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7897 - quality issues
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Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:24:15 GMT
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Wow!

These gaps are wide enough to push coins of any size through!



Jan Beyer of LEGO told at 1000steine, that all trains will look like this and he gave a (lame?) explanation, that there are limitations in designing the single-piece-mould, that forced them to do a shape with huge gaps like this. They could not do it better and this is not a bug but a feature.

I cannot believe this, but at least this is, what Jan got to hear and forwarded to us.

“Only the best is good enogh!” *)





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. *) old slogan of LEGO



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: 7897 - quality issues
 
(...) "Only the cheapest is good enough!" * * potential new slogan of LEGO. (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: 7897 - quality issues
 
(...) I have a hard time believing that the size of the part is to blame. I give you three examples of large parts that have no gaps. These all come in the new Passenger Plane 7893. (URL) LEGO® has no problem with making large pieces fit together. I (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: 7897 - quality issues
 
(...) Perhaps they were trying to design the world's first remote control piggy bank. :) (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
  Re: 7897 - quality issues
 
Looks like that new Ldraw part is wrong! Tim (18 years ago, 17-Aug-06, to lugnet.trains, FTX)

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