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Re: My forestmen loss
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 6 Oct 2000 18:12:12 GMT
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sheree rosenkrantz wrote:
> People in general seem to really dislike discolored brick. I don't
> understand this. In many other areas an object is valued more because of
> the developed patina . Not every building/structure benefits from uniform
> perfection of color. Variation, the unexpected radomness or of an offcolor
> brick, I think add depth and texture to a constrution. Older brick have a
> history, usually unknown, but I enjoy imagining where it could have been
> before. Old bricks deserve love and respect...
The problem is that discolored bricks usually end up looking horrible
when mixed with newer bricks. For one thing, it really highlights the
size of the bricks (unless you build your walls out of 1x2 bricks, the
bricks will be much larger in proportion to a minifig that most real
stones, and even a 1x2 brick is much much larger in proportion to a
minifig than a real brick to a person). Also, the severere yellowing
which can happen just doesn't look good at all (minor discoloration and
surface scratching does take some of the brightness out of the colors,
which can look good).
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Frank Filz
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| (...) Very good points! Especially when working with white. It is amazing that most of my biggest bricks (1x10 and bigger) are always off color and can make a really nice project look terrible. I soak my Lego and then scrub them all with a (...) (24 years ago, 10-Oct-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| Jonathan Reynolds <scorch@tinyworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:Fso1BF.3qs@lugnet.com... (...) charity (...) collection (...) years (...) years (...) bricks (...) the (...) People in general seem to really dislike discolored brick. I don't (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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