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Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 17 Nov 2003 01:32:06 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Cynthia Bradham wrote:
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Just to add my humble 2 cents here, I bought a used gamma-V (6891) from brick
link recently, and when I was putting it together, I was disappointed to see
at least 2 different greys which didn’t quite match each other. I assumed the
seller had assembled the set from parts and hadn’t paid close attention to
whether they matched (or didn’t care). I don’t know if this was because of
aging or real production differences. But anyway, it seems that even before
these new sets came out, there was already a variance in the greys.
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Cynthia, this is almost certainly aging. Any collection of gray bricks going
that far back will have variations from contact with UV light. (I have not
checked vs unopened sets.) White bricks are the worst agers.
There is also such a thing as factory discoloration - I have a bulk tub from
1998 which contained a mixture of 2 yellow tones, neither of which match other
bulk tubs that year. I believe these indicate traces of blue plastic in the
machine.
-Erik
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