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In lugnet.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.general, "Eric Kingsley" <kingsley@nelug.nospam.org> writes:
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> > > > and Lego has a subpage http://www.lego.com/mcdonalds
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> > > Hmm. Are those *purple* slope bricks on Grimace's car? Look at toy #5...
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> > Definitely looks like it might be. Plus Purple would go with Grimace.
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> > > But we've been beguiled by purple-for-blue miscolorings before...
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> > This is true but this is an official LEGO picture so I would guess that the
> > color rendering is better then any of the second hand scans we usually get.
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> 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
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> http://www.lego.com/mcdonalds/teaser005.asp
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> is purple, while the Grimace face on the brick on the front of the car in
> the photo is bluer than the sloped bricks. 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'm currently leaning towards that, too, but I'm not counting out regular blue
yet. However, I do think the green is regular green. I think the lighting is
just brightening everything up, 'cause the yellow looks brighter, too.
Jeff
"I've had enough. I will not allow this! I will pay you back; because
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Oct-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.promo)
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