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Subject:	Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
Newsgroups:	lugnet.space, lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 27 Dec 2000 02:15:04 GMT
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William Brumbach wrote in message ... > In lugnet.general, Jonathan Mizner writes: • [...] > > terribly bad. But bricks are beginning to degrade. Almost all the • Classic > > Space sets I own have severe wear on them. > > 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. 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 cars is true for bricks, it's not the years, it's the mileage! Yes, a 928. As I said, I consider myself an extremely lucky individual. :-) Cheers, Paul LUGNET member 164 http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/

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		Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
(...) 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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		Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
(...) 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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