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| | | (...) -snip, skipping the rest of it- Just a small observation, here; if they are mixing new Maersk Blue ABS, and all of the older sets were made with the same batch of pellets, how closely will the colors be matched? Perhaps this will have to be (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: 10152 Update —Kyle D. Jackson
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| | | | (...) Olof, I wouldn't expect there to be too much problem in this regard. It would be different if they were trying to re-create an old colour that hadn't been used in many years, and there had since been changes in ABS formulation, suppliers, part (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | Re: 10152 Update —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | (...) I don't see how you can state this, after the Knight's Bus debacle. -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | Re: 10152 Update —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) Isn't that just purple in general? I thought the reason was pretty much because the mix of dyes that Lego uses for purple ABS was finicky. Hence since certain parts need to be molded for longer, or at different temperatures, or different (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | Re: 10152 Update —Pete White
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| | | | | | (...) In the Knight Bus I assembled 2 days ago there appear to be 2 different shades of purple within the same part. eg. train windows, 4x4 plates and 2x4 bricks. That's just looking at the assembled bus. pete.w ( I have noticed it in the old dark (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | | Re: 10152 Update —David Eaton
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, I just meant it's not really so much the "Knight's Bus" debacle as a "purple in general" debacle. The Knight's Bus was just one of the more recent sets to come with huge amounts of purple. Actually... Hm. I wonder how many sets have come (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | Re: 10152 Update —Tony Kilaras
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| | | | Srtrictly conjecture, but I would think that Lego is going to be quite careful in ensuring consistent colors for their fellow Danes at Maersk. Could be quite embarrasing if they didn't (and the Danes noticed). "Tom Stangl, VFAQman" (...) (20 years ago, 23-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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