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Re: I Just Don't See It
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Fri, 19 Dec 2003 17:25:50 GMT
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Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Chris Phillips wrote:
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> > So I've tried to forget about the color change and focus on sorting my LEGO and
> > building some new models. While sorting, I've been keeping in the back of my
> > mind what many have said: that LEGO has always had color variances in the
> > pieces.
> >
> > Well after parting out a couple dozen sets, I've gotta say that I just don't see
> > this.
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> I have to agree. If you are looking at new brick from around the same time
> period, then I think LEGO tends to have a very high color consistency.
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> > Sure, baseplates have always come in a couple shades of green, and I've
> > even noticed that some of my tan baseplates are very slightly darker than
> > others. But with regular brick I only found one piece that was a noticeably
> > different hue than the rest, and it turned out to be a Tyco brick that somehow
> > got mixed into a bin of loose brick. (Not counting bricks in the new 2004
> > colors, of course, which are just different enough that you only notice the
> > difference AFTER you drop them into a bin of supposedly same-color pieces.)
> >
> > Now granted, the vast majority of my LEGO collection was purchased new in the
> > last five years, and has never been abused with direct sunlight. But I have a
> > small amount of brick that is at least 20 years old, and the colors are still
> > the same.
> >
> > So what are you guys talking about?
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> I can't speak for anyone else, but something to came to mind when looking at the
> discussion is that LEGO bricks do tend to change color when exposed to various
> elements. I have a lot of yellowed white brick from when I kept my Rebel
> Blockade Runner out on my desk at my office. There it was exposed to florescent
> light, which I now understand is a no-no for LEGO. (It really looked like it
> got a tan, too, as the underside was still nice and bright!)
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> Also, in my collection there are a lot of well used bricks. I often buy used
> brick from bricklink, and I also have a large collection from my childhood.
> These pieces are in good shape, except for the color. Some of my red has an
> orange tint to it, and some grey has yellowed a bit as well. I even had to
> bleach some of my bricks, as I inherited my brothers' mold filled boxes of lego.
> (This didn't change the color nearly as much as florescent light!) However, I do
> have to say that these color variations appear to be slighter than the official
> color change. I don't really know, thoa, since I haven't bought any sets with
> the new color, yet.
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> > - Chris.
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> -Alfred
I have yellows (produced within the same year) that are not the same
shade. When the bricks are snapped together the color shift becomes
obvious to me but not to my wife... although, I don't think she even
looks when I ask :) I just recieved some LEGO where the blue 1x4x1 panel
doesn't match any of the other blue bricks. So, I think there has been
some variation in the color of LEGO bricks not a lot, but some.
As for discoloration, I haven't figured that one out yet. The latest
puzzle was when I got my Twin Tank Transport out to build it. All of the
pieces were stored in the same Ziploc bag in the original box that was
place in a large cardboard box. One, and only one, white ldraw part
number 2463 was somewhat yet uniformly beiged. All of the other white
parts were still nice and uniformly white. A big part of me wants to
design an experiment to test what environmental factors play a roll in
the discolorization of LEGO, another part of me thinks that there is no
way that I could control of the factors that cause discoloration.
Chris
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| (...) I have to agree. If you are looking at new brick from around the same time period, then I think LEGO tends to have a very high color consistency. (...) I can't speak for anyone else, but something to came to mind when looking at the discussion (...) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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