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 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Apr 30, 2024 00:57
 Subject: Is Dark Blue the new problem child?
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(That thread title might get lost in translation for some of our non English
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Color shifts in Dark Red are well established. Same with white stress marks
on Reddish Brown and Dark Red parts... But has anyone else been paying close
attention to Dark Blue?

I'm trudging along slowly with several copies of
 
Set No: 21344 Name: The Orient Express Train
* 		21344-1 (Inv) The Orient Express Train
2507 Parts, 8 Minifigures, 2023
Sets: LEGO Ideas (CUUSOO): Train
And I'm
seeing an extremely high incidence rate of "less than pristine" examples
of
 
Part No: 43967 Name: Door 1 x 4 x 5 Train Left, Thick Support at Bottom
* 		43967 Door 1 x 4 x 5 Train Left, Thick Support at Bottom
Parts: Door {Dark Blue}
and
 
Part No: 42819 Name: Door 1 x 4 x 5 Train Right, Thick Support at Bottom
* 		42819 Door 1 x 4 x 5 Train Right, Thick Support at Bottom
Parts: Door {Dark Blue}
. 3/16 and 4/16 respectively.

I'm going to go back and check some of the higher volume pieces like the
1x8's and check, but has anyone else been seeing this? I can't in good
conscience list these as "new" even though they are. (Can add photos
tomorrow.)