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(...) Thanks. I just think it's great that you can use LEGO to make LEGO so I had to do it :) Tim (18 years ago, 20-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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Tim, That's really well done. You've captured the feeling of wood in plastic... not an easy task. Better still, you've captured the spirit of that old toy and that's even harder to do. Very cool. :) Allan B. (18 years ago, 20-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(URL) Based on this (URL) toy>. As we can clearly from the original see the colour change is nothing but a return to LEGO's basic colour pallette. Obviously this fits the "back to basics" approach of recent years so I think we finally have the real (...) (18 years ago, 19-Apr-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.color, FTX) !!
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As if there weren't enough of color lists, I've also made one myself.. This one is from an L3 user's point of view, that is L3Lab and L3P. So far, it lists colors from ldconfig and Lugnet Color Images Guide, but I may add other sources. For a user (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-07, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.color)
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Thank you so much to all who replied. Firstly I have to say I like new Lego colours like dark red and light yellow and I cant wait until more dark tan comes out. It helps Lego mocs to look more real to life. Truthfully I started using Lego again, (...) (18 years ago, 15-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I've read of things like that, particularly (URL) this>. Other than that, not much. Next time I'm in a city bus, I'll try to remember to look at the ceiling to see if it's blay. (I seldom ride city buses) (...) I've read of just such a thing (...) (18 years ago, 12-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Relax, Bob. Nobody's whining here or trying to change LEGO's course, IMHO. Seems to me, this has been a pretty constructive discussion about how to adapt to using the new colors. At least up until this point... (18 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I'm afraid that new colors are here to stay. Just like 4.5v (circa 1966) trains were replaced with 12v (circa 1969) trains and then 9v (circa 1991) replaced 12v, etc. No matter how much anyone here likes/loves the original colors, Lego is not (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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What was the purpose of the LEGO colour change? Well, I think the whole thing was not initiated by TLC. I remember that not only LEGO parts changed their colours - there were some grey shade changes overall: some medicine packaging tubes, ceiling (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Nah, there are some truly old in-store displays out there (I remember seeing images of a Classic Space version that someone had managed to obtain). The more recent wave, I believe, goes back to the debut of either Star Wars or Harry Potter, (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Short reply Beware Re: Variety is the spice of life
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Tommy, Todd, Tim and everyone else: I've snipped off the stuff from the beginning--it makes for too long a read. Apologies to all in advance. I agree with you all. It's tough to maintain a set color palette forever, and the UV shift over time can be (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) There are very few things in life that I can consider myself as an expert, but the one thing is color matching and quality control of color in a manufacturing process and at the point of purchase. For 30 years I worked in a small paint (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I agree with this 100%. Random colour variation opens up opportunity to make more realistic models. A perfect example of this is Al Disley's (URL) terraced houses> where a consistent supploy of dark red would have left them looking far less (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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To All, I would like to state my $0.02 on this color issue and perhaps open up a new dialog on the whole color variation issue. First, I agree that in the past the LEGO Company has done an outstanding job with keeping the color consistent from batch (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Ah, yes. Even Target has those display cases, and they seem to have first appeared around the time of the color change if my memory serves me. (...) Yes, I mentioned this because I have known how surprising fluorescence can be since I was a (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) It's a definite possibility, and the only one that would mesh with the claim that they were bringing the three affected colors more in line with the rest of the color palette (even regular blue and dark-green have a distinct warm undertone and (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Do you suppose the real reason behind the color change was to make the product visually "jump off the shelves" under the crappy lighting in Wal-Mart? This would make more sense than any other rationale I've heard so far, except that you (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Try flourescent lighting sometime. I'm thoroughly convinced that any focus groups that might have been asked about the bleys vs. greys had to have been shown the different colors under standard cool-white flourescent lighting like you'd find (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Heh, that's why I said "sometimes" :) I know there are those out there who can tell the colors apart better than I can. And I know there are those out there (some of the more colorblind of us) who have a very hard time with it. For instance, (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I only have trouble with the light greys. Dark Bley is an obviously different color to my eyes, and blown is different enough to be noticeable in most light- but the light greys give me fits even in sunlight. :-( (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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