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Re: Why do you love bley?
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lugnet.color
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Wed, 9 May 2007 04:31:42 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Timothy P. Smith wrote:
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More and more people will be using Compact Fluorescents. It may not be as
crazy as you think. I switched recently, and I think I like them.
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They’re talking about making incandescents illegal here in Aus (or possibly just
in QLD) fairly soon, with subsidies for switching to compact flourescents.
Gladly they come in a range of colour temperatures these days, so you’re not
limited to just the ‘cool white’ typically found in toy stores. ‘Warm white’
seems to be the most common type on the shelves that I’ve seen lately.
I’ve got CFs that emulate the colour of daylight for my lego building table.
These actually make it easier to differentiate the bleys from their traditional
couterparts. Under ‘normal’ bulb lighting, the difference is quite a bit harder
to pick.
As for theories as to why the colour change was made, flouro lighting is
certainly one of the more imaginative ones I’ve seen, so well done there, Dave.
Cheers,
Allister
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| (...) Yeah, that's what I got- 'warm white'. They aren't the same color as warm-white incandescents by any means. Those are yellowy, the CF's aren't as yellow. I haven't switched entirely- I bought a pack of them, and I'm replacing bulbs as my (...) (17 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| (...) And Tan. And all the blues. And Dark Red. And it works fine in Technic models with Yellow, Red, White, etc. Actually, I like the new Aquaraiders sets, and they use a variety of colors with Bley, and nothing really clashes. (I've seen lots of (...) (17 years ago, 9-May-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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