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In lugnet.general, Joe Meno wrote:
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Hi all,
This is from a friend of mine, Gareth Bowler:
Got into my first 2004 sets today; the MINI star destroyer set, and
promptly scrapped them for parts, only to find, to my shock and dismay,
that the colors don’t match. Further more, the studs are rounded, making
connections significantly weaker, and the parts overall just have a cheaper
feel to them.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Guybrush/Official/colordiff.jpg
The two parts labelled “old” are both from 2003 sets, and have never had a
chance to yellow or been exposed to sunlight. The photo was not altered in
any way and is the raw output from my scanner.
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Hey All,
After not sleeping last night due to being pissed off about this, I went out
today and bought myself the mini star destroyer just to see what I was getting
upset about. Upon opening the set I noticed the different colors and put them
next to some brick I pulled directly from one of the famous red buckets.
A side veiw of the new colors. the new colors are the top and bottom plates.
My original opinion on this by just reading Lugnet (yea I should know better)
was that this sucked and totally screwed me. However that has changed slightly.
The new light Grey is the old light Grey without the yellow “engine oil” tinge.
This yellow tinge was a huge problem industry wide back when the Lego Company
first started making bricks, but with new technology comes pure color tones.
This is probably something they have been working on for years and it obviously
cost them an arm and a leg. I really do have to say I like it but for those who
all ready have a large if not huge supply of the old Grey it will be a huge
setback not only for there wallet but also for there creations.
The new dark Grey is very different from the old so I can consider it a new
color. I don’t like this new dark Grey but I think I will in time.
Honestly I hope this is a limited run since I have invested so much into the old
colors. I do however like the opportunities it will give me to add more color to
my layout. Let’s just hope that if this is permanent that the new colors appear
in Pick-A-Brick really soon so we can rebuild our collections.
OnDrew
p.s. I think the 4th color may be white. any thoughts?
words to live by:”Only the best is good enough”- Ole Kirk Christiansen
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At 07:21 PM 11/17/2003, you wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Joe Meno wrote:
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> The new dark Grey is very different from the old so I can consider it a new
> color. I don't like this new dark Grey but I think I will in time.
>
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/roj2323/newcolors/img_8268.jpg>>
Actually this contrast almost suggests to me that it's not a replacement,
but a new color. It's such a drastic difference.
Hmm, reminds me of some gun barrels I've seen that have a "blued" finish.
The first thing I thought of when I saw that color was something along the
lines of blued steel...
I'm in the optimistic, wait-and-see camp. Exploding and chewing out LEGO
won't do any good at this stage of the game.
~Mike
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
> Hey All,
> After not sleeping last night due to being pissed off about this, I went out
> today and bought myself the mini star destroyer just to see what I was
> getting upset about. Upon opening the set I noticed the different colors and
> put them next to some brick I pulled directly from one of the famous red
> buckets.
>
> <<http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/roj2323/newcolors/img_8261.jpg>>
>
> A side veiw of the new colors. the new colors are the top and bottom plates.
>
> My original opinion on this by just reading Lugnet (yea I should know better)
> was that this sucked and totally screwed me. However that has changed
> slightly. The new light Grey is the old light Grey without the yellow "engine
> oil" tinge. This yellow tinge was a huge problem industry wide back when the
> Lego Company first started making bricks, but with new technology comes pure
> color tones. This is probably something they have been working on for years
> and it obviously cost them an arm and a leg. I really do have to say I like
> it but for those who all ready have a large if not huge supply of the old
> Grey it will be a huge setback not only for there wallet but also for there
> creations.
After going though my buttloads of light grey I recognize my "very old" light
grey (the "engine oil" shown) from my "current" ones bought in new condition
(SAH, BL, sets) the last decade or so. That light grey plate ("new" version)
looks much like the ones I have so much of.
That picture you've taken used a flash and will generally put out a color temp
of around 5000 Kelvin (a "white" light, no apparent "cooling" or "warming" bias)
and should give us a very accurate idea of what we get when we hold one.
As long as I can still get the light grey I've got the most of (non-"engine
oil") then I'm happy.
> The new dark Grey is very different from the old so I can consider it a new
> color. I don't like this new dark Grey but I think I will in time.
The dark grey would take some getting used to if all future dark grey will be
that shade.
> Honestly I hope this is a limited run since I have invested so much into the
> old colors. I do however like the opportunities it will give me to add more
> color to my layout. Let’s just hope that if this is permanent that the new
> colors appear in _Pick-A-Brick_ really soon so we can rebuild our
> collections.
>
> OnDrew
>
> p.s. I think the 4th color may be white. any thoughts?
>
> words to live by:"Only the best is good enough"- Ole Kirk Christiansen
Maybe this just is one of those "only in a few sizes" kind of things. (Can I
get 1x16 Technic beams in sand red? And don't say LDraw!)
Adr.
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