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Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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Sun, 1 Oct 2000 05:23:21 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Dave Johann writes:
> From my knowledge, it's a recent occurance. I can't think of any sets that • came
> out more than 2 years ago that have this problem. Many of my sets from more • than
> 2 years ago seem to be exempt. UFO and Exploriens come to mind as 'safe' sets • to
> work with. Fright Knights, Wild West, and certain older town sets ring a bell • as
> well. Even Rock Raiders seem to be exempt (of the sets I own). Some recent • sets
> seem to have the occasional hidden piece, but not to the degree we are seeing
> now. Some themes that seem to be suffering from this 'problem':
> Ninja, Insectoids, Star Wars (the most visible one)
I'm not sure it's a recent thing, actually. Model team sets have had bricks
buried in the middle of models that were not the expected color... both 5561
and 5571 have blue bricks buried in them IIRC.
We may not like it but I imagine from the TLC perspective there is a very good
reason for it. I would speculate it has something to do with evening out the
quantity of resin (of various colors) consumed from year to year so that there
aren't big spikes in storage and spikes in price to TLC for the raw materials.
++Lar
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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| (...) I have a guess: Lego think its easier to follow the building instructions if they put a brick in another color as a sort of reference point... -Anders (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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| (...) I think it might be more to do with the counting machines, than the molding/colour use. It's easier to pick up a mistake of 2 blue/4 black than 6 black of a piece in the same bag, as well, I know there are physical limits as to how many of (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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| (...) A simpler (more cynical?) answer, is that the filler bricks are just cheaper to make, and Lego is driving as much cost out of each set as they possibly can. I've not seen filler bricks in anything other than red, yellow, or blue. I was quite (...) (24 years ago, 2-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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| From my knowledge, it's a recent occurance. I can't think of any sets that came out more than 2 years ago that have this problem. Many of my sets from more than 2 years ago seem to be exempt. UFO and Exploriens come to mind as 'safe' sets to work (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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