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Re: An Episode I Set Finally Revealed...
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:36:07 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWEST.nomorespamNET
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I hope you're right, for the sake of my kids' college fund;-)
Todd Lehman wrote:
> In lugnet.starwars, johnneal@uswest.net (John Neal) writes:
> > I dunno, Todd. If you check out the scan from the one on auction in
> > Ebay, it looks pretty much like blue. And that makes me blue...AND
> > a buck poorer:-(
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> Purple and blue are the two most common colors that 4-color offset printing
> technologies get wrong when they're not properly calibrated. Most of time,
> it's blue coming out violet rather than purple.
>
> This would lend credibility to the "it's blue" theory. So would the fact
> that it would simply be too good to be true if it were actually violet or
> purple-blue. ;-)
>
> On the other hand, have a close look at the hue of the purple-blue rubber
> tubes that came with 8150 Search Sub, if you have one. The catalog photos
> of this year's DUPLO Little Forest Friends product line show a color that is
> neither blue nor violet nor purple, but purple-blue. On the other hand,
> older TLG catalogs showing blue in DUPLO sets have been printed with
> incorrect color calibration to show violet instead of purple.
>
> Finally, keep in mind that regular LEGO purple (as seen in 8277 Giant Model
> Set and CyberSlam sets) is a *very* reddish magenta hue of purple -- not
> blueish or violet at all. So the Gungan Sub definitely can't be regular
> LEGO purple. It's either standard blue or the super-rare purple-blue. My
> bet is on the latter. :)
>
> --Todd
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| Pondering... 1. Is it my imagination? Or is this the biggest thread of messages yet? 2. Is anyone else disappointed that their local retailers aren't slacking enough to go ahead and display the Episode I Legos? I'm burning a lot of gas (both (...) (25 years ago, 17-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Purple and blue are the two most common colors that 4-color offset printing technologies get wrong when they're not properly calibrated. Most of time, it's blue coming out violet rather than purple. This would lend credibility to the "it's (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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