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Re: LEGO name branding = Builder's Reverie
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Date: 
Sun, 2 Apr 2000 23:41:58 GMT
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Buy a copy of #5321, the large white plate part pack and you
will see a poor quality control.  I bought 4 of these last weeks
and any plate longer than 10 studs was twisted in all 4 of the
copies of 5321 that I bought.

Troy Cefaratti wrote:
> 
> > > 1.  Quality control of the brick has dropped -- to be number one, the • product
> > > itself must be of the HIGHEST quality. Anything less than outstanding • means
> > > that they can just join the pack of plastic brick makers.
> > 
> > Agreed.  I'm sure many people have noticed lately that they are de-molding • the
> > bricks WAY too soon.  Grab a nice new set with long 1x bricks in it - look • at the
> > sides of those bricks.  Many of them will have sags in them from being • pulled from
> > the molds too hot (I refuse to believe their moldmakers have gotten that • sloppy).
> > It's disgusting.
> 
> 
> And I thought that it was just me...
> 
> I've got quite a few 1x16 bricks and 12x24 megabricks now, and when
> assembling them into my new ship, i've noticed that some of the 1x16 bricks
> are slightly "off" in that they don't "stick" quite as good at they should.
> Nice to know that i'm not going insane or anything over here...
> 
> Also, my brother has been compaining for about a year now that they just
> don't seem to be making Lego as good as they used too.  I just attributed
> that to poor set design, but maybe the problem actually lies in the quality
> control.
> 
> Troy

--
Paul Foster
http://www.thefosterfamily.org/



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(...) product (...) means (...) the (...) at the (...) pulled from (...) sloppy). (...) And I thought that it was just me... I've got quite a few 1x16 bricks and 12x24 megabricks now, and when assembling them into my new ship, i've noticed that some (...) (27 years ago, 2-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)

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