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Re: LEGO Name Badge Kit with 1x1 Printed Tiles
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lugnet.parts
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Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:37:01 GMT
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> Unfortunately, and inexplicably, TLG redesigned the pattterns for all of these
> tiles, so these are different parts.[1]
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tgarriso/Misc/Parts/lettertiles.jpg
> All the letters on the newer tiles (from set 4294192) seem consistently smaller
> than those in set 4677 and most seem offset slightly to the left. On the plus
> side, the printing is much more solid and consistant than that on the old tiles
> (all the tiles in the above picture are from packages newly opened today, yet
> the L and M from 4677 already look like they've been well-used).
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> I believe that the tiles with silver printing on the Parts Tracker are all from
> 4677, so 4294192 offers 30 more parts for someone to CAD up. . .
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> TWS Garrison
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> [1] The only rational explanations I can think of are a) TLG found some graphic
> designers who work for really, really cheap or b) TLG made so much money last
> year that money is no longer an issue. I suspect that rationality had little to
> do with this decision. . .
I suspect that the new smaller prints are less susceptible to printing errors.
The more space around the letter the less tiles will have the writing snipped at
the edge so you waste less of them.
Tim
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