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| | | Author: | Namsey  | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2023 18:34 | | Subject: | Dark red, new dark red and new new dark red. | | Viewed: | 137 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| There is no differentiation between these shades on Bricklink and it had caused
me to order the same pieces from different stores several times until I had the
correct amount of pieces in the correct shade I wanted. This is especially frustrating
with the most uncommon pieces in dark red. For those of you who don't know
the differences, here's a link to an article that explains it well :
https://www.newelementary.com/2019/05/has-lego-color-dark-red-changed.html?m=1
Since the original dark red and the newest dark red have a similar translucid
effect, I think they should be in the same category. The dark red shade produced
between 2009 and 2018 is more opaque and most importantly, more brittle. So I
suggest a new category for this specific shade but I don't know how to rename
it. Please give your suggestions.
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| | | | | Author: | DeLuca | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2023 18:38 | | Subject: | Re: Dark red, new dark red and new new dark red. | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Namsey writes:
| | There is no differentiation between these shades on Bricklink and it had caused
me to order the same pieces from different stores several times until I had the
correct amount of pieces in the correct shade I wanted. This is especially frustrating
with the most uncommon pieces in dark red. For those of you who don't know
the differences, here's a link to an article that explains it well :
https://www.newelementary.com/2019/05/has-lego-color-dark-red-changed.html?m=1
Since the original dark red and the newest dark red have a similar translucid
effect, I think they should be in the same category. The dark red shade produced
between 2009 and 2018 is more opaque and most importantly, more brittle. So I
suggest a new category for this specific shade but I don't know how to rename
it. Please give your suggestions.
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BrickLink does not differentiate between production differences within a single
colour (154 New Dark Red).
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| | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Jul 28, 2023 20:54 | | Subject: | Re: Dark red, new dark red and new new dark red. | | Viewed: | 54 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Suggestions, Namsey writes:
| | The dark red shade produced
between 2009 and 2018 is more opaque and most importantly, more brittle. So I
suggest a new category for this specific shade but I don't know how to rename
it. Please give your suggestions.
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One of the questions that falls out this explanation is, what did LEGO customer
service do when someone called them concerning brittle dark red parts in a set,
but only certain parts (of that color) were brittle ? The implication here is
that, at some point, CS was sending out parts that did not exactly match to other
dark red parts.
But the explanation above, may go all the way back to this set , of
which I parted out quite a few copies, and likely about 15 years ago. Certain
dark blue parts varied widely between translucent dark blue (which isn’t even
a color that BL recognizes) and dark blue. At some point in my current process,
it is possible that I will part out more of that set, and will likely run into
this again. Note tho, that neither shade of dark blue were brittle, so this was
some other cause/effect.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | Author: | ManilaBrick | | Posted: | Sep 1, 2023 23:34 | | Subject: | Re: Dark red, new dark red and new new dark red. | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Namsey writes:
| | There is no differentiation between these shades on Bricklink and it had caused
me to order the same pieces from different stores several times until I had the
correct amount of pieces in the correct shade I wanted. This is especially frustrating
with the most uncommon pieces in dark red. For those of you who don't know
the differences, here's a link to an article that explains it well :
https://www.newelementary.com/2019/05/has-lego-color-dark-red-changed.html?m=1
Since the original dark red and the newest dark red have a similar translucid
effect, I think they should be in the same category. The dark red shade produced
between 2009 and 2018 is more opaque and most importantly, more brittle. So I
suggest a new category for this specific shade but I don't know how to rename
it. Please give your suggestions.
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My suggestion is create a color category for off shade colors that commonly seen
with LBG bricks, Blue, Tan, Sand Green, White, etc. I open sealed old Starwars
sets and most of the LBG parts are already of a different shade. I have so many
blue minifig legs where one leg has turned to a darker shade.
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