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quality of new Lego bricks (was: Another Legend dies....)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Tue, 17 Jul 2001 23:04:51 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Steve Lane writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> > I have tried to start a discussion on the topic of quality of Lego in the • past
> > a few times, but most people seem to agree with you, that this is a minor
> > problem. (I am of the opposite opinion!)
> Shame your discussion didn't take off. I for one think that the old bricks
> we're of a much higher quality than the new ones. I noticed this when I
> ordered a pack of bulk grey bricks. When built into a wall it didn't seem
> flat as if their we're slight differencies in width between bricks.
That's right. Old bricks have been less weak and more precise. In the
1000steine.de this is called the "Kürbis-Effekt" (= pumpkin-effect), since the
Halloween pumpkin has been the fist Lego set, which was delivered in really bad
quality.
> This problem is particulary serious if your building something that is meant
> to look good.
New bricks are even less stable against influence of UV-light, as it seems. In
Legoland Billund the new model houses have now a kind of clear lacquer painted
on them to stop the ageing effect. But the paint peels off (looks very bad!)
and some of the 1 year old models look worse than the 4 years old.... :-(
Regards,
Ben
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| (...) Shame your discussion didn't take off. I for one think that the old bricks we're of a much higher quality than the new ones. I noticed this when I ordered a pack of bulk grey bricks. When built into a wall it didn't seem flat as if their we're (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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