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(...) The man has a point, which is valid for grey as well. Maybe we should just call it grey-green or greenish grey? ++Lar (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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My dictionary says "[ME vertegrez, fr. OF vert de Grice, lit., green of Greece] (14c)" I assume for the bronze artworks. It predates Lego. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Picture a discussion that someone comes into. The color GREEN is never mentioned, just verdigris. So the person looks it up. Tell me how they are going to know whether the color being discussed is a muted greyish green, or a greenish-something, or a (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Would you people CHILL OUT??? We go through this every year - to avoid repeating the past yet again... THE FIRST CATALOG DOES NOT HOLD THE ENTIRE LINE FOR THE YEAR!!! I don't think I've EVER seen the full Technic line listed until a few months into (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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Erik Olson wrote in message ... (...) discussion, I (...) splendid (...) from (...) That would be AMBERgris... Kevin (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Look at that big Ogel base set. Doesn't it just scream "Dr. Claw"? I'm talking about the original excellent Inspector Gadget animated series, not the recent Disney rubbish. Change that skull on the fortress to look more like the MAD cat logo, and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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(...) This will become a FAQ anyway: what's verdigris? or, what do you call that pale doctor's office green color? will pop up regularly. I don't consider myself illiterate, but when we started the naming discussion, I immediately thought of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message news:3A05C764.F18F44...faq.com... (...) age-darkened finish (...) etc. (...) it is a (...) "Verdigris" is pretty obvious in meaning, I think. You'd have to be (almost) illiterate not to make (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001)
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(...) Me too. (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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(...) No. They aren't. LEGO is going down. ;( Where are trains ????? Where are CITY models like shops, post offices, police stations, hospitals, fire stations, airports... etc. ? Where are Model Teams or UCS sets ? Where are detailed Technic models (...) (25 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general)
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