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| | | | | Author: | tec  | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2023 14:56 | | Subject: | Re: I discovered a new color | | Viewed: | 68 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| while we wait for Ryan to pop up...
what if it's not the pigment, but the material?
I. An overweight brick is less durable. When it falls or is thrown around (think
kid's play) it can crack or break open.
II. If I were at Lego, I would have made it in polypropilene (or polystirene).
A less rigid plastic -- can resist more impacts and play.
III. Like Bionicle! So here's a cheap test: find a *blue bionicle part and
compare under UV.
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| | | | | | | Author: | here4bricks614 | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2023 15:05 | | Subject: | Re: I discovered a new color | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, tec writes:
| | while we wait for Ryan to pop up...
what if it's not the pigment, but the material?
I. An overweight brick is less durable. When it falls or is thrown around (think
kid's play) it can crack or break open.
II. If I were at Lego, I would have made it in polypropilene (or polystirene).
A less rigid plastic -- can resist more impacts and play.
III. Like Bionicle! So here's a cheap test: find a *blue bionicle part and
compare under UV.
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It’s probably the material. Some Red parts glow under UV light.
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | WOLKsite | | Posted: | Dec 5, 2023 17:45 | | Subject: | Re: I discovered a new color | | Viewed: | 56 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, here4bricks614 writes:
| | In Catalog Requests, tec writes:
| | while we wait for Ryan to pop up...
what if it's not the pigment, but the material?
I. An overweight brick is less durable. When it falls or is thrown around (think
kid's play) it can crack or break open.
II. If I were at Lego, I would have made it in polypropilene (or polystirene).
A less rigid plastic -- can resist more impacts and play.
III. Like Bionicle! So here's a cheap test: find a *blue bionicle part and
compare under UV.
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It’s probably the material. Some Red parts glow under UV light.
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Agreed; or like how all the newer transparent parts are fluorescent, because
MABS plastic is.
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| | | | | | | | | | | Author: | rylie_aitch | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2023 11:27 | | Subject: | Re: I discovered a new color | | Viewed: | 53 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, randyf writes:
That account is fully run by Nancy, my mom :p She took over the store and I made
my own account when I moved out. (sometimes she asks me to log in to check something,
and I forget which account I’m in before commenting on the forum…)
And yeah, it’s still 23 Bright Blue, but outsourced to a licensed factory that
wasn’t always great at matching colors back then.
Rylie (fka Ryan) 
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| | | | | Author: | randyf | | Posted: | Dec 31, 2023 02:52 | | Subject: | Re: I discovered a new color | | Viewed: | 55 times | | Topic: | Catalog Requests | |
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| In Catalog Requests, funkyb3 writes:
Many colors can fluoresce under a UV light if the material that the part is made
in tends to fluoresce, and LEGO uses a lot of different materials to make everything
(from ABS to polypropylene to nylon to polyethylene, etc.) Basically, you just
have a blue part made out of a material that just happens to fluoresce. That
does not mean that it is considered anything different than normal blue from
a color standpoint.
Since there is nothing for the catalog administrators to do here, this request
has been discarded.
Cheers,
Randy
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