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 Author: WoutR View Messages Posted By WoutR
 Posted: Sep 5, 2019 15:29
 Subject: Re: What year were part numbers introduced?
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WoutR (920)

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In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all

If I remember correctly, around 1985.
 Author: cosmicray View Messages Posted By cosmicray
 Posted: Sep 5, 2019 15:27
 Subject: Re: What year were part numbers introduced?
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In Catalog, crazylegoman writes:
  In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all

The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.

David

Part number such as 3001 for a 2x4 brick ? Certainly the older CA parts had that,
so it must have been in the earliest days.

Nita Rae
 Author: crazylegoman View Messages Posted By crazylegoman
 Posted: Sep 5, 2019 11:37
 Subject: Re: What year were part numbers introduced?
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In Catalog, 1271moggy writes:
  I have just wondering if anyone knew when Lego started putting the part number
on the pieces. I have just found part 3176 which looks fairly 'new'
but has no part number. It just has the numbers 5 and 04 on the underside.
What do these numbers refer to?
Apologies if this has been asked before - I cannot find a thread.
Thanking you all

The one or two digit numbers indicate molds and mold cavities in the actual machine
that creates the parts from liquid plastic injection. As far as what year TLC
started putting part numbers on the parts themselves, I'm afraid I do not
know.

David
 Author: pikachu3 View Messages Posted By pikachu3
 Posted: Sep 5, 2019 10:30
 Subject: Re: Help with color
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In Colors, randyf writes:
  In Colors, WoutR writes:

  I have discussed copper with Admins in the past, I think it is time for an update


The only color that I could see a chance of getting added would be something
akin to "Metallic Gold" or "Metallic Silver" to separate surface-coated copper
parts from copper-color molded parts. Beyond that, it would be highly unlikely
to get any consensus to make further changes.

Cheers,
Randy

+1 for Metallic Copper

I don't know of any part that comes in more than one copper color; without
any overlap, it makes sense to keep all the pearl copper colors together here.
 Author: WoutR View Messages Posted By WoutR
 Posted: Sep 5, 2019 10:09
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In Colors, randyf writes:
  In Colors, WoutR writes:

  I have discussed copper with Admins in the past, I think it is time for an update


The only color that I could see a chance of getting added would be something
akin to "Metallic Gold" or "Metallic Silver" to separate surface-coated copper
parts from copper-color molded parts. Beyond that, it would be highly unlikely
to get any consensus to make further changes.

Cheers,
Randy

That would be my priority also. I think we need a Metallic Copper.

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