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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 (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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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)
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(...) I combined one part bleech to 3 parts water or less in a container and add the yellowing LEOGS. I did this for my white brick and it seems to help, I started the process about 1 week ago. A few bricks that were severly discolored are still a (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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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)
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Gary, I don't think that is the problem, because I started to play with LEGO in 1976 and I was living in Holland. So I am pretty sure that all my bricks are ABS. I suspect that even keeping ABS at room temperature the bricks change slightly over the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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Guido, I should have asked the question "are there gaps (spaces) between the bricks when you build with them. Are they twisted slightly (warped) when you look at one of the longer edges of a 2x4 brick?" If not then you do have only ABS, and some of (...) (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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Correct. The problem is present especially with older roofbricks. I have plenty of them in BLUE, about half of thme is unusaeble cause they are "skewed". Thay also are lighter blue in colour. There is nothing to do about it AFAIK. I would like to (...) (23 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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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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Sonnich, I agree, there isn't anything that can be done about these skewed bricks. One thing I was thinking about using them for was for the roof of a medieval house or castle, where imperfect roofs are to be expected (irregular slate or stone (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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