PXL_20260904_151157918
K2, red printing, pre-1998 logo flattened to all red.
A misunderstood classic! This style of K2 box is fondly remembered by AFOLs of a certain age because they were once used as the shipping cases for parts for the Pick-A-Brick walls at LEGO stores. These boxes have not been used for that purpose for at least 16 years that I'm aware of, but you'll occasionally hear older AFOLs speak of "K2s" or "K boxes" that they purchased Pick a Brick parts in or from. The exact timeline is hard to pin down (and memories are unreliable), but I believe these boxes with red printing were replaced with boxes with black printing before they fell out of common use (at least for Pick a Brick walls) in favor of more generic boxes (which were known as Pick a Brick cases for some time).
The sticker on this particular box indicates that it was used for an XPOD promotion in 2004. Another side of this box has unrelated notes in sharpie - I salvaged this after an AFOL convention where someone had abandoned this after previously storing other LEGO items inside of it. Naturally, I wanted it for historical interest... while I believe I have other true K2 boxes (not more recent PAB cases that are often incorrectly referred to as K2s), I think this is the only one I have with red printing instead of black.
PXL_20260904_151157918
K2, red printing, pre-1998 logo flattened to all red.
A misunderstood classic! This style of K2 box is fondly remembered by AFOLs of a certain age because they were once used as the shipping cases for parts for the Pick-A-Brick walls at LEGO stores. These boxes have not been used for that purpose for at least 16 years that I'm aware of, but you'll occasionally hear older AFOLs speak of "K2s" or "K boxes" that they purchased Pick a Brick parts in or from. The exact timeline is hard to pin down (and memories are unreliable), but I believe these boxes with red printing were replaced with boxes with black printing before they fell out of common use (at least for Pick a Brick walls) in favor of more generic boxes (which were known as Pick a Brick cases for some time).
The sticker on this particular box indicates that it was used for an XPOD promotion in 2004. Another side of this box has unrelated notes in sharpie - I salvaged this after an AFOL convention where someone had abandoned this after previously storing other LEGO items inside of it. Naturally, I wanted it for historical interest... while I believe I have other true K2 boxes (not more recent PAB cases that are often incorrectly referred to as K2s), I think this is the only one I have with red printing instead of black.