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Re: Brick variations (was Re: Part variation noted)
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:31:40 GMT
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ABS bricks from the early seventies also have the tear-offs on the ends.
KL
In lugnet.general, Ray Sanders writes:
> As my journey from the Dark Ages continues, I have noticed some
> variations in the basic brick...
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> o Old CA bricks have the plastic 'tear off' (aka the umbilical) on one
> of the short ends of the brick. Newer bricks (ABS) have the 'tear off'
> on one of the studs. Then I got McDs promo set #8 the other day. A new
> tear off point for the red 2x4: its dead square in the middle of the
> top, between the center 4 studs. Since the McDs sets were assembled in
> Europe (implied by the wording on the polybag), could this be a new
> brick molding machine ?
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> o Get a big handful of 1x2's (I noticed this in Yellow ones). FLip them
> over and examine the bottom. Some of them have a bridge across,
> connecting the sides with the center post. Others do not. If you sort
> them between those that do and do not, you will notice a distinct
> difference in the resonance of the brick. A big pile of those without
> has a higher, cleaner sound than those with the bridge.
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> o Look at the bottom of some recent 1x6 and 1x8 bricks. Many of these
> have a new hollow post between the stud centers, while other are the
> conventional solid post. I can only think of two posibilites, to reduce
> ABS usage and to make the posts slightly more pliable when inserting.
> Anyone have a better reason ?
>
> Ray
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| (...) <SNIP> Yes they do. It gets very annoying when building with old 1970's bricks. I know, because I have over 100,000 bricks from before 1980. When I built my new red LEGO Cathedral, I took pains (and pain is the correct word here) to make sure (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brick variations (was Re: Part variation noted)
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| As my journey from the Dark Ages continues, I have noticed some variations in the basic brick... o Old CA bricks have the plastic 'tear off' (aka the umbilical) on one of the short ends of the brick. Newer bricks (ABS) have the 'tear off' on one of (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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