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Re: Flesh colored bricks?
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Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:04:38 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
> In lugnet.color, Timothy Gould wrote:
> > > Sorta ruins the whole "everything in Miniland can be found in sets kids can buy"
> > > line they like to push. HA!
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> > They've always used parts in colours that didn't exist. I can remember loads of
> > times looking at photos of legoland or travelling shows or whatnot and spotting
> > parts that didn't exist... the wide range of brown in shows in the early 80s
> > being the most obvious example.
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> > Tim
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> Thanks, Aaron.
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> Tim,
> Yeah, that line is BS. If I recall correctly one of the buildings in the New
> England Village miniland section was Maersk blue. Way before that color was
> available in such a diverse number of elements. Also, there is a building with
> tan 1x2 grill bricks in it as well.
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> While I found this new peach color intriguing, I don't know if it fits in with
> my building style. I'd give it a shot though, if I had the opportunity.
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> Thanks again,
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> Jonathan
All those weird elements on BL have gotta come from somewhere.
I never minded it as a kid and I still don't as an adult. LEGO displays are
about displaying what can be done with bricks and since no child (or more than a
very few adults) has anywhere near enough bricks to build even a fraction of the
official displays using a few colours they can't get to make things look better
is no problem to me at all.
Tim
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| (...) I never minded either. Miniland and the traveling shows were inspirational, but I never believed I could build those from my personal collection. But I did have trouble being instructed to actually TELL visitors to the park that they could. (...) (19 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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| (...) Thanks, Aaron. Tim, Yeah, that line is BS. If I recall correctly one of the buildings in the New England Village miniland section was Maersk blue. Way before that color was available in such a diverse number of elements. Also, there is a (...) (19 years ago, 30-Mar-07, to lugnet.color)
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