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(...) OK so I just went to my box of childhood LEGO (circa 1970-80) to check this out. Discounting the CA bricks which have known deterioration problems, I put together 4 stacks of 10 ABS bricks, 2 red and 2 white. I made sure I picked out the "best (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm. In the realm of tangential anecdotal evidence, I bought the Mini-Robots (4097) set. I noticed that many of the 1x1 elements coming with the set, such as cylinders, 1x1 bricks with technic holes, headlight bricks, etc seemed to be having (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general)
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(...) For storage I stack my 2x3 plates with 3 studs along one edge overlapping. There is a 3mm difference in height between two stacks of 38 2x3 plates. This is within the tolerance you quoted of 3.2mm +/-0.1mm, since 3mm/38 = 0.0789mm per plate. I (...) (20 years ago, 3-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I will be buying very few new sets for parts, and setting aside the new colors for sale or trade. So far I have bought the (URL) just to see the new colors, and a couple of copies of (URL) 4346> for the 1x1 brick with 2 side studs pieces. I (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I keep all the Lego I buy with the single exception of wagon plates. The only problem I have is that it'll be a year or more before I show up with a new gray (dark or light) based MOC as I expect it's gonna take that long to get a wide enough (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I have to put this in two catagories- display sets & MOCs. Sets like the new Technic ones that will be coming out latter this month that use the new colors are an "I don't care" because I'm buying those sets primarily for the look and (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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I am selling all the new colors on my BL store, except for a very few architectural pieces here and there, and some of the minifigs. I don't plan on keeping more than probably 5% of the bleys and rbrown. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I'm primarily a castle builder, so any sets I buy for the parts, I buy for the grey and dark grey. But if all I'm gonna get is bley and dark bley, then there's not much point in me buying the new sets! I managed to buy 4x 4753 Sirius Black's (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Not me. I am holding back until a selection of the new grey is out. I'm still buying other sets, and putting them in my collection. It's not a big deal to me. Joe¬ .spaace paparazzi! (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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I'm keeping mine (and would gladly accept yours or anyone else's who wants to purify their collection ;) ), but probably won't use it much in MOCs until I've accumulated enough that I can make things with only the new grays. Since I buy more off of (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I'm on a clearance-only policy right now; since Xmas, I've increased my collection by about 50% only purchasing sets 45-85% on clearance at Target, KB, Amazon, & Kohl's, not to mention a terrific run of garage sale hauls that have increased (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Lego is Lego. I embrace all without prejudice. Adrian (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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Hey all, I'm just wondering how many of you will be buying new sets, but setting aside all the new colors and not sorting them into your collection. I'm putting all the bley, dark bley, and red-brown into a bag that I hope trade with. Fortunately (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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Thanks for the tip about stacking plate tolerances, Jake. A related effect occurs with some 1x2 bricks (first obvious to me with sand red). The crack between bricks in a wall depends on which way the 1x2 are pointing. One end of each brick is a (...) (20 years ago, 1-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Doh, typo. Yeah, as Calum also pointed out, that may indeed be another great source of confusion as to the parts vs. the molds. Makes me curious to know what level of precision MegaBloks, etc use for their molds. I haven't done too much with (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) First, what ABS can allow moulding to is different than what the company targets. Precision costs money. Decrease the tolerance, and you increase the cost, because more rejects are made. Also, the mold tolerance is different than the part (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I think you mean 0.005? (ie the same as the ULB above). Anyhow, the precision of molds may not be the same as moulding precision? Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I've got yet another doc (not sure of the source-- was emailed to me as an Offical 'standard Lego FAQ' sorta thing) that reports: "The precision molds are made at two LEGO factories in Germany and Switzerland. They are precise to (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That’s nothing. My “(URL) Lego Book>” (Foreword by KKK himself) tells me that in 1963 ABS allowed moulding precision to 0.005 mm (0.0002 inches). Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, perception is everything. It is a quality issue for people who build with Lego; it is not a quality issue for the Lego Company's Quality Assurance department. (...) I perceive this as a problem for a company making parts that supposedly (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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