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In lugnet.ambassadors, David Simmons wrote:
> Why have textured slopes been arbitrarily abandoned? The last few retail
> purchases of Lego sets that I made disappointed me greatly in that the pieces
> I'd most desired, 2x2 medium-slope corners and 2x2x3 extreme-slope bricks, both
> in dark red, were no longer textured. They are now smooth. This means that
> they will not match all the hundreds of other textured slope bricks in my
> collection.
>
> For a pictorial example, scroll down a bit on this page on my website:
>
> <http://www.xenobuzz.com/MyLegoCreations/Odds%20&%20Ends.htm>
If you look closely at your photo, especially the corner slope, you'll see that
the surface is mottled, not smooth like bricks. This seems to confirm that it is
a consequence of the deterioration of the molds.
But note also this http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=716249 pic
which shows the considerable variations in slopes even pre-1980. There are
probably many more examples. And the houses still look ok.
This is not a new thing. It's just a result of trying to get as much life out of
the current molds as possible.
ROSCO
(Although I am an ambassador, these are just my own observations, not an
"official" response)
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