"Dave Lovelace" <dave@umop.com> wrote in message
news:HtttII.C6p@lugnet.com...
> Are you sure that the (average) color of these parts isn't Violet? Hard • to
> tell, even from the relatively good scan...
>
> --D
It's a new, or otherwise previously rare purple. See this comparison
picture:
The picture makes is look slightly worse than in reality, possibly because
my camera is more sensitive to the red in the off-colour bricks. I have also
angled the bus against the light to show off the defect best.
Jake, Would you PLEASE bring this up with the head office ASAP? I can't believe they would release a set with such *sloppy* color control. This is insane. Just how far is quality going to slip at TLG before someone wakes up? I was probably going to (...) (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
(...) OK, what does the picture on the box look like ? If the picture on the box shows a smooth single-color bus and the bricks inside vary that much, this almost sounds like grounds for a recall. At the very least it would tread dangerously close (...) (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
(...) I'm assuming that those plates are violet and purple (left to right.) It appears as if they dumped some purple into the violet vat and then didn't stir it enough.(1) 'Tis a shame, if that's the direction things are heading; it would have been (...) (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
(...) Dangit, this is the one HP set I wanted to buy this year. Are you sure that the (average) color of these parts isn't Violet? Hard to tell, even from the relatively good scan... --D (20 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
