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Subject: 
Re: 3737 parts pack again a disappointment
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
Date: 
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:59:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Paul S. D'Urbano writes:
In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.lego.direct, Jerry Sievert writes:
In lugnet.trains, Harvey Henkelman writes:
.both wagon plates were warped beyond use!
Does LEGO® take notice of their parts/set quality at all, or am I talking • to
a brick wall? This is getting ridiculous. -Harvey

For those who do not know what we are talking about:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=122391

That's how new baseplates often look like...

Forgive me if this is stupid, but with some plastics I've heard that if it
gets bent due to pressure you can leave it out in the sun and it returns
back to shape.  Does ABS behave like this, or is this a recipe for disaster?
I normally make it a point not to leave my LEGO in direct sunlight for any
extended period of time.
(*DISCLAIMER: NOBODY TRY THIS WITHOUT EXPERT VERIFICATION*)

May work, but there is danger it deforms in another way. If the studs loose
their binding ability a flat baseplate does not help you too much....

For behaviour of ABS (the stuff most Lego bricks are made from)
under temperature you may check this link:

http://www.1000steine.de/myimages/album10

Regards,

Ben



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  Re: 3737 parts pack again a disappointment
 
(...) I recently received a 3737 and the baseplate was fine. I did order it at the same time as a lot of other stuff so it was shipped as one of many things in a huge box. Maybe the warping has to do with the packing and shipping? (The big box meant (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct)

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