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Re: Crappy Plates!
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:19:42 GMT
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> > > > Anyone else notice this on the plates in their sets?
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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...
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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.
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> 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.
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 the pink plates?
Dave!
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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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| 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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