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> > > What exactly is behind LEGO randomly inserting colored bricks into models?
> Using a few choice odd-colored pieces can make things much easier to see in
> the printed instructions, and provides a visual reference for placement of
> nearby pieces. Maybe you or I wouldn't build an MOC that way, but if you're
> holding stock LEGO models to that standard, you'd better get used to
> disappointment.
I 'seeded' the interior of the _Radiant VII_ I built today with blue and yellow
so I wouldn't run out of red for the exterior! Not really a bad strategy for
large creations.
> Having now actually spent some time trying to draw up some building
> instructions for some of my own models, I have a new-found appreciation for
> how hard it can be to clearly illustrate how a model should be built.
The MegaBlocks Tyrannosaurus sculpture (and all their other sets, I think) have
the new parts for each step in their true bright colours, and previously added
parts noticably faded. That set was still hard to build (for a kid, anyway),
but the instructions were brilliant. Do you think TLC would be allowed to
introduce that system?
NOTE: I'm not a clone brand buyer! I haven't gotten any MegaBlocks for many
years, and I'm almost done sorting them out of my collection.
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| (...) Actually, this explanation makes a lot of sense. I was recently looking at the instructions for the Millenium Falcon, which inexplicably uses a few odd-colored bricks at various points, pondering this very issue. Then I remembered building the (...) (23 years ago, 2-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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