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This is interesting. The printed slopes (3x2 33º) in the McDonald's sets are slightly modified from the standard form. The most noticeable difference is that the sloped & printed surface is smooth, instead of matte. Looking inside the bricks, I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) I thought this was true of all printed sloped bricks? I had actually assumed that the printing process would be fould somehow by the rough surface. (...) brick (...) present (...) Is it possible the (C)LEGO has been removed because the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) Sounds like TLG has bought Tyco's molds... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) Wouldn't they then also remove LEGO from the top of the studs? -- Scott Smallbeck scotts@contactics.com (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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A common practice in plastic mold tooling is to use inserts for variable mold features such as part numbering. The LEGO text on the studs is probably hard tooled. The part number and copyright marks on the inside may well be removable (changeable) (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) Nope. I've never seen smooth slopes before, printed or otherwise. I've got several examples of printed slopes right next to my computer, and they all have rough slope surfaces. These parts include 2x2, 3x2, 2x4, and a 4x4 triple-sloped wedge (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) Not really. The LEGO logo doesn't imply intellectual property rights on the whole brick (which would include the likeness of the McCopyrighted character). It could just be an odd occurrence -- the copyright notice in the mold was damaged, so (...) (25 years ago, 29-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) The 3x4x1 low slopes with town wheel wells on the underside are smooth. Some of them are printed, some aren't. Whether this qualifies as a traditional "slope" is questionable, but I tend to think that it does. Steve (25 years ago, 31-Oct-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) there (...) Well, I finally managed to get ahold of some of these, and my slope with Ronald's image has the (c) LEGO on the inside. eric (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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(...) I just assembled Set #2 and looked closely at the slope. The printing is some kind of transfer, not the usual LEGO printing. I suspect the smooth slope was designed to be a useable surface for these transfers. This will probably set a trend (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
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