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Re: LEGO Inside Tour (New theory on color change: stock dyes)
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Sat, 21 Aug 2004 21:19:25 GMT
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   Interesting remarks. Rather than answering the reason for the ‘lost colors’, I would think this would go quite a bit towards explaining recent inconsistant colors. The purple bus and the goofy shades of navy blue come to mind. Perhaps the color dyes don’t always mix properly. Anyone know more about the technical processes involved here ?

There was a post about the purples- they were made in different countries (Hungary, Swiss and Danish, IIRC), and the dyes used are not from the same batch (or maker?) Anyway, the colours are different, because the dyes are different.

The idea that because they had changed colouring method, that the colours would change is silly. Lego is a big enough company that if it wants a RGB mix of whatever, it would be able to source it. It’s like mixing paint- something that isn’t rocket science to manage. Lego wanted a colour change, so they got a different set of colours to use as a new baseline.



James Powell.



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  Re: LEGO Inside Tour (New theory on color change: stock dyes)
 
(...) So, do you really think that LEGO wanted a color change? Strange, since they had hoped/expected it would go unnoticed and never avertised it anywhere. Doesn't make any sense to me. Paulo Renato (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
  Re: LEGO Inside Tour (New theory on color change: stock dyes)
 
(...) Well unfortunately, those 2 paragraphs are somewhat contradictory. If LEGO is "a big enough company that if it wants a RGB mix of whatever, it would be able to source it", then why couldn't they source consistent purple dyes, even in different (...) (20 years ago, 22-Aug-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
  Re: LEGO Inside Tour (New theory on color change: stock dyes)
 
(...) Certainly TLG can make old gray if it wanted to. The issue is why did it change the color. Multi-million dollar companies do not make significant changes on a whim and always consider (or should consider) the bottom line. As with most things (...) (20 years ago, 23-Aug-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)

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  Re: LEGO Inside Tour (New theory on color change: stock dyes)
 
(...) Interesting remarks. Rather than answering the reason for the 'lost colors', I would think this would go quite a bit towards explaining recent inconsistant colors. The purple bus and the goofy shades of navy blue come to mind. Perhaps the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Aug-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)

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