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    Our Friend, the Sun —Kevin Heckel
   Forgive me if this has been resolved already, but has anyone tested out UV radiation exposure on the new greys(bleys)? So, here's the assignment: All of you that have no use for the new colours you were tricked into buying, leave them out in the sun (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
   
        Re: Our Friend, the Sun —Daniel Hamann
     (...) Hi Kevin, this is a very good idea. There's definetly a chance that bley turns into grey, since the old grey turned yellower due to exposure to the sun. Perhaps I'll try. But so far, I only bought the Mini-ISD this year and I do not plan to by (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
   
        Re: Our Friend, the Sun —James Wilson
     Kevin, That was one of my original conspiracy theories about the new colors -- that LEGO had to change the manufacturing process in some way (regulations or whatever), so they formulated a new plastic that would eventually age to look like the old. (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
    
         Re: Our Friend, the Sun —Dave Schuler
      (...) Small price to pay in the name of science. Get irradiating! Dave! (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
     
          Re: Our Friend, the Sun —James Wilson
      (...) Wish I could, but I know for a fact (the hard way) that my unemployment check doesn't buy much LEGO. :-) James (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
    
         Re: Our Friend, the Sun —Don Heyse
     (...) Oh my, this sounds interesting. I'm gonna have to do some experimenting with the EEPROM burner. Oh wait, I don't have enough new bricks to do the experiment and keep a control set around. Oh well. (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
   
        Re: Our Friend, the Sun —Mark Rideout
   (...) I don't recall what the Lugnet rules are for raising an old post, but has anyone tried this yet? thanks, mark (16 years ago, 26-Jul-08, to lugnet.color)
 

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