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| Last night I confirmed something I had long suspected; some of the non- textured slope pieces that TLG is packaging with current and 1999 sets were fabricated using moulds from Tyco. Last night I was building a 4950 Loader- Dozer, and came upon two (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Non-textured slopes.
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| (...) 2x2x2 Slopes have been around for a looong time. Like, since the late '70s. They originally came in clear and trans-blue. Long before Tyco made Super Blocks. Jeff (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Non-textured slopes.
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| (...) I can't recall my source, but it was my understanding that Tyco was assimilated by Mega Bloks. Still, its a weird finding that the sloped bricks appear to be identical. Its my contention that Tyco bricks are easily as good as LEGO bricks, and (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Non-textured slopes.
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| (...) Riiiiight; but my point here was that a Tyco example I have dating from the mid-eighties precisely matches a LEGO example from the late-nineties, down to ejection scars and imprinted part numbers. I'm not saying that these pieces are not made (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Chances are, Tyco somehow acquired old Lego molds. (...) It has never *been* textured. I looked at ones from 1980, 1990, and 1999. Except for the single digit inside, they are all the exact same. The digits inside are 1, 6, and 6, but the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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