Author: | dethkruzer | Posted: | May 11, 2024 16:53 | Subject: | Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? | Viewed: | 32 times | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, Elkenwood writes:
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I think a lot of quality control issues happens during the pigmentation process.
In the 90s, lego used pre-colored abs pellets, now it's all clear plastic
that is dyed in-house by lego.
So the product of the 90s was superior, but it had too many limitations in terms
of colour selection and material cost.
Lego also has a much, much larger parts catalogue now, with a lot more small
parts and some of them really push the limit of the capabilities of the plastic.
I recently bought a 1997 set that had it's box torn open but all of it's
parts mostly sealed and had the opportunity to build a brand new, vintage set
and it reminded me of how good everything felt back then. I think clutch power
isn't as good as it used to be.
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Clear plastic. That does sound like it would explain things. What I know from
transformers is that clear plastic tends to be harder and more brittle than opaque
plastic.
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