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Subject:	Re: Quality issue - update
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
Date:	Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:23:37 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Rob Antonishen wrote:

In lugnet.lego, Ross Crawford wrote:

In lugnet.lego, Mark Bellis wrote: • snip

Ignore the teeth marks, and note the bad molding on bricks 1 & 2. Yes they are Lego. Other pics show the studs.

snip

So much for the “Golden Days of Quality Control” that some were pining for...

-Rob A>

Hi all!

I know this thread is really old, but eventually I came across this discussion while uploading a few more new quality issue pictures ast brickshelf:

new pictures of 2007 building session

So I just wanted to point out, that the picture which Rob has posted to underline, that quality wasn’t automatically good in the “golden” past, shows definitely CA bricks older than year 1963 (or out of samsonite production?).

The “golden years of LEGO quality” have been 1965 ... 1995(?). So this picture tells nothing new, but only repeats that LEGO made a huge step towards perfectionism when they changed from CA (bad!) to ABS (good!).

Leg Godt!

See more pictures of my models at www.brickshelf.com

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		Re: Quality issue - update
(...) Not suer how you come up wit that conclusion. These bricks are from my old sets, purchased in Canada between 1973-1978. I am suspecting these specific bricks came from set 256-1 released in 1976. I would doubt that these were 10 year old (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Quality issue - update
(...) Not sure how you come up with that conclusion. These bricks are from my old sets, purchased in Canada between 1973-1978. I am suspecting these specific bricks came from set 256-1 released in 1976. I would doubt that ir contained 10 year old (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)

		Re: Quality issue - update
(...) I wouldn't assume that 1965 was necessarily as good as, say, 1990. But you're right insofar as quality from the 60's and 70's is not necessarily the same quality as the 80's and 90's. If someone's really looking for proof or disproof of (...) (18 years ago, 3-Jan-07, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)

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		Re: Quality issue - update
(...) I was making up some 1/2 scale blocks (2x2 tile on 2x2 brick on 2x2 plate) the other night and randomly pulled out some of my old "childhood-era" (mid 70's) 2x2 bricks, and noticed the absolutely horrible quality control it shows... (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 9-Sep-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)

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