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| | | Author: | sf_bricks  | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 18:19 | | Subject: | 4085a light gray 2 types? | | Viewed: | 187 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hi,
i have many grey 4085a parts. Normally the only gray what is existing is light
gray. But some parts are a litte bit darker??
down is the "normal" light gray. On the top is a light bluish gray of part 4085d.
But what is this in the middle??
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 18:20 | | Subject: | Re: 4085a light gray 2 types? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, sf_bricks writes:
| | Hi,
i have many grey 4085a parts. Normally the only gray what is existing is light
gray. But some parts are a litte bit darker??
down is the "normal" light gray. On the top is a light bluish gray of part 4085d.
But what is this in the middle??
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This was actually discussed recently. I have many old light grey clips that are
dark or just look "off" I believe Randy said a different plastic was used for
a while.
Use the clip type to id them, not the color you see is the concensus
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| | | | | Author: | 62Bricks | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 18:24 | | Subject: | Re: 4085a light gray 2 types? | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, sf_bricks writes:
| | Hi,
i have many grey 4085a parts. Normally the only gray what is existing is light
gray. But some parts are a litte bit darker??
down is the "normal" light gray. On the top is a light bluish gray of part 4085d.
But what is this in the middle??
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This is a known variation in color for this part. Lego experimented with different
designs and materials for this piece, which is prone to breaking. The darker
version is not ABS plastic, but I believe is made of the nylon plastic used for
other "soft" parts of the era, such as axles and minifig airtanks. The color
is darker and more bluish, but somewhere between the light gray and light bluish
gray.
I usually list these for sale separately and put a description in the notes that
they are the darker variation. Some people are looking for them to match older
sets.
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| | | | | Author: | SezaR | | Posted: | Dec 26, 2019 19:39 | | Subject: | Re: 4085a light gray 2 types? | | Viewed: | 42 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, sf_bricks writes:
| | Hi,
i have many grey 4085a parts. Normally the only gray what is existing is light
gray. But some parts are a litte bit darker??
down is the "normal" light gray. On the top is a light bluish gray of part 4085d.
But what is this in the middle??
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The darker light gray is produced sometime before 1985, since I got one from
a spare lot that my brothers had got.
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| | | | | Author: | HC | | Posted: | Dec 27, 2019 06:28 | | Subject: | (Cancelled) | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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