MaxSupercars Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 Hello, I ordered the purple 6556 windows via Bricklink. When they came I realised that they got ugly circles/points on the right side (molding connection points?) Do the older 4033 look the same? Do they got also this ugly relicts? Max Quote
dr_spock Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 I have the 4033 version in blue from my old 7710 Push Train set. It doesn't appear to have the injection point circle. Quote
Capparezza Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 I've checked yesterday on my 4558 and a spare parts set with gray windows (like the ones from the Metroliner), I don't have any injection marks on the front. The spare parts do have clearly visible injection marks on the sides, though. Quote
MaxSupercars Posted October 4, 2016 Author Posted October 4, 2016 OK, thank you very much for information... :) Max Quote
Capparezza Posted October 6, 2016 Posted October 6, 2016 Btw, looking at this https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und-verkaufen/d/lego-eisenbahn-fensterrahmen-10stk-176856483/ it seems quite normal for those dark purple windows to have the sprue marks on the front right side. Quote
dr_spock Posted October 6, 2016 Posted October 6, 2016 5 hours ago, Capparezza said: Btw, looking at this https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und-verkaufen/d/lego-eisenbahn-fensterrahmen-10stk-176856483/ it seems quite normal for those dark purple windows to have the sprue marks on the front right side. The purple windows came out later than the 4033 windows during the time of the Harry Potter theme. I think they were made with a different injection mold. Quote
MaxSupercars Posted October 6, 2016 Author Posted October 6, 2016 Yes definitely they did. It's really shame from TLG that they made such a thing... :/ Max Quote
Capparezza Posted October 7, 2016 Posted October 7, 2016 It looks horrible, indeed... There are at least 2 sides on those windows that are never ever likely going to see daylight again. I wonder why they didn't use any of those for the sprues. Quote
xboxtravis7992 Posted October 7, 2016 Posted October 7, 2016 I don't understand why Lego is putting the molding marks in such obvious places on bricks now. These train windows are in line with something I observed in new Bionicle sets where the molding mark was so obvious it was placed front and center in the mask designs. The fact it is happening on train windows to is just bizarre. I wonder what Lego's purpose is for this? Does it help manufacturing in any way? Quote
MaxSupercars Posted October 7, 2016 Author Posted October 7, 2016 (edited) I realized that they have changed it by tiles. For Ex. the new 1x4 and 1x6 tiles do not have injection points on visible sides. Max Edited October 7, 2016 by MaxSupercars Quote
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