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Re: Maersk Blue?
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lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk
Date: 
Tue, 3 Sep 2002 07:15:20 GMT
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In lugnet.promo, Todd Lehman writes:
Is "Maersk Blue" (as it applies to LEGO bricks) the exact same color as the
light blue that came out a couple years ago in Star Wars sets and before
that in Scala and Belville?  Or is it a different color?

I *think* I heard at BrickFest that Maersk Blue was made just for the Maersk
promo sets

  http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?q=1552,1831,1651_2,1650

and that (somehow) the LEGO/Maersk licensing agreement prohobited LEGO from
reusing the color in non-Maersk-branded sets.  But according to Arne Lykke
Nielsen, who owns the Maersk sets, this might not be the case.  He reports
that the mid-1980's DUPLO set 2756 uses the same exact blue:

  http://news.lugnet.com/promo/?n=944

Did I hear wrong at BrickFest?  Or did LEGO obtain permission to re-use
Maersk Blue?

Does anyone own both a Maersk promo set (with Maersk Blue) and a recent Star
Wars set (with light blue)?  Can you confirm that they are different or
identical colors?

Thanks,
--Todd

Hi Todd,

I own both Maersk and SW sets, and NO, it is NOT the same color. I was
indeed surprised to find DUPLO in the same color, as I thought as you that
it was specific for Maersk promo's.

regards Arne, Copenhagen



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(...) Interesting! So how to they compare? I've never seen the two side by side. Is Maersk Blue a deeper, bluer blue than light blue? --Todd (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)

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Is "Maersk Blue" (as it applies to LEGO bricks) the exact same color as the light blue that came out a couple years ago in Star Wars sets and before that in Scala and Belville? Or is it a different color? I *think* I heard at BrickFest that Maersk (...) (22 years ago, 3-Sep-02, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.dk)  

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