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| (...) One idea did pop to mind: What if we have a batch of "lemons" here? Maybe it's just some bad bricks that slipped through the system. We've seen elements of poor quality gone to market before; remember the first batch "hydrolic" cylinders that (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| I think it's fine if LEGO wants to ADD more colors to their spectrum, but REPLACING colors is a bad idea; especially staple colors like light and dark gray. Those 2 colors are heavily used by everyone--space, town, castle--we all need gray. I'm (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Well, if it's true about the connections being weaker, I'd say that's bad news. But in all honesty, as a town building and landscape builder, I welcome a slight color variation! Mix up all of those color variations and you have buildings and (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| I waxed philosophical this morning and wrote this piece in a fit of passionate loyalty to LEGO. It hit me like a flash of inspiration two days ago and I felt I had to write it down. I thought you all might like to read it. Comments enjoyed but not (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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| (...) Just a thought with no evidence to back it up, but.... Assuming that this is not simply an error, like bent cypress trees or low-quality train wheelsets, could there be a technical reason? One reason that occurs to me is the colourfastness of (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks for the scan. Bad news to say the least. :( I'm crossing my fingers that it's all a bad mistake and the bulk of 2004 sets won't be plagued by this. If Lego truly wants to get rid of colors that have been in production for ~25 years, (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Further more, the studs are rounded, making (...) Yes, working on a machine shop floor it looks as the NEWER 2004 plate/s is of a different mold note the chamfered edges of the stud the reason for this and I must say firstly that I Have very (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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| (...) Dunno, but does have me wondering how this change plays vis-a-vis the light and dark gray elements in the 4400 tubs that just hit the street. There are 50-ish lt-gray 2x2 bricks per tub. Is Lego dumping old-color parts ? Will these continue as (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Yeah, this is bad juju. Nobody wants grey elements that don't match with light and dark grey as we have known them. I don't necessarily mind additions to the color scheme as we know it, but to eliminate the greys is just madness. I don't even (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Sorry, Josh, but it's not. The discoloring effect does happen in odd environments, but not like this. I noticed the "bluing" in the dark grey when I bought the Star Destroyer the other day; I initially wondered if it was the light, but yester- (...) (21 years ago, 15-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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