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| | | Author: | krystensprouse  | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2022 07:23 | | Subject: | Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 334 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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| | | | | Author: | wildchicken13 | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2022 07:37 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 95 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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If they have the LEGO logo or copyright symbol on them, then they are almost
certainly genuine. Perhaps they are simply older bricks, which have a slightly
different look and feel to them (and often don't have mold numbers). You
could also post some pictures here and see what the other members think.
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| | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2022 08:05 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 107 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Yet to find any fake Lego with Lego logo, sounds fine to me.
In LEGO, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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| | | | | Author: | maxx3001 | | Posted: | Oct 3, 2022 08:50 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 122 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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Most likely older LEGO.
Maybe post pictures for us to see, as Stuart said, have yet to find any Fego
with LEGO logo.
Maxx
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| | | | | Author: | Sadler_Bricks | | Posted: | Oct 5, 2022 22:10 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| Pics would be nice. But maybe they are warn out lego or even some of the original
patten lego. Those had a more vintage lego print then what it is today.
Sadler_bricks
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| | | | | Author: | brettbarbaro | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2022 14:13 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 89 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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I got a batch of wide treads (part 42479) on Bricklink that do have the LEGO
logo on them, but are definitely fake (see picture - real on left). They are
shiny, not matte. I have the same part from a kit I bought at Legoland, and they
look totally different. I'd really like to know what to do next; should I
contact the vendor about it? Report it to someone on Bricklink? Post about it
and identify the vendor for everyone to see? This is my very first post on Bricklink,
so any guidance is much appreciated!
Keywords: clone flego fake f'lego wide tread 42479
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| | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2022 14:18 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 71 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| I’ve never seen fake Lego / alternative brand with Lego logo.
In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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I got a batch of wide treads (part 42479) on Bricklink that do have the LEGO
logo on them, but are definitely fake (see picture - real on left). They are
shiny, not matte. I have the same part from a kit I bought at Legoland, and they
look totally different. I'd really like to know what to do next; should I
contact the vendor about it? Report it to someone on Bricklink? Post about it
and identify the vendor for everyone to see? This is my very first post on Bricklink,
so any guidance is much appreciated!
Keywords: clone flego fake f'lego wide tread 42479
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SDF_Bricks | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2022 14:31 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 58 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| I've been collecting/buying Lego for the past 20 years and I sometimes see
such differences between seemingly 'identical' parts. It could be mold
wear, but most likely parts made at various plants, and the molds do not always
have the same 'finish'. Also, in the past many parts were shiny, but
it seems lately Lego has switched to more 'matte' parts are those more
robust to scratches.
In LEGO products, Stuart9 writes:
| | I’ve never seen fake Lego / alternative brand with Lego logo.
In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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I got a batch of wide treads (part 42479) on Bricklink that do have the LEGO
logo on them, but are definitely fake (see picture - real on left). They are
shiny, not matte. I have the same part from a kit I bought at Legoland, and they
look totally different. I'd really like to know what to do next; should I
contact the vendor about it? Report it to someone on Bricklink? Post about it
and identify the vendor for everyone to see? This is my very first post on Bricklink,
so any guidance is much appreciated!
Keywords: clone flego fake f'lego wide tread 42479
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | brettbarbaro | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 12:56 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, SDF_Bricks writes:
| | I've been collecting/buying Lego for the past 20 years and I sometimes see
such differences between seemingly 'identical' parts. It could be mold
wear, but most likely parts made at various plants, and the molds do not always
have the same 'finish'. Also, in the past many parts were shiny, but
it seems lately Lego has switched to more 'matte' parts are those more
robust to scratches.
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Thank you so much for your very helpful response! I'm new to this, and I'm
embarrassed to have made such a bold, incorrect, claim. Is there any place, like
a website or book, that I can go to educate myself? I am interested only in LEGO
Technics right now.
| | In LEGO products, Stuart9 writes:
| | I’ve never seen fake Lego / alternative brand with Lego logo.
In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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I got a batch of wide treads (part 42479) on Bricklink that do have the LEGO
logo on them, but are definitely fake (see picture - real on left). They are
shiny, not matte. I have the same part from a kit I bought at Legoland, and they
look totally different. I'd really like to know what to do next; should I
contact the vendor about it? Report it to someone on Bricklink? Post about it
and identify the vendor for everyone to see? This is my very first post on Bricklink,
so any guidance is much appreciated!
Keywords: clone flego fake f'lego wide tread 42479
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | brettbarbaro | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 12:52 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, Stuart9 writes:
| | I’ve never seen fake Lego / alternative brand with Lego logo.
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Good to know! Thanks! 
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In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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I got a batch of wide treads (part 42479) on Bricklink that do have the LEGO
logo on them, but are definitely fake (see picture - real on left). They are
shiny, not matte. I have the same part from a kit I bought at Legoland, and they
look totally different. I'd really like to know what to do next; should I
contact the vendor about it? Report it to someone on Bricklink? Post about it
and identify the vendor for everyone to see? This is my very first post on Bricklink,
so any guidance is much appreciated!
Keywords: clone flego fake f'lego wide tread 42479
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2022 14:20 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 49 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| they are all real in that photo. lego has been known to change the plastic type
of colours including with those 2 different black types
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | brettbarbaro | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 17 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, Nubs_Select writes:
| | they are all real in that photo. lego has been known to change the plastic type
of colours including with those 2 different black types
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Yes, that's the consensus. Sorry for making such an uninformed claim. 
Any advice on where I could go to figure this stuff out?
