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Re: Opacity change - when?
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lugnet.color
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Tue, 11 May 2004 15:04:08 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Stefan Gustavson wrote:
> I don't really find this disturbing, but I am curious about when and why it
> happened.
I don't have much to add here except to confirm that I have seen this as well,
older ABS is less translucent than newer ABS.
It may be an attempt to save on pigment rather than an ABS formula change. It
may not have been a sharp break point either, just a gradual transition.
That's all speculation.
Note that the CA bricks I was referring to in a previous post (as being a
different shade of red) are, to my eye, more translucent than comparable ABS
bricks from a similar era...
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| (...) Yes, definitely. My (long since useless) pre-ABS bricks look almost semi-transparent in comparison to the earliest (still functional) ABS bricks. (21 years ago, 20-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Opacity change - when?
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| Avoiding the debate over the color change, I want to bring up another issue. It is quite obvious to me that modern Lego pieces are much more translucent than the old ones. I might be speaking about ancient times which nobody cares about here, but (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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