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Re: I Just Don't See It
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:26:29 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Gerlach wrote:
> I bought a 2004 mini Star Wars set at the Imagination Center at the Mall of
> America last week, just to check out these new colors.
Ditto here last week (well, ok, not at the Mall of America). I'm on the 'Xmas'
rule right now, which states quite clearly that I'm not to buy any Lego for
myself until AFTER Xmas, but this was obviously an exception, since I NEED to
see the new colors :)
> There is a big different between the 'classic' dark grey and the new dark
> blue-grey, and a smaller difference between the 'classic' grey and the new
> grey.
Yeah, the new grey isn't all that bad. I think I even like the new grey better
than the old one. Not that I think they *should* have made the change, given its
subtlety, unless there really were other factors behind the scenes besides pure
looks... But I'm not up in arms about it. Anyway, I don't think I'll mind mixing
the new greys in with the old. It's significantly less of a variation than on
some of my older, yellower greys anyway.
The new dark grey? Much bigger difference. I prefer the old dark grey, I think--
this new one really does seem blueish, especially when next to a 'classic' dark
grey. Makes me think a nice gradient now exists from classic dark grey to the
new dark grey to sand blue to regular blue, though I haven't tested it out. I'm
rather sad to see it go, since we were finally starting to get a nice mix of
dark grey slopes and arches...
> Just to test it, I took about 30 pieces of the old colors, put one of
> the new colors into the pile and shook them up. I could pick out the new
> pieces basically instantly.
Oh yeah. No contest. Especially with the dark grey. It's oddly similar to going
through a pile of Lego mixed with MegaBloks-- you can spot the MegaBloks a mile
away, just because it's an "unfamiliar" color or something.
> The GMLTC will be sorting the new dark blue-grey (my term for it, since it
> definitely looks blue) separately from our supply of the old dark grey. The
> light grey I don't know what we're going to do, since it's closer to the old
> color it might end up sorted into the same bins.
Heh, probably exactly what I'll be doing :)
> Once you see these new colors next to your existing colors, you [WILL] see
> the difference!
Heck, even just by themselves you might be able to tell! :) [at least with the
new dark grey]
DaveE
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| (...) I bought a 2004 mini Star Wars set at the Imagination Center at the Mall of America last week, just to check out these new colors. There is a big different between the 'classic' dark grey and the new dark blue-grey, and a smaller difference (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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