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| | | what is that goo that is used on minifig neck posts? It seems like it's used to impose some sort of friction to keep heads from popping off or doing that Linda Blair thing.. -Tom McD. (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Name that goo! —Eric Brok
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| | | | | Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) used (...) that (...) I don't know what goo means, but I suppose you mean the blob of paint on the neck stud. I always assumed this was used by the machine which puts on the head, to 'see' which side of the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Name that goo! —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | You just stepped on it. According to a post that I can't remember from who (knows something about Enfield) it used by the machinery to distinguish back and front sides of the minifig torsos. He also stated that this required for screen printing the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Name that goo! —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Linda Blair played the possessed girl in the movie _The Exorcist_. Along with other interesting habits, her head tended to spin around. Steve (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Name that goo! —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | Steve Bliss wrote in message <36fa3c89.2994971@lu...et.com>... (...) Oh, I get it..:-) I didn't see the movie, though. Thanks Selçuk (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Name that goo! —John Gerlach
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| | | | | (...) It's used by the machines that assemble the mini-figures to tell which side is the front, so it can line the face up properly. The "Linda Blair thing" is strictly optional! ;-) JG (Of course, remove ".nospam" to reply) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Name that goo! —Tim McSweeney
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| | | | Tom McDonald wrote in message ... (...) used (...) that (...) wooooo this is just to weird. I was wondering _exactly_ the same thing and had logged on to post a message asking about it. I had assumed it was for added friction but I see I was wrong. (...) (25 years ago, 25-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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