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Re: Color Change - Final Update
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego
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Date:
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Thu, 6 May 2004 16:11:48 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Riley wrote:
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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.
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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 cheaper than any other color), and you can’t exactly combine two other
colors to get white. I’ve never seen a true white ABS. It’s always slightly
warm, and yellows with time. The only way I can see for them to make true white
pieces is to switch those bricks over to a different plastic, like straight
polystyrene. Of course, if we were interested in buying dirt-cheap plastic with
low resistance to breaking, we’d be discussing this on MUGNET, not LUGNET.
Aside from all of that, white ABS matches very well with the rest of the array
of colors (including the new reddish-brown), so what’s the point in screwing
that up just to get it to look better with just six colors?
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Message has 2 Replies:
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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
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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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