New employee-only set?

 

  • New employee-only set?

    Posted by Huw, 08 Oct 2011 11:12. Filed under New sets.

    4000002: LOM 2011 Moulding
    Miscellaneous/LEGO Internal, 2011
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    ©2011 LEGO Group

    This morning's trawl of the instructions at LEGO.com revealed this set, 4000002 'LOM 2011 Moulding'. Given it's in the same number range as the 4000001 Moulding Machines Inside Tour exclusive, this is also presumably some sort of 'insider' exclusive.

    The instructions, which you can download from the set details page, reveal that LOM = LEGO Operations Mexico and that this is a model of the second moulding plant in Mexico which has just been completed.

    So, I'm guessing that this is a model presented to those involved in the project, and therefore will be pretty hard for collectors to get hold of.

    (Thanks to brickbuilder Bert who emailed me about it)


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Posted by jonbuddy in United States, 08 Oct 2011 11:37

Very simple-looking.

EDIT: But when are factories SUPPOSED to look interesting? ;) (Longeberger Basket in Ohio is one) :P

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 08 Oct 2011 13:42

^Except for the printed pieces.

The set looks interesting. An addition to the Architecture line, maybe?

Posted by DrDaveWatford in United Kingdom, 08 Oct 2011 14:00

^ LOL ! Somehow I doubt it - hard to see it occupying the same shelf as the Empire State Building, Brandenburg Gate etc...

Posted by Leemonlime in United States, 08 Oct 2011 14:35

LegoCity578 is right - I had almost everything on hand and the few I didn't are on order, except for those printed tiles. Not as distinctive as the other Architecture models, but I don't mind putting it on the same shelf.

Posted by fff in Spain, 08 Oct 2011 15:18

Absolutely nothing special... even strange

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 08 Oct 2011 15:29

^^^Yes, good point, it doesn't look half as nice. :)

Posted by The Reviewer in United States, 08 Oct 2011 17:47

Blah! nothing unique here

Posted by Isabella and Lego Liker in United States, 08 Oct 2011 20:05

With the exception of the stickers, anyone can build their own here.

Posted by LegoCity578 in United States, 08 Oct 2011 20:58

This set will be worth garbage. I mean whats this made of? 1X4 Plates, 2x2 Plates, 2x8 Plates? LEGO needs to have at least SOME special rare/exclusive pieces.

Posted by Classicsmiley in United States, 08 Oct 2011 21:53

^Why do you say that?

Posted by LegoCity578 in United States, 08 Oct 2011 21:55

^ Well, other than the stickers, its all extremely common pieces.

Posted by jon11380 in United Kingdom, 09 Oct 2011 02:18

Guys, despite the fact it is largely made of common parts, as this is believed to be an employee only set it will be extremely sought* after for this reason. It would be interesting to know about the quality of packaging and the instruction, they may have other details included such as history of production, expansion to Mexico etc...

*You can read extremely sought after as very expensive.

Just my thoughts.

Posted by Ravenhook in Australia, 09 Oct 2011 05:40

^ I agree, you mean the complete box will be a collectable - the contents are almost irrelevant!

Posted by KimT in Denmark, 09 Oct 2011 13:37

As much as this set may be nice to own, I'd still rather have the instructions for it's sister set, the "4000001 Moulding Machines Inside Tour exclusive". Anyways, I've downloaded the instructions just in case TLG pulls them from the cache. Nothing special but that goes for the Robie House as well, wouldn't you agree?

Posted by legoDad42 in United States, 10 Oct 2011 13:55

For the outsider it's not a great set but if I was an employee and worked on the project and got this as a little present, it would have sentimental value and in the long run, monetary value as well.

Posted by lordskylark in United States, 12 Oct 2011 03:48

If those little 1x1 Round Plates with Knobs are true green (the regular Bricklink color green), then I don't believe those pieces have ever been released before in that color.

Posted by stephan3321 in Netherlands, 12 Oct 2011 17:38

Anyone noticed that the building instructions does not match the picture of the model itself.. Look at the two 2x2 plates on top!

Posted by Alemas in Germany, 13 Oct 2011 11:53

Since this talks about a new set, I'll be talking about new Star Wars sets: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=58035&st=1965&p=1092725&#entry1092725 Unwatermarked 2012 Star Wars sets. If the moderators delete this, I'll give up. :P

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