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(...) darned newsreaders (URL) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) did not return a profit (-23 meeellion in 1998) is also the same year juniorisation swept away the bricks from our town sets, the Fright Knights invaded the realm, and the Pirates officially had no new releases? I can't believe this is a (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No wonder recent (1994+)LEGO sets were being juniorized, LEGO is in danger of losing it's very feature which made it hard to beat in the toy marketplace, it's unwillingness to conform with the current fads and flash-in-the-pan stuff. When we (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Do you think there will even be a Lego in ten years? After reading that it makes me wonder. Lets hope things get better fo them! Gary (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) worth. My question that I will continue to ask until I can no longer, is what will happen to all the AFOL's in 20 years? First, Lego might not be around in twenty years. Besides the obvious, that might not seem too terribly bad. But bricks are (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I can't speak for your lego but my classic space is in bad shape because I played with them and any unsealed sets have also been played with. I doubt the ABS is spontaneously degrading. If Lego goes out of buisness in (...) Only time will tell (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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<big mother snip> Well, in twenty years I know I'll be kicking.. I'll only be 36. That seems to be around the average age here on LUGNET. As for The Lego Company, I have no doubts that they will still be around in 2020. If you are worried about your (...) (24 years ago, 26-Dec-00, to lugnet.space)
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William Brumbach wrote in message ... (...) [...] (...) Classic (...) I own proof of this very principle... a 928 that sat in a display for twenty years and virtually never got played with. All of the bricks are literally like new. What's true for (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) While I agree with Paul that this is true for ABS, it's not true for CA. I have opened some 20+ year old ABS sets and they are like new. 25+ year old CA sets still in their shrinkwrap have some signs of deterioration, the CA outgasses and (...) (24 years ago, 27-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ... (...) I'm not so sure... that is, I'm not certain that ABS _does_ outgas, but I've smelt funny smells in containers of bricks that haven't been opened for a while, that sort of suggest that it does (perhaps in (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) are not air tight. My guess is the smell you sense is from some form of bacteria. I contend that if you were to store Lego Bricks in something air tight (like a vacuum sealed bag) you wouldn't notice the smell when you open it. Of course a (...) (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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(...) there in middle or high school. Not sure it would get a good grade though... (24 years ago, 28-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.general)
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