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In lugnet.lego.direct, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Steve Chapple wrote in message ...
> > I hadn't encountered this myself as I don't use them for my container
> > cars, (though I'm planning to lengthen a red one to get the overhang
> > for my engine) but I checked a few 3737 plates that I got a few • months
> > ago and they indeed are quite warped. There's enough room to slide a
> > plate under one corner and not touch the 3737 wagonplate. :-(
>
> I noticed when I got some of the black train-packs which included the
> wagon plate, that the way they are packaged encourages warpage. You
> have one large flat plate plus a selection of lumpy things (tm) in a
> bag, not a box, and of course if you pile a load of them in a big box
> the plates are going to be bent and stressed by the weight above them.
> Seems like problem waiting to happen to me.
>
> Kevin
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Yeah, and how the new sets have the parts in sealed bags, not they holy
ones, I know the sealed ones keep the tires soft longer, but...
Also latly I'v found that some parts in the bulk brick tubs and other sets
have had a blck film on them, then you get it on your hads and it travels
around your parts.
Josh
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