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Sep 27, 2021 13:22

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Pearl Gold and Flat Dark Gold changes

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Set 7600 on Bricklink lists the Bionicle Zamor Sphere as being Flat Dark Gold,
but that color was more than likely retired by 2007, and LEGO has the sphere
as their "Warm Gold" which translates to "Pearl Gold" on Bricklink. This should
be changed to accurately reflect LEGO's database information.

Sets 3615 and 9131 have the same issue. Part 3437 is listed as being "Pearl Gold",
but the color was not around in 2002, and LEGO has it listed as "Sand Yellow
Metallic" which translates to Bricklink's "Flat Dark Gold".

Part 44715 is listed as "Dark Tan", but the available photo shows the part as
having a metallic look to it, and the two sellers have listed it as "Flat Dark
Gold", which seems more accurate given the photo and the photo for the part in
"Flat Dark Gold".

Part 44716 should also be looked at. It is listed as "Pearl Gold", but the color
was not around in 2003 either, as its ID 297 has it being released around 2005.
The part looks more like 139 Copper, whose ID would match a 2003 release date,
but that's not certain. However, it could also be LEGO's 189 Reddish
Gold, which Bricklink does not have a separate color for, as most pearly golds
were just thrown under 84 Copper. This presents the separate issue of adding
new colors to the Bricklink database.

Lastly, part 48647 has multiple iterations in terms of color, but the one listed
for set 4777 has it as Pearl Gold. The photo looks more like "Flat Dark Gold",
which also makes more sense, given that Flat Dark Gold was around in 2004, and
Pearl Gold more than likely wasn't. This is more difficult to work with,
as it could be split into two different colors, with future iterations of the
part being Pearl Gold, and the 2004 version being "Flat Dark Gold". Sellers with
the older part would have to manually change their listing. Lego's database
has the part listed as "Warm Gold", but they do not take different production
runs of sets into account when listing colors, as they probably only account
for the most recent one, which in this set's case, would've been a 2005
run, probably around the time 297 Warm Gold replaced all the previous golds.

Message Has 22 Replies:

Re: Pearl Gold and Flat Dark Gold changes - here4bricks614 (187)

[...] Part 42026 is also Flat Dark Gold.
(32 months ago, Sep 27, 2021, to Catalog Requests)

Re: Pearl Gold and Flat Dark Gold changes - randyf (442)

[...] [...] This has been fixed. All Zamor spheres included in sets are now Pearl Gold. [...] This has been fixed. The Pearl Gold parts in both of those sets have been [...]
(32 months ago, Oct 6, 2021, to Catalog Requests)

Re: Pearl Gold and Flat Dark Gold changes - randyf (442)

[...] [...] This has been fixed. The Dark Tan 44715 has been changed to Flat Dark Gold.
(32 months ago, Oct 12, 2021, to Catalog Requests)

Re: Pearl Gold and Flat Dark Gold changes - axaday (7303)

Do you have a reference comparison for flat dark gold and pearl gold? I just opened 8779 and I would have called one of the swords pearl gold without another thought, but I [...]
(32 months ago, Oct 12, 2021, to Catalog Requests)

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