrick

EDIT: Sry, Mods, please move to the general forum. I have read a post in the Pirates forum and stupidly didn't change the forum. Sorry, will not happen again.

Edited February 28, 2010 by funkybrick

[The Alchemyst]

Nope, they are all clean, as far as I remember my experiences.

Hope that helps.

[-TA-]

[Captain Blackmoor]

...and moved.

[Big Cam]

They are always clean, one more perk of buying straight from Legislation.

[Blondie-Wan]

Almost all of my set boxes from Shop at Home have arrived without stickers. I live in the US, and I've gotten through Shop at Home a couple copies each of the City sets Police Motorcycle, set 7235, and Public Works, set 5611, that arrived in what I believe is the standard packaging in many non-US countries, which has a little less text than the US versions of the packaging does (no set name or piece count). My copies of both of these packages came with wide, thin white stickers across the bottom of the box fronts with choking hazard warnings. Though the boxes do mention the small parts and the sets' unsuitability for children under 3 in the small text on the sides of the box, these warning stickers are quite a bit larger. I assume they were added to comply with US product safety labeling regulations, though I don't know why the US Shop at Home was selling the sets in the non-US-style boxes to begin with.

Otherwise, I don't get them with price stickers or anything like that, no. The brick-and-mortar LEGO Stores do have prices on the boxes, of course, but there's no reason for them to put them on mail-order sets.

Personally, it's a point of interest but not really an issue for me, as I simply can't keep all the boxes; I barely have enough room for the actual products in my tiny apartment as it is, and I'm forced to get rid of most of the boxes, though I do keep a few of the ones that interest me most.

[funkybrick]

Thanks for your replies, guys!

[dr_spock]

S&H don't come with price stickers. Some sets I bought from Toys'R'Us don't have price stickers either.

Some fingernails and patience can remove most stickers cleanly.

[Legononymous]

A hair dryer on low heat helps to remove the stickers as well.

[Extreme Sadness.]

Personally, I've never seen any stickers on the many things that I bought from S@H, but I don't know wether it's the same in other countries.

-ES-

Edited March 3, 2010 by Extreme Sadness.

[Shadows]

To add one extra level to the question, the LEGO stores can use stickers, but if they have overstock, they sell it themselves and don't seem to return it to the warehouse, so there is really no way for you to get a set with a sticker unless it's an official warning type.

Crushed boxes, on the other hand ... they've got those!