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Re: Possible red change?
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lugnet.color
Date: 
Sat, 15 May 2004 15:03:57 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Tobias Möller wrote:
In http://news.lugnet.com/lego/?n=1791, Jake mentioned that some colours had
been "tweaked", but he did not supply a complete list. Of course, I know about
the "new grey" issue, and that change is obvious, but what about other possible
colour changes?

I bought two red Xpods, and when I compared the red plate hinges of the Xpods to
my other red bricks, I noticed a slight difference - the Xpod red was more
orange than the other red bricks. The difference was not big, but easy to see up
close. Unfortunately, I mixed the Xpod bricks into my collection before I
thought about comparing the rest of the red Xpod bricks to my other red bricks.

Could this be another, permanent, change, or did I get bricks from a "bad"
batch? Has anyone else noticed a change in the red colour?

It's hard to say.  I think it's like the purple bus, a quality control
issue.  I just stacked some bricks and plates from the red pod with some
bricks and plates from a martian set.  You can easily see the pod hinges
are more pale than the rest.  They look whitish to me.  In good light I
can see the plates and bricks from pod have a slight orangy tint.

So that's the answer.  Play with the bricks in the dark, or bad light.
You'll never notice the problem. :)

Don

PS.  Even though it's off topic for this group, we think the pods sets are
cool!  And since they're self contained, they're easy to quarantine from
the true colors.



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In (URL) Jake mentioned that some colours had been "tweaked", but he did not supply a complete list. Of course, I know about the "new grey" issue, and that change is obvious, but what about other possible colour changes? I bought two red Xpods, and (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.color)

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