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| | | Author: | xoshimin  | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2021 11:14 | | Subject: | Tires from old sets (1998 - 2003) | | Viewed: | 118 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Hi,
I often take apart sets from the 2000s for details (9680, 9684). Tires in sealed
sets are almost always shiny and sticky. I always inspect such tires, there are
no cracks on them and they are normally dressed and removed from the wheels.
Who has met with such tires, share your experience. Can such tires be used? How
to store them better. With active use, do they remain in good condition or quickly
deteriorate?
So far, I have been quietly selling such tires, but I doubt how long they will
last to customers.
Regards
Alexei
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| | | | | Author: | tec | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2021 15:52 | | Subject: | Re: Tires from old sets (1998 - 2003) | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| They become harder and harder
until the day they just "are" rock solid
so you can no more remove tires from wheel, they can't flex
you play with them that way
and play
and play
someday in the future they'll break in 2? dunno, mines are hard as concrete
and probably will last another century, I mean, they seems so resistant
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Dec 19, 2021 17:36 | | Subject: | Re: Tires from old sets (1998 - 2003) | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, xoshimin writes:
| | Who has met with such tires, share your experience. Can such tires be used? How
to store them better. With active use, do they remain in good condition or quickly
deteriorate?
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In my experience (I've seen lots of old tires, many much older than 1998
- in fact the picture of 3740 is one of mine) they stay in good condition. The
primary issue seems to be toothmarks - I guess from children trying to remove
them from hubs. I have seen a few tires crack, maybe 1 or 2 get dry-rotted.
I've seen these crack:
I saw one of these dry-rotted:
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| | | | | | | Author: | Akir | | Posted: | Dec 20, 2021 11:44 | | Subject: | Re: Tires from old sets (1998 - 2003) | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO, xoshimin writes:
| | Who has met with such tires, share your experience. Can such tires be used? How
to store them better. With active use, do they remain in good condition or quickly
deteriorate?
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In my experience (I've seen lots of old tires, many much older than 1998
- in fact the picture of 3740 is one of mine) they stay in good condition. The
primary issue seems to be toothmarks - I guess from children trying to remove
them from hubs. I have seen a few tires crack, maybe 1 or 2 get dry-rotted.
I've seen these crack:
I saw one of these dry-rotted:
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I have several of these:
and others from the same time (1970s/80s), and they are mostly as good as new,
not counting marks from usage - the axles sometimes start to rust, but the tires
are fine. The light-gray rubber does turn into something terrible though, as
peregrinator wrote. But with the black ones I've hardly ever had problems.
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| | | | | Author: | CrazyChris | | Posted: | Dec 30, 2021 06:19 | | Subject: | Re: Tires from old sets (1998 - 2003) | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| That's a know quality issue.
Many tires from the end of 90s to the early 2000s are oily and sometimes sticky.
No matter if there were used or not.
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