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Re: Crappy Plates!
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 03:54:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tamyra Teed writes:
> 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 it's too stiff and it won't break off
> clean from the mold.
> 
> Anyone else notice this on the plates in their sets?

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...



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  Re: Crappy Plates!
 
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 (...) (27 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Crappy Plates!
 
(...) At the two McD's I checked out, the promo sets were kept in a bid abutting the heated food-transfer chute. Dave! (27 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Crappy Plates!
 
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 (...) (27 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)

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