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    Eeeek! New Milk Float! —Simon Robinson
   Sorry - I just have to share this... I got my winnings from the Setzilla auction today. And - well, I've never had any contact with Gary Louie but he has won my enormous respect as someone who really looked after his Lego - and must have had some (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Eeeek! New Milk Float! —Mark Harrison
   Hi Simon, I had the same thrill when I openned the only set I won in that auction. A brand new sealed 147 Refrigerated Rail Wagon from 1973. Now I have the same problem that I'm sure Gary had, do I open it or don't I. Mark H. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Eeeek! New Milk Float! —Thomas Main
   Mark and Simon, Well, if I were you I would open those sets. Get an exacto knife and open them carefully along a side. Build them and keep them separate from your other Lego bricks...definitely run the wagon around the tracks a few times :) (...) (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Eeeek! New Milk Float! —Simon Robinson
   Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:37DFC02C.554DC4...ate.edu... (...) I've started doing something like that. I noticed there was a slight gap between the folds of cardboard at one end. I've found I can reversibly bend the box a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Eeeek! New Milk Float! —Christopher Masi
   I've noticed alot of my old (relatively old...late 70's early 80's) 1x1 bricks are splitting. Maybe the bricks have been redesigned to fix this problem. The other thing I have noticed is that the bricks are constantly being redesigned. Hollow tubes (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: Eeeek! New Milk Float! —Simon Robinson
   (...) perfectly (...) the (...) Some of the changes may have been made to give the bricks a slightly greater strength to weight ratio. I can imagine those ridges inside normal 2x4 bricks having that effect. (...) stipulation. Basically - yes. Hmmm. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
 

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