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| I found this list of block brands, (URL) a nice discussion of what they are all about, (URL) to a bibliography at the Hudson-Mohawk Industrial Gateway which mentioned the Embossing Company. (24 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| Actually, PVC can be molded into moderately detailed shapes. There is a model railroad materials company (evergreen I think) that makes trusses, I beam, tubing, and etc. out of PVC. It's much more slippery than styrene, requires a different glue, (...) (24 years ago, 27-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) We got the belville one. One of the kittens could almost pass for a tiger cub... almost. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) Doh! Hoisted by *my* petard! I think you're right, insofar as I can judge the plastic simply by handling it; polystyrene it is. I spell Chemistry with a capital F. Dave! (24 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| (...) ?? Really?? Not some sort of Styrene but Poly Vinyl Chloride, the stuff that those offwhite household sewage pipes are made of? That's wild. I would have expected Polystyrene (which is not as good as ABS, the "better" styrene) for this usage. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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