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| | | (URL) LEGO Quality Control We are pleased to announce Bjarke Schønwandt will be among the LEGO Group guests attending BrickFair in two weeks. Bjarke is a Quality Engineer at TLG and will give a presentation on LEGO's quality control. See you at (...) (16 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —John Patterson
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| | | | | (...) interesting, ask him if the quality is going to be better now they are dumping Flextronics. I buy a great number of sets and one out of five have either defromed elements or missing elements. Also, is the color going to be more consistant? And (...) (16 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Richard W. Schamus
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| | | | | | (...) John, Well, I think that one of the following things should happen: 1) You and/or David come to BrickFair and ask for yourselves... it is always best to ask directly from the party you wish to get information from. It all could get lost in the (...) (16 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —John Patterson
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| | | | | | (...) Well, I wish I could come. I thought that the Lego Ambassidors were there to bring concerns to Lego. Perhaps I am wrong on this. These problems have been brought up many times in the past. John P (16 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | (...) I'm not sure why you think any LEGO Ambassadors will see questions in a thread which has nothing to do with LEGO Ambassadors but since I've spotted it I'll respond with my LA hat planted firmly on my head. The quality control issue has been (...) (16 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —John Patterson
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Great that you and Lego know about it, Just a shame nothing has happened to improve in the last couple of years. I am still getting boxes crushed and sets with damaged parts. But of course, everyone knows about the problem, so I guess we (...) (16 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Steve Hassenplug
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I think it's kind of cool that BrickFair is offering people the opportunity to actually talk with LEGO about these things. I suspect LEGO's quality control dept will be happy to listen, and the more people that comment, the more weight it will (...) (16 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Todd Webb
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) (URL) When I got the good news that Bjarke will attend BrickFair and will host this seminar, I considered saving the information as a "surprise" at the event, and not announcing it. One reason was that I feared too much foreknowledge would (...) (16 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) mmm, (URL) pitchforks> ... (URL) ... I'm sorry, what was being discussed? (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) Imagine that piece in new brown...mmm.... Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux FUT .color (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | | | | --snip-- (...) It's directly affected (URL) one of my MOCs>... for the better. The mixing of old and new brown 1 is a nice effect on its own but with the extra variation on the parts it's even nicer. Tim 1 Not my idea but a fantastic one I recommend (...) (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Tommy Armstrong
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Or you could simply use my real wood veneered "WoodStiches(TM)" instead for an even more realistic look. lol Tommy Armstorng brickengraver.com (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Timothy Gould
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Assuming you weren't a purist 1 like me ;) 2 Tim 1 Well apart from BBB wheels but I'm yet to work out a decent pure LEGO way of making flanged wheels of other radii and am not rich enough to buy the older bigguns. 2 Not that there's anything (...) (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Tommy Armstrong
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| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) My WoodStiches(TM) have been duly blessed as pure by the high priest of LEGO purism--philospher extraordinaire, Prof. Roy Cook of the University of Minnesota. . After careful analysis and examination of the pertinent documents, he has deemed (...) (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Is it "WoodStitches(TM)" or "WoodStiches(TM)"? Hmmmm.... (URL) uses "WoodStitches TM" and "Woodstitches TM" - and even a "WoodStitches®"! Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Tommy Armstrong
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Actually it is WoodStitches(tm) soon to be WoodStitches(r). It is "Cross-stitching" for men (and women for that matter) who like wood and LEGO. It is bad when cannot even spell your own product--but senior moments are cropping up here with (...) (16 years ago, 16-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —David Laswell
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Timothy Gould
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —John Patterson
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Very kind of you! John P (16 years ago, 4-Sep-08, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Tommy Armstrong
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —David Laswell
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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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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Tommy Armstrong
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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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| | | | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Scott Lyttle
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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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| | | | | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —Allister McLaren
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| | | | | | (...) I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that they're aware of them. What else do you think a Quality Engineer spends his time doing? (16 years ago, 15-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Quality Control —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) Could someone ask him about mold allignment? I've often heard that the part tolerances are so strict that you can't see the difference with the naked eye, but I own bricks where one wall is twice as thick as the opposite wall. If they're only (...) (16 years ago, 14-Aug-08, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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