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Re: Unknown Japanese LEGO Sets...
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Mon, 8 Apr 2013 19:56:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > Gary
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> > In the comparision picture, is that Minitalia brick really worn? My Minitalias
> > have crisp edges rather than rounded ones, like the Olo bricks
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> Good question Lar!
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> Early on the "X" bottom Minitalia bricks were made out of the same composite
> plastic that the Minitalia windows and doors were made of. Later on Minitalia
> started using regular ABS LEGO bricks in their sets... which of course contained
> ABS plastic.
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> It is this early composite plastic... similar to the plastic used in early white
> large plates and LEGO Train era blue track sleepers... this plastic was more
> suceptible to wear than regular ABS (or even CA). So the rounding on the
> "early" Minitalia bricks was due to wear.
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> As for the Olo bricks... maybe the rounding was due to the brick molds.
I meant that the Minitalia in the image was rounded. I remember mine being
crisp, but that could be either because they are brand new never played with
before I got them, or because they are the newer plastic. I also meant that the
Olo was not rounded, in other words, it looks like MY Minitalia does.
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| (...) OK... I got you now Lar... the Minitalia brick in that image is composite plastic and it is USED. So that plastic is softer than ABS plastic and therefore shows more wear when in used condition. Later Minitalia was made of ABS... and retains a (...) (11 years ago, 9-Apr-13, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Unknown Japanese LEGO Sets...
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| (...) Good question Lar! Early on the "X" bottom Minitalia bricks were made out of the same composite plastic that the Minitalia windows and doors were made of. Later on Minitalia started using regular ABS LEGO bricks in their sets... which of (...) (11 years ago, 8-Apr-13, to lugnet.general)
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