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Re: I Just Don't See It
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:45:37 GMT
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Now granted, the vast majority of my LEGO collection was purchased new in the
last five years, and has never been abused with direct sunlight.
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This causes a big difference. Do not be fooled, this is the most annoying
thing about building white models for me. A lot of my Lego is 20+ years old and
has been in direct sunlight. The white is a totally different colour, it’s
really annoying. I have a seriously reduced number of useable white bricks, as
so many of them have caught a bit of a tan. I had Lego set 6594 out in the sun
for about one year. The pieces that were facing towards the light are unusable,
they are such a different colour. However, the section of the bricks that was
underneath the stickers is fine (even thought the stickers were transparent).
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| (...) Peter I agree. I too have a lot of old bricks. Many of the white mint bricks I have from the 1970's have "tanned" as well, due to sunlight. Interestingly enough, I think that Cellulose Acetate white bricks keep their whiteness better than ABS (...) (20 years ago, 27-Nov-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| So I've tried to forget about the color change and focus on sorting my LEGO and building some new models. While sorting, I've been keeping in the back of my mind what many have said: that LEGO has always had color variances in the pieces. Well after (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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