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Re: how odd!!!!
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:01:11 GMT
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> Did these all come from the same set? Or was it a bundle of different old • sets?
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> 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.
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> > Interesting that you would have them though.
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> Agreed. They are interesting.
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> -Stefan-
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
2x4 bricks all like that is a bit too much. After posting I also found about
another 20 'flame'd 2x4s and about another 30 2x4s in green with a very
slight grey flecking on top, as if it was a contaminated mold. There is just
too many for it to be coincidence :)
James
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| The tannish bricks are raw ABS with no pigmenting, so they were probably snuck out of one of the plants, or someone threw them in a trash bin instead of shredding them. They were most likely test runs of a mold or the entire molding process - why (...) (24 years ago, 22-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Did these all come from the same set? Or was it a bundle of different old sets? (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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