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Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego
Date: 
Thu, 17 May 2007 23:49:15 GMT
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   We currently see axle pins in blue. Not black or any other color (the Tan ones are a different part, that’s why they are a different color).
On this, i completely agree. They are two extremely similar parts, and I believe colour standardisation is needed. However, blue and tan ? Frictionless Axle pins were grey, Axle pins with friction were black. Easily distinguishable, neutral colours. Why did they need to change ? For the sake of 2M (lets not debate weather it should be 2M or 2L) axles and friction pins ? 2M axles at one point in time were produced in white. neutral, easily distinguishable. All that is needed is for friction axle pins to be made in something like dark grey and the other three parts could have remained standard. Blue ? wheres the neutrality in that.

   Axle joiners are one thing, liftarms are another. Liftarms are weird and limiting enough without coming only in certain colors. If (for example) 15L Liftarms will never be produced in any color besides Dark Bley... that just suxors. I can handle having all of them in one set being the same color- as long as they can be a different color in some other set.

Clearer?

Just like some of the parts that are or will be standardised, i feel liftarms do not need to be standardised. Wheather or not it occurs is another thing.

Steve



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  Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
 
(...) Dark Bley looks a lot like black in the instructions, I think that was the thinking there. And I don't know if white 2L(*) would be any better than red, from a standing-out point of view. So, maybe Light Bley for friction axle pins, and Tan (...) (17 years ago, 18-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)

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  Re: Informations on new TECHNIC element and color coded parts
 
(...) Being as I'm from the US, perhaps my English isn't as good as it could be... I was basically going off-topic. I understand your concern about certain parts being available in certain colors. But here's my question: We currently see axle pins (...) (17 years ago, 17-May-07, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.lego, FTX)

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