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Re: how odd!!!!
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Sat, 19 Apr 2003 00:17:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Trevor Pruden writes:
> In lugnet.general, James Stacey writes:
> > have LEGO run out of colouring pigment ??
> >
> > http://www.minifig.co.uk/funstuff/oddbricks.htm
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> > they have been well played with, but still have lots of clutch, but appear
> > to have missed out on colour. Some of them have grey remenents
> > wierd
> > --
> > James Stacey
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> > www.minifig.co.uk
> > #925 - I'm a citizen of Legoland travelling Incommunicado
Did these all come from the same set? Or was it a bundle of different old sets?
> Looks like a color change to me. The red and green pieces are tell-tail
> signs of color change for sure. The more clear stuff looks like a different
> resin altogether. You would get that from a barrel purge....it's common to
> use acrylic as a purge medium since the crystalinity would help to scrape
> the inside injection screw clean.
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> On a side note I saw some recent posts on "flame" colored bricks where you
> get a wisp of "flame"-like markings in the light colored part. That would
> be degredation, usually due to resin shear as a result of a hang-up
> somewhere in the hot runner manifold...it all depends on where the flame is
> relative to the part gate.
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> Either way, receiving parts like this in a set isn't good for the company
> (it happens...I once received a short-shot on a 1x8 classic blue
> brick...only 80% of the brick was there). While interesting to us, it
> demonstrates the limited ability of their quality control since these type
> of bricks should NEVER make it to the consumer. I know ineveitably happens,
> but it really shouldn't.
While we would all love for Lego to make 100% perfect bricks, I don't think
this ought to be seen as a serious breach of quality control. If they were
all in the same set, that's a different story, though I doubt it.
Personally I've probably only ever gotten one or two crappy brand new bricks
in my 13 or so years of collecting. After all, Lego makes a huge number of
bricks each day, so some stuff will inevitably slip past.
> Interesting that you would have them though.
Agreed. They are interesting.
-Stefan-
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| (...) sets? (...) think (...) were (...) bricks (...) of (...) They came in a load of old mixed bricks brought at a car boot sale (like a garage sale if your not british :) ) I can only assume they were liberated from a factory somewhere, as 70 odd (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Looks like a color change to me. The red and green pieces are tell-tail signs of color change for sure. The more clear stuff looks like a different resin altogether. You would get that from a barrel purge....it's common to use acrylic as a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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