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| | | Author: | az0  | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2018 09:39 | | Subject: | parts colour matt or shiny | | Viewed: | 102 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Discarded | |
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| To admin,
Regarding parts and colour entry.
It would be good if there were an entry to say whether the colour is matt or
shiny. I have to replace a part on Harry Potter Knight's bus. The original
was shiny black but the part I received as a replacement was matt.
On this particularly set it is rather noticeable so rather than have to email
each seller to ask if they have a shiny black part it would be good if it were
stated. Not sure if Lego make the distinction but it makes a difference to the
look of the set when its a visible part.
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| | | | | Author: | randyipp | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2018 09:58 | | Subject: | Re: parts colour matt or shiny | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, az0 writes:
| | To admin,
Regarding parts and colour entry.
It would be good if there were an entry to say whether the colour is matt or
shiny. I have to replace a part on Harry Potter Knight's bus. The original
was shiny black but the part I received as a replacement was matt.
On this particularly set it is rather noticeable so rather than have to email
each seller to ask if they have a shiny black part it would be good if it were
stated. Not sure if Lego make the distinction but it makes a difference to the
look of the set when its a visible part.
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What part are you referring to? Are you sure it wasn't just a worn part?
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2018 10:08 | | Subject: | Re: parts colour matt or shiny | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, az0 writes:
| | To admin,
Regarding parts and colour entry.
It would be good if there were an entry to say whether the colour is matt or
shiny. I have to replace a part on Harry Potter Knight's bus. The original
was shiny black but the part I received as a replacement was matt.
On this particularly set it is rather noticeable so rather than have to email
each seller to ask if they have a shiny black part it would be good if it were
stated. Not sure if Lego make the distinction but it makes a difference to the
look of the set when its a visible part.
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All new bricks are shiny. It’s when they are used and get lots of micro-scratches
that they become matt.
Softer materials (plants, horns…) are matt, but I don’t think there are bricks
that come in both ABS and PP or other soft plastic.
So,
either the shiny/matt clash comes from different materials and it’s useless to
differentiate “colour X shiny” and “colour X matt” on BL because no bricks come
in both shiny and matt,
or the shiny/matt clash comes from new/mint bricks vs. older/scratched bricks
and it’s a matter of asking sellers in what condition are their bricks prior
to ordering.
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| | | | | | | Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2018 15:38 | | Subject: | Re: parts colour matt or shiny | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Softer materials (plants, horns…) are matt, but I don’t think there are bricks
that come in both ABS and PP or other soft plastic.
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| | no bricks come in both shiny and matt,
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Actually, part (53451) originally came in shiny (harder) plastic when it was
first introduced, but was later changed to matte (softer) plastic. I am not sure
exactly when this occurred, since Bricklink does not differentiate between the
original and revised versions of the part.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2018 16:21 | | Subject: | Re: parts colour matt or shiny | | Viewed: | 24 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, todeluca writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Softer materials (plants, horns…) are matt, but I don’t think there are bricks
that come in both ABS and PP or other soft plastic.
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| | no bricks come in both shiny and matt,
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Actually, part (53451) originally came in shiny (harder) plastic when it was
first introduced, but was later changed to matte (softer) plastic. I am not sure
exactly when this occurred, since Bricklink does not differentiate between the
original and revised versions of the part.
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Okay. I can see how there could be other such examples of LEGO tweaking materials
from time to time.
Anyway, I think for such little differences, a simple note should suffice (something
like “Early parts came in harder, more shiny plastic.”). There should be no
need for a doubling of all the colours with shiny/matt variants… otherwise we
could also want a new colour for each material (cloth, rubber, paint…). There
is already enough variation in parts in the “same” material and colour to make
them sometimes hard to recognize.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Apr 3, 2018 16:50 | | Subject: | Re: parts colour matt or shiny | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, todeluca writes:
| | In Suggestions, SylvainLS writes:
| | Softer materials (plants, horns…) are matt, but I don’t think there are bricks
that come in both ABS and PP or other soft plastic.
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| | no bricks come in both shiny and matt,
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Actually, part (53451) originally came in shiny (harder) plastic when it was
first introduced, but was later changed to matte (softer) plastic. I am not sure
exactly when this occurred, since Bricklink does not differentiate between the
original and revised versions of the part.
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I think the change occurred very quickly after the Vikings theme as the only
ones I have ever found in ABS are white and from the Vikings theme.
Cheers,
Randy
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