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Re: Different mold on 1x6, 1x8
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Date: 
Sat, 3 Apr 2004 06:49:39 GMT
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OH BOY Rosco you just NOW looked at the bottom?  You know, Clark has been
tracking this for AGES...  The "new" brick looks to be just molded in an older
mold, as they seems to vary from set to set for me, sometimes I get the ones
with the holes in the pins, sometimes no holes, and lastly (3rd) you "new one"
with the "flange", or pin sprue, extending to the bottom of the brick, I noticed
my older worn yellowed white 1x8's are like that... (Sorting white 1xn's right
now...)

Josh
http://www.blockchoice.com
http://www.blockchoicemoc.com



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  Different mold on 1x6, 1x8
 
Has anyone else noticed this? It seems newer 1x6 & 1x8 bricks have a different mold. See this comparison: (URL) older brick on the left has holes in the bottom studs, but more importantly, the flanges on studs 2 & 4 don't go all the way to the (...) (21 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)  

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