Author:  Starrcharter  Posted:  Jul 24, 2023 17:25  Subject:  Time To Differentiate Pearl Light Gray  Viewed:  126 times  Topic:  Suggestions  Status: Open  Vote: [Yes|No] Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card Starrcharter (1387) Location:  USA, Nebraska Member Since Contact Type Status Jan 1, 2019 Seller Store: Starrbrick Center

Last year, BrickLink decided to reclassify the Pearl Light Gray color as encompassing both the lighter Pearl Light Gray (Cool Silver) parts that were made from 2006-2010 and the previous darker shade which was then grouped as "Flat Silver" (131 Silver). Since the new update, it has been very difficult to source the correct shade of parts, which are differentiable and belong to specific sets, especially within the Bionicle range. I believe it is time for BrickLink to reclassify the darker shade into a new color so the community can list/purchase parts with greater accuracy. Propositions for the 131 Silver color name could be something like below, (or whatever the BrickLink team would find appropriate): -Flat Pearl -Medium Pearl Light Gray -Pearl Medium Gray BrickLink stated about a year ago: "Future: BrickLink will most likely introduce a third silver color so that all three LEGO silver colors (131 Silver, 296 Cool Silver, and 315 Silver Metallic) have a direct correlation to a BrickLink color. The BrickLink color names may need to be updated to create harmony between them." Can this be done?

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Re: Time To Differentiate Pearl Light Gray - crocushorselady (8)

[...] Maybe something like this should be done for pearl gold lol they are really different. (10 months ago, Jul 24, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Time To Differentiate Pearl Light Gray - here4bricks614 (189)

[...] This is an incorrect understanding of the issue. Pearl Light Gray/131 Silver: 2000 - Summer of 2005, Pearl Light Gray/296 Cool Silver: Summer of 2005 - Summer of 2006, [...] (10 months ago, Jul 24, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Time To Differentiate Pearl Light Gray - DeLuca (288)

Agreed on differentiation. 👍 My suggestion would be “Pearl Light Silver” (296 Cool Silver / Pearl Light Gray), “Pearl Medium Silver” (131 Silver / Pearl Light Gray), [...] (10 months ago, Jul 24, 2023, to Suggestions)

Re: Time To Differentiate Pearl Light Gray - tec (62)

tr black comes to memory... don't forget to suffix "(old pearl lg)" while it's a hot thing to do (10 months ago, Jul 25, 2023, to Suggestions)

8 Messages in this Thread:

 Msg 1 « - Starrcharter (1387) 10 months ago Jul 24, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 2 - crocushorselady (8) 10 months ago Jul 24, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 3 - DeLuca (288) 10 months ago Jul 24, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 4 - here4bricks614 (189) 10 months ago Jul 24, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 5 - Starrcharter (1387) 10 months ago Jul 24, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 6 - here4bricks614 (189) 10 months ago Jul 25, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 7 - DeLuca (288) 10 months ago Jul 24, 2023 to Suggestions
 Msg 8 - tec (62) 10 months ago Jul 25, 2023 to Suggestions