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| | | Author: | ccroxton  | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 16:56 | | Subject: | Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 162 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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| | | | | Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:00 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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Looks like Brittle Blue, not an official color just old regular blue bricks.
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| | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:01 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Looks like what we call brittle blue.
In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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| | | | | Author: | ccroxton | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:09 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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This is not a vintage part. The pins on the bottom are hollow, not solid, and
the logo is different.
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| | | | | | | Author: | peregrinator | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:17 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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This is not a vintage part. The pins on the bottom are hollow, not solid, and
the logo is different.
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They are brittle blue. Definitely not Maersk blue, which is a real color, and
as you say, they are not vintage parts.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | ccroxton | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:22 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 40 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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This is not a vintage part. The pins on the bottom are hollow, not solid, and
the logo is different.
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They are brittle blue. Definitely not Maersk blue, which is a real color, and
as you say, they are not vintage parts.
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So if I just lump them in with the blue 1x3, then the buyer will not be getting
what they expected?
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:24 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| You can list them seperately as blue but add a note that they are brittle blue,
some collect them.
In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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This is not a vintage part. The pins on the bottom are hollow, not solid, and
the logo is different.
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They are brittle blue. Definitely not Maersk blue, which is a real color, and
as you say, they are not vintage parts.
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So if I just lump them in with the blue 1x3, then the buyer will not be getting
what they expected?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | ccroxton | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:40 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
| | You can list them seperately as blue but add a note that they are brittle blue,
some collect them.
In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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This is not a vintage part. The pins on the bottom are hollow, not solid, and
the logo is different.
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I have come to the conclusion that these are either fake, or prototypes. They
do not say copyright Lego on the bottom; there are just some numbers (not the
part number). Also, the sprue in the center top stud is very pronounced, and
after checking through almost 1000 other 1x3 plates, I do not see the pronounced
sprue.
| | | | | | They are brittle blue. Definitely not Maersk blue, which is a real color, and
as you say, they are not vintage parts.
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So if I just lump them in with the blue 1x3, then the buyer will not be getting
what they expected?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:43 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
| | You can list them seperately as blue but add a note that they are brittle blue,
some collect them.
In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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This is not a vintage part. The pins on the bottom are hollow, not solid, and
the logo is different.
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I have come to the conclusion that these are either fake, or prototypes. They
do not say copyright Lego on the bottom; there are just some numbers (not the
part number). Also, the sprue in the center top stud is very pronounced, and
after checking through almost 1000 other 1x3 plates, I do not see the pronounced
sprue.
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They are not fake. They are Brittle Blue, don't ask for advice and ignore
it. Search the forums for Brittle Blue.
| | | | | | | | They are brittle blue. Definitely not Maersk blue, which is a real color, and
as you say, they are not vintage parts.
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So if I just lump them in with the blue 1x3, then the buyer will not be getting
what they expected?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | ccroxton | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:50 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | They are not fake. They are Brittle Blue, don't ask for advice and ignore
it. Search the forums for Brittle Blue.
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My apologies, I am just trying to understand. I had been told that all modern
Lego parts have the copyright Lego on the bottom, unless they are very old, or
prototypes. I will list them as brittle blue.
Many thanks for the input from everyone!
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Tracyd | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:56 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | | | They are not fake. They are Brittle Blue, don't ask for advice and ignore
it. Search the forums for Brittle Blue.
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My apologies, I am just trying to understand. I had been told that all modern
Lego parts have the copyright Lego on the bottom, unless they are very old, or
prototypes. I will list them as brittle blue.
Many thanks for the input from everyone!
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Many smaller parts only have C for copyright on them, usually in the minifig
utensils and smaller parts. Search the forums here. There is a lot of great
advice and information on almost anything you can think of. And my apologies
for being curt. I am experiencing some pain and not in an overly good mood.
But it's no excuse for my behavior.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 18:27 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | | | They are not fake. They are Brittle Blue, don't ask for advice and ignore
it. Search the forums for Brittle Blue.
