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| Hi Guido, The problem with 99.9% of all old bricks not fitting together well anymore is due to one simple answer. And that has absolutely nothing to do with storage or heat (unless you're talking about a fire or oven temperature). It is because the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Gary, I don't think that is the problem, because I started to play with LEGO in 1976 and I was living in Holland. So I am pretty sure that all my bricks are ABS. I suspect that even keeping ABS at room temperature the bricks change slightly over the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Guido, I should have asked the question "are there gaps (spaces) between the bricks when you build with them. Are they twisted slightly (warped) when you look at one of the longer edges of a 2x4 brick?" If not then you do have only ABS, and some of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Correct. The problem is present especially with older roofbricks. I have plenty of them in BLUE, about half of thme is unusaeble cause they are "skewed". Thay also are lighter blue in colour. There is nothing to do about it AFAIK. I would like to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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| Sonnich, I agree, there isn't anything that can be done about these skewed bricks. One thing I was thinking about using them for was for the roof of a medieval house or castle, where imperfect roofs are to be expected (irregular slate or stone (...) (24 years ago, 20-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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