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Re: off-color red bricks
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lugnet.color
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Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:56:37 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Dave McCooey wrote:
> Was this other plastic type used in the 60s or earlier? These red bricks in our
> collection are glossy and have an orange-ish tint, which fits the description
> for CA (at least based on what I've read here on LUGNET), but none of them are
> warped, even in the slightest. We have some white bricks that are warped, so
> they are probably CA. Is it possible that red CA bricks don't warp like other
> CA bricks?
I think there are two issues here:
The original CA bricks (made until 1963) have a tendency to warp, shrink or
become similarly unusable. The extent of warping or shrinking varies, depending
on how the bricks were treated and stored over the years. Few if any should
still be easily interlockable with modern bricks.
In some rare cases (I only have a couple of blue slope bricks) you find bricks
with the old (somewhat "hand written") LEGO imprint on the studs but apparently
made from ABS already.
What the other post referenced as a "different plastic" appears to relate to
e.g. the 1*1 bricks with handle that were used in a variety of 1990s and later
train sets. I also know of some of the 1*1 plates with clip and headlight bricks
from that period. They actually appear to be made from a different, slightly
softer material. Also, their colors usually slightly vary from the standard
color scheme. This is definitely not the same issue as was with the CA bricks.
Regards,
Jerry
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| (...) Our off-color red bricks are from the 60s, and the plastic they are made from seems to be at least as hard as ABS, so they aren't made from this third, softer plastic. They are most likely CA, but the fact that none of them are warped is (...) (17 years ago, 20-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) Was this other plastic type used in the 60s or earlier? These red bricks in our collection are glossy and have an orange-ish tint, which fits the description for CA (at least based on what I've read here on LUGNET), but none of them are (...) (17 years ago, 18-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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