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Re: Yellow/white color change?
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lugnet.parts
Date: 
Fri, 8 Jun 2007 23:55:21 GMT
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You might want to follow this current thread on Bricklink that's discussing this
very issue.

http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=202740

Daniel
http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Helljin




In lugnet.parts, Gaurav Thakur wrote:
> I received a Bricklink parts order recently containing some white and yellow
> pieces that look slightly different from the colors I'm used to. The colors on
> these parts are a bit less saturated than those of my existing pieces. The
> difference is fairly subtle but still noticeable. They actually look just like
> the mega blocks versions of these colors, but they do have the standard Lego
> branding on the studs. The plastic seems to be less dense than usual. If I hold
> them up to a light, there is a visible color change (from the light passing
> through) unlike my existing pieces. Not all of the white and yellow pieces in my
> parts order were like this; it was mainly some basic bricks and plates that were
> affected.
> 
> Does anyone know if Lego has made some color change here? I know about the
> change with the grays in 2004, but haven't heard of anything concerning white or
> yellow. Or are there a couple of slightly different shades of these colors that
> the seller just got mixed up?
> 
> I haven't bought any new (modern) Lego sets for quite some time now, but this is
> the first time I'm seeing anything like this.
> 
> -G
> 
> (remove the capital S's in the email)
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=CP5670



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(...) Thanks for the link. This doesn't look good at all. I wonder if the "new method of production" is a temporary fluke or something that is here to stay? I think I could live with the yellow, but the white just looks too different from the usual (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-07, to lugnet.parts)

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  Yellow/white color change?
 
I received a Bricklink parts order recently containing some white and yellow pieces that look slightly different from the colors I'm used to. The colors on these parts are a bit less saturated than those of my existing pieces. The difference is (...) (19 years ago, 7-Jun-07, to lugnet.parts)

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