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::snip:: (...) ::snip:: I'm sure that packing errors are devastating to kids (who start a model but can't complete it), but I don't mind so much, in light of how I received at least 2 bags of extra parts with my new Town Plan! It seems that (...) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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As I have commented before- At least as long as I have been dealing with LEGO bricks, there have been variations in the color. But, I polish almost every brick I use in my little engraving business and one can see the variations more clearly when (...) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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(...) The keynote speech at Brickworld 2007 by Richard Stollery, the head of LEGO community, contained these points and specifically mentioned the orange garbage truck with pieces you could almost see thorough. They had the choice of not producing a (...) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I believe I read somewhere that the ABS pellets are now transparent, and color is injected during the moulding process? Whereas before, the pellets came colored prior to being used. I could be wrong though. But as for the color variations that (...) (17 years ago, 13-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Here we go: (URL) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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(...) It's dropping-- not by huge leaps and bounds as people might lead you to believe, but it's dropping. But there's not much I can say other than "it's worse than it was before". I compare elements molded in roughly 1999 to elements molded today, (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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Interesting points raised. As to LEGO quality not decreasing, and us just noticing it… I don’t buy that at all. I don’t ever remember stacking new bricks (even a few years ago) of the same color atop one another and seeing clear color differences. (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I have found that the newer sets have a problem. Others have seen the difference in colors in several sets. I have had a hard time puting some bricks and other elements together because of the tolerences. I began collecting in the 70's as an (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Yes. I wish I had the article I'm thinking of-- I'll hunt for it. But according to Jorgen, people at Lego were using quality 'as a crutch'. They refused to do any cost saving measure because it might sacrifice quality. And supposedly it was (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color)
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(...) This is misleading. The following is a statement from the LEGO Community Development Team: "Product safety and product quality are factors of the utmost concern for the LEGO Group and have been so during our entire 75 year history. In order to (...) (17 years ago, 12-Feb-08, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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