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Re: LEG0 in Space
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space
Date: 
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:35:48 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, William R. Ward writes:

Um... GLUE???!!  Something tells me that isn't a model off the TRU
shelves... Wouldn't surprise me if they also used some other form of
plastic besides the standard ABS.  Probably the most expensive Lego
set ever made.

I bet the bricks are indeed standard ABS.  I assume that glue
was used to prevent stray LEGO bits from floating about the
cabin.  LEGO uses glue on the Miniland structures as LEGOLand and
the ones sent on museum tours.

--

Jeff <jthompson@esker.com>   "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"



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  Re: LEG0 in Space
 
(...) ] The plastic used to manufacture Lego's toy robots - and the ] glue that holds them together - also were tested before the Mars ] Planet Protector and 300 miniature "aliens" were given a green light ] for the Soyuz flight to the station. (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.space)

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