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Re: What colors do bricks come in?
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Fri, 12 Nov 1999 22:26:45 GMT
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Check http://www.auczilla.com/lego/x/4.html -- they only have 35 listed, but
they may have one or two we've missed.
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Paul Davidson, aka Tinman
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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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| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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