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| | | Author: | StarWarz  | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2020 18:43 | | Subject: | What does “color may vary” mean exactly? | | Viewed: | 112 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| After looking through posts, some users said that “color may vary” means that
the second more detailed image of the part is just showing the same part, but
in a different color, but others said it meant other things. Does “color may
vary” mean the color is random and not the color that it is listed as? One user
said that it meant that the color of the part might be slightly different because
lego is not consistent with colors, for example, two white bricks and one is
a more little tan-ish if you hold it up to a light and look closely.
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| | | | | Author: | Emporiosa | | Posted: | Dec 13, 2020 19:19 | | Subject: | Re: What does “color may vary” mean exactly? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, StarWarz writes:
| | After looking through posts, some users said that “color may vary” means that
the second more detailed image of the part is just showing the same part, but
in a different color, but others said it meant other things. Does “color may
vary” mean the color is random and not the color that it is listed as? One user
said that it meant that the color of the part might be slightly different because
lego is not consistent with colors, for example, two white bricks and one is
a more little tan-ish if you hold it up to a light and look closely.
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I'm not sure which post you're referring to specifically, but there is
a lot of variation in the colours of parts produced by LEGO. And sometimes the
same part in the same set can show a lot of lighter/darker variance (best example
is Pearl Gold). In some sets with this colour, you can get lighter and darker
shades of it but to LEGO, it's all the same colour (even though it's
quite visibly different). I'm assuming that this is what they're referring
to, because the listing should be for a specific oolour only. But yes there is
definitely some variation in the colours of parts.
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| | | | | Author: | hpoort | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2020 02:04 | | Subject: | Re: What does “color may vary” mean exactly? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, StarWarz writes:
| | After looking through posts, some users said that “color may vary” means that
the second more detailed image of the part is just showing the same part, but
in a different color, but others said it meant other things. Does “color may
vary” mean the color is random and not the color that it is listed as? One user
said that it meant that the color of the part might be slightly different because
lego is not consistent with colors, for example, two white bricks and one is
a more little tan-ish if you hold it up to a light and look closely.
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The first explanation. It refers to part of the Bricklink site where images are
shown in a different color than intended. This stems from the old days when each
part shape only had one primary image, and only thumbnail sized images for the
other existing colors. A page like https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=37
still does not show the colors that are asked for.
And yes, the other explanations are also correct: there are some sets that contain
parts in a random color (e.g. Bionicle), and there is color variation, especially
with some colors, which may be reflected in a store's listing. It depends
on the context where you see the message.
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| | | | | | | Author: | psusaxman2000 | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2020 09:04 | | Subject: | Re: What does “color may vary” mean exactly? | | Viewed: | 35 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, hpoort writes:
| | In Colors, StarWarz writes:
| | After looking through posts, some users said that “color may vary” means that
the second more detailed image of the part is just showing the same part, but
in a different color, but others said it meant other things. Does “color may
vary” mean the color is random and not the color that it is listed as? One user
said that it meant that the color of the part might be slightly different because
lego is not consistent with colors, for example, two white bricks and one is
a more little tan-ish if you hold it up to a light and look closely.
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The first explanation. It refers to part of the Bricklink site where images are
shown in a different color than intended. This stems from the old days when each
part shape only had one primary image, and only thumbnail sized images for the
other existing colors. A page like https://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&colorPart=37
still does not show the colors that are asked for.
And yes, the other explanations are also correct: there are some sets that contain
parts in a random color (e.g. Bionicle), and there is color variation, especially
with some colors, which may be reflected in a store's listing. It depends
on the context where you see the message.
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Another path is for "speckle" colored pieces. I have one in my shop now and
a few that have passed through that I remark on the variation of it. They are
extremely inconsistent and some look like they are straight solid color.
The one that has been extremely visible for me in the solid colors has been Lime.
If you look up reviews for the Lamborghini Sian (42115) you will find numerous
complaints about the variations of the parts and not matching quite right. This
could also be a scenario if the seller has numerous of the same part that has
some slight variations.
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| | | | | Author: | Stellar | | Posted: | Dec 14, 2020 09:56 | | Subject: | Re: What does “color may vary” mean exactly? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, StarWarz writes:
| | After looking through posts, some users said that “color may vary” means that
the second more detailed image of the part is just showing the same part, but
in a different color, but others said it meant other things. Does “color may
vary” mean the color is random and not the color that it is listed as? One user
said that it meant that the color of the part might be slightly different because
lego is not consistent with colors, for example, two white bricks and one is
a more little tan-ish if you hold it up to a light and look closely.
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That is only a notice that the picture you are seeing is just a higher quality
image of the part, but that may be not be the same color you are checking inside
the store.
The color you are buying with this listing is the first image and the name of
the color is on the start of the part name.
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