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| (...) If exact brick size variation tends towards(1) a normal distribution there will be equal numbers of oversized and undersized bricks. Measuring the length of a stack of bricks will basically cancel out any error. Scott A (1) I say tends (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jul-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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)
| | | | Re: How many of you will not be keeping the new colors?
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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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