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Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - sasquatch_eater (80)

[...] I completely agree. I bought a Ninjago city Gardens set as soon as it was available a couple of years ago, and most of the minifigures' arms cracked as soon as [...]
(2 hours ago, May 11, 2024, to LEGO products)

Registration in studio2 is not possible - LegoUserto1955 (1)

Registration in studio2 is not possible, but it is possible on the bricklink website. Can someone please help me with this??
(6 hours ago, May 11, 2024, to Designer Program)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - BrickDeals (2795)

[...] Yes. For over a decade. The 80s and 90s were really the golden era of LEGO quality. The Samsonite bricks of the early era warped terribly. There are tradeoffs though, [...]
(8 hours ago, May 11, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - dethkruzer (18)

[...] This doesn't really surprise me. My biggest passion is for Transformers, and one thing I learned from that community is that translucent plastic can't handle [...]
(8 hours ago, May 11, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - peregrinator (774)

[...] Trans- 1x1 plates have always been an issue. I think all my old PC ones are cracked.
(14 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - Nikilyn (8436)

My latest purchase direct from lego has tan pieces that appear to be made out of a new material? They are different but the same. I'm not sure how to explain it. I figured [...]
(14 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - kittybrickz (174)

I have been having problems with trans green 1x1 plates and tiles, and white bricks. Super random, but I'll find one every now and then with a big crack.
(14 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - Ziegelmeister (220)

[...] See my recent post about Dark Blue and Dark Red.
(15 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - 1001bricks (52332)

[...] Just remembered Sabine made a creation out of the various bits of one of broken the Plates plus various parts and tests around, see it (sorry bad picture, it's [...]
(15 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - Nubs_Select (3767)

[...] :(
(15 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - Saitobricks.ca (37)

[...] Yep, just look at the renders of this new set. As you can see the colour inconsistency is crazy.
(15 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - 1001bricks (52332)

[...] Reddish Brown is catastrophic here. Last week building a test model I broke 2 or 3 Plates of this color :-(
(15 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - Nubs_Select (3767)

yes, recent sets seem to have parts that crack easier, whether it be torsos or 1x2 bricks and everything in between
(15 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Has the quality of lego bricks gone down? - dethkruzer (18)

So I pretty recently bought the GWP Tahu and Takua set, and have been noticing an alarming number of cracked parts. I put the set together, occasionally pose it a little, but [...]
(15 hours ago, May 10, 2024, to LEGO products)

Re: More 60430 variants/re-skins - Kiryan42 (5)

[...] haha ok, I'll give you the 'monochrome' part...but it was the early 80's, there weren't a lot of colors then! I forgot they did slopes, bricks, and [...]
(4 days ago, May 6, 2024, to My Own Creation)

Re: More 60430 variants/re-skins - Kiryan42 (5)

Yeah, it slipped my mind they did some of the smaller windscreens in the trans-green for later sets. Still wasn't until Space Police II that they came in the 10x4x2 needed [...]
(4 days ago, May 6, 2024, to My Own Creation)

Re: More 60430 variants/re-skins - chetzler (2322)

[...] Yes, "less interesting" was perhaps an unfair characterization. I should say, the more monotonic livery! Strange as it seems, this was the set I had in mind, [...]
(4 days ago, May 6, 2024, to My Own Creation)

Re: More 60430 variants/re-skins - Kiryan42 (5)

[...] The Classic Space one pretty much nails the scheme, and the Blacktron I version is great, as well! I second the Ice Planet idea, and will also say Space Police I and [...]
(4 days ago, May 6, 2024, to My Own Creation)

Re: More 60430 variants/re-skins - SylvainLS (46)

[...] Before Futuron: (Set 6891-1) There already was White+Black+Trans-Blue sets before this one. This set mixed both the Blue+LG+Trans-Yellow and White+Black+Trans-Blue schemes: [...]
(4 days ago, May 6, 2024, to My Own Creation)

Re: More 60430 variants/re-skins - Kiryan42 (5)

As a Classic Space kid-at-heart that had several of the sets, I'm going to overlook the 'less interesting' part of your description of Classic Space :P Though most [...]
(4 days ago, May 6, 2024, to My Own Creation)

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