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My apologies, I am just trying to understand. I had been told that all modern
Lego parts have the copyright Lego on the bottom, unless they are very old, or
prototypes. I will list them as brittle blue.
Many thanks for the input from everyone!
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It’s just a misunderstanding on what “modern” and “very old” mean.
It may mean:
— after 2004 / the Great Colour Shift,
— after 1978 / the Minifigure,
— after 1963 / the change from CA to ABS,
— around 2020 / the new transparent M-ABS parts,
— or whatever significant event I forgot because I don’t really care about or
because I need to go to bed.
I’m no expert on this, and please someone correct me if I am wrong, but some
parts only got their © and logos in the naughties or even later.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Jan 28, 2022 17:46 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 50 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| This is the common misconception that the base should have Lego somewhere, many
don’t.
These are genuine parts, just poor quality..
The numbers are for moulds and mould positions.
In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, Stuart9 writes:
| | You can list them seperately as blue but add a note that they are brittle blue,
some collect them.
In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, peregrinator writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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This is not a vintage part. The pins on the bottom are hollow, not solid, and
the logo is different.
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I have come to the conclusion that these are either fake, or prototypes. They
do not say copyright Lego on the bottom; there are just some numbers (not the
part number). Also, the sprue in the center top stud is very pronounced, and
after checking through almost 1000 other 1x3 plates, I do not see the pronounced
sprue.
| | | | | | They are brittle blue. Definitely not Maersk blue, which is a real color, and
as you say, they are not vintage parts.
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So if I just lump them in with the blue 1x3, then the buyer will not be getting
what they expected?
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2022 00:37 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | I have come to the conclusion that these are either fake, or prototypes. They
do not say copyright Lego on the bottom; there are just some numbers (not the
part number). Also, the sprue in the center top stud is very pronounced, and
after checking through almost 1000 other 1x3 plates, I do not see the pronounced
sprue.
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Look at this page and thoroughly digest what is being shown:
https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2505
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| | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2022 00:15 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 52 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, ccroxton writes:
| | In the picture below, the two center 1x3 plates are not the regular blue. They
appear to have a more greenish cast to them. They have hollow pins on the bottom.
Rebrickable lists colors such as vintage blue or Maersk blue, but I do not see
these options here?
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Those are simply old, Dis-Colored blue pieces.
Blue parts get dis-colored, almost as often as White parts. It sucks but it
happens.
I simply throw those into the trash, just like I have been doing with them for
40 years. They are no longer Shiny Stuff, so I chuck 'em out.
If you can find other uses for them rather than the trash can, that's great.
But, they are not really worth trying to sell unless you have a whole bunch
of them and you describe them properly as Dis-Colored.
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| | | | | | | Author: | crimson30 | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2022 07:03 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| I throw away a lot of parts myself.
But if it's discoloration only, maybe don't throw away brittle blue 3001s.
As a collector interested in color, I've been looking for some nice ones
(good condition and very discolored).
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Jan 29, 2022 07:41 | | Subject: | Re: Unknown blue color? | | Viewed: | 75 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, crimson30 writes:
| | I throw away a lot of parts myself.
But if it's discoloration only, maybe don't throw away brittle blue 3001s.
As a collector interested in color, I've been looking for some nice ones
(good condition and very discolored).
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I dunno if I have ever had a discolored Blue 2x4 brick -- not in the past
15 years or so. That's about the time I completely stopped buying bins of
used bricks from random sources.
To the best of my memory, most of the discolored Blue bricks I have encountered
have been 1x bricks and not 2x bricks. Discolored Blue PLATES are more common.
A few months ago I had to chuck out about 400 discolored Blue Grill Tiles 2412B
that got discolored sitting in dark storage for about 12 years.
I actually seek out, buy, and build with discolored Blue SLOPES. I love 'em
-- they allow for building roofs of various shades of Blue and discolored
Blue without having to actually mix in other colors of slopes. And being that
many of these discolored Blue slopes are from as far back as 1960 and any years
in between then and now, there is so much variation in color as well as texture
possible. Most of the several hundred discolored Blue slope pieces in my collection
cost me probably 6 or 7 cents on average.
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