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Re: Minifig torsos...
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 9 May 1999 21:09:53 GMT
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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.
Todd Lehman wrote:
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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.
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> 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.
> > >
> > > 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? :-)
> >
> > Dunno. What could it be?
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> How does an increase in the amount of plastic ribbing inside the bottom of
> the minifig torso change its connection properties?
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> (That's not a rhetorical question to suggest that it doesn't; it's a real
> question with a real answer.)
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> --Todd
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| (...) Yup! That was our thought too (Joshua pointed it out to me). Now, other than old Castle queen minifigs with 2x2x2 sloped dresses and galleons figures on the front of pirateships (both of which haven't been in production for eons) what sorts of (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Minifig torsos...
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| (...) That doesn't seem to be the case. At least in the limited test I performed. If anything, the bond between the standard plate and the X-torso was weaker than the bond between the plate and the standard torso. But the new torso interior could (...) (25 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Safe to call it a hypothesis? (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 9-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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