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Great idea! However, my number one request would still be for the return of classic Town sets. Also, I am wondering, is there any confirmation that LEGO actually does just destory the molds when the piece goes out of production? How about pieces (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I was under the impression that they only intered the worn out molds in the foundations of thier new buildings, not just destroy them when the "current run" of parts is complete. My bet is that any viable molds are merely stored awhile for (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Molds wear out. It may be 10.000 to 100.000 or even a million copies of a brick, but they do wear out. And once they're worn (which I suspect is earlier in TLG than with other mfg companies), they're not useful, and in fact, are nothing but a (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) And one would suspect that the worn out molds are in direct proportion to the quantity of a particular part produced. I.e., most (but not all) of the worn out molds are for basic bricks, not as many for special parts. Ray (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I definately agree. I enjoyed the older sets because they were more fun to build and I could do more with the pieces. Of course, until town Jr, I was always excited about the new stuff the would come out with. Jimmy (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Not necessarily. I suspect they make the basic brick molds to last much longer than special piece molds. Simply a matter of cost-effectiveness of titanium-alloy diamond-coated molds ;) Jasper (25 years ago, 17-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm praying for the discovery of the "slightly worn" classic window molds..... Gary Istok (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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