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| | | Author: | weblectricity  | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 08:15 | | Subject: | Trans-Light Blue variations? | | Viewed: | 101 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hey all, I've googled this but didn't find anything...
Are there variations in trans-light blue? I've got all my trans light blue
1x1 round plates from sealed seats I've bought in local stores and parted
out according to the BrickLink catalog. I can see two distinct batches, a lighter
and a darker variant, often inside the same set. Is this a known "issue" or are
the part listings wrong and it's actually a different color?
Thanks,
Peter
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| | | | | Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 12:22 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, weblectricity writes:
| | Hey all, I've googled this but didn't find anything...
Are there variations in trans-light blue? I've got all my trans light blue
1x1 round plates from sealed seats I've bought in local stores and parted
out according to the BrickLink catalog. I can see two distinct batches, a lighter
and a darker variant, often inside the same set. Is this a known "issue" or are
the part listings wrong and it's actually a different color?
Thanks,
Peter
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Yep, lots of variation in this color. They used to be noticeably more yellowish
on occasion — the newest ones have fixed this problem, but they're now a
bit more milky-looking than before. I think they changed the plastic type.
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| | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 14:30 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| | In Colors, weblectricity writes:
| | Hey all, I've googled this but didn't find anything...
Are there variations in trans-light blue? I've got all my trans light blue
1x1 round plates from sealed seats I've bought in local stores and parted
out according to the BrickLink catalog. I can see two distinct batches, a lighter
and a darker variant, often inside the same set. Is this a known "issue" or are
the part listings wrong and it's actually a different color?
Thanks,
Peter
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Yep, lots of variation in this color. They used to be noticeably more yellowish
on occasion — the newest ones have fixed this problem, but they're now a
bit more milky-looking than before. I think they changed the plastic type.
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They did change the plastic used for transparent parts (from polycarbonate to
methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), but the color problem existed
before that.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 14:59 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, randyf writes:
| | They did change the plastic used for transparent parts (from polycarbonate to
methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), but the color problem existed
before that.
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I wonder whether smaller pieces tend to have greater variation in color than
larger.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | pikachu3 | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 15:34 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, randyf writes:
| | In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| | In Colors, weblectricity writes:
| | Hey all, I've googled this but didn't find anything...
Are there variations in trans-light blue? I've got all my trans light blue
1x1 round plates from sealed seats I've bought in local stores and parted
out according to the BrickLink catalog. I can see two distinct batches, a lighter
and a darker variant, often inside the same set. Is this a known "issue" or are
the part listings wrong and it's actually a different color?
Thanks,
Peter
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Yep, lots of variation in this color. They used to be noticeably more yellowish
on occasion — the newest ones have fixed this problem, but they're now a
bit more milky-looking than before. I think they changed the plastic type.
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They did change the plastic used for transparent parts (from polycarbonate to
methyl methacrylate-acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene), but the color problem existed
before that.
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yep — I don't think I worded that clearly enough. It used to be extremely
variable, sometimes appearing yellowish, sometimes not. Now it has been stabilized
BUT at the expense of creating yet another variant.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Feb 14, 2021 17:03 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| | yep — I don't think I worded that clearly enough. It used to be extremely
variable, sometimes appearing yellowish, sometimes not. Now it has been stabilized
BUT at the expense of creating yet another variant.
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Rather than creating variants (which strays from the official list of colors)
I wish we could tag consistency instead. Some are more consistent than others.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | weblectricity | | Posted: | Feb 15, 2021 14:37 | | Subject: | Re: Trans-Light Blue variations? | | Viewed: | 19 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| Thanks all, very informative!
In Colors, cosmicray writes:
| | In Colors, pikachu3 writes:
| | yep — I don't think I worded that clearly enough. It used to be extremely
variable, sometimes appearing yellowish, sometimes not. Now it has been stabilized
BUT at the expense of creating yet another variant.
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Rather than creating variants (which strays from the official list of colors)
I wish we could tag consistency instead. Some are more consistent than others.
Nita Rae
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