Thanks,
B
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| | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Nov 28, 2022 19:34 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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If the logo is on them, they're real (the converse is not true, of course).
But:
- they could be cellulose acetate (CA) - old bricks
- they could be Samsonite (Samsonite made Lego bricks under license and they
used the "open O" logo on them - sometimes you'll see bricks with upside-down
or sideways logos on the studs)
- they could be one of the newer plastics used by TLG
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| | | | | | | Author: | brettbarbaro | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 13:00 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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If the logo is on them, they're real (the converse is not true, of course).
But:
- they could be cellulose acetate (CA) - old bricks
- they could be Samsonite (Samsonite made Lego bricks under license and they
used the "open O" logo on them - sometimes you'll see bricks with upside-down
or sideways logos on the studs)
- they could be one of the newer plastics used by TLG
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Fascinating! Thank you so much for your highly informative response. I'm
new to all of this, and your reply teaches me a lot. Is there a place I can go
to learn more? Thanks, B
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 18:07 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | Fascinating! Thank you so much for your highly informative response. I'm
new to all of this, and your reply teaches me a lot. Is there a place I can go
to learn more? Thanks, B
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Generally speaking the BrickLink forum is the best place (and I don't say
that in jest!) at least once you put Sylvain on your ignore list (OK, that part
*is* a joke)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 18:10 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | Fascinating! Thank you so much for your highly informative response. I'm
new to all of this, and your reply teaches me a lot. Is there a place I can go
to learn more? Thanks, B
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Generally speaking the BrickLink forum is the best place (and I don't say
that in jest!) at least once you put Sylvain on your ignore list (OK, that part
*is* a joke)
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WHICH SYLVAIN???!!!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 18:55 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, 1001bricks writes:
| | In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | Fascinating! Thank you so much for your highly informative response. I'm
new to all of this, and your reply teaches me a lot. Is there a place I can go
to learn more? Thanks, B
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Generally speaking the BrickLink forum is the best place (and I don't say
that in jest!) at least once you put Sylvain on your ignore list (OK, that part
*is* a joke)
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WHICH SYLVAIN???!!!
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intentional ambiguity
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 19:25 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In LEGO products, 1001bricks writes:
| | In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | Fascinating! Thank you so much for your highly informative response. I'm
new to all of this, and your reply teaches me a lot. Is there a place I can go
to learn more? Thanks, B
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Generally speaking the BrickLink forum is the best place (and I don't say
that in jest!) at least once you put Sylvain on your ignore list (OK, that part
*is* a joke)
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WHICH SYLVAIN???!!!
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intentional ambiguity
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OK then, I'll forum stop list everyone.
From right now, won't read and I'll reply in forum with my eyes closed:
liiidjçd kkd dllf
llzoàélllld dsf kkjksjdf
kkdk d kkiçlzll
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 19:33 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, 1001bricks writes:
| | In LEGO products, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In LEGO products, 1001bricks writes:
| | In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | Fascinating! Thank you so much for your highly informative response. I'm
new to all of this, and your reply teaches me a lot. Is there a place I can go
to learn more? Thanks, B
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Generally speaking the BrickLink forum is the best place (and I don't say
that in jest!) at least once you put Sylvain on your ignore list (OK, that part
*is* a joke)
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WHICH SYLVAIN???!!!
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intentional ambiguity
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OK then, I'll forum stop list everyone.
From right now, won't read and I'll reply in forum with my eyes closed:
liiidjçd kkd dllf
llzoàélllld dsf kkjksjdf
kkdk d kkiçlzll
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | 1001bricks | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 19:46 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 132 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 18:54 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 25 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, peregrinator writes:
| | In LEGO products, brettbarbaro writes:
| | Fascinating! Thank you so much for your highly informative response. I'm
new to all of this, and your reply teaches me a lot. Is there a place I can go
to learn more? Thanks, B
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Generally speaking the BrickLink forum is the best place (and I don't say
that in jest!) at least once you put Sylvain on your ignore list (OK, that part
*is* a joke)
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| | | | | Author: | par016 | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 12:58 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, krystensprouse writes:
| | So I got in a bulk shipment yesterday, and as I was sorting through them, a lot
of them felt like "Fego" aka Fake Lego. Usually I'm pretty good at either
seeing or feeling the difference almost immediately, but these threw me off.
They don't feel like LEGO, but they say LEGO, but I can't find any regular
LEGO numbers on them...
anyone else had this recently??
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Many people are saying they are older lego, but it's also quite possible
they are newer lego. Many pieces have had their material switched lately and
I have noticed a different feel to them. Particularly transparent parts like
windscreens, which now feel more flexible and rubbery than they did in the past.
As most have said though, if it says "LEGO" on it, it's almost certainly
lego. The only thing to be cautious with that is printed pieces for very rare
parts like torsos. Those can sometimes be custom prints (whether completely
custom or copies of rare printings) on official lego.
-Pete
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| | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Nov 29, 2022 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Pieces say LEGO.. but super sketchy | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | LEGO products | |
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| In LEGO products, par016 writes:
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Many people are saying they are older lego, but it's also quite possible
they are newer lego. Many pieces have had their material switched lately and
I have noticed a different feel to them. Particularly transparent parts like
windscreens, which now feel more flexible and rubbery than they did in the past.
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For the transparent parts, we know (= certainty) that LEGO switched from PC to
MABS/transparent-ABS. And the first tests were cloudy.
For the others, well, LEGO is always testing & changing the ABS formulas. And
they can do dual-molding very well now, and not only for colours: they do it
for the towballs.
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