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| | | (...) recognition, obviously a manufacturing mistake. Another type of 'mint' damage is scratching. I opened a new 1789 Star Hawk II with many of the pieces badly scratched, as if from extremely rough handling. The box however had absolutely no (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | Kevin, (...) I'm glad you posted this--I thought I was the only one who wibbled at overly greasy bricks (or got them on a regular basis). I don't know what it was, but I got many Adventurers sets like this--a really bizarre thing. It may be more (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Greg Majewski
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| | | | | | (...) thing (...) Come to think of it, that has happened to me also. I had a large white Technic hubcap with streaks of green trailing through it, but they were on the inside and almost too faint to notice just by glancing. Greg Majewski (URL) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Frank Filz
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| | | | | The greasyness of new bricks is something that is a bit annoying to me. My skin seems to be sensitive to the grease, and after sorting a large quantity of LEGO elements, my hands always feel itchy. (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Steve Demlow
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| | | | (...) I have found this very annoying of late. The grease can be quite noticable and is hard to remove, and a few small tires can "contaminate" a large polybag full of parts. In reponse to the original aim of the thread, I've found one 1x2 brick (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Scott Arthur
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| | | | Steve Demlow <demlow@visi.com> wrote in message news:Ftw754.A3y@lugnet.com... (...) probably (...) noticable (...) Hmm. I have never noticed this - is it obvious? Perhaps it only effects US/North American production? Scott A (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | No, not a local problem of US. Town tyres especially, are always somehow oily. Selçuk (...) (24 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I've found it most noticeable on the FreeStyle tires -- especially the bigger ones, but also a big problem with even the small Town tires. For at least the last 2 years we've had to seal every lot of tires we sell separately into a separate (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Damaged MINT Lego? —Jonathan Little
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| | | | (...) I've only ever noticed it on the Adventurer's tires. I was very surprised when I opened up my first Adventurer's set. I couldnt' figure out what was all over my fingers. -Jonathan (24 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.general)
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