Moulding errors on bricks

NickF22

Oddly I couldn't find a thread to discuss these - maybe they are actually really rare!
My son was building #40203 Vampire and Bat yesterday, but couldn't get the grey legs (4x http://brickset.com/parts/4500975) to stay in place.

Looks like of the 4 bricks, 3 have the "lug" inside the bottom on the vertical edge, rather than inside the sloped edge. This pushes the bricks too far towards their vertical edge, so 2 vertical edges can't sit next to each other on 2 studs.

Pics hopefully show:
1) vertical edges downwards, showing 3 lugs (on the 1st, 2nd & 4th) - 2 & 4 are a little worn from where we tried to push them into place.


2) vertical edges upwards, showing 1 lug in the correct position (on the 2nd one)


3) Not perfect focus, but when attached to a brick, the 2nd one in is the only one that is flush with the brick. The others all stick up (which pushes them away from other vertical edges).

davee123

NickF22 said:

Oddly I couldn't find a thread to discuss these - maybe they are actually really rare!

They're pretty rare-- if I had to guess, I'd guess it was a mold assembly problem that didn't get caught.

I recall one in the early 2000s in a Harry Potter set, where the bottoms of the spiral staircases were incorrectly molded, causing the staircases to line up very poorly:



I'd report it to LEGO.  They may already know, and they might be able to send you replacements-- but maybe they haven't noticed yet, either!  Best to tell them.

DaveE

NickF22

I've already ordered replacement parts, and tried my best to explain the problem in the 80 characters allowed!