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Re: The Making of LEGO bricks, ?s
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 13 Jun 2000 18:09:32 GMT
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They DEFINITELY use colored ABS pellets, as you can see them in use all over the
LLC and other parks as detail bits, and the Imagination truck actually had a
display showing the pellets and a mold.
Frank Filz wrote:
> I'm pretty sure from what I've read that they use pre-colored pellets. I
> wouldn't be surprised if most of the machines run the same color for
> long periods of time, such that changing colors would only require
> normal maintenance cleaning of the molds. Of course they don't have 41
> or whatever machines, so there probably is a cleaning cycle necessary
> for the uncommon colors.
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| (...) over the (...) a (...) All right, that makes sense, becuase I have never seen color discoloration on LEGO parts, which is more than I can say for when I had to mix manually the colors for a certaim part for the Chysler minivan seat drawer, (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm pretty sure from what I've read that they use pre-colored pellets. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the machines run the same color for long periods of time, such that changing colors would only require normal maintenance cleaning of the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jun-00, to lugnet.general)
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