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Re: Creator Buckets - Purple & Orange
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 8 Jul 2002 18:33:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen writes:
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> > I just noticed, that the partsref 3004 1x2 bricks was in 2 different
> > versions in this box: all blue and yellow 1x2's was with a hollow inner pin,
> > while all other colors had the usual solid pin. Are this TLC trying to save
> > some plastic? A few micrograms per brick? There is no structural reason, as
> > far as I can see.
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> A few micrograms per brick adds up, so that would be my guess. The solid pin
> examples are probably molds that are being worked to their end of life (the
> savings is not enough to justify ditching a perfectly good mold, I suspect,
> but enough to change molds when they are replaced...)
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> I suspect QC has nothing to do with it.
I'm in agreement there. I'd bet the new mold is being used
for the new parts. But I've had 1xn bricks in both "styles"
appear in the same set before; I had merely assumed that they
were depleting old stock that was already molded. But maybe
it was the issue Larry describes above. It makes sense given
that this "shift" has been going on for years now.
best
LFB
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| (...) A few micrograms per brick adds up, so that would be my guess. The solid pin examples are probably molds that are being worked to their end of life (the savings is not enough to justify ditching a perfectly good mold, I suspect, but enough to (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)
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