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Subject:	Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic
Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2005 10:58:56 GMT
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Salut Didier, "Didier Enjary" <d.enjary@wanadoo.fr> writes: > > What is justifying the use of BLUE Technic Pin 1/2 - > http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4274 ? more precisely in Technic sets such as > 8436 Truck (http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/8436-1) instead of the good old gray > ones (please no "joke" on gray color issue thanks). I think they are using different colors for different pins to make building easier, so younger children can do it. And blue for the half-pin seems to be the standard now. JÃ¼rgen -- JÃ¼rgen Stuber <juergen@jstuber.net> http://www.jstuber.net/ gnupg key fingerprint = 2767 CA3C 5680 58BA 9A91 23D9 BED6 9A7A AF9E 68B4

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		Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
(...) This makes sense since the even length axles are now black and the odd length ones are now light grey. Axle pins have also gone to a single color, tan if I recall. -Orion (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)

		Re: Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
(...) Not to mention "older" children whose eyesight is not what it once was.... (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)

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		Why Technic Pin 1/2 (part #4274) blue ?
Hi, Sorry if this have ever been discussed. What is justifying the use of BLUE Technic Pin 1/2 - (URL) ? more precisely in Technic sets such as 8436 Truck ((URL) instead of the good old gray ones (please no "joke" on gray color issue thanks). For (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.parts, lugnet.technic)

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