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Brick quality (was Re: Another Legend dies....)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:33:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
> I could make a material test here at job to find out about the hardeness of
> old and new bricks. But I think this turns out to become ridiculous: just
> open your eyes and take a look at bricks from the eighties to mid nineties
> annd compare them to the new bricks (for e.g from 7171, which was quite
> horrible in my eyes).
Well then I must be blind. I've got two bricks on my desk, both steep 2x2x3
bricks.
One is yellow, from <set:6075_2>; the other is dark grey, and from <set: 7184>.
I can't discern, either by the naked eye, or by touch, any difference(1)
between them. A non-imperical test shows about equal pressure with a
fingernail makes about the same depth of mark. If someone (you perhaps) has
a facility that can test density & composition of plastics, I'll happily
send both to them for testing.
I'd do a similar check with bricks - but I can't tell the difference between
1 year old bricks and 18 year old bricks.
Maybe other people can see it, I can't. I'm sorry Ben, but faced with the
realities of the bricks in front of me, your comments about declining
quality really seem bizarre.
James
1: Excepting some very slight mold changes, like the shape of the stud and a
different number inside.
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| (...) And what about the weaker material? Do you want to tell me the ABS becomes harder over the years and that is the reason why new plates are deformed, when I use my fingernails to take them apart and old ones are not? I could make a material (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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