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Re: off-color red bricks
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lugnet.color
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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:10:00 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Dave McCooey wrote:
> In lugnet.color, Thomas Garrison wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Dec 2007, Dave McCooey wrote:
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> > > In our LEGO collection from sets bought in the 60's and 70's, some of the red
> > > bricks (a small percentage) are slightly off-color. They have a more glossy
> > > surface than other bricks, and they do not grip very well with other bricks or
> > > with each other. They seem to be made out of a different type of plastic, but
> > > they say "LEGO" on the studs, so presumably they are authentic bricks. Most are
> > > 2x4 bricks, but there are some 2x3 and 2x2 bricks as well. Out of curiosity,
> > > has anybody else seen these bricks?
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> > Those sound like cellulose acetate bricks.
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> Thanks for the reference, and I now see that several online LEGO histories
> mention cellulose acetate as the material for all bricks prior to 1963.
There were also some parts that did not fit into either type of plastic. It is
a different red and a few yellow air tanks, plate 1x2 with ladder and some of
the 1x1 plates with clips or headlights. There is a difference that is clear to
see and they are not the CA or the plastic they use now. The very early bricks
also had a different color to them.
John P
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| (...) Was this other plastic type used in the 60s or earlier? These red bricks in our collection are glossy and have an orange-ish tint, which fits the description for CA (at least based on what I've read here on LUGNET), but none of them are (...) (16 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) Thanks for the reference, and I now see that several online LEGO histories mention cellulose acetate as the material for all bricks prior to 1963. (16 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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