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Maersk Blue?
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lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk
Date: 
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 06:16:52 GMT
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Is "Maersk Blue" (as it applies to LEGO bricks) the exact same color as the
light blue that came out a couple years ago in Star Wars sets and before
that in Scala and Belville?  Or is it a different color?

I *think* I heard at BrickFest that Maersk Blue was made just for the Maersk
promo sets

   http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1552,1831,1651_2,1650

and that (somehow) the LEGO/Maersk licensing agreement prohobited LEGO from
reusing the color in non-Maersk-branded sets.  But according to Arne Lykke
Nielsen, who owns the Maersk sets, this might not be the case.  He reports
that the mid-1980's DUPLO set 2756 uses the same exact blue:

   http://news.lugnet.com/promo/?n=944

Did I hear wrong at BrickFest?  Or did LEGO obtain permission to re-use
Maersk Blue?

Does anyone own both a Maersk promo set (with Maersk Blue) and a recent Star
Wars set (with light blue)?  Can you confirm that they are different or
identical colors?

Thanks,
--Todd



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Maersk Blue?
 
(...) Hi Todd, I own both Maersk and SW sets, and NO, it is NOT the same color. I was indeed surprised to find DUPLO in the same color, as I thought as you that it was specific for Maersk promo's. regards Arne, Copenhagen (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)
  Re: Maersk Blue?
 
(...) Interestingly though they are allowed to use it at the parks. At the last RLD at LLW Guy Bagley, the Chief Modelmaker showed a plate with all the available colours plus some new ones that were being considered (and a couple that have been (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)
  Re: Maersk Blue?
 
"Todd Lehman" <todd@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:H1uMs4.199@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Maersk (...) from (...) I'd be surprised if that was the case. As Simon Bennett says elsewhere in this thread, it is widely used at various LEGOLANDs, (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)

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