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Re: A VERY interesting article on the Lego Business
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lugnet.space, lugnet.general
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Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:58:55 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Paul Baulch writes:
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> William Brumbach wrote in message ...
> > I can't speak for your lego but my classic space is in bad shape because I
> > played with them and any unsealed sets have also been played with. I doubt
> > the ABS is spontaneously degrading.
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> I own proof of this very principle... a 928 that sat in a display for twenty
> years and virtually never got played with. All of the bricks are literally
> like new. What's true for cars is true for bricks, it's not the years, it's
> the mileage!
While I agree with Paul that this is true for ABS, it's not true for CA. I
have opened some 20+ year old ABS sets and they are like new.
25+ year old CA sets still in their shrinkwrap have some signs of
deterioration, the CA outgasses and becomes a bit different. ABS doesn't
seem to outgas.
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