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| 6774 Alpha Team ATV You get the funny minifig with the big mouth, the other minifig with the shoulder-length red hair, and the sub is kind of neat. 6776 Ogel Command Centre Interesting return to Pirates, Time Twisters, and Trans-red! 7126 Battle (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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| (...) OED2 says: 1. A green or greenish blue substance obtained artificially by the action of dilute acetic acid on thin plates of copper (or a green rust naturally forming on copper and brass), and much used as a pigment, in dyeing, the arts, and (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| Well, actually 7159 (the Pod Bucket) also comes with these Battle Droid Elements used for a different function. And nearly everyone will admit that the 'thing' (it's no minifig) I am talking about looks totally crap. A new use of an element is not (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.year.2001)
| | | | | Re: Color name for Statue of Liberty Sculpture #3450
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| Webster is out of date - patina simply means a weathered and/or age-darkened finish to antiquers, and can apply to copper, bronze, nickel, wood, etc, etc, etc. Weathered GREEN would make the most sense, as people would instantly know it is a shade (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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| (...) verdigris, according to www.webster.com, can be greenish or bluish, and is only secondarily associated with copper. patina, again according to Webster, is exactly the name of greenish, weather-aged copper. (25 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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