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    When is Lego actually considered old? —James Ng
   Hello, This is something that goes around alot, but I have been caught in the flow! I have been tricked twice with the internet in buying, with so called OLD LEGO SETS. I was thinking the 70's and 80's but I am sure you could help me to get a better (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: When is Lego actually considered old? —Richard Marchetti
     (...) It's not possible to answer your question because the term "old" is a subjective term -- entirely dependent upon your frame of reference. To you maybe ten years ago is old, to me it might mean something from before I was born (say from the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: When is Lego actually considered old? —Kerry Raymond
      (...) production). While it's true that we can put a date on sets, it's presumably a lot harder to put a date on pieces. Would it be possible to distinguish between a box of assorted bricks from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, or 00s? Obviously some pieces (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
     
          Re: When is Lego actually considered old? —Chris Phillips
       (...) When I look at a bunch of older pieces, I can see subtle differences. The older pieces don't hold together as strongly, although I'm not sure if that's an effect of age or just better design and tighter manufacturing tolerances of the newer (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
      
           Re: When is Lego actually considered old? —David Eaton
       (...) The best person to ask, of course, would be Gary Istok, but some things I've noticed as differences: - older bricks are made from Cellulose Acetate (sp?), newer ones are ABS - the injection point for a lego brick used to be on the side (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
     
          Re: When is Lego actually considered old? —James Ng
      Hey, Thanks for your help, I will do so in the future! Later, James (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
    
         Re: When is Lego actually considered old? —Randy Miller
     One of my preschool lego memories (1964) when all I had was white and red bricks, was that many of the red bricks were a "lighter" red, and they never gripped well (and they were new then)...many of my models just fell apart or collapsed--anyone (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
   
        Re: When is Lego actually considered old? —Paul Baulch
    James Ng wrote in message ... (...) flow! I (...) LEGO (...) get (...) my (...) Do you want "old" Lego because it might be valuable, useful for selling or trading? If so, then I find that going by theme and set size is better than simply by age. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
 

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