Subject:
|
Re: My forestmen loss
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.castle
|
Date:
|
Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:51:44 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
5027 times
|
| |
|
|
>
> The problem is that discolored bricks usually end up looking horrible
> when mixed with newer bricks. For one thing, it really highlights the
> size of the bricks... (Also, the severere yellowing
> which can happen just doesn't look good at all (minor discoloration and
> surface scratching does take some of the brightness out of the colors,
> which can look good).
Very good points! Especially when working with white. It is amazing that
most of my biggest bricks (1x10 and bigger) are always off color and can make
a really nice project look terrible. I soak my Lego and then scrub them all
with a toothbrush. Most of the Lego I get from garage sales have a centimeter
worth of dust on them and that won't come off in a normal 'rinse' cycle.
Brings me to my second point. Anyone notice how Lego has changed? I mean the
quality of a brick. The plastic is softer and the color is not as uniform as
it once was. The new bricks appear shinier, but they have a 'swirl' (for lack
of a better term) in them. The old bricks always had clean, consistant
sides. Take two old plates and put them together. Seperate them with a
finger nail. Great! No scoring occurs on the edges of the Lego. Now do the
same thing with new Lego plates. Scoring occurs. the new Lego is so much
softer then the old.
BK>
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: My forestmen loss
|
| (...) The problem is that discolored bricks usually end up looking horrible when mixed with newer bricks. For one thing, it really highlights the size of the bricks (unless you build your walls out of 1x2 bricks, the bricks will be much larger in (...) (24 years ago, 6-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
|
19 Messages in This Thread:
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
