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Re: Minifig torsos...
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 9 May 1999 22:08:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> Joshua Delahunty <dulcaoin@alumni.cse.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > Thanks. I'm not so sure I'm sure enough about it to call it a theory,
> > so I'm happy that you've kept it secret in case I'm way off.
Safe to call it a hypothesis?
> > :-)
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> > I first noticed (or was told, it all happened about the same time) from
> > the torsos in the soccer sets. So, it's really from 1998 and later
> > torsos.
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> > Considering how TLG likes to LESSEN the amount of plastic in their molds
> > over time, there must be a powerful reason for those to be there. WHAT
> > could it be? :-)
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> Dunno. What could it be?
How does an increase in the amount of plastic ribbing inside the bottom of
the minifig torso change its connection properties?
(That's not a rhetorical question to suggest that it doesn't; it's a real
question with a real answer.)
--Todd
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 | | Re: Minifig torsos...
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| It seems to me like it would make it a LOT easier to snap the minifig strongly onto standard bricks. That's about the only thing I can think of offhand. (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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