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Ageing Lego Bricks
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:35:27 GMT
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Hi
Recently I looked into boxes containing some older lego bricks (1970-1985), and
I was very unhappy when I tried to build something. What happend is that these
bricks don't fit anymore easily. I had to force them to be connected. To
deconnect them I had to put (of course) a lot of force on them.
An other problem is that all the white bricks (for sure the older ones) change
colour. Although I keep them in a dark container. For this reason I don't want
to construct my "white" models
(such as the hospital (town) and space shuttle (technic))
because the sunlight (and maybe normal light) makes this problem even worse.
Did someone have the same experience and what can I do.
Guido
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Ageing Lego Bricks
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| I've heard about people putting bricks in a solution of bleach for over a week to get rid of the "yellowing" of the white bricks. If anyone has details on this process, I'd like to hear them. I don't know about the problems with them not fitting (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Ageing Lego Bricks
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| Hi Guido, The problem with 99.9% of all old bricks not fitting together well anymore is due to one simple answer. And that has absolutely nothing to do with storage or heat (unless you're talking about a fire or oven temperature). It is because the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Ageing Lego Bricks
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| This isn't a problem with the bricks per se... It's how they were made in that era. Bricks from the late 70's early 80's had a much tighter fit. I'd forgotten this until about 4 or 5 months ago when I got a brand new still in box set from about 1982 (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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