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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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| Hey, Thanks for your help, I will do so in the future! Later, James (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) 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)
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