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9492 TIE fighter: Quality Issues?
Getting back into legos after a long break. My first new set was the 9493 and it is awesome. To pair up with it I wanted a 9492. I was so excited to get my 9492 set and to put it together. Then I started seeing the issues. I have opened only packet 1 but almost ALL the grey bricks have some discoloration on 1 of the stubs. The Lego logo is also not fully printed on this specific stub. Some of the bricks have some discoloration on the side. The bricks do not fit together. I am pretty sure that this is not counterfeit as I purchased it from a legit Canadian online retailer. Anyone else see these issues, or is this the new quality level for legos?
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I did have issue with a series 1 planet set for the Tie interceptor I bought recently. The bricks went together very loosely to make up the base, almost no "bite" to them at all when putting them together. Some common bricks between the 2 sets have issues?
I hear more and more about Lego complaints and experience missing pieces that I never did as a kid. Almost every other set I have bout in the last 2 years has been missing something.
I don't know that LEGO even makes normal parts in China...
This situation, if this is really what is happening, is a manufacturing quality issue. At the tight tolerance specifications of the LEGO brick shape, it probably doesn't take much of a hiccup in the mold machine to churn out a few dozen short-shot parts. Definitely let TLG know about the problem, as others have mentioned; it's tough to trace such a quality issue back to the source, but if it happens over and over, then someone will start an investigation and maybe uncover some hidden root cause.
As for the bricks not fittings, that sounds very odd. I've had a couple of short shots, badly cooled or melted bricks, but they're rare. I've never had more than one bad brick in a given set.
You get what you pay for, and you can only cut costs so much before you cut quality, i.e. like some of the recent minifigs.
By far the worst quality minifig I have in my collection is the ceremonial Han Solo that came free with the character encyclopedia, the legs were loose from the outset.
Still, there is no need to compare LEGO with MB, as I have found the plates I sometimes get from buying lots get broken when you separate them from other pieces.
Sorry, but this whole topic seems to be bordering on pure superstition. For all I know (or care) this could just be a case of somebody who hasn't transitioned from grey to "bley" yet. I REALLY don't believe a modern set could have the majority of pieces in such poor quality. Contact Lego, see if they care.
It's not the LEGO plates that break, it's the MegaBloks plates. Some LEGO parts will have cracks in them with time, but they never break with use when they are new.
Looking at you photos I think I see the issue, but I'm not sure. Is it possible to for you to post a photo of the side discoloration and the bricks not fitting together? From the earlier photos it looks like the bricks are fitting together fine, exempt for one or two places. Also just a pair of bricks not fitting would be good, rather than a brick not fitting in the built set.