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| | | I was wondering if anyone has ever had any problems with items in Lego sets? The reason I ask is because I recently got 2 sets from clearance sales, and they both had oddities that I've never seen before. The first one was the Pepper mini-fig from (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) Here's one folder with lots of such quality "issues" - (URL) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —James Brink
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| | | | | I've had a couple of problems. I had a misprinted piece and had a couple of black slopes that were warped pretty badly. I've had a part missing from a set once too. Customer service is very good about replacing parts. I also have run into several (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —Christian Treczoks
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| | | | | | (...) I'll second that. Although the number of sets I own ist statistically irrelevant, I noticed a manyfold increase in quality issues up to the point that I don't bother Lego customer service anymore when the mismolded part ist just a "regular" (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —Erik Bush
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| | | | | Hey, Here is a link to a post from me a while ago on the same subject.. (URL) Well (if you have complete pieces) Erik Bush (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —Richard Morton
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| | | | | "John Kyle" <worldsingerNoSpam@att.net> wrote in message news:HwLJqH.CKI@lugnet.com... (...) sets? (...) and they (...) Pepper (...) completely (...) were (...) got (...) slopes (...) plastic or (...) 'bitten' (...) control (...) slipping (...) I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | I think one thing that may have had an impact on quality was the shift in the forumla of the ABS plastic that took place at some point. For example, the old swords from classic castle were hard and stiff and likely to snap off (and also other parts (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —Bryan Wong
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| | | | | (...) I haven't had any problems with individual piece quality, but I've seen lots of comments like yours recently, and it's alarming. While we're on the topic of quality control, there have also been a number of packaging errors over the past few (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —Bill Vollbrecht
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| | | | | (...) When I had worked in the LEGOLAND California modelshop, we would occasionaly come across elements that weren't completely molded in the bins of bricks. Myself and another guy would collect them and in 4 years we maybe had around 100 or so (...) (21 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Quality Control Issues? —David Gregory
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| | | | (...) That sounds like it might look pretty freaky. You ought to use that head in your haunted house. David (21 years ago, 26-Apr-04, to lugnet.general)
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