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Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:47:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Stephen Rusnak writes:
> "Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMBLOCKuccs.edu> wrote in message
> news:GFxsuF.A1y@lugnet.com...
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> - snip -
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> > Better yet, in a perfect world LEGO would develop small machines • that mold
> > pieces on the fly. We would just buy raw ABS pellets, drop them in • the top
> > of the coffee-pot size machine, select a part type and quantity from • the
> > touchscreen LCD on the front, and *presto* the newly molded pieces • would
> > come tumbling out. :-)
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> That would truly be a perfect world. LEGO could sell the machine for
> say $100 and then ABS by the pound for about $5 a pound in all
> available colors.
I seem to recall somebody telling me that there is a machine like
this in the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan, USA. You put some
money into it and it supposedly spits out a molded "LEGO" brick.
Of course, the quality isn't that great...
KDJ
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| "Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMB...Kuccs.edu> wrote in message news:GFxsuF.A1y@lugnet.com... - snip - (...) that mold (...) the top (...) the (...) would (...) That would truly be a perfect world. LEGO could sell the machine for say $100 and (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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