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 Author: peregrinator View Messages Posted By peregrinator
 Posted: Nov 29, 2022 17:41
 Subject: Darker light gray 4085a
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peregrinator (1122)

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Set No: 6081 Name: King's Mountain Fortress
* 		6081-1 (Inv) King's Mountain Fortress
401 Parts, 8 Minifigures, 1990
Sets: Castle: Crusaders

the only set that came with

 
Part No: 4085a Name: Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Open O Clip Thin (Vertical Grip)
* 		4085a Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Open O Clip Thin (Vertical Grip)
Parts: Plate, Modified {Light Gray}

in a darker shade of light gray than was usual, or was it more common as the
part detail page suggests?
 Author: HoosierNinja View Messages Posted By HoosierNinja
 Posted: Nov 29, 2022 22:00
 Subject: Re: Darker light gray 4085a
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In Colors, peregrinator writes:
  Was

 
Set No: 6081 Name: King's Mountain Fortress
* 		6081-1 (Inv) King's Mountain Fortress
401 Parts, 8 Minifigures, 1990
Sets: Castle: Crusaders

the only set that came with

 
Part No: 4085a Name: Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Open O Clip Thin (Vertical Grip)
* 		4085a Plate, Modified 1 x 1 with Open O Clip Thin (Vertical Grip)
Parts: Plate, Modified {Light Gray}

in a darker shade of light gray than was usual, or was it more common as the
part detail page suggests?

That specific part definitely came in that slightly darker version of light gray
in other sets. Most of them were space sets in the 1980's.

David