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Re: The Making of LEGO bricks, ?s
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:25:40 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeff Johnston writes:
> I was thinking about LEGO direct, and production runs, and how the
> modeling team gets bricks in whatever colors they want, and I started to
> wonder:
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> Anyone know anything about the procedure they use to make LEGO bricks?
> Specifically, what happens when they change colors? Do they have to
> thoroughly clean the molds/injectors/machinery/etc, or do they just dump
> the new color in and throw away the first batch of bricks with "mixed"
> colors?
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> What would happen if you mixed the plastic pellets of two different
> colors - say, black and white. Would you get a uniform grey, or would you
> get a "marbled"/swirl effect? I think that'd be pretty cool.
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> J, pondering.
Sort of along these lines, I got a bucket of TYCO blocks a loooong time ago,
and there was one red 2x4 brick with a yellow stripe in it, going from a
bottom corner, up the side, and over two of the studs on that side. I still
have it, somewhere...
-Chris
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