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| | | Author: | gunga  | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 13:57 | | Subject: | What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 154 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| In a large box of loose LEGO, I came across several light gray pieces that I
can't identify the color of. They are from set 41154 and the only gray listed
in the inventory is LBG. The pieces in question are the 1x1 bricks as well as
the 1x2x5 bricks. For reference, the arch, 1x4, and 2x4 are light bluish gray.
The liftarm is very light bluish gray.
I know there is a variance in the light bluish gray, but this is a pretty dramatic
shade difference. And they ALL have the same shade, every 1x1 and 1x2x5. They
are LEGO pieces as I checked the studs and the logo is present.
Any ideas? Or have I overlooked something simple?
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| | | | | Author: | Brick.Door | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 14:17 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 39 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, gunga writes:
| | In a large box of loose LEGO, I came across several light gray pieces that I
can't identify the color of. They are from set 41154 and the only gray listed
in the inventory is LBG. The pieces in question are the 1x1 bricks as well as
the 1x2x5 bricks. For reference, the arch, 1x4, and 2x4 are light bluish gray.
The liftarm is very light bluish gray.
I know there is a variance in the light bluish gray, but this is a pretty dramatic
shade difference. And they ALL have the same shade, every 1x1 and 1x2x5. They
are LEGO pieces as I checked the studs and the logo is present.
Any ideas? Or have I overlooked something simple?
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If they were in a large loose box are you sure they came from 41154? Were there
any older (light gray) pieces in the box? The previous owner may have been playing
and took it apart and put it back together with some older bricks.
However, the fact that it is only certain elements (and all of those elements)
leads me to believe it was a bad batch produced this way by LEGO. Since it is
a recent set I wouldn't expect any fading or discoloration this quickly.
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| | | | | | | Author: | gunga | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 14:25 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| I am positive it is from 41154. The castle wasn't completely disassembled
and the light bright blue window only appears in that set. There were no older
regular light gray pieces in the lot.
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| | | | | | | Author: | tons_of_bricks | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 14:34 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 31 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| I too, have seen this difference in shade in some newer sets that contain Light
Bluish Gray.
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| | | | | Author: | Turez | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 43 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, gunga writes:
| | In a large box of loose LEGO, I came across several light gray pieces that I
can't identify the color of. They are from set 41154 and the only gray listed
in the inventory is LBG. The pieces in question are the 1x1 bricks as well as
the 1x2x5 bricks. For reference, the arch, 1x4, and 2x4 are light bluish gray.
The liftarm is very light bluish gray.
I know there is a variance in the light bluish gray, but this is a pretty dramatic
shade difference. And they ALL have the same shade, every 1x1 and 1x2x5. They
are LEGO pieces as I checked the studs and the logo is present.
Any ideas? Or have I overlooked something simple?
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Here is a similar case with 1x1 bricks in "too light bluish gray": https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=264511&nID=1183633
It is obviously a quality issue.
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| | | | | | | Author: | gunga | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 15:45 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 41 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| Normally I would agree with you about being a quality issue. There have been
some instances where it's almost impossible to tell a 'faded' LBG
from a old light gray.
But you can tell the color difference in these parts from 10 feet away in bad
light. Add in the fact that it's two different molds in the same set, and
they have the exact same color shade... maybe a wrong batch of color mixing in
the molding process?
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | Turez | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 17:31 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, gunga writes:
| | Normally I would agree with you about being a quality issue. There have been
some instances where it's almost impossible to tell a 'faded' LBG
from a old light gray.
But you can tell the color difference in these parts from 10 feet away in bad
light. Add in the fact that it's two different molds in the same set, and
they have the exact same color shade... maybe a wrong batch of color mixing in
the molding process?
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I agree that it was probably a wrong batch of color mixing, but I would still
call this a quality issue - just a different kind of quality issue than the "normal"
color variation. 
Btw. here is one more discussion about that:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=262307&nID=1174163
Looks like about one year ago TLG was aware of the issue and added replacement
parts to some sets.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | MrPetovan | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 18:30 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| You should try to contact LEGO to get these replacement parts!
In Colors, Turez writes:
| | In Colors, gunga writes:
| | Normally I would agree with you about being a quality issue. There have been
some instances where it's almost impossible to tell a 'faded' LBG
from a old light gray.
But you can tell the color difference in these parts from 10 feet away in bad
light. Add in the fact that it's two different molds in the same set, and
they have the exact same color shade... maybe a wrong batch of color mixing in
the molding process?
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I agree that it was probably a wrong batch of color mixing, but I would still
call this a quality issue - just a different kind of quality issue than the "normal"
color variation.
Btw. here is one more discussion about that:
https://www.bricklink.com/messageThread.asp?ID=262307&nID=1174163
Looks like about one year ago TLG was aware of the issue and added replacement
parts to some sets.
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| | | | | Author: | tan1mill | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 15:09 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 33 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, gunga writes:
| | In a large box of loose LEGO, I came across several light gray pieces that I
can't identify the color of. They are from set 41154 and the only gray listed
in the inventory is LBG. The pieces in question are the 1x1 bricks as well as
the 1x2x5 bricks. For reference, the arch, 1x4, and 2x4 are light bluish gray.
The liftarm is very light bluish gray.
I know there is a variance in the light bluish gray, but this is a pretty dramatic
shade difference. And they ALL have the same shade, every 1x1 and 1x2x5. They
are LEGO pieces as I checked the studs and the logo is present.
Any ideas? Or have I overlooked something simple?
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I've noticed this as well. There appears to be a shade between Light Bluish
Gray and the old Light Gray. It's clearly an "Off Color Gray" as I call
them, and know they are meant to be Light Bluish Gray because for some parts,
that's the only gray it was ever produced in. Sometimes I have a REALLY
hard time deciphering if a part is actually Light Gray or LBG. In that case,
I don't bother listing them for sale because they don't meet my personal
level of sale quality.
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| | | | | Author: | Stuart9 | | Posted: | Apr 5, 2021 18:44 | | Subject: | Re: What color is this gray? | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| If you find any 2 x 4's in that shade of grey, let me know.
In Colors, gunga writes:
| | In a large box of loose LEGO, I came across several light gray pieces that I
can't identify the color of. They are from set 41154 and the only gray listed
in the inventory is LBG. The pieces in question are the 1x1 bricks as well as
the 1x2x5 bricks. For reference, the arch, 1x4, and 2x4 are light bluish gray.
The liftarm is very light bluish gray.
I know there is a variance in the light bluish gray, but this is a pretty dramatic
shade difference. And they ALL have the same shade, every 1x1 and 1x2x5. They
are LEGO pieces as I checked the studs and the logo is present.
Any ideas? Or have I overlooked something simple?
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