Vindicare Posted July 31, 2011 Upon opening 2507 Fire Temple and shaking out the contents, two things gave me quite a shock, instruction manuals(3) were all in good shape. No bent corners, no rolling up when placed on the table. But, the biggest shock was the fact that something was missing, or so I thought. After seeing the box front of said set, I was expecting to find the beloved DSS, but there wasn't one. Now, to my question... Why does every other theme have stickers, but this set doesn't(it has 7 printed pieces, 6 of which are the big window panes)? This is my first Ninjago set, and I've never really followed it, so I'm not really sure if they all have printed parts or not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lego Otaku Posted July 31, 2011 I think it's just the licensed theme, LEGO uses sticker because they are deigned to fail in a few years (if it didn't fail while inside the box) so people can't really resell vintage Star Wars pieces in 20 years. Personally I prefer only the cool design be printed, and cool pieces to get stickers so I could reuse cool pieces without stickers later. (guess where I got the idea from ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peppermint_M Posted July 31, 2011 The Ninja Go windows are printed. So are the Toy Story sets decorated parts. Really, it seems to be a little to do with aimed age group of the theme/sets. Toy Story and Ninja Go anticipated younger kids, they are less able to stick stickers on, so they are printed. In Star Wars, the age anticipated is older, so they can sticker better. Stickers are simply a matter of cost, it would cost a lot more to print up a load of tiles and bricks, when a sticker sheet costs a lot less. You may notice that a lot of the curved parts without a flat surface being printed, even in a set with stickers. This is becase the stickers do not stay on. Back in the old days of Lego, many sets had stickers too. Star Wars sets having stickers has nothing to do with future devaluation. The oldest sets were printed (I know, I have far to many slopes spoilt by stupid logos) now it costs more to print the bricks (or they decided the cost of printing the bricks is prohibitive) and they just run off a sticker sheet. If you plan so greatly to sell your Star Wars sets, just don't open them? Or don't stick the stickers on and sell them with the set in mint condition. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vindicare Posted July 31, 2011 Yeah, I don't think it's because they're worried about resale. That's an interesting thought, Pep, about the intended age demographic. I'm sure cost plays a part in it. I remember in the old days those rocky castle window pieces we have to stick were printed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
