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A new basic color seems to have been hit by the “color shift syndrom”: yellow.
When I opened my brand new 8455 Backhoe
Loader, I noticed that some parts (‘Wheel RC Race Buggy’ and ‘Technic
Liftarm 1 x 7 Bent’) had a slightly darker, and more orange hue.
Here is an unretouched scan of some parts from this set:
I am not that finicky about colors (I am more interested by mechanisms... and
I might even prefer the new yellow), but I think that different hues in the same
box is a quality problem!
Philo
www.philohome.com
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| (...) Wow. Yellow? I will be interested whether this is just another dirty nozzle or consistent new hue. Dirty nozzle means not pure yellow--my yellows are greenish, like they were made immediately after a blue run. Two bad shades came in the same (...) (20 years ago, 28-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) A number of years back (4 maybe), I was sorting some basic bricks from 3033 tubs and I noticed the different subtle shades of yellow. Certain bricks seemed to be more primary yellow (whatever that is) and some seemed to be slightly more red. (...) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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