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Re: Melted Pieces
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lugnet.starwars
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Thu, 11 Jan 2001 07:14:58 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Jeff Shiner writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Cory Gallaher writes:
> > I just got my UCS X-wing in the mail today, and it is the 4th set I have
> > gotten in a row with melted pieces. Am I the only one that this is happening
> > to? When I was younger I got quite a few sets and I don't remember any
> > coming with melted pieces. I am going to call Lego now and have it replaced,
> > just very frustrating on that expensive of a set that it would happen.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cory,
> > "Whether they ever find life there or not, I think Jupiter should be
> > considered an enemy planet."
>
> I too have had the odd "melted" piece in my more recent kits... I suspect
> most of us have. However I have not had nearly the frequency you seem to be
> observing. I've only had two melted (malformed) pieces in the last 20-30
> kits I've bought and frankly its not worth my time to get Lego to replace them.
>
> Perhaps I should... if only to help identify this as a potential quality issue.
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> - Jeff
Yep, I've got two (same part, same set) "melted" red quarter curve slopes
from 6097. Those are the only ones that I know of, not really a critical
part to get replaced as I got 10 of that set within a month from the same KB
store. I WANT to call LEGO and get them replaced, but they are neat as a
novelty. Considering all the sets I got must have come from the same
factory batch, only one (total) defect in the lot won't make my
upset-o-meter go up as much as a missing part.
Best,
Aaron
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| I don't have alot of sets yet but I am working on it :) I am trying to remember all the sets, some were from last year. I may have been exaggerating when I said in a row, however not by much. I know my snowspeeder had a melted piece, and my b-wing, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I too have had the odd "melted" piece in my more recent kits... I suspect most of us have. However I have not had nearly the frequency you seem to be observing. I've only had two melted (malformed) pieces in the last 20-30 kits I've bought and (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.starwars)
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