Author:  Adjour  Posted:  May 11, 2024 18:36  Subject:  Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down?  Viewed:  62 times  Topic:  LEGO products Cancel Reply

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In LEGO products, BrickDeals writes:    In LEGO products, dethkruzer writes:    So I pretty recently bought the GWP Tahu and Takua set, and have been noticing an alarming number of cracked parts. I put the set together, occasionally pose it a little, but haven't done anything like repeatedly disassembling and then reassembling the set. Most of the time the set is just standing on my little shelf, not under any direct sunlight. Yet it seems like every time I pick the build up, I find a new cracked piece. All three side-stud pieces in both takua's and tahu's head are cracked. both the ingot pieces on Tahu's, cracked. One of the arches making up takua's arm? Cracked. One of the half-pound tiles that makes up takua's toes? Cracked. And that's only what I've found. I have a suspicion that if I were to take the set apart, I'd find even more cracked pieces. So my question is, well, in the title. Yes. For over a decade. The 80s and 90s were really the golden era of LEGO quality. The Samsonite bricks of the early era warped terribly. There are tradeoffs though, the variety of molds and colors have increased. Agreed. I just don't find broken vintage parts. Even with heavy playwear. The new still cracks just being in storage. It's mindblowing the difference Crystal

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Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - BrickDeals (2812)

[...] Yes. For over a decade. The 80s and 90s were really the golden era of LEGO quality. The Samsonite bricks of the early era warped terribly. There are tradeoffs though, [...] (17 days ago, May 11, 2024, to LEGO products)

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