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Re: LEGO's Worst Mistake Ever!
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lugnet.lego, lugnet.general
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Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:17:07 GMT
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Great conspiracy theory, but I think it would be too difficult in practice to
get the same amount of each color in each batch of recycled ABS - otherwise
you’d have variation in the new colors from batch to batch.
Oh, wait, haven’t we seen that in the purple in the Knight Bus?! You may be on
to something!
James Wilson
Dallas, TX
In lugnet.lego, Thomas Stangl wrote:
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I think they’re just refusing to admit that one of the reasons for the color
change is that they use recycled ABS now for some grey and black (as noted in
various articles on the web). Since they seem to LOVE the color blue (ever
notice how much blue is in tubs/buckets? For a couple years, well over half
the plates in them were blue), I propose that they found that the recycled
dark “grey” was heavily tinted blue, and they decided to pass it off as a
choice, rather than something they were forced into by the recycling process.
I’m sure it’s cheaper to just spend some time making excuses for the color,
rather than spending money on dyes to correct the color shift.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) It's not as difficult as it sounds. Well, assuming your recycled material maintains a consistent color (clearly, that's not happening). Plastic colors are minutely fine-tuned, so as long as you know the specific color of the batch (a lot less (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: LEGO's Worst Mistake Ever!
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| Have you guys called the LEGO S@H service? I talked over half an hour with a lady from LEGO and filed a complaint regarding the new colors. She said that they knew of the situation but they didn't get many complaints. I think that if more people (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| I think they're just refusing to admit that one of the reasons for the color change is that they use recycled ABS now for some grey and black (as noted in various articles on the web). Since they seem to LOVE the color blue (ever notice how much (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !!
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