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Re: Different mold on 1x6, 1x8
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general
Date: 
Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:26:15 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Ross Crawford wrote:
Has anyone else noticed this? It seems newer 1x6 & 1x8 bricks have a different
mold. See this comparison:

The 1x4 whites in Tantative IV (if I remember correctly, I built it 10 days ago)
are of both types. It got my attention since I never saw two versions of the
same piece in the same Lego set. Maybe they just intorduced a new mold, and also
using pieces from existing stock. But I also thought that the holes design was
new (material saving), I didn't pay attention the flanges, though. Putting more
material to a piece that have no problems doesn't make sense to me, actually.

Selçuk



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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 (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)  

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