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Re: Cracking Torsos
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:58:22 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ed "Boxer" Jones wrote:
> I changed arms on a bunch of newer style torsos (plain green, plain red and
> Star Wars) over the weekend. Removing the arms caused the torso to crack from
> the arm hole down to the waist.
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> Anyone else experiencing this? Are they using thinner abs?
I've seen this occasionally, but usually on *older* torsos, not brand-new
ones. So it's not a brand-new problem.
Maybe they've recently cut a new torso mold, and it has thinner sides than
the old mold? Would TLC have more than one torso die-mold?
Steve
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| (...) from (...) Actually, there are three torso molds- Version one was from the introduction of the minifig to about 1979. It has no grooves on the inside of the torso. I don't have any of these, but I've heard about them. Version two lasted from (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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| I changed arms on a bunch of newer style torsos (plain green, plain red and Star Wars) over the weekend. Removing the arms caused the torso to crack from the arm hole down to the waist. Anyone else experiencing this? Are they using thinner abs? (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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