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Re: 2x4 brick colors
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lugnet.color
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Wed, 25 May 2005 16:15:51 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Bruce Hietbrink wrote:
> Looking at <http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3001 Peeron>, it seems that the 2x4
> brick has actually not been offered in a lot of colors. This seems odd--the 2x4
> brick is perhaps the most readily recognized LEGO element to the non-AFOL
> population, so you'd expect it to be ubiquitous, but it seems to not be so.
> Anyone have any theories?
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> Bruce
I believe it is because many of the "non-standard" colors are often used as
accent/detail pieces in sets, or for decorative purposes. As such, you end up
with them in the smaller sizes and in oddball parts.
It is rare for a set to be made up entirely of a non-standard color. The Statue
of Liberty / Sand Green being the main exception.
Troy
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| (...) That's certainly true. It's really frustrating to have a mere handful of parts in some color (for instance, I think I have exactly two purple 1x2 bricks from some Harry Potter set and no other purple (leaving aside some minifig torsos)), so (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| Hi all, I was just sorting my bucket of 2x4 bricks. I put them in 4x4 stacks by color, then break those stacks into 20 brick units. Anyway, I'm obsessive enough to count them, and this is what I got: Light gray: 418 Black: 338 Red: 176 Dark gray: (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-05, to lugnet.color)
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