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Re: Aging pieces with printing and logos
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 9 Oct 2000 14:06:33 GMT
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Tony Priestman wrote:
> On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Joakim Olsson (<G245MH.7o7@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 13:27:49
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> >
> > Maybe it's just my pieces, being abused by my brohter? (Just wait until I
> > get hold of you...;-)
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> I have some original Space guys, from way back in 1979, and they are now
> missing most of the logo off their chest, and also bricks which the
> classic Space logo also look a bit thread-bare. The first thing to go is
> the gold, so I suspect that there was something about the paint that
> they used which made it more vulnerable to wear.
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> Needless to say, spacemen acquired more recently are treated with lots
> more respect. Although I haven't gone as far as putting on gloves to
> handle them yet :-)
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> --
> Tony Priestman
Ditto for a lot of the really old castle minifigs. A lot of the embossed
coat-of-arms on these figs has virtually faded away. And my minifigs had
gotten virtually no play wear.
Gary Istok
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| On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, Joakim Olsson (<G245MH.7o7@lugnet.com>) wrote at 13:27:49 (...) I have some original Space guys, from way back in 1979, and they are now missing most of the logo off their chest, and also bricks which the classic Space logo also (...) (24 years ago, 8-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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