DrJB Posted February 18, 2016 Posted February 18, 2016 Once again, it appears TLG has released two very similar parts with different ID numbers. Anyone knows of the motivation and differences, besides the small reinforcing ribs (picture on right) ? Quote
Gnac Posted February 18, 2016 Posted February 18, 2016 If you cross your eyes so that both images merge, you can see everything else that is different Quote
Technic Jim Posted February 18, 2016 Posted February 18, 2016 I just fall backwards off my chair! Quote
Gnac Posted February 18, 2016 Posted February 18, 2016 For those who cannot cross their eyes (like my bruvver), I did this Important differences are in red, blue is just JPEG compression. Quote
DrJB Posted February 19, 2016 Author Posted February 19, 2016 My question had 'deeper' implications than looks. Obviously you went for the easy part, and glad we got that out of the way. Now, TLG has released many upgrades or variants of their parts, the wheel hubs of the acros truck, the track elements, this specific part ... and often the differences seem hardly justified (to us). I was (seriously) asking for the reasons TLG has modified such part. Quote
deehtha Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 Just looking at the two images the one on the right looks like it has more reinforcing. Besides the changes in the ridges, the base of the claw part also looks thicker. There are many reasons to Make minor changes to a mold. In this case it looks like TLG wanted to strengthen the piece. Other pieces have had the plastic reduced, without reducing the strength. Newer machines might require a different mold setup, requiring a new mold pattern. And some piece got new molds just to match the newer pieces. Quote
dr_spock Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 You should really buy samples of each from LEGO or Bricklink to do a proper clinic analysis. Pictures may not tell you everything. Weight? Volume? Stress test. Touch, smell, taste. Grab test. Xray. Etc. It would be interesting to see. My guess is version 1 had problems cracking under play conditions if version 2 has new reinforcement. But there could be other behind the scene things like reducing material usage, increasing pieces produced per mold, included in a redesign that the public may never know. Quote
RohanBeckett Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 Touch, smell, taste. uhh.. "yes, kind sir.. I would like to procure some fine specimens of 11593 and 19540.... for.... tasting purposes" Quote
Zerobricks Posted February 19, 2016 Posted February 19, 2016 the wheel hubs of the acros truck Whats new there? Also I belive they reinforced the part because maybe they were breaking? Or maybe its for a future model that puts more strain on them. Quote
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