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In LEGO products, Elkenwood writes:

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.

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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dethkruzer

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May 11, 2024 16:13

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Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down?

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In LEGO products, tec writes:

Have a look at your dark-red parts for a definitive answer.

Any particular ones I should be looking at?

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dethkruzer

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May 11, 2024 02:15

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Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down?

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In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:

In LEGO products, kittybrickz writes:

I have been having problems with trans green 1x1 plates and tiles, and white
bricks. Super random, but I'll find one every now and then with a big crack.

Trans- 1x1 plates have always been an issue. I think all my old PC ones are cracked.

This doesn't really surprise me. My biggest passion is for Transformers,
and one thing I learned from that community is that translucent plastic can't
handle being under stress over a period of time, say as a peghole or ball socket.

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dethkruzer

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May 10, 2024 19:24

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Has the quality of lego bricks gone down?

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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.

Author:

dethkruzer

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Apr 18, 2024 14:46

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Re: Adding parts from stud.io file to wishlist?

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Help

In Help, SylvainLS writes:

In Help, dethkruzer writes:

So I was looking at some fan-made stud.io instructions for a few builds I've
been looking to do. Thing is, these builds have a fair few pieces that would
take quite a lot of time to search and add to a wishlist manually. But as I was
looking through some discussion on reddit, I saw someone mention something about
using a stud.io file to find all the needed parts, or something like that?

Could someone please explain how i could go about doing this?

Thanks.

Hi,

From Studio: https://studiohelp.bricklink.com/hc/en-us/articles/5705925898135-Upload-as-a-Wanted-List

From the website: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page

Thanks a bunch, bud

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dethkruzer

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Apr 18, 2024 14:29

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Adding parts from stud.io file to wishlist?

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Author:

dethkruzer

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Mar 29, 2024 04:07

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Searching for multiple sets from one buyer?

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