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I just picked up a couple of #5's today, and that new color (violet)
is awesome! I hope they make lots of pieces in that color.
KL
In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > In lugnet.general, "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> writes:
> > > > > and Lego has a subpage http://www.lego.com/mcdonalds
> > > > Hmm. Are those *purple* slope bricks on Grimace's car? Look at toy #5...
> > > Definitely looks like it might be. Plus Purple would go with Grimace.
> > It could certainly be the new blue-purple color -- the one that shows up in
> > the new DUPLO Dinosaurs sets. It's not purple, and it's not blue, but it's
> > in-between. It's a *gorgeous* color and it does look great with yellow or
> > orange. What's got me confused, though, is that the Grimace face on the
> > stamp in the upper-left corner
> >
> > http://www.lego.com/mcdonalds/teaser005.asp
> >
> > is purple, while the Grimace face on the brick on the front of the car in
> > the photo is bluer than the sloped bricks.
>
> OK -- got it!
>
> It's not blue, and it's not purple, and it's not even indigo -- but in fact
> it's violet -- the same exact hue as the new DUPLO Dinosaur. :)
>
> Waycool!
>
> Here's a webpage from April showing a comparison of LEGO "purples"...
>
> http://www.fibblesnork.com/lego/temporary/purples/
>
> (Note: it doesn't show the new violet color, and the blueish-purple Wal*Mart
> limited edition playtable is roughly indigo. The DUPLO dinos turned out not
> to be the playtable indigo color, but instead a new color, violet.)
>
> Purple (almost magenta) -- seen in CyberSlam and MindStorms
> Indigo* (almost blue -- WM playtable and rubber tubing in 8250 Search Sub)
> Violet (deep purple -- seen in DUPLO Dinosaurs and McDonald's Grimace)
>
> *AFAIK, TLC hasn't made any actual Indigo-colored ABS bricks, so the only
> two "actual" purples are Purple (the redder of the two purples, almost like
> Barney the Dinosaur) and Violet (darker and "purpler" just like violets the
> flowers).
>
>
> > Could be due to the printing of
> > purple onto green[1], although the green shown isn't the classic green,
> > either -- it looks more like the newer bright green. Guess we'll just hafta
> > wait and see, huh? :) My bets are on purple-blue, because that's what I'd
> > love to see. :)
>
> I'll be darned -- the green bricks in the Grimace set are regular LEGO leaf-
> green. Cool.... :)
>
> --Todd
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