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 Author: normann1974 View Messages Posted By normann1974
 Posted: Jun 27, 2023 16:17
 Subject: Light Gray colors
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normann1974 (2289)

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Having handled thousands of used bricks, I have noticed two clearly different
shades of Light Gray which I do not believe can be explained by yellowing / exposure
to (UV) light because it occurs on all sides, even insides.

Until today, I thought that maybe this was a change to color at some point in
history or possibly degrading plastic, but now I have found a factory assembled
part of both colors. It is most likely from set 6080 because it came with a string
that was tied to a black 4081a.

Any good explanation of my sighting?

(In the first photo, the left part is light bluish gray for comparison)

/Jan
 


 Author: SylvainLS View Messages Posted By SylvainLS
 Posted: Jun 27, 2023 16:23
 Subject: Re: Light Gray colors
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In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
  Having handled thousands of used bricks, I have noticed two clearly different
shades of Light Gray which I do not believe can be explained by yellowing / exposure
to (UV) light because it occurs on all sides, even insides.

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  Until today, I thought that maybe this was a change to color at some point in
history or possibly degrading plastic, but now I have found a factory assembled
part of both colors. It is most likely from set 6080 because it came with a string
that was tied to a black 4081a.

Any good explanation of my sighting?

(In the first photo, the left part is light bluish gray for comparison)

/Jan