Richard Dower Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Recently i bought part #553b in Pearl Light Gray...its a legit Lego part. But its not listed on Bricklink as a known colour, but is listed in lots for sale? How and why do known vs. lots for sale differ?....does known colours mean parts that are actually in production? http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=553b Quote
BachAddict Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Known colours are those listed in set inventories. For example, 553b is known to exist in Flat Silver in a TMNT set. Are you sure it's not that colour? Bricklink sellers don't always get their colours exactly right. Quote
Richard Dower Posted February 5, 2015 Author Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Known colours are those listed in set inventories. For example, 553b is known to exist in Flat Silver in a TMNT set. Are you sure it's not that colour? Bricklink sellers don't always get their colours exactly right. I have flat silver parts and pearl light gray parts.....its deffo PLG in colour. Pearl is very distinctive... Flat Silver = Pearl Light Gray = ^ it's NOT LBG...i have those and compared LBG vs. PLG...deffo different. Edited February 5, 2015 by Richard Dower Quote
jantjeuh Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) First of all, BrickLink is often not very accurate when it comes to colors (and Element IDs, and molds ...). Secondly, flat silver and PLG have been used interchangeably at BrickLink over the years, and have been used to indicate different colours. Edited February 5, 2015 by jantjeuh Quote
Graydingo Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Watch out for fake lego. Every once in a while they slip in to some bricklink orders. edit: hmm upside down. oh well you get the idea. Edited February 6, 2015 by Graydingo Quote
Saberwing40k Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 I'm going to counter the above, which is odd, as I'd usually be the voice of doom. You may have gotten a prototype, and/or special production part. Sometimes, on Bricklink, you get parts that were not included in any set, and were either made as parts for Legoland model designers, or just