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Re: 10152 Update
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lugnet.color
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Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:23:42 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Pete White wrote:
> > > I don't see how you can state this, after the Knight's Bus debacle.
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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 pressures, that it changed the resultant color
> > just slightly, making it highly difficult to keep the color as consistant as
> > others? Although not as noticeable, I also have noted this in new and old
> > dark grey...
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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.
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 with nearly that much purple prior to the Knight's Bus? [does some
checking] Huh! I guess that color of purple was completely new that year-- I
didn't know that...
> pete.w ( I have noticed it in the old dark grey, within the same type of
> part)
Yeah, same here-- and with the new dark grey as well. Enough so as to make me
second-guess myself when separating the dark greys...
DaveE
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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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