Author:  randyf  Posted:  Mar 14, 2023 21:33  Subject:  Re: Trans-Light Blue  Viewed:  44 times  Topic:  Colors Cancel Reply

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In Colors, CCBricks writes:    Definitely two different colors...or at least a different shade. Those parts look textured. I wonder if it's something in the mix that is used to make the texture that is causing the color shift. But that one slope also looks "sanded" so it's hard to say. The texture is a characteristic of the metal mold that the plastic parts are injection molded in. It has nothing to do with the colors. These parts were unfortunately just not colored properly. I am noticing this more and more in the transparent parts since they switched to the new transparent plastic material.    In Colors, jennnifer writes:    Here are some Trans-Light Blue parts I just opened in set   *  71417-1 (Inv) Fliprus Snow Adventure - Expansion Set 412 Parts, 4 Minifigures, 2023 Sets: Super Mario: Super Mario Expansion Set   *  78886 Wedge 2 x 2 x 2 (Slope 65 Corner) Parts: Wedge {Trans-Light Blue} These wedges are so different!

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Re: Trans-Light Blue - CCBricks (2373)

Definitely two different colors...or at least a different shade. Those parts look textured. I wonder if it's something in the mix that is used to make the texture that is [...] (15 months ago, Mar 14, 2023, to Colors)

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Re: Trans-Light Blue - rylie_aitch (255)

[...] I think MABS tends to give a bluish hue — maybe these slopes mark a return to the previous trans-light blue color (as in, they finally got the mix dialed in)? [...] (15 months ago, Mar 15, 2023, to Colors)

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