"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/18/2019 at 15:38 • Filed to: Lego
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"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/18/2019 at 15:38 • Filed to: Lego | 2
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I’ve never seen a defective Lego before. Which, considering how many pieces I’ve handled over the years, is actually rather impressive. At first I thought it may be on purpose, as the look actually kind of fits the set of a building getting torn down. The other four in the set are normal, and there’s nothing in the drawings showing an abnormal piece.
lone_liberal
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 15:51 |
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I worked a plastic molding machine for a summer job a couple times when I was in college. I think we used to call that a short shot.
404 - User No Longer Available
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 15:52 |
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Definitely a defect. Something melted the piece, even the interlocking pin looks a bit melted.
gin-san - shitpost specialist
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 15:54 |
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It never really occurred to me that Lego could be defective; I’ve never seen a bad piece before.
kanadanmajava1
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 15:55 |
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I have never seen a defective Lego brick like that. So it has to be a rare case. I wonder if defective Lego bricks are more valuable then the good ones?
Boxer_4
> lone_liberal
02/18/2019 at 15:55 |
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BINGO!
I work in injection molding as an engineer, and that is in fact correct!
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 15:58 |
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I’ve never seen a defective lego either, and I’ve handled thousands, tens of thousand, hundreds of thousands...
AestheticsInMotion
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 16:07 |
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Huh. That brings up a good point. LEGO has some incredible QC
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shop-teacher
> AestheticsInMotion
02/18/2019 at 16:09 |
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Yeah they do!
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shop-teacher
> Boxer_4
02/18/2019 at 16:10 |
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I learned something!
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shop-teacher
> kanadanmajava1
02/18/2019 at 16:11 |
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Hmmmm ... Interesting... To eBay!
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shop-teacher
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
02/18/2019 at 16:11 |
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Yeah, me neither, until I got one.
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shop-teacher
> 404 - User No Longer Available
02/18/2019 at 16:12 |
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I think the mold just didn't get filled.
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lone_liberal
> Boxer_4
02/18/2019 at 16:16 |
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I got something right? I’m going to have to mark this day down! It doesn’t happen very often.
Brickman
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 16:20 |
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call or email LEGO, they will happily replace the part for you :)
I think theres even a place on their site where you request a missing/damaged part.
SHARPSPEED
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
02/18/2019 at 16:23 |
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Brown pieces are notoriously brittle. I have an annoying amount of chipped tiles. And jury’s still out on how those new plant-based plastics are.
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 16:23 |
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I have definitely seen a defective Lego brick. We had one when I was a kid, where it was a square brick, but somehow the one bottom corner and the tube bit in the middle werebt entire formed , almost as though someone had shoved the corner onto a belt sander and knocked some of it off, although my memory of it makes it seem like it was a short shot like yours, rather than it got caught in an assembly line and worn down. It’s probably still in the gigantic tub of Lego in my parents’ basement. But yeah, now that only makes two I've heard of. Possibly only one... there's a chance my brick is Mega Blocks, which, frankly, QA not so high there.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 16:26 |
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> gin-san - shitpost specialist
02/18/2019 at 16:37 |
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I’ve seen a defective LEGO, it’s called a Masterblocks
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 16:47 |
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I think I’ve seen ~2 defective lego pieces in the wild. Something like that once and a slanted piece (four-pin bottom, two-pin top?) with a flat face that had a visual line/cooling defect, though not really a messed up texture. Might have been a small piece or two with sprue left on them, a cutlass, that kind of thing, too. Not sure.
TheRevanchist
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 16:48 |
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The closest I ever had to a defective piece was a rubber piece on Benny’s spaceship.
The tubing is rubber and had snapped in half when we opened the box. LEGO is very cool about these things and will send you a replace ment piece by mail.
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shop-teacher
> Brickman
02/18/2019 at 16:53 |
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I'll have to check that out :)
Urambo Tauro
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
02/18/2019 at 17:10 |
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Mega Bloks, too !
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Urambo Tauro
02/18/2019 at 17:11 |
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Oh yeah that’s what I was thinking of
Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 17:40 |
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That’s an incomplete mold, not enough material got into the mold or some kind of air bubble formed inside. Odd how no one caught it especially since most plastic molding places have multiple points of QC, one when it leaves the molding center, and randomly from then on out.
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shop-teacher
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
02/18/2019 at 19:12 |
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It is surprising, but I guess even the Lego corporation isn't perfect.
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Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> shop-teacher
02/18/2019 at 19:14 |
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If they can’t be, no one can.
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shop-teacher
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
02/18/2019 at 19:16 |
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Truth.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> shop-teacher
02/19/2019 at 10:10 |
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Over my 4 decades with LEGO, I’ve had a few pieces that were defective and broke, but never something like this. Their quality control is truly incredible.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> shop-teacher
02/19/2019 at 10:11 |
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Like a mis-stamped coin.
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shop-teacher
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
02/19/2019 at 11:36 |
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Its pretty incredible how rare this is. There's a replacement piece on the way from Lego.
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> shop-teacher
02/19/2019 at 11:52 |
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I think it’s worth keeping on your desk as a reminder that perfection is something that can only be pursued, never achieved.
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shop-teacher
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
02/19/2019 at 11:54 |
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Honestly, I’ll probably ke ep the defective piece in the set. It really does work for the look of the set. But hey, free window frame. Lego are expensive!
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davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> shop-teacher
02/19/2019 at 11:58 |
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That’s like getting two whole nickels to rub together!
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shop-teacher
> davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
02/19/2019 at 12:32 |
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And rub them I shall!