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 Author: Black_Armor View Messages Posted By Black_Armor
 Posted: Oct 12, 2018 06:55
 Subject: Need help to determine gray color
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Black_Armor (1161)

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Hi

I just opened a sealed set 9470, released in 2012. There seem to be two shades
of gray. There is Light Bluish Gray and I cannot determine the other. It is not
the same as the Old Light Gray(not shown in picture). Bricklink catalog stated
Light Bluish Gray but the parts look more like Pearl Light Gray. Any idea? Thanks.

 
Set No: 9470 Name: Shelob Attacks
* 		9470-1 (Inv) Shelob Attacks
214 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2012
Sets: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings
 
 Author: bricks2you View Messages Posted By bricks2you
 Posted: Oct 12, 2018 07:59
 Subject: Re: Need help to determine gray color
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there is a very light gray, in limited pieces, looks like that might be what
you have.

Jim

In Help, Black_Armor writes:
  Hi

I just opened a sealed set 9470, released in 2012. There seem to be two shades
of gray. There is Light Bluish Gray and I cannot determine the other. It is not
the same as the Old Light Gray(not shown in picture). Bricklink catalog stated
Light Bluish Gray but the parts look more like Pearl Light Gray. Any idea? Thanks.

 
Set No: 9470 Name: Shelob Attacks
* 		9470-1 (Inv) Shelob Attacks
214 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2012
Sets: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings
 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Oct 12, 2018 08:31
 Subject: Re: Need help to determine gray color
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In Help, bricks2you writes:
  there is a very light gray, in limited pieces, looks like that might be what
you have.

Jim

In Help, Black_Armor writes:
  Hi

I just opened a sealed set 9470, released in 2012. There seem to be two shades
of gray. There is Light Bluish Gray and I cannot determine the other. It is not
the same as the Old Light Gray(not shown in picture). Bricklink catalog stated
Light Bluish Gray but the parts look more like Pearl Light Gray. Any idea? Thanks.

 
Set No: 9470 Name: Shelob Attacks
* 		9470-1 (Inv) Shelob Attacks
214 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2012
Sets: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings

No, it’s not Very Light Gray, nor Very LBG, because very few parts were made
with these colours:
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=49
https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=99

IMHO, it’s just a light batch of LBG: not enough dye in the plastic.
TLG’s quality control doesn’t care much about colours
 Author: bricks2you View Messages Posted By bricks2you
 Posted: Oct 12, 2018 08:01
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also some parts in very light bluish gray

In Help, Black_Armor writes:
  Hi

I just opened a sealed set 9470, released in 2012. There seem to be two shades
of gray. There is Light Bluish Gray and I cannot determine the other. It is not
the same as the Old Light Gray(not shown in picture). Bricklink catalog stated
Light Bluish Gray but the parts look more like Pearl Light Gray. Any idea? Thanks.

 
Set No: 9470 Name: Shelob Attacks
* 		9470-1 (Inv) Shelob Attacks
214 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2012
Sets: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings
 Author: yorbrick View Messages Posted By yorbrick
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In Help, Black_Armor writes:
  Hi

I just opened a sealed set 9470, released in 2012. There seem to be two shades
of gray. There is Light Bluish Gray and I cannot determine the other. It is not
the same as the Old Light Gray(not shown in picture). Bricklink catalog stated
Light Bluish Gray but the parts look more like Pearl Light Gray. Any idea? Thanks.

 
Set No: 9470 Name: Shelob Attacks
* 		9470-1 (Inv) Shelob Attacks
214 Parts, 3 Minifigures, 2012
Sets: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Lord of the Rings

Being from a sealed set, this suggests that the parts are Light Bluish Gray.
Just not very colour consistent ones. Although it is strange that a number of
different parts all have the same off-colour. Maybe it has been stored in a strange
way and those parts have all bleached slightly but consistently.