
Surduk wrote:My white cheese slopes are cracking although they are new -
Surduk wrote:Is this the right place to ask about Collectible minifig's hands?
I've noticed that it is quiet hard to put utensils in their hands and there's tendency they pop out of hand. Friend told me it was because they are manufactured in China and they use cheaper plastic, but I've feeling the hands on collectibles are bit smaller than on other minifigs. Any ideas about this?
Kosh wrote:What I am recalling is cheese slopes will be more prone to crack as they are made from a harder, stiffer and possibly more brittle plastic.
If you ask the engineers and material specialist in TLG they will say that 1X something bricks was invented by the devil due to difficulties in ensuring that they do not crack
When the plastic is injected in to the mould cavity the melt front tend to cool a little. On 1X something bricks two melt fronts meet at the end of the brick. At the attached picture you see very clearly on a brick where the melt fronts meets. It is the scratch like marks. the brick is weaker at this point and if the melt have been slightly to cool the brick becomes to weak. It can happen during start-up or if the machine have been stopped for some reason. When the brick is build tension is right at that weak line for 1X something bricks and if some "finger grease" is then apply the element might break.
It is a problem we always have had and if I look at my old LEGO collection that is 25 - 30 years old I can find many elements that are broken. It is normally not possible to se until you build with the element.
I hope this explain the technically reason behind.
klorox wrote:speaking of different molds, has anyone noticed that the the newer minifig heads do not have three holes in their heads? they are as a matter of fact, solid!it's really weird.
klorox wrote:speaking of different molds, has anyone noticed that the the newer minifig heads do not have three holes in their heads? they are as a matter of fact, solid!it's really weird.
Medieval Guy wrote:klorox wrote:speaking of different molds, has anyone noticed that the the newer minifig heads do not have three holes in their heads? they are as a matter of fact, solid!it's really weird.
I've noticed it on this head:
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3626cpb312
I've got it with the little holes at the top and with the closed stud.
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