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Re: Why are slope bricks textured?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.parts
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Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:08:57 GMT
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Something I have noted with recent roof bricks is that the texture on
certain elements has become less and less.
The 2x2 external and internal corner bricks I have had in recent sets and
via pick a brick have been almost completely smooth.
Pushing moulds beyond their usual lifespan prehaps ?
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James Stacey
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"Gary Istok" <istokg@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:IDBtC7.Csn@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Samarth Moray wrote:
> > Its one of the most trivial things, but its always bothered me. Why have • that
> > texture on the slope end? What purpose does it serve? From the small • selection
> > of un-textured slopes we have, one can only infer that these would be • less
> > trouble to make... amongst a lot of other advantages. So why? I'm hoping • our
> > freindly neighbourhood LEGO historian Gary Istok can answer.....
> >
> > Legoswami
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> OK, I would love to give some special reason, but I know of none. Ever • since
> the sloped bricks first came out in red (1958) and blue (1960), they have • had
> the textured finish. The simplest explanation I can think of is because • most
> roofs are not smooth, but either ridged (roof tiles) or staggered (roofing • paper
> or roofing slate). Perhaps when the sloped bricks were being designed by • TLG in
> 1958, they tried using smooth sloped bricks. And maybe they didn't look • all
> that realistic that way. Can't give any insight beyond that, except that • the
> coarseness of the sloped surface changed over the years. In the 70's the
> texture was more pronounced than earlier or later sloped bricks.
>
> Gary Istok
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| (...) OK, I would love to give some special reason, but I know of none. Ever since the sloped bricks first came out in red (1958) and blue (1960), they have had the textured finish. The simplest explanation I can think of is because most roofs are (...) (20 years ago, 14-Mar-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.parts)
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