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Re: off-color red bricks
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lugnet.color
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:38:32 GMT
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In lugnet.color, John Patterson wrote:
> 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?
> > >
> > > 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.
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> 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
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
warped, even in the slightest. We have some white bricks that are warped, so
they are probably CA. Is it possible that red CA bricks don't warp like other
CA bricks?
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| (...) I think there are two issues here: The original CA bricks (made until 1963) have a tendency to warp, shrink or become similarly unusable. The extent of warping or shrinking varies, depending on how the bricks were treated and stored over the (...) (16 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
| | | Re: off-color red bricks
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| (...) No these are softer plastic, I have only noted them in the air tanks and 1xs2 plate ladders and some 1x1 plates. The are from the 70s and very earily 80s. All were a little off color. John P (16 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) 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 (...) (16 years ago, 17-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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