 | | Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
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Hi, Sorry if this have ever been discussed. What is justifying the use of BLUE Technic Pin 1/2 - (URL) ? more precisely in Technic sets such as 8436 Truck ((URL) instead of the good old gray ones (please no "joke" on gray color issue thanks). For (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | 8779 1 x 2 Brick Color?
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Can anyone clarify the color of five 1 x 2 bricks in the 8779 Grand Tournament kit? The peeron inventory shows them as light blue (the same as the 2 x 2 x 3 bricks from 4400). The Bricklink inventory shows them as medium blue. Any clarification is (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Possible red change?
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(...) I have examples of color variations going all the way back to 1957, in Cellulose Acetate. Red macaroni bricks sometimes came in a darker red, as well as the orange-red that Cellulose Acetate is known for. So this is a situation that has been (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Possible red change?
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:I9tyLC.tv@lugnet.com... (...) If a red pellet accidentally fell into a bunch of yellow pellets the resulting output would be a very thin streak of red suddenly getting injection-molded into (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Possible red change?
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(...) Exactly.. as far back as 1999, when I was sorting bricks from 3033's and 2494's I noted that some yellow basic bricks has a very subtle red tinge, where others did not. I just figured that this was an odd red pellet that sneaked into the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | 4507 Prehistoric Creatures
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I just build a T-REX from this set. I see there (at least) two shades of Dark Red (remember Knjight Bus?). Anyone noticed this? Mold numbers below the parts: 5 01 and 7 01. Part number 43723 Wedge Plate 3 x 2 Left See (URL) (20 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) Oh, I just meant it's not really so much the "Knight's Bus" debacle as a "purple in general" debacle. The Knight's Bus was just one of the more recent sets to come with huge amounts of purple. Actually... Hm. I wonder how many sets have come (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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Srtrictly conjecture, but I would think that Lego is going to be quite careful in ensuring consistent colors for their fellow Danes at Maersk. Could be quite embarrasing if they didn't (and the Danes noticed). "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) In the Knight Bus I assembled 2 days ago there appear to be 2 different shades of purple within the same part. eg. train windows, 4x4 plates and 2x4 bricks. That's just looking at the assembled bus. pete.w ( I have noticed it in the old dark (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) Isn't that just purple in general? I thought the reason was pretty much because the mix of dyes that Lego uses for purple ABS was finicky. Hence since certain parts need to be molded for longer, or at different temperatures, or different (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) I don't see how you can state this, after the Knight's Bus debacle. -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) Olof, I wouldn't expect there to be too much problem in this regard. It would be different if they were trying to re-create an old colour that hadn't been used in many years, and there had since been changes in ABS formulation, suppliers, part (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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(...) -snip, skipping the rest of it- Just a small observation, here; if they are mixing new Maersk Blue ABS, and all of the older sets were made with the same batch of pellets, how closely will the colors be matched? Perhaps this will have to be (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Maersk and Lego
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I was going to post this with the debate on the 10152 sets in Maersk blue instead of dark blue, but I didn't want to get involved. Forbes Magazine says that in Denmark there are only 2 billionaire (milliarden) families. The one that owns Lego and (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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All of you, who want the old gray colors back: Just do the same as Maersk did: pay for the ABS in the color you like...... Niels (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX) !
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| | Re: My first MOC in "bley"....
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(...) <snip> That's an amazing story, Ben, and congratulations on becoming a new homeowner! And a fine looking house it is! Now, are you sure that it was blay that was totally responsible for this new home-- a new bride didn't have anything to do (...) (20 years ago, 17-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: My first MOC in "bley"....
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(...) First, thanks to David for trying to answer that one for me. I'll fill in the blanks. Thank you Samarth for your kind words. Simply put, my website cost too much money for the little benefits I got from it. I have lost some of the interest i (...) (20 years ago, 16-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: My first MOC in "bley"....
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(...) snip Good day, John! Possibly I should be really glad about the bley-thing in the end (without any joking!). Since 1997 I have spent (by far) over 4000 Eur each year for new bricks (90% of these as MISB sets). Next to this, I have partly spent (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: My first MOC in "bley"....
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(...) I know how serious you are when it comes to your acrimony over the color changes, and so I shouldn't have made light of it in the first place (but how could I resist? You are such a character:-) FWIW, I think the decision was a unmitigated (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: My first MOC in "bley"....
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(...) Nice. I have been neutral about the new colors and have just added them into my collection. HOWEVER, whenever I build a MOC and pull out a new "bley" brick and place it on the model. GARBAGE!!!! They look so out of place. I immediately take it (...) (20 years ago, 15-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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