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Re: color problems with 10190
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:15:26 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ted Godwin wrote:
> In lugnet.general, John Patterson wrote:
> > I just put together 10190 and find that the navy blue bricks come in two or
> > three shades. Has anyone else had this observation? I hope that this is a
> > fluke and not a overall problem since Lego has outsourced the making of the
> > bricks. I opened up a second set and it had the same color problem.
> > John P
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> LEGO has NOT "outsourced" making the bricks.
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> They did change the way colour is handled. They now add dye to the plastic at
> the LEGO factory. The change over was not perfect and those colour problems are
> supposed to go away over time but they have to use up the old not-quite-perfect
> bricks first.
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> It is quite noticeable in the orange used in the recycling truck.
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> This is what I remember from Bjarke's (sp?) talk at BF'07. He is head of quality
> control and he knows about the colour problems.
I 2nd what Ted is saying. At Brickworld the LEGO REPs told us that they are
aware of the color issue and have corrected it.
TLC changed the way they make the bricks. Before they would use a batch of
"colored plastic" and send that into the molds to make the bricks. The "color
plastic" came alredy COLORED from their plastic supplier.
To save on cost & storage they now buy CLEAR plastic and during the molding
process inject the COLOR PELLETs into the brick. The LEGO REP said they
miscalculated how much COLOR PELLETS they needed to inject into each type of
brick to ensure the correct color (hue, concerntraction, etc...) they began
getting reports from the consumer on the color issues. In some cases pruple
solid bricks when held to the light you could see right thru them.
They relooked at their manufactoring and determined that they were not adding
enough COLOR PELLETS for some type of bricks and thus the issue. So they
re-calculated all the COLOR PELLETS qty needed for the bricks.
Sadly those bricks with the 'lower' COLOR PELLET count have left the bldg. They
are in warehouses and stores across the world so while the color issue has been
fixed those "incorrect color sets" are out in the world and will slowly get
depleted as people buy them.
-Ahui
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| (...) I know that I didn't imagine it, but there was a post on Lugnet that linked to a story in a financial publication that said they were out sourcing the production of the brioks to Flextronics with has sites around the world mostly in emerging (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) LEGO has NOT "outsourced" making the bricks. They did change the way colour is handled. They now add dye to the plastic at the LEGO factory. The change over was not perfect and those colour problems are supposed to go away over time but they (...) (17 years ago, 4-Jul-07, to lugnet.general)
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