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(...) Actually, that is an interesting article about a controversial article. The test that the magazine had done involved scratching off the plastic, heating plastic in a solution of nitric acid (this is a typical way a lab tests for lead in paint (...) (17 years ago, 21-Oct-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm not sayin'; I'm just sayin'. Know what I'm sayin'? 0:-) JOHN (17 years ago, 20-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You mean to say I'm stockpiling lead saturated toys?! ; ) God Bless, Nathan (17 years ago, 20-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Keep in mind, what the magazine asserted was that there was lead in the yellow maxi block, not that lead could be passed on to a child swallowing it. Hydrochloric acid (stomache) is not sulfuric acid. The magazine went on to recommend the product as (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Excellent points, Tommy! The need for transparency in a situation like this is great, especially when the burden of proof is upon the party making the accusation. In this case, the magazine must support its claim in a verifiable way. Instead, (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) As it turns out, we own very few of the maxi-scale Mega Bloks--probably under two dozen of them--and only one or two of those are yellow. My younger doesn't yet care at all for interlocking blocks, and my older is into the mega-scale Mega (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Maybe neither the governmental standards or Mega Bloks are at fault but rather the "non-profit" magazine which stated that ; "When the results were returned by a lab, which Mr. Clerk said he could not identify because of a confidentiality (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) In any event, have you nonetheless preemptively separated your kids from the clones, Dave!? From the road where the rubber meets, JOHN (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Don't get too overjoyed. Since Lego does not make the bricks, never did make the plastic, who know were it is made. China comes to mind. And if it is like other toys and cat and dog food we may see more on this, Hopefully Lego has been (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Thanks for the link--product safety is of great concern to fans of the brand, especially those of us who have small children! I think that this part is relevant: Health Canada, a government department, said that the preliminary results of (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Now, now, let's not be too hasty. Remember, competition is GOOD; it keeps TLG on their toes. On a different note, I saw this quotation in the article and it made me wonder: "Lead is sometimes added to plastics to give them yellow or red color, (...) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In someways I knew this would happen and I have been expecting this day. Hopefully, it means the downfall of MegaBloks forever! (URL) (17 years ago, 19-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.ulug)
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(URL) (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.space, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Once upon a time, it was a very special and unique thing to offer free image hosting. Once upon a time Kevin was a regular participant on LUGNET and an active member of the AFOL community. And once upon a time, Brickshelf was a state of the (...) (17 years ago, 17-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) No interest in providing a useful service? ...apart from the providing free image hosting, unlimited accounts, unlimited access to images, unlimited directories, thumbnails, fast moderation, unobtrusive moderation, deeplinks (even before (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) No interest in providing a useful service? ...apart from the providing free image hosting, unlimited accounts, unlimited access to images, unlimited directories, thumbnails, fast moderation, unobtrusive moderation, deeplinks (even before (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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Hmmm, very good question, Tim! I'd have to say that I don't really give much thought to what the average person thinks about my hobby. For me, the wider community translates to the average person. I LOVE my hobby! That passion is immediately (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general)
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(...) "Whom". (...) You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means. (...) Get thee to a dictionary. (...) If anything is clear, it is that the whole situation is markedly unclear. You really have no idea what you're talking (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) Apparently you're forgetting that all those years of providing free hosting have somehow put him beyond any criticism in some people's eyes. I wonder how they'll feel when they're paying for more of the same. (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general, lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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(...) I think the way people react to it is a function of how you present it. I have a license plate that says "I (heart) LEGO" and the business card I hand out for personal contacts has my LEGO blog address (brickpile.com) on it. I treat it (...) (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.general)
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