 | | Re: 5151 Steep Sloped Bricks (45 deg) —Kevin Wilson
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| | | (...) My red roof pieces come in two kinds of plastic: the ones I had as a kid in the 60s are slightly translucent and the moulding is marginally less crisp. The newer ones I bought for my daughter about 1990 are a more opaque red plastic. I just (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | Re: 5151 Steep Sloped Bricks (45 deg) —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | (...) Kevin, The earlier pieces that you describe (a hint of orange in the red color) are made of Cellulose Acetate. That was the plastic that LEGO used in the early years. Unfortunately it has a tendancy to warp. I have many examples of early LEGO (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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| | | | | | Re: 5151 Steep Sloped Bricks (45 deg) —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | (...) Yep. Most of my old red roof bricks have warped, especially the 2x4x2 ones, they give a sort of scalloped efffect to the edge of a roof <g>. (...) Could be. At this point it's hard to remember, but I don't think we bought any roof bricks (...) (26 years ago, 19-May-99, to lugnet.build)
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