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Re: LEGO Inside Tour (New theory on color change: stock dyes)
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lugnet.color
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Thu, 26 Aug 2004 03:16:05 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Walter Walters wrote:
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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 in life, it’s hard to get identical results by doing
things in two different ways. By changing the coloring method, I think by
default you would get a slightly different color. TLG certainly could try
to match the old color, but it’s quite plausible that matching the color
would cost money, whereas the “easier” color might be cheaper.
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Totally agreed. Money is the issue.
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Jake’s explanation of the “linearity” of the new colors sounds reasonable
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Doesn’t sound reasonable to me. Explained below.
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[1], but it is probably more of a function of the linearity of the
standardly available dyes. The design lab probably thought they were killing
two birds with one stone, making the colors cheaper and as a by-product
(supposedly) linearizing the color palette.
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Agreed. The “linearity” esplanation - or should I say excuse - doesn’t make
any sense. If it was so, why did LEGO stop that “linearity” now? Because of the
AFOL whinning? Yeah, right... (1) Now what do we have? A color pallete
in-a-process-of-linearization-wich-will-never-be-concluded. As it is, a
definitely worst color pallete than before (2). Bah! If a “color linearity” was
really intended, nothing would stop them!
Worst of all, is the impossibility to acquire new (new in the mold sense) parts
in old colors; and in a few years, I’m afraid, if one wants to expand one’s
castle/spaces/other modules it will be not too easy to find old colored parts in
mint condition.
BTW, Jake once mentioned the possibility of LEGO still producing train track in
old dark gray (forever, IIRC) to match with the existing track. Anyone knows any
update to this?
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[1] With how shifted toward blue the new colors seem, even this linearity
explanation is suspect.
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You’re right. How brazilian folks would say, put “suspect” on it!
Paulo Renato, A Lego “fan” from 1973 to 2003
(1) If LEGO really wanted to make anything for us regarding this issue, that
would be, obviously, change the colors back. Anything else will be pills to calm
us down (3) (and wow, how they do work...)
(2) The old was just fine, BTW!
(3) With fully respect for all the work and efforts put by the involved persons
at LEGO, namely Jake, of course.
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