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Re: Non-textured slopes.
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:58:39 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matthew Wilkins writes:
> 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 of the 2x2x2 black non-textured slopes therein. I
> compared these to a similar piece marked "Tyco" that I got lo these many years
> ago. Imagine my surprise when the LEGO piece and the Tyco piece both showed
> the same mould-ejection scars, and that both pieces have the numeral '4' on
> the underside of the stud side, between identical depressions.
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> I offer my findings to the entirety of LUGNET; TLG are Borg, they have
> assimilated the competition.
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> -Cheese
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> ...and we all went mental and danced...
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
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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