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Re: Don't send them in envelopes (Re: Bring Your Minifig To Work Day)
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Date: 
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 04:03:54 GMT
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James Seibert <james@vci.net> writes:

> A heartfelt plea,
> 
> ---Warning---, I am a technician that has worked on Postal machinery. The
> Postal service uses machines to sort their mail and would crush and mangle the
> minifigs. Normal flat letters are okay, but a minifig would catch in the belts
> and rollers resulting in the minifig broken into ABS dust pieces. I get called
> to repair machines when people send refrigerator magnets, pens, pencils,
> jewelry, etc. in the mail and the articles in question are crushed beyond
> recognition between heartless steel rollers.
> 
> So I beg you, I don't want to go to any minifig funerals. Please send them in a
> small, solid, stamped, self-addressed box.

Mmm, good point.  Maybe turn a small LEGO box inside-out, and put another
one inside that and use $.55 postage x2 ?

Or how about a bubble-pad envelope -- are those safe?

--Todd



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  Re: Don't send them in envelopes (Re: Bring Your Minifig To Work Day)
 
(...) A bubble pad envelope is fine, because it is thicker ( greater than a 1/4") and machines can't process it. I know the postage is more, but piece of mind is better. (28 years ago, 1-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)
  Re: Don't send them in envelopes (Re: Bring Your Minifig To Work Day)
 
AFAIK, padded envelopes are hand processed, so they should be fine. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer | (28 years ago, 4-Dec-98, to lugnet.general)

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  Don't send them in envelopes (Re: Bring Your Minifig To Work Day)
 
A heartfelt plea, ---Warning---, I am a technician that has worked on Postal machinery. The Postal service uses machines to sort their mail and would crush and mangle the minifigs. Normal flat letters are okay, but a minifig would catch in the belts (...) (28 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)

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