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Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Sun, 16 Nov 2003 04:50:35 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Barnes wrote:
In lugnet.general, Erik Olson wrote:

Perhaps the new color also masks an anti-fading agent? (seems unlikely.)


I wonder if some of the older dyes have become either unobtainable or have been
outlawed in Europe. Some of the older dyes, even food colourings, are now deemed
harmful. TLC may not have any choice in the matter.

With all the new coloring products coming on the market, it would be strange if
Lego could not get exactly what it wanted in a color. Having played with them
now, I think the new colors are great.


As far as rounded edges on studs, it may make it easier to assemble bricks
without such a high level of manual dexterity. Perhaps TLC is having to appeal
to kids with such short attention span that they will not play with interlocking
bricks if the have to concentrate on aligning them. Sad, but a possibility ....

Having purchased said SW minis, I did not observe any change in the studs.



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  Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
 
(...) replying to myself.. the new gray is not very earthy. I tried to add the 2x2 tiles to a landscape which has a lot of gray. The new gray looks very antiseptic. How appropriate for a Star Destroyer. It looks like the float on newly poured (...) (20 years ago, 16-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
 
(...) I wonder if some of the older dyes have become either unobtainable or have been outlawed in Europe. Some of the older dyes, even food colourings, are now deemed harmful. TLC may not have any choice in the matter. As far as rounded edges on (...) (20 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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