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Lego & condition of old stuff Cerian 08-07-2005
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Posted by Cerian on August 7, 2005, 4:42 pm
Hi there, I'm after some help/advice if possible.

My parents cleaned out the loft before moving house and found all my
lego from the 70's. There's nothing very exciting apart from some train
stuff but I just wanted to know about condition reports.

All the lego seems to have a slight "dent" in each end of every piece.
I thought at first it was just the loose bricks and that maybe it was
because they were seconds or summat but having inspected the train
stuff, they are the same. I can't really describe this which is why I
failed to turn anything up on google as I don't know what to search on!

Is this normal for lego of this age? I would like to sell the train
set at some point - it's all there and has the box and everything.

I can try and take a photo if anyone wants an idea of what I'm waffling
on about as it's as clear as mud above!

Thanks in advance
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Cerian

Posted by KERRY MONTGOMERY on August 15, 2005, 11:22 pm
Hi Cerian,
I don't have any old Lego that is other than Technic. The Technic pieces
don't show what you have described, but the regular bricks that you have
might have "sink" at the ends caused by the molding process. The larger the
block, the more likely it is to have this. You might do a Google search on
something like "plastic mold sink" and see if there are any photos that look
like what you're seeing.
Kerry

> Hi there, I'm after some help/advice if possible.
> My parents cleaned out the loft before moving house and found all my
> lego from the 70's. There's nothing very exciting apart from some train
> stuff but I just wanted to know about condition reports.
> All the lego seems to have a slight "dent" in each end of every piece.
> I thought at first it was just the loose bricks and that maybe it was
> because they were seconds or summat but having inspected the train
> stuff, they are the same. I can't really describe this which is why I
> failed to turn anything up on google as I don't know what to search on!
> Is this normal for lego of this age? I would like to sell the train
> set at some point - it's all there and has the box and everything.
> I can try and take a photo if anyone wants an idea of what I'm waffling
> on about as it's as clear as mud above!
> Thanks in advance
> --
> Cerian



Posted by Cerian on August 16, 2005, 1:48 am
>Hi Cerian,
>I don't have any old Lego that is other than Technic. The Technic pieces
>don't show what you have described, but the regular bricks that you have
>might have "sink" at the ends caused by the molding process. The larger the
>block, the more likely it is to have this. You might do a Google search on
>something like "plastic mold sink" and see if there are any photos that look
>like what you're seeing.
>Kerry
Thanks Kerry, will give it another go.

--
Cerian


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