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Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 28 Nov 2002 07:27:41 GMT
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hi axles can be unbent
some of mine were bent now they are not :)
you can do it in hands but carefully

and about joiners
didn't you set your model on open sun light, did you
my legoland bricks especialy small parts break more easly than before
they seems to be more hard and fragile (no elasticity)
but maybe my observation is wrong

btw: the brick colors are changing itself too (on sun light)

let me express condolences to you on the death of your bricks :))))
(joking)

best regards
pixel


"Luis Hernández" <lmhariano@latinmail.com> wrote in message
news:H69Bs9.KDy@lugnet.com...
Hi all

I was building the sports car I announced some time ago (If you don´t
remember, check http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=8218 )when I saw some
perpendicular axle joiners were splitting.
Check it yourselves:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=278993
(WARNING: file too heavy, 115KB... a less detailed version is at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28892 )

You see 1 toggle joint toothed (all of my six are in the same condition) • and
3 axle joiners: the 2 of the left, along other one, are the ones in the
worst condition;the other one is an average one... but all of my
perpendicular axle joiners are cracked in some way.... and worst of all: • all
in the same place!
(disclaimer: what you saw isn't any kind of part of the car... it was only
for putting those parts in my scanner. All of these images were made • putting
the lego in my scanner)

This problem made me remove all axle joiners (I'm afraid someday one of • them
would break) and stop building until problem is fixed. This problem is • also
present in one of my 30.4x14 VR wheels.

But how? Is it any way of stopping and/or correcting that problem? Or at
least, avoiding it?

Also... Some axles, specially axles 6 and 8, are bent (some of them up to • 5
degrees or more). Check it yourselves:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28892
(if you want a hi-res image, try this:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=279024
WARNING: file too heavy... 100KB)

The pictures speak for themselves. And almost the same questions:
Is it possible to straighten those pieces? or at least avoiding further
bendings in these and other axles? Does the rubber bands have something to
do with them?

Maybe I'm expecting too much... or I'm the only unlucky one with those
problems....

Thanks a lot

Luis Miguel



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  Re: Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
 
(...) What do you mean? bend it to the opposite side with my hands? I'll try it, thanks. (...) Nope... none of my lego has been on open sunlight.... they prefer to be enclosed in dark boxes (once they stayed there for about 18 months)... (...) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)

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  Heeeelp! My lego is cracking (and I'm not joking)
 
Hi all I was building the sports car I announced some time ago (If you don´t remember, check (URL) )when I saw some perpendicular axle joiners were splitting. Check it yourselves: (URL) file too heavy, 115KB... a less detailed version is at (URL) ) (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general)

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