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Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
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Sat, 15 Nov 2003 06:03:16 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Joe Meno wrote:
Further more, the studs are rounded, making
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connections significantly weaker, and the parts overall just have a cheaper
feel to them.
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Yes, working on a machine shop floor it looks as the NEWER 2004 plate/s is of
a different mold note the chamfered edges of the stud the reason for this and I
must say firstly that I Have very little to do with injection molding.
But it looks as if the wrong cutting tool was used or the final cleaning and
checking of the mold never happened, which it should have due to the high level
tolrance of Lego elements ~0.002mm tolrance, or that it is as set of molding
dies that are at the end of their production life.
As for the colour all that I can say is that TLC is well known in the industry
for material/s research and are always looking for better materials for there
elements.For more infomation on this subject enter into your search engine Lego
plus any of these cnc milling,cad,molding,injection molding there is really a
lot of interesting stuff on this matter and it gives a better understanding to
people outside the toolmaking industry a better idea of how it works .
On a last note if you go to lego.com and visit -about us - press room and read
the listings there are of about 3/4 notes that have to do with staff cuts at
Lego toolmaking centers namely switzland,Denmark and Germany all up of about 150
plus have had ties cut to TLC to put it nicely,Also don’t forget there is also a
new production plant in East Europe, so maybe corners are be cut or it’s just
all new to them.
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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| Hi all, This is from a friend of mine, Gareth Bowler: Got into my first 2004 sets today; the MINI star destroyer set, and promptly scrapped them for parts, only to find, to my shock and dismay, that the colors don't match. Further more, the studs (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX) !!
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