Author:  here4bricks614  Posted:  Aug 21, 2023 19:55  Subject:  Old Dark Red  Viewed:  154 times  Topic:  Colors  Status: Open Cancel Reply	BrickLink ID Card here4bricks614 (187) Location:  USA, New Jersey Member Since Contact Type Status Jul 20, 2020 Buyer
Does anyone have experience dealing with old Dark Red from 2001-2008? Is it brittle? I’ve only had four modern Dark Red parts break, but I don’t own enough old Dark Red to know if that color is as brittle.

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Re: Old Dark Red - clementine (405)

The dark red and also other colours like pearl gold and red brown had a period not so long ago of brittle bricks. I've had too many breaks in those colours for it to be coincidence. [...] (9 months ago, Aug 21, 2023, to Colors)

Re: Old Dark Red - iprice (1252)

[...] It can be terribly brittle. I lost a fair number of dark red plates when disassembling a Lego Star Wars Republic Cruiser (7665) and a few more on another SW set. [...] (9 months ago, Aug 21, 2023, to Colors)

Re: Old Dark Red - Brickitty (6460)

[...] I separate the shades of Dark Red in my store, and I've built tons of '00s and '10s sets. In my experience, Old Dark Red can be brittle, but it's brittle [...] (9 months ago, Aug 21, 2023, to Colors)

Re: Old Dark Red - tec (61)

I've separated 3 shades of Dark Red but can't catch the offender. they don't shatter in my hands any clues? trasparency... reflectivity... glow under UV, any? (9 months ago, Aug 22, 2023, to Colors)

Re: Old Dark Red - Sadler_Bricks (1731)

Yes I believe so Sadler_Bricks (9 months ago, Sep 5, 2023, to Colors)

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