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Re: LEGO Quality Control?
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Thu, 21 Sep 2000 02:08:34 GMT
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cmasi@cmasi%nospam%.chem.tulane.edu
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BrianC wrote:
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> Well, I suppose it's time to give up my status as a lurker (primarily in space
> and building.mecha) and post my first message to lugnet.
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> The good news is that, after a long hiatus, I have recently rediscovered how
> much I enjoy Lego. I dug out my childhood collection, and have been buying a
> few of the newer sets here and there to expand. I've also become much more
> anal since my childhood, and so have undertaken the task of organizing and
> storing them.
>
> I recently bought 5 Star Wars sets from eToys, including an X-wing (non-UCS--
> got the UCS a few months back), two droid fighters, a snowspeeder, and
> Anakin's podracer. They are all nice sets, but the bad thing is that two of
> the sets had serious problems.
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> One long brown wing/leg pieces in one of the droid fighter sets was bent. The
> box the set came in was in perfect condition--only the piece was damaged. And
> the X-wing came with 4 wings for the left side instead of 2 left and 2 right!
This is an easy mistake to make. If they are still doing things the way they did
a few years ago the wings are being packed manually. That means a person is
sitting in front of five bins, three of them are baggies, one is the right wing
bin, and the last bin is the left wing bin. If distracted, it is easy to forget
whether or not you just added two right or two lefts. Since the wings weigh the
same the scales will not kick out the defect.
The bent leg is another tough one to catch. What I am concerned about is the
color matching, and fit of bricks. I have been building with bricks that are at
most 2 years old, and I noticed that my yellow bricks are not all the same
color. Same with the whites. Even worse, I have notice that the bricks do not
stay together well. I built a white container (a box) for my trains, and the
bricks do not stay together. They all separate from each other by a bit.
Chris
> I could understand a damaged piece if the box was also damaged (during
> shipping, etc.), but 4 left wings? Also, to have two sets with problems in
> the same shipment seems highly unlikely. Maybe I am just unlucky, but I sure
> hope TLG's quality control hasn't gone as far south as this latest shipment
> would imply. Has anyone else had experiences like this recently?
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> Anyway, that won't stop me from getting back into it. I've already started a
> few smallish MOCs to get get my hands dirty ... and so:
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> "Hello, my name is Brian. I am 27 years old, and I love my Lego."
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> b
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| i just got 8002 with a piece missing and 7190 with a piece that was only half there (looked like there wasnt enough plastic in the mold) josh -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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