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In our LEGO collection from sets bought in the 60's and 70's, some of the red bricks (a small percentage) are slightly off-color. They have a more glossy surface than other bricks, and they do not grip very well with other bricks or with each other. (...) (17 years ago, 16-Dec-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | The Coming Iridescence
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Just a FYI: Was reading an article over on (URL) Gadgets> on (URL) The Coming Iridescence>, found it rather interesting. If you click on the (URL) gallery at JDSU.com> link, then click on plastics, you'll see some Bionicle parts. --Mike. (17 years ago, 30-Oct-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Mixed browns in new sets?
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(...) ah, yes. Thanks! Jonathan (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Mixed browns in new sets?
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(...) Yes, David Gregory mentioned the different brown when he submitted the minifigs from the Dwarves' Mine set to BrickLink. Look at the beard: (URL) Maggie (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Mixed browns in new sets?
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Does it appear that there are two different browns in the set with the boat to anyone else? (URL) it were only the hull, I'd understand, but it appears to be more than that. Maybe it is a new color altogether? Thoughts? I guess we'll see when the (...) (17 years ago, 10-Oct-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Still no answer, but the new piece rule is nice to hear
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Thanks for the explanation and contributing positively to this thread, Brian. Like David, I also couldn't quite figure out how limiting its suppliers led to changing the colors, but your explanation does an excellent job. My favorite line in your (...) (17 years ago, 24-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Still no answer, but the new piece rule is nice to hear
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--snip-- (...) I think it's fairly clear what my position on the colour change and people that harp on about it is but I don't believe that the reason for the change is given in that article and the other info from TLG has been a little 'random'. (...) (17 years ago, 24-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Way to go, Brian!
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Wow, Brian, thanks so much! Your thoughtful, intelligent and mature response gives me hope that Lugnet will continue to remain a place where fans can engage in introspective and constructive (pun intended) conversation without devolving into petty, (...) (17 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Still no answer, but the new piece rule is nice to hear
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(...) By all means ask pertinent questions. Your "questions" thus far have not been so. (...) TLC has clearly stated that they made business decisions that resulted in the current colour palette. Those decisions have ensured the survival of the (...) (17 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Still no answer, but the new piece rule is nice to hear
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(...) Hmm, I guess I thought it did. They drasticly reduced the number of resin suppliers, which means that a large number of suppliers (who might have been the ones supplying, for instance, old grey) were eliminated, making those resins no longer (...) (17 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) The reason I'm asking this question in the first place is because the person who posted about the article initially said "It also explains the change in color pallets." I was hoping that this meant that they were saying that the article would (...) (17 years ago, 23-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Still no answer, but the new piece rule is nice to hear
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(...) Say what? Do you really expect them to address the issue of new versus old grey specifically in an article about supply-chain management? Really? How is it a stretch to infer that? Perhaps if you read the whole article again instead of (...) (17 years ago, 22-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Hmmm, I thought this might be the passage in question, but I don't see how this paragraph infers any connection between the new resin pilot program and its effect on the remaining colors. The only possible explanation that I can imagine is (...) (17 years ago, 22-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Bley
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(...) I don't think I could stand to do that... there are too many unique pieces that aren't available in new grey colors. I'm currently wrestling with dilemmas about how to cope with the various shades of grey in my sorting system. I've tentatively (...) (17 years ago, 20-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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| | Re: Bley
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(...) Thanks Harvey! I can understand you confusing it with a parking garage, but its actually a skyscraper under construction with just the beams and some floors exposed - (URL) please refer here> for some other pics of it as part of an XXL crane (...) (17 years ago, 20-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Bley
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Nice parking garage I prefer 'bley' myself, it's a nice refreshing change from the dirty-looking old gray. (17 years ago, 20-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: Bley
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(...) Nice work, CM Bob! Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin (17 years ago, 8-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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| | Bley
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(2 URLs) (17 years ago, 7-Sep-07, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX) !
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| | Re: Why do you love bley?
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(...) ... (...) I'm not arguing against them, I'm just pointing out deficiencies that too many people ignore or gloss over entirely. Except for the dimmable fixtures in my house, all the rest were converted to CFLs the day I moved in (using bulbs (...) (17 years ago, 20-May-07, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Why do you love bley?
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(...) Thanks David. I didn't consciously choose the Navajo Geometric, but that must have been in my mind, because I agreed with that as soon as I read it. (...) True, but one of my goals with this was to build with parts on hand. That's part of the (...) (17 years ago, 13-May-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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