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| | | Author: | LordBricks  | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 17:38 | | Subject: | How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 117 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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| | | | | Author: | here4bricks614 | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 18:13 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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The only Dark Red pieces to break on me were 2x4s rolled over with an office
chair. 
Currently sorting through my 2012 collection and only 5 Reddish Brown pieces
have snapped!
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| | | | | | | Author: | bengreen28 | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I have had 1x8 tiles, 4x6 plates, 2x8 plates, the curved slope 2 x 1 x 1 1/3
with Recessed Stud, to name a few, break even when being super careful in taking
them apart all in dark red, there was a few years when dark red as well as reddish
brown were very brittle.
In Help, here4bricks614 writes:
| | In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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The only Dark Red pieces to break on me were 2x4s rolled over with an office
chair.
Currently sorting through my 2012 collection and only 5 Reddish Brown pieces
have snapped!
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| | | | | Author: | BricksOfFaith | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 18:43 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Dark red breaks very very often. I had found a in a used lot, and
when taken apart, 25% of the dark red pieces ended up either breaking or at least
cracking. Brown is even worse.
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| | | | | | | Author: | iprice | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 02:42 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 51 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, BricksOfFaith writes:
| | In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Dark red breaks very very often. I had found a in a used lot, and
when taken apart, 25% of the dark red pieces ended up either breaking or at least
cracking. Brown is even worse.
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I lost numerous dark red parts taking this ship apart too. :'
In fact, I've lost more dark red parts than reddish brown (although there've
been a fair few of those too).
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| | | | | Author: | RecycledBrick | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 18:46 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| | | | | Author: | Brockmeister | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 19:41 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Depending on the era, and what type of climate/conditions/storage it was subjected
to, Dark Red can be extremely brittle! I have broken a large amount of Dark
Red and Reddish Brown parts during disassembly using a brick separator. Once
I have a suspect batch, I start grabbing the parts and give them a slight bend-
and they snap like crackers in my hands. Then into the circular file (trash)
they go.
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| | | | | Author: | MarioBrickz | | Posted: | May 30, 2023 20:42 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 60 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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Earlier this year, I purchased a custom LEGO set from Heart Bricker's Ebay
store that used reddish brown pieces to create a custom car based on a 1969 Ford
Mustang. Included in the set was a bag with some extra 1x4 reddish brown tiles,
and it had a note on the bag that basically stated that these particular pieces
were notorious for being brittle, and the parts in the bag were extras just in
case they were needed. Well... they certainly WERE needed, as three of the 1x4
reddish brown tiles in the main set literally snapped in two while I was building
the car! It's a good thing those extra 1x4 tiles were included, or I would
have had to get on BrickLink and order replacements... and THOSE potentially
could have snapped apart too!
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| | | | | Author: | jennnifer | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 08:00 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| In Help, robross987 writes:
| | I broke my first LEGO piece today. I’ve never actually broken one myself, I’ve
just seen the occasional broken part in a bulk brick acquisition. I had heard
that reddish-brown was problematic, but this was a dark red Slope, Curved 2
x 1 x 2/3. It broke in half when I tried to pull it off a 2 x 4 plate! I needed
2 of them for the top of an arch thing I am making, and I only had 3 in my whole
collection! (Only 2 now.) So luckily I had exactly one to spare. But it kinda
startled me because this kind of thing has never happened to me before!
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I've had a ton of Dark Red and Reddish Brown parts break in my early Winter
Village sets. Between uses, they have always been stored carefully unbuilt and
indoors. I expect my LotR will behave the same way if I ever risk building them
again.
~Jen
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| | | | | Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | May 31, 2023 10:45 | | Subject: | Re: How often does Dark Red break? | | Viewed: | 36 times | | Topic: | Help | |
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| I just broke a piece off of a dark green 2x16 plate the other day when cleaning
and rebuilding my Sopwith Camel. Not fun since that's the only set with that
piece... Thankfully it was still usable and I was able to put it in a spot where
you can't see the damage.
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