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Re: Question for Jake on the future of chrome
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Sat, 22 Jun 2002 12:36:53 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Christopher L. Weeks writes:

> Interesting.  I bought about 60 silver buckets/tubs and one of them gave me a
> light-grey 2x4 instead of a chrome one.  It appeared in every way identicle to
> my other bricks.  This was some years (and two house moves) ago so I'd have to
> do a lot of work to try to find it (if possible at all), but my memory suggests
> that it wouldn't even be possible.  Are you saying those were different too?
> If mine wasn't different, does that mean that I just got the wrong color rather
> than a brick that failed to get chromed (which is what I'd assumed)?

From what I understand about the process, we are talking measurements that
aren't necessarily visible to the naked eye. Of course, when you talk about
bricks snapping together, these changes can have a big effect.

Jake

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Jake McKee
Senior Producer
LEGO Direct



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  Re: Question for Jake on the future of chrome
 
(...) Perhaps someone with a micrometer could bring it to BrickFest if they knew that someone from LD would bring a few unchromed samples? (24 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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  Re: Question for Jake on the future of chrome
 
(...) Interesting. I bought about 60 silver buckets/tubs and one of them gave me a light-grey 2x4 instead of a chrome one. It appeared in every way identicle to my other bricks. This was some years (and two house moves) ago so I'd have to do a lot (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)

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