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| | | (...) But, I know it's a blasphemy, but I think for Bionicle and Technic the new colours will look better. I've got new Toa Nuju and it looks good with the new colours. (...) Anybody knows why Peeron is calling the new colors DkStone and MdStone? (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —Scott Lyttle
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| | | | | <snip> (...) Those names are what Lego has given to them...pure and simple. Scott Lyttle (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | | | What colorblind IDIOT named the New Dark Grey stone? It is anything BUT stone in color. I haven't seen a single person liken it to natural stones. All liken it to metals. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) Ugh! No! Dark-bley even clashes with white. The only one that actually doesn't clash is Toa Nokama (even Toa Whenua looks a bit off with the white and blue connector pieces on an otherwise black/bley design) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —Mark Riley
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| | | | (...) There's been no mention of whether white is "universal" or not. But since it clashes so much with the new permanent colors, I think it's only a matter of time before we can kiss it goodbye, too. Mark (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) I doubt it very much. Natural ABS is a slightly translucent cream color, and white is probably the hardest color to achieve. Heavy metal pigments are no longer legal in the US (which is why brown/tan plastic electrical fixtures are no longer (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | (...) In all seriousness, do you suppose that this is how MEGABLOKS does it? I've noticed for years that their "white" is more "white" than LEGO "white," but I never knew the underlying reason. Is there a simple, reliable way to discern the (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —David Laswell
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| | | | | | | (...) Absolutely. Different plastics have different natural colors. Some start out clear, others start out white, and those are basically the only colors that can achieve a true white (since hobby shops generally only sell white styrene, I'd guess (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | | | (...) Density (PS is lighter IIRC, check with Google or something), strength (ABS is more resistant to bending and such) or surface (PS is a bit porous, try a microscope or high-power magnifying glass) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —Thomas Stangl
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| | | | (...) You can ask this, after they switched dark grey, just to make it look WORSE with virtually every other color made? -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Color Change - Final Update —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) *sigh* I'm doing my best to be optimistic about this, just like when I'm hoping that this whole "universal color" thing isn't just something they came up with to milk free AFOL PR out of the fact that they might never have intended to make any (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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