Physics game

Dec 25, 2023 Last reply: 2 years ago 23 Replies

Mine is all wood, and at least 40 years old. Only the knobs are plastic.

It still works just fine.

Plastic knobs? Why on earth would they do that. Mine with wood knobs lasted at least 50 years.

How do you make a wooden knob? How do you think the process compares to injection molding generic plastic knobs?

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He's putting inserts in but it would be completely automated without that step.

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That's a small step in the right direction. Lincoln Logs went back to real wood from plastic and the manufacturing returned to the US.

Why does any company do something? To make their product more profitable to them, of course.

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