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Re: When did "seeding" begin?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 2 Oct 2000 02:52:09 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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 upset when I found
blue bricks in the middle of my 5571. It quite limits
the alternate model possibilities.
-Tim
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| (...) came (...) than (...) to (...) as (...) sets (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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