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Re: Color confusion regarding 4755 Kinght Bus
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Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:50:22 GMT
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In lugnet.harrypotter, Ray Sanders wrote:
> In lugnet.harrypotter, Mark & Milissa Millère wrote:
> > What bothers me more then that is the color differences. Take a
> > close look at this pic posted by Tom S.
> > http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=toyfair-2004-lego-harry-potter&id=Harry_Potter_01
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> > TWO different shades of purple!
> Is it really purple ? My take is that there is some kind of effect
> lighting shining on the bus (notice the color glints on the brick
> edges). The fig is another story tho... the box shows a flesh-tone
> fig, but the actual fig looks almost yellow. Hrmm. But.. but... the
> torso printing on the actual fig doesn't even match the box
> artwork. Something strange here.
Forget about the box art and the fig. Look closely at the bricks
on the bus. Two different shades of purple. No doubt the bricks
are the old purple we've grown to love, and the windows are the
new improved purple. Get used to that look, because we're going to
see a lot of it in MOCs from now on.
Don
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 | | Re: Color confusion regarding 4755 Kinght Bus
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| (...) OK, I would find it a bit of a leap that TLC would ship it like that. I can see where some parts did not prev exist in purple and had to made just for this set (which would mean new shade of purple or even violet) and that the parts in the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.harrypotter)
| | | Re: Color confusion regarding 4755 Kinght Bus
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| (...) Hmm. I saw it in person and I never even noticed a color discrepency. I was about to chalk it up entirely to digital camera oddness, but my pics show a difference (if noticably less pronounced) as well: (URL) 1x4 quarter-round bricks are also (...) (21 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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| | Re: Color confusion regarding 4755 Kinght Bus
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| (...) Is it really purple ? My take is that there is some kind of effect lighting shining on the bus (notice the color glints on the brick edges). The fig is another story tho... the box shows a flesh-tone fig, but the actual fig looks almost (...) (21 years ago, 19-Feb-04, to lugnet.harrypotter)
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