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Re: Minifig heads
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lugnet.lego
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Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:31:53 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Markham Carroll wrote:
> Are you sure? When I was at the Lego Land in CA, they had a walkthrough of
> a factory-like setting where the LEgo logos were printed on 2x4 bricks. The
> collers were practically slapped on one after the other.
There are some seriously quick-drying paints out there (road crews have to use
paint that dries fast enough that the next car behind the paint crew won't
completely screw it up when driving over it). The speed at which your paint
dries will be affected by what results you want. Durability, patterns, what the
item is made of, and certain color types can influence your choice of paint (the
coolest by far is vaporizing aluminum rods for a shiny chrome look, like they do
with the lightsaber hilts), but toys aren't going to have paint that requires 24
hours to dry. Still, I suspect it's more forgiving when you layer different
colors before they've fully cured than when you start trying to slide pieces
over paint before it's ready.
> Still, the heads are probbly attached seperately. (what is the paint-strip
> of the torso neck for, anyway? Is it anyway related to head alignment or
> something?)
That, and arm alignment, from what I understand. Not only does every torso have
the head facing more or less forward, but the left and right arms are on the
correct sides. I'm really curious how they make sure painted waists are
properly aligned with the legs, since the waists never have alignment marks.
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| "Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:HwLo95.vuw@lugnet.com... (...) Maybe the legs are actually painted assembled for the alignment. That'd be more doable than the torsos, since the painting on the legs would not (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| "Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:HwICGG.1o4F@lugnet.com... (...) Are you sure? When I was at the Lego Land in CA, they had a walkthrough of a factory-like setting where the LEgo logos were printed on 2x4 bricks. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego)
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