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Re: how odd!!!!
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Tue, 22 Apr 2003 05:57:49 GMT
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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 use expensive pigmented ABS if you have raw ABS laying around?
;-)
Or as someone else noted, they may have been some hand-molded tests, and they
used liquid ABS mix instead of melting pellets.
James Stacey wrote:
> > 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 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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> 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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| (...) They do indeed appear to be raw ABS. The company I work for has one customer who wants parts made in antimicrobial ABS with the intent of painting them afterwards, so we decided not to waste money on having the sheet colored. It all comes in (...) (22 years ago, 27-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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