by Marty » Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:50 pm
Not that I don't believe you, but it's unlikely that the set would be missing that many parts, without someone actually opening the box. It's probably that someone has bought the set, tampered with the box and returned it, and you bought it.
There has been big sets, like the death star and others recently, where there were a few bits missing (3 at the most), I know I bought one of these, but a small set like this, the weight would have given it away to the quality control.
Luckly, Lego will provide replacement parts if you explain what happened.