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Re: Number one request for LEGO
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:11:15 GMT
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
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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 liability (ie, industrial
> espionage).
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> Jasper
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
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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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| | Re: Number one request for 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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