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Re: Number one request for LEGO
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Date: 
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:11:15 GMT
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Jasper Janssen wrote:

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).

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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  Re: Number one request for LEGO
 
(...) 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
 
(...) 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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