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(...) Actually it really does not. I have polished literally thousands of black bricks and when one brings the to a high polish variations are very evident to me. One can tell which have red or blue or green regrind in them. It is true that black (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Tommy, The term for the scrap is more or less known as "regrind". I've got some injection molding plastics manufacturing in my background. When molding at the machine, the material that's not in the mold cavity that consists of the part itself (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that was what they announced sometime in the past couple years. I can't remember when the change took place, but I do know that they had inconsistent shading in the dark-purple bricks that they used to make the Knight Bus in 2004. There (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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I actually had a pretty long and very interesting discussion with Bjarke Schønwandt at BrickFair about the whole color issue. I am pretty much of an expert in color quality control-it was my job for many many years to make sure batch to batch color (...) (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Very kind of you! John P (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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In lugnet.events, David Laswell wrote: --snip-- (...) Passed on. I'll be sure to pass any answer back as soon as I have access to one. Tim (16 years ago, 3-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Here's my thing. The Flextronics deal was (URL) announced> just over two years ago, in 2006. Jake (URL) responded> to issues raised over part quality just over four years ago, in 2004. That says to me that while Flextronics might be largely (...) (16 years ago, 2-Sep-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Hey Tim, Thanks for the reply! I'm very glad to hear that TLG is aware of these issues and taking steps to address them. I've made my peace with the color change (although I haven't adopted them yet!), but this variance in the other colors in (...) (16 years ago, 25-Jul-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Although I can't find a copy right now I know TLG have released a press release or two on this type of issue. There were quality issues caused in part by Flextronic (hinted at on the release and now by the end of the deal) and in part by new (...) (16 years ago, 24-Jul-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Hey Dave! :-) I remember that first thread, but hadn't heard that TLG was going to return to a more directly involved management of parts production. I'm greatly relieved to hear it! I was worried that I might have to stop buying new product (...) (16 years ago, 23-Jul-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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