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Subject: 
New Dark Red Translucent?
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Date: 
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 03:21:31 GMT
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My wife gave me a Rebel Blockade Runner for Christmas (she is wonderful and
the set is wonderful - what a pile of pieces! - the set that is).

I noticed that the new dark red pieces looked a little different then the
other pieces - and not just that they where dark red.  I held one up to a
light and I could see the light through it.  They are translucent!  See
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=95648

Has this been discussed?

What do people think of solid color bricks that are not "solid"?



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: New Dark Red Translucent?
 
(...) It's like the stuff they make lolly frogs and snakes out of. (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.starwars)
  Re: New Dark Red Translucent?
 
(...) I can confirm that the new Cam dark red hair element is likewise translucent, I was going to post about it but I probably forgot to do so. Not sure what I think about it, but I am not bothered by it as it stands. It is interesting in that it (...) (23 years ago, 30-Dec-01, to lugnet.starwars)
  Dark Blue too (Re: New Dark Red Translucent?)
 
(...) I recently got the new Technic R2D2 set (8009). It has several parts with the new dark blue color. Some of the dark blue parts were noticeably translucent while the others were quite solid in color. TLC must still be working on their pigment (...) (23 years ago, 31-Dec-01, to lugnet.starwars)

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