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I found these bags in the attic any idea what LEGO set they belong to?

Bags 1, 3 and 5

They are numbered 1, 3 and 5, but I don't know if they all came from the same set or not.

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Daron Senior
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    Hello Daron. The link you provided goes to your personal inbox, which nobody but you can see. Can you try to upload them differently? Without pictures we cannot help you. The codes you posted are production codes, which indicate this was from (a) set(s) that were produced only recently (week 20 of 2019) which makes me curious how you found them “in the attic” as they cannot have been there long ... – Phil B. Dec 10 '19 at 12:01
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    The codes on the bags are for the bags themselves, rather than the sets. – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Dec 10 '19 at 12:56
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    I'll admit that I'm struggling to find a set that contains both a Medium Lilac 6X6 Bow and the Bright Yellow Right Plate 3X8 W/Angle – Zhaph - Ben Duguid Dec 10 '19 at 13:23
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    @Zhaph-BenDuguid exactly those were my starting points as well. And the lack of any coherent topic or aesthetic. – zovits Dec 10 '19 at 13:38
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    Could be these are bags from a new set that are not yet in the bricklink or brickset system. But more likely this is a hoax. Numbered bags like these have only been used like last 8 years, why would they be "in the attic" ? Why are they so sparsely and randomly filled ? – Michael Verschaeve Dec 10 '19 at 19:30
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    Bag #1 has two pieces already connected together, too. – LarsTech Dec 10 '19 at 23:47
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    What does the QR code on the bag scan to? I tried to scan from the provided image and it didn't work, so perhaps the image resolution is too low. – Eilon Dec 11 '19 at 00:30
  • Very long shot, but is it possible that these are components of the playing field for a FIRST LEGO League challenge? – alroc Dec 11 '19 at 01:53
  • @Eilon The problem with the two QR codes is not the resolution. The top one is shot on black background, meaning some information is lost. The fact that the QR code itself is really low-resolution means that it has little to no redundancy, making it unscannable. The bottom one is slightly warped, meaning that the timing information can't be read anymore. I would have to recreate the QR code from scratch. – MechMK1 Dec 11 '19 at 07:19
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    @Eilon Alright, I recreated the bottom QR code in Paint and when scanned, it translates to 6172092 – MechMK1 Dec 11 '19 at 07:47
  • The QR codes on lego building bags indeed translate to 7 digit numbers, but there is to my knowledge no database available to the public that keeps track of these numbers. – Michael Verschaeve Dec 11 '19 at 08:50
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    It's possible these were given out as collections from a Fast Food stores. Mcs, BK or KFC, for example. – Lee Canning Dec 10 '19 at 21:52

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These bags don't seem to belong to any specific LEGO set.

First, they are filled very sparsely. Normally LEGO bags are filled with more elements than that depicted here.

Secondly, in bag #3 we clearly see a Plate 6X6 W. Bow in medium lilac:

image of Plate 6X6 W. Bow in medium lilac

And a Right Plate 3X8 W/Angle in bright yellow:

image of Right Plate 3X8 W/Angle in bright yellow

But these two parts have never been sold in the same set. These contain the lilac plate, and these the yellow plate.

So the only remaining possibilities are, in order of descending probability:

  1. The bags have been opened and the contents changed (possibly resealed later)
  2. These are not genuine LEGO products (but the bags do have "The LEGO Group" printed on them)
  3. Someone at a LEGO factory has made a grave mistake
zovits
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    Option 4 - Brickset is incomplete. – Moo Dec 11 '19 at 23:33
  • Sound like a legit answer – Ankit Sharma Dec 12 '19 at 10:05
  • @Moo Could be, but highly improbable, as Brickset takes its data from Bricklink, whose maintainers had vested monetary interest in keeping the content correct, current and complete. Now, with the acquisition by TLG there is absolutely nothing that could prevent the Bricklink and thus the Brickset databases being complete. – zovits Dec 12 '19 at 18:19
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The dark purple plate pulls up only three sets, but these brick combinations don't match a set from those three. Hmmm... If the bags are sealed then they might have been a custom LEGO "Pick-a-Brick" order.

LEGO has two versions of the LEGO Pick-A-Brick service. One is inside a brick and mortar store, the other is selected on line.

If a customer's online order exceeds a certain threshold, (can't remember, something like 200 bricks), then the order is sent to the LEGO main distribution factory in Denmark, which adds three or so weeks to get your bricks, but I think they seal/ship them in these bags.

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