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07/08/2018 at 21:30 • Filed to: None
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"SHARPSPEED" (SHARPSPEED)
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Brown tiles fucking suck. Th
is is like my 15th one that’s snapped.
BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo
> SHARPSPEED
07/08/2018 at 21:40 |
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I was about to ask why you posted a broken chocolate bar until I read the title
smobgirl
> SHARPSPEED
07/08/2018 at 21:41 |
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You aren’t supposed to bite them...
punkgoose17
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07/08/2018 at 21:50 |
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I’ve noticed with plastic dyes different colors can cause different stiffnesses. Brown must be brittle. At work I noticed blue is stiffer than grey and yellow. I think it is causing an increase in broken rejected pieces.
Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> SHARPSPEED
07/08/2018 at 21:52 |
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Are you trying to take them apart. Also, did you have it in the sun for a while
BJ
> SHARPSPEED
07/08/2018 at 21:57 |
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This has never, ever happened to me. You might be doing something wrong... are you using the tool to pry your pieces up on the long side, or from the end?
I do remember reading somewhere that Lego was changing their plastic - instead of petroleum-based plastics they would start using plant-based materials. Are these pieces from new sets? Maybe reach out to Lego and see if they can help?
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> BJ
07/08/2018 at 22:13 |
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That’s terrifying. Don’t mess with LEGO! I mean, using petroleum to make something people keep basically forever isn’t a bad use of the stuff.
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> BJ
07/08/2018 at 22:43 |
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Brown parts are notoriously brittle, apparently. Like I said, I’ve burned through alot of these and I’ve heard other builders having the same problem. Meanwhile every other color I have is surprisingly durable if anything.
And no, I got alot of these tiles a while ago and I don’t think the plant plastics have even hit the shelf yet.
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> Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
07/08/2018 at 22:45 |
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It happens when I remove them, yes. No, they’re never outs
ide in the sun and when not in use are stored away in shelves. Brown bits are just notably brittle. Every other color I have is pretty tough if anything. I have parts nearly as old as me that are still buildin’ away.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> SHARPSPEED
07/08/2018 at 22:52 |
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Ocasionally Lego has a color mix that comes out rather weak. I remember back around 2010 or so they had a lime green in the Bionicle range that was so brittle it lead to them redesigning the ball sockets for that range going forward.
for Michigan
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
07/08/2018 at 22:54 |
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I have one of those parts. It broke when I assembled that figure for the first time.
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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap
> SHARPSPEED
07/08/2018 at 23:08 |
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Huh. i’ve never had that problem with any of my small collection of brown bricks.
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BJ
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
07/08/2018 at 23:19 |
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The final product should be the same - a stable plastic that lasts forever and hurts like hell when you step on it . It just comes from a different raw material, so if/ when it finds itself biodegrading in nature, the end result is less harmful.
Time will tell if it really works or not.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> BJ
07/09/2018 at 00:59 |
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Plastics don’t really degrade, but legos don’t really end up in situations where they might (unless crazy mothers put them in the trash, where they end up in landfills where they never decompose anyhow). But I’d rather have legos that are essentially permanent, because I have plenty that my children will be playing with and likely their children will play with. It’s not like the basic design has changed in my lifetime.
ttyymmnn
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07/11/2018 at 16:04 |
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I have never, ever, broken a Lego of any color. But then again, I only work in black. And sometimes, very very dark gray.
