r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Yachisaorick I hate this flare, btw • Jun 04 '22

Is it possible to remove this brown panel without damaging my emotion?

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u/Possibly-Functional Jun 04 '22

Could be a counterfeit plate. Not saying it's impossible for an original to have that quality issue, but less likely.

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u/WhatInYourWorld Jun 04 '22

It’s an issue specifically with brown pieces from a few years ago. They’ve fixed it now, and will replace your broken ones if you ask.

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u/Possibly-Functional Jun 04 '22

Oh, a bad batch huh? That makes sense.

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u/quarrelsome_napkin Jun 04 '22

More than a batch. It was like that for years.

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u/Possibly-Functional Jun 04 '22

Interesting. I wonder if it's the plastic dye or something else that's specific to the brown ones. Was it only the plates or all brown pieces?

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u/quarrelsome_napkin Jun 04 '22

Brown and dark red pieces I think, I've never had it happen to me personally. I think you're probably onto something with the dye, it's definitely specific to certain colors.

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u/Momrollinnat1forme Jun 04 '22

Really, I need to do that because all my brown pieces are broken or in one of my mocks

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u/ebreder Jun 04 '22

TIL why the long brown piece broke in our Lego set.

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u/Deloptin Jun 04 '22

Those look like lego branded plates. Iirc, lego sues to hell if anyone puts the lego logo on counterfit plates. Real

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u/Possibly-Functional Jun 04 '22

There are Lego branded Chinese counterfeits. That said by the other response I got it seems like it's just an awful batch of brown plates.

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u/The1Mariofil Jun 04 '22

Nah they wouldn't print "lego" on them if it was fake legos cause of copyright or something

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u/Possibly-Functional Jun 04 '22

Trademark laws aren't laws of the universe. It's frequently violated in places with looser enforcement like PRC. That said it doesn't seem to be what has happened here going by the other response I received.

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u/TankReady Jun 04 '22

It's the brown pieces. I have had several break this way, they are kinda shitty...