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Re: Damaged MINT Lego?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 3 May 2000 14:13:44 GMT
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Paul Baulch wrote:
> Scott-A wrote in message ...
> > I made myself a cup tea of tea at lunch time and set aside an hour to open
> > and build my 6557 "Treasure Hunters". I broke the seals and opened the box.
> > Immediately, I noticed that one of the inverted brown arches was damaged
> > (the 1*1 brown plate size end was bent up to ~45 degrees). Obviously this
> > must have been some sort of manufacturing fault.
> >
> > Has anyone else ever had damaged Lego in sets?
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> No, never seen any, not in nearly two hundred sets, but then they've all
> been made in Europe. From a quick scan of who has posted replies to this
> thread (quite a few), it's mostly occurred in Lego sets manufactured in the
> U.S.
> Perhaps quality control is slightly inferior in the U.S. to help keep the
> price down... something new to check for when buying a sealed set on eBay,
> isn't it? ;-)
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> Cheers,
> Paul
> LUGNET member 164
> http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
I wonder if the workforce downsizing in 1998 had any affect on quality in the
USA since then? In prior years I have noticed no quality problems. Out of 1/2
million bricks (90% of USA origin), I have 12 that are defective. For those of
you that are statisticians or quality assurance folks, this sounds like "Sigma
6", as far as quality goes.
But recently there seems to be a rash of defective pieces.
Gary Istok
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