 | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —Juergen Stuber
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| | | Salut Didier, (...) I think they are using different colors for different pins to make building easier, so younger children can do it. And blue for the half-pin seems to be the standard now. Jürgen (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —Orion Pobursky
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| | | | | (...) This makes sense since the even length axles are now black and the odd length ones are now light grey. Axle pins have also gone to a single color, tan if I recall. -Orion (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —Tim David
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| | | | | | (...) Pins with friction are now a different colour to pins without friction. Tim (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —Steve Dunn
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| | | | | | half pins blue frictionless axle pins tan axle pins with friction blue odd length axles grey even length axles black etc pieces so far produced in only one colour (excluding the grey varient); 3/4 pins axels 3 long with stud 16 tooth gear with (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —Jennifer Clark
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| | | | | | | "Steve Dunn" <s%te#ven.j&.du?nn*@...tr$a.c?om> wrote in message news:IAJKnu.oHo@lugnet.com... (...) I have some of these in white... very handy too. (...) peices (...) obvious. Agreed, I like the variety of colour that this has introduced, but do (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —Steve Lane
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| | | | | | | | (...) I completely agree with Jennifer's statement, we like the colours when it suits us, but not when it doesn't. Unlike bley, I think this is a problem that only creeps slowly into the minds of technic builders as we can slowly deplete our stocks (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —John Guerquin
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| | | | | | In lugnet.color, Steve Dunn wrote: <snip> (...) I'm with you on that Steve: the new Technic (and other theme) instructions are getting very difficult to differentiate the color of parts, namely, black, new dark grey, and sometimes new light grey. (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ? —Mark Jordan
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| | | | (...) Not to mention "older" children whose eyesight is not what it once was.... (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)
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