LEGO base plate experiment underlines the danger of sunny windows
This year-long experiment shows why it’s important to keep your LEGO sets away from sunny windows.
LEGO creator epikbricks, aka Nate the LEGO Guy, has been testing out just how much damage the sun can do to white LEGO elements. He has two white base plates, one that has been outside in his sunny garden for a year and another that has been safely stored inside.
365 days later, Nate is now ready to show the results. And it’s exactly as bad as you think it would be.
@epikbricks Replying to @alexjustine1 it’s finally been 1 YEAR on the OG LEGO baseplate experiment! Don’t worry the “gradient” experiment was started about 10 days after this experiment was started so I will have that update posted soon! #lego #legos #legotiktok #legotiktoker #experiment #scienceexperiments #experiments
? original sound – EpikBricks
Nate even compared the sun-yellowed base plate to a tan LEGO base plate and it honestly looks closer to this colour than the original white. The LEGO Group does warn collectors not to store their LEGO sets in direct sunlight, adding that it can don’t just cause discolouration but also increase the brittleness of pieces over time.
According to the Brick Blogger, discolouration can also be caused by artificial light, so having lamps close by or shining directly on your builds regularly is also not a good plan.
At the end of the day, this just seems like an excellent excuse to create a dedicated LEGO room or storage cabinet where you can perfectly control the temperature and light levels. But for now, we’ll stick with moving any LEGO sets away from sunny windows.
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I’ll probably keep storing mine indoors.