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Re: Ageing Lego Bricks
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Sat, 17 Mar 2001 00:02:27 GMT
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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 fix mine, bit just
not possible.
Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
news:3AB23436.B2914F16@umich.edu...
> Hi Guido,
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> 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 are
> made of Cellulose Acetate. That material was in use from 1955-63 in • Europe, and
> from 1961 (the first North American LEGO) thru 1968. Cellulose Acetate • can most
> easily be spotted in red and yellow bricks. The red bricks are somewhat • lighter
> and more orange in color, the yellow bricks have a lighter more "lemon • yellow"
> color than later bricks. Blue CA looks slightly different than blue ABS, • but white
> and black bricks are very difficult to tell appart (CA vs. ABS). And in • gray, no
> CA bricks were ever produced (they came out later), only some CA plates.
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> ABS plastic started being produced in 1963, but for some reason, the • Samsonite
> folks (maker of Lego in USA/Canada at the time) must have had a warehouse • full of
> Cellulose Acetate, because there was still a lot of CA Lego in sets as • late as the
> late 60's. There are a lot of cases where Samsonite mixed bricks (usually • red or
> yellow CA, and blue or white ABS). As to the yellowing of bricks, white • obviously
> has the most yellowing, but blue and gray bricks also exhibit a lot of • yellowing.
> But most of the yellowing occurs with ABS bricks, not the earlier CA ones.
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> Hope that helps explain it.
> Gary Istok
>
>
> Guido Heunen wrote:
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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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| 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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| 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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