[...] I checked this set in my personal collection. It has 2453a. It was bought new sealed and never mixed with parts from other sets. (64 months ago, Feb 14, 2019, to Inventories Requests)
Please make changes to the following inventory: (Set 70827-1) * Add 1 Part 59229 Reddish Brown Minifigure, Weapon Sword, Scythe Blade with Clip Pommel (Extra) Comments [...] (64 months ago, Feb 13, 2019, to Inventories Requests)
[...] Not necessarily. If the alternate part was caught late and added to the catalog late, then this set may have originally come with only 2453b. I will try to find some [...] (64 months ago, Feb 13, 2019, to Inventories Requests)
[...] Were the sets you parted out brand new? The reason I ask is because the 44567a in LBG have already been confirmed from sealed set contents. If the sets you parted out [...] (64 months ago, Feb 13, 2019, to Inventories Requests)