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| | | Author: | normann1974  | | Posted: | May 4, 2019 09:32 | | Subject: | Vintage version of 4175? | | Viewed: | 83 times | | Topic: | Catalog | | Status: | Open | |
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| When sorting my parts
I've noticed some blue and black versions that look different. The shade
of blue is a bit greenish (image may not show this clearly) and the shade of
blue is a bit greyish. They are easily identifiable by their color variation
but they can also be identified by some whitening/fraying along the edges. I
believe they're made from a softer plastic than usual. Are these vintage
or from certain special sets?
/Jan
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| | | | | Author: | WhiteVanMan | | Posted: | May 4, 2019 15:34 | | Subject: | Re: Vintage version of 4175? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
| | When sorting my parts
I've noticed some blue and black versions that look different. The shade
of blue is a bit greenish (image may not show this clearly) and the shade of
blue is a bit greyish. They are easily identifiable by their color variation
but they can also be identified by some whitening/fraying along the edges. I
believe they're made from a softer plastic than usual. Are these vintage
or from certain special sets?
/Jan
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Honestly?
I wouldn't be surprised if this is indeed the case, as I have seen differences
in 2x2 inverted slopes, especially with Blue, and LEGO has experimented with
various 'compositions' of the plastic over the years, and I have often
seen texture differences with 1x plates, as well as various Trans colours, as
there are documented differences over the years of some of them being quite distinctly
different, but LEGO doesn't distinguish between them, for example, Trans
Orange comes to mind, and I 've seen Trans Light Blue come into play as well.
You can always list them separately, and I've done this myself.
Paul
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| | | | | Author: | Adjour | | Posted: | May 4, 2019 15:45 | | Subject: | Re: Vintage version of 4175? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| In Catalog, normann1974 writes:
| | When sorting my parts
I've noticed some blue and black versions that look different. The shade
of blue is a bit greenish (image may not show this clearly) and the shade of
blue is a bit greyish. They are easily identifiable by their color variation
but they can also be identified by some whitening/fraying along the edges. I
believe they're made from a softer plastic than usual. Are these vintage
or from certain special sets?
/Jan
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I do agree that vintage ones look different and seem to be of a different plastic.
I have never found a modern one broken either.
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| | | | | | | Author: | normann1974 | | Posted: | May 5, 2019 10:15 | | Subject: | Re: Vintage version of 4175? | | Viewed: | 45 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| | | I do agree that vintage ones look different and seem to be of a different plastic.
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Does that warrant a note on the part? They look quite odd compared to each other,
and some might think that they are unoriginal despite the LEGO logo.
/Jan
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