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Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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Fri, 12 Nov 1999 04:30:53 GMT
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Never mind -- the plate under the tree *is* a lighter green. Weird, I never
noticed that before.
--
Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
http://theForce.net
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful
than you can possibly imagine."
Paul Davidson <tinman@direct.ca> wrote in message
news:FL2Ht4.3F7@lugnet.com...
> I don't think the green in the speederbike set is any different from normal
> green -- I'm looking at the set right now.
> Simon Robinson <simon@simonrobinson.com> wrote in message
> news:FL267B.4zu@lugnet.com...
> > Lot's of responses to this. Based on everyone's comments and a couple of
> > other things I remembered, I've revised the list.
> > New list follows, with some comments inline and other comments following...
> > We're now on 35 colours - close to the 41 someone claimed.
> >
> > Solid colors:
> > =============
> > Red
> > Blue
> > Yellow
> > White
> > Black
> > Light Gray
> > Dark Gray
> > Green
> > Brighter Green (as in SW speeder bikes and the 4293 classic value pack
> > - I think these are the same shade but I'm not certain and can't find
> > my speeder bikes to check)
> > Very light paradisa green
> > Brown
> > Tan
> > Teal (Rock Raiders, technics, etc) (Are people happy with this name for this
> > bluey-green colour - personally I'd have referred to it as turquoise)
> > Orange
> > Slightly different orange (the crab in the Naboo Swamp)
> > Indigo (Deep Purple - McDonalds sets)
> > Light Blue
> > Cream (Belville - think this is the colour Selcuk meant when he pointed out a
> > lighter tan)
> > Paradisa Magenta
> > Other magenta (found by Frank Filz in a bucket - is this the same colour kjmrr
> > referred to as
> > purple found in Belville?)
> > Greyish White (the old tv aeriels)
> > Phosphorescent white (the ghosts)
> >
> > Reflective colours
> > Gold
> > Silver
> > Chrome (like the new technic wheels - I compared a couple of bricks and this
> > seems
> > almost identical to silver - just a bit less shiny) (Someone originally
> > said tyres, but I
> > assume they meant wheels <g>)
> > Cobalt metallic blue (aquazone) (I've never noticed this colour - can someone
> > tell me
> > precisely where it's used?)
> >
> > Transparents:
> > ==================
> > Clear
> > Smoky (New Star Wars windshields)
> > Blue Tinted (very subtle)
> > Trans-Red
> > Trans-Blue
> > Trans-Green
> > Trans-Yellow
> > Trans Day-Glow Yellow/Green
> > Trans Day-Glow Orange
> >
> > Two other colours that could be included from Belville are what look like
> a
> > blueish grey
> > used in some baseplates (eg. the 5805) and a yellowy sandy colour which I
> > think I'd
> > refer to as 'buff' which is ued in the castle tower pieces in the princess
> > story
> > sets (5805, 5807, 5808). However I don't want to put these in based only
> > on seeing them in the catalogue unless someone actually has the sets and can
> > confirm their existence. Belville also has a flesh colour on the people, and
> > scala
> > may have some other colours - but to be honest here I'm getting reluctant
> to
> > categorise these as 'Lego' (The Belville baseplates are clearly conventional
> > Lego bricks but the figures? And as far as I can see from the catalogue,
> > scala sets don't look like they have studs to interlock with Lego bricks).
> >
> > As far as I'm aware, transparent yellow is now obsolete
> > (replaced by day-glow yellow-green) - can someone confirm?
> > Similarly, tv aeriel grey got obsolete many years ago.
> >
> > Mark Koesel's suggested there's a new olive green in new Robo-Riders set,
> > 8509 Swamp but I guess we shouldn't include that based only on a scanned
> > photo,
> > until someone actually has the set and can confirm it wasn't the camera light.
> >
> > More comments?
> >
> > Simon
> > http://www.SimonRobinson.com
>
>
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| I don't think the green in the speederbike set is any different from normal green -- I'm looking at the set right now. -- Paul Davidson, aka Tinman (URL) "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." Simon (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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