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Re: The Making of LEGO bricks, ?s
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Date: 
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:

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?

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.

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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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: Anyone know anything about the procedure they use to make LEGO bricks? Specifically, what happens (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)

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