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In lugnet.lego, Rob Antonishen wrote:
> On 1/3/07, Reinhard Ben Beneke wrote:
> > > <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ffaat/old-bricks/all.jpg>>
> > >
> > > Ignore the teeth marks, and note the bad molding on bricks 1 & 2. Yes they
> > > are Lego. Other pics show the studs.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > So much for the "Golden Days of Quality Control" that some were pining for...
> > >
> > > -Rob A>
> >
> > Hi all!
>
> > So I just wanted to point out, that the picture which Rob has posted to
> > underline, that quality wasn't automatically good in the "golden" past, shows
> > definitely CA bricks older than year 1963 (or out of samsonite production?).
> >
> > The "golden years of LEGO quality" have been 1965 ... 1995(?). So this picture
> > tells nothing new, but only repeats that LEGO made a huge step towards
> > perfectionism when they changed from CA (bad!) to ABS (good!).
>
>
> Not suer how you come up wit that conclusion. These bricks are from
> my old sets, purchased in Canada between 1973-1978. I am suspecting
> these specific bricks came from set 256-1 released in 1976. I would
> doubt that these were 10 year old bricks.
>
> -Rob A>
Hi Rob,
thanks for your feedback! In that case I would think these are US-made bricks,
since the LEGO-logo on top of the bricks is of the old design. This has been
used within Europe (= Billund made bricks) only in combination with CA-bricks
(before 1964 and possibly for a short time later?).
From Gary Istok I have learned that Samsonite was using old moulds and partly
even CA-material in the 70ies.
So I would guess that the "mismoulded" bricks, which you have shown, are from
that era. Can you tell, if those bricks are ABS or CA? You will hear the
difference when you drop them on a hard table surface or on floor tiles.
But I have to admit, that I have no knowledge about the Canadian market.
I only can assure you: in Germany we had no such bricks (with this kind of logo
on the studs) in the 70ies and later.
Leg Godt!
Ben
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