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| | | Author: | Darth_Smithy  | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 18:54 | | Subject: | Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 200 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| ...and I still don't really like bley or reddish-brown.
Pirate ships look like they are made of milk chocolate, and the stone walls of
castles look like they are polished daily.
The old colors provided a bit of a nice weathered look. Less toy-like, if you
will.
However, I will say the new colors work well with Star Wars (except the Falcon,
which should look weathered) and I think that was likely the priority when the
change was made. So, mission accomplished.
Still, it would have been nice if they had asked the community for input first.
It just showed up in packages without any real mention ahead of time, IIRC. However,
the online community was in its early stages back then, so maybe that's why.
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| | | | | Author: | crazylegoman | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 20:57 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 63 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Off Topic, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | ...and I still don't really like bley or reddish-brown.
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SAME! I buy the True Grays and True Brown whenever I can.
David
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| | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 21:02 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Off Topic, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | ...and I still don't really like bley or reddish-brown.
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SAME! I buy the True Grays and True Brown whenever I can.
David
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interesting. I much prefer the newer colours
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Darth_Smithy | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 21:04 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Colors, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Off Topic, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | ...and I still don't really like bley or reddish-brown.
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SAME! I buy the True Grays and True Brown whenever I can.
David
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interesting. I much prefer the newer colours
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Only a dijon fan would make such a claim! 
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Nubs_Select | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 21:06 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | In Colors, Nubs_Select writes:
| | In Colors, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Off Topic, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | ...and I still don't really like bley or reddish-brown.
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SAME! I buy the True Grays and True Brown whenever I can.
David
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interesting. I much prefer the newer colours
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Only a dijon fan would make such a claim!
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2023 03:43 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Off Topic, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | ...and I still don't really like bley or reddish-brown.
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SAME! I buy the True Grays and True Brown whenever I can.
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I prefer the modern colours. Maybe it is due to different lighting, or because
I don't use large expanses of single greys. For castles, I go for the weathered
look by using multiple earthy colours rather than just light grey (or any other
single colour) like castles of old.
But people wanting the old colours still is good, as they can sell for a premium.
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| | | | | | | Author: | zorbanj | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2023 09:18 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| Any fans of the original dark gray vs dark bluish gray?
In Colors, crazylegoman writes:
| | In Off Topic, Darth_Smithy writes:
| | ...and I still don't really like bley or reddish-brown.
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SAME! I buy the True Grays and True Brown whenever I can.
David
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Oct 25, 2023 10:46 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 62 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, zorbanj writes:
| | Any fans of the original dark gray vs dark bluish gray?
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ME.
I Still HATE Dark Bley.
When I build truly original stuff, I always use Old Dark Gray. The lack of new
elements means my stuff looks like it came from the 1990's, but I am okay
with that.
I, of course, am forced to use Dark Bley when building and modifying sets, and
I still hate it.
New Light Bley is an improvement over old Light Gray, which now looks old and
grubby, especially if the pieces have discolored. The lack of new elements in
Old Light Gray makes it extremely difficult to use for building anything with
SNOT techniques or with extensive textures, as is the current trend in building
styles for everything.
As for Reddish Brown versus Old Brown -- this change has never bothered me.
Mostly because we didn't have very many elements in Old Brown. We only
had Old Brown from 1996 to 2004 -- before that Old Brown was only used for
stuff like Minifig Weapons and a few other specialty elements like Bar ladders
and treasure chests and other containers. So, there wasn't much of Old Brown
to miss about it. I happen to own HUGE amounts of Old Brown in my personal collection,
but I think that is somewhat unusual.
Plus, Old Brown mixes very well with Reddish Brown and they can be used interchangeably
without looking bad or ugly. As well, both work equally well with Dark Brown,
Tan, and Dark Tan, as well as all other colors. Old Brown is so dark that it
doesn't photograph well, like Black.
Overall, I wish the color change had never happened.
It would have been better if it had happened years earlier, like say 1983, the
year before the first gray castle sets were released. Then, we would have never
seen Old Brown and Old Dark Gray; only Old Light Gray would have needed to be
changed.
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 21:15 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| this is why I hoard both and don't put much up for sale.
The castle thing, especially
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| | | | | | | Author: | rab1234 | | Posted: | Oct 24, 2023 22:20 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 66 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Agreed. I probably have a couple hundred old light grey castle wall panels in
my kids lego room... someday they'll be mine again. 
In Off Topic, Adjour writes:
| | this is why I hoard both and don't put much up for sale.
The castle thing, especially
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| | | | | Author: | bigqube | | Posted: | Oct 28, 2023 17:32 | | Subject: | Re: Well, it's been 20 years... | | Viewed: | 64 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Honestly, I'd been hating those (reddish, bluish, tan (exceptionally minifigs)
always! Gen of 90th within me can not get on with this novation.
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