Timeline for What are the structural difference between a minifig and a minifig on a keychain?
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| Feb 1, 2019 at 18:20 | comment | added | TheBrickBlogger | @Fabian, the collectible minifig series didn't start until 2010. At that time, LEGO didn't have their own factory in China, but worked with a partner. Now they have their own factory and are more in control of the quality. According to the official LEGO history site, lego.com/en-us/themes/lego-history LEGO didn't start working with Chinese partners until the 2000s, although it is possible that some of their non-brick items were made there even before (stationary, school-supplies, home décor, etc.) | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 18:14 | comment | added | TheBrickBlogger | LEGO has been using two types of solvents through the years to "glue" minifigs, sculptures, etc. One is called MEK (methyl-ethyl-ketone) and at some point they switched to GBL (gamma-butyrolactone). | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 18:12 | comment | added | TheBrickBlogger | The plastic pieces for the torso and legs are exactly the same as regular minifigs. They are not glued, but the legs are fused to the torso with a solvent, that actually loosens the surface of the ABS plastic and allows the molecules to combine. Once the solvent evaporates, it leaves behind a cleanly fused surface with no residue at all. | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 18:00 | vote | accept | fabian | ||
| Feb 1, 2019 at 17:27 | comment | added | fabian | pretty interesting. Does the slight difference of China figs also apply to figs from the 90ties? | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 17:26 | comment | added | chicks | Do we know if the legs are glued on or if the plastic is molded differently to make it more resilient? | |
| Feb 1, 2019 at 17:23 | history | answered | TheBrickBlogger | CC BY-SA 4.0 |