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Subject:	Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Sun, 16 Nov 2003 03:44:24 GMT
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> As far as rounded edges on studs, it may make it easier to assemble bricks > without such a high level of manual dexterity. Perhaps TLC is having to appeal > to kids with such short attention span that they will not play with interlocking > bricks if the have to concentrate on aligning them. Sad, but a possibility .... That's my guess about what's happening. Chamfering would make parts somewhat easier to assemble (just like in carpentry, the dowels for a dowel joint are chamfered for easier insertion) at a cost of some gripping. I'll have to buy some of these sets to see how bad the change is. In any case, cannot be TLC "cheaping out"--this would mean a major tooling change which would be expensive. If they did this intentionally (and it's not just some bad molds, which I'd find hard to believe if every part in the set is like this) then it's got to be based on some serious market research that says it will improve sales. Peter

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		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) Two questions: a) At what point in history did LEGO bricks become so difficult to assemble that a fundamental change was required to the very mechanism upon which this construction system was based? b) If you are already having difficulties (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) I wonder if some of the older dyes have become either unobtainable or have been outlawed in Europe. Some of the older dyes, even food colourings, are now deemed harmful. TLC may not have any choice in the matter. As far as rounded edges on (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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