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Re: Color Change - Final Update
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego
Date: 
Thu, 6 May 2004 16:11:48 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Riley wrote:
   There’s been no mention of whether white is “universal” or not. But since it clashes so much with the new permanent colors, I think it’s only a matter of time before we can kiss it goodbye, too.

I doubt it very much. Natural ABS is a slightly translucent cream color, and white is probably the hardest color to achieve. Heavy metal pigments are no longer legal in the US (which is why brown/tan plastic electrical fixtures are no longer cheaper than any other color), and you can’t exactly combine two other colors to get white. I’ve never seen a true white ABS. It’s always slightly warm, and yellows with time. The only way I can see for them to make true white pieces is to switch those bricks over to a different plastic, like straight polystyrene. Of course, if we were interested in buying dirt-cheap plastic with low resistance to breaking, we’d be discussing this on MUGNET, not LUGNET. Aside from all of that, white ABS matches very well with the rest of the array of colors (including the new reddish-brown), so what’s the point in screwing that up just to get it to look better with just six colors?



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  Re: Color Change - Final Update
 
(...) In all seriousness, do you suppose that this is how MEGABLOKS does it? I've noticed for years that their "white" is more "white" than LEGO "white," but I never knew the underlying reason. Is there a simple, reliable way to discern the (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
  Re: Color Change - Final Update
 
(...) You can ask this, after they switched dark grey, just to make it look WORSE with virtually every other color made? -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)

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(...) There's been no mention of whether white is "universal" or not. But since it clashes so much with the new permanent colors, I think it's only a matter of time before we can kiss it goodbye, too. Mark (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)

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