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Re: Now that I've had a chance to see the new colors
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lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:36:47 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Tarrabain wrote:
Douglas R. Clark wrote:
2.  IF the real reason for the color change was that TLC had either outsourced
some brick production or changed ABS suppilers to the same companies that
Megabocks use (or heaven forbid, buying bricks directly from MB), they might not
want that known to the general public.  It could lead to either a general
believe that TLC was sacraficing quality or conversely that MB were of equal
quality to Lego.

ABS is ABS, afaik... the difference is in the moulding process, the
pressure used, etc. Your other explanations again, still smack of
conspiracy theory... what has LEGO ever done in the past to you to earn
this distrust?

ABS can vary in quality, but it's irrelevant in this example, because MEGABLOKS
aren't made from ABS.

Dave!



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  Re: Now that I've had a chance to see the new colors
 
(...) (ABS is "Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene" for those that don't remember... it's a polystyrene variant/alloy) What ARE they made of? I was pretty sure they were ABS too, just a different formulation. Are they made of some sort of styrene (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Now that I've had a chance to see the new colors
 
(...) They would be opening themselves up to lawsuits whether or not they admitted to a problem of this... not divulging this information if it were true would be even worse for them. LEGO's been around too long as a company now to not have regard (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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