Author:  Shiny_Stuff  Posted:  Oct 25, 2023 10:46  Subject:  Re: Well, it's been 20 years...  Viewed:  63 times  Topic:  Colors Cancel Reply

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In Colors, zorbanj writes:    Any fans of the original dark gray vs dark bluish gray? ME. I Still HATE Dark Bley. When I build truly original stuff, I always use Old Dark Gray. The lack of new elements means my stuff looks like it came from the 1990's, but I am okay with that. I, of course, am forced to use Dark Bley when building and modifying sets, and I still hate it. New Light Bley is an improvement over old Light Gray, which now looks old and grubby, especially if the pieces have discolored. The lack of new elements in Old Light Gray makes it extremely difficult to use for building anything with SNOT techniques or with extensive textures, as is the current trend in building styles for everything. As for Reddish Brown versus Old Brown -- this change has never bothered me. Mostly because we didn't have very many elements in Old Brown. We only had Old Brown from 1996 to 2004 -- before that Old Brown was only used for stuff like Minifig Weapons and a few other specialty elements like Bar ladders and treasure chests and other containers. So, there wasn't much of Old Brown to miss about it. I happen to own HUGE amounts of Old Brown in my personal collection, but I think that is somewhat unusual. Plus, Old Brown mixes very well with Reddish Brown and they can be used interchangeably without looking bad or ugly. As well, both work equally well with Dark Brown, Tan, and Dark Tan, as well as all other colors. Old Brown is so dark that it doesn't photograph well, like Black. Overall, I wish the color change had never happened. It would have been better if it had happened years earlier, like say 1983, the year before the first gray castle sets were released. Then, we would have never seen Old Brown and Old Dark Gray; only Old Light Gray would have needed to be changed. ____

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Any fans of the original dark gray vs dark bluish gray? In Colors, crazylegoman writes: [...] (7 months ago, Oct 25, 2023, to Colors)

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