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I've also noticed alot of plates from the McD's set seem to have a lot of signs of stress marks, I wonder if they didn't get a bad batch of ABS in. It wasn't prevalent on all of the plates. Which might account for what you are seeing below, maybe (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not that so much as more *warped* plates than I recall being normal in the McD sets. Perhaps that is due to bad handling by McD (or me) rather than bad QA, though... (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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I managed to get a handful of the pink set that has a 2x8 plate. One evening I was mindlessly snapping a stack of them together. After I had six of them together I noticed that the edges did not line up flush. I pulled the thing apart and noticed (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) At the two McD's I checked out, the promo sets were kept in a bid abutting the heated food-transfer chute. Dave! (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:FM2GBt.3n@lugnet.com... (...) McD (...) QA, (...) abutting (...) Plus they stick them in a bag with hot fries and a burger. Fries right out of the vat are probably hot enough to warp Lego. I got (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) But so tasty! Since I was mainly interested in the sets, I just bought a burger. Apparently the the greater fry-heat has a more sharply detrimental effect on ABS, because I haven't noticed much warping. Is the effect especially prevalent in (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ABS can take sustained heat up to 190 degrees F, (after that it will soften. boil a brick and you will get a mess) but I doubt the food gets that hot. Maybe. One of my pink plates was not just warped, it was bent in half at a 90 degree angle. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Fries right out of the fryer are an awfull lot hotter... Note also that ABS softens at much lower temperatures (I have "fixed" loose clips by running them under hot water and applying some pressure). (...) I would call up LEGO Consumer Affairs (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Now I've got a great idea for an after-school activity. Steve (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:38456002.446B@m...ing.com... (...) a (...) detrimental (...) soften. (...) hot. (...) Tell me about it. I got a load of frier grease dumped on my feet when I was in high school. 2nd and 3rd (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:kGBFOAVNZJnjl9S...4ax.com... (...) soften. (...) Nooooo! Don't do it! It's not worth it . . . Maybe with a Megablock, though. Whenever I or my son found a clone brick (as hard as we try, (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In the interest of preserving your Lego collection's purity, I'd be happy to volunteer my services as a MegaBloks handling agent. Ship any offending MegaBloks to me, and I guarantee they'll never trouble you again! Eager to serve the (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:FM2t3B.AF0@lugnet.com... (...) (as (...) this (...) to (...) If you pay the shipping, I'd be happy to. Unfortunately (well, fortunately, actually) they usually only show up one or two at a time. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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The white roof plate of my Adventurers steamboat has a slight warp like that. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman www.theforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Star Wars www.filmforce.net | Your Daily Dose of Film News Opens everywhere, January 2000 Dave Schuler (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz wrote: [about bent plates in McD sets] (...) I'd take the toy back to McDonalds and ask for a replacement, first. It's probably too late now, since the promotion ended last week. But they might still have some LEGO sets (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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