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Subject:	Re: Now that I've had a chance to see the new colors
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:45:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: > ABS can vary in quality, but it's irrelevant in this example, because MEGABLOKS > aren't made from ABS. (ABS is "Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene" for those that don't remember... it's a polystyrene variant/alloy) What ARE they made of? I was pretty sure they were ABS too, just a different formulation. Are they made of some sort of styrene anyway, even if not ABS? SAN maybe? Or something totally different? Here's an interesting site for more info http://www.polymerprocessing.com/polymers/alpha.html

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		Re: Now that I've had a chance to see the new colors
(...) Doh! The clonemeister's been scooped! I thought it had been established somewhere that MEGABLOKS used some lesser manner of styrene other than ABS, but I could easily be mistaken. There was a thread in OT-Clones a while back about Ritvik's (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Now that I've had a chance to see the new colors
(...) ABS can vary in quality, but it's irrelevant in this example, because MEGABLOKS aren't made from ABS. Dave! (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)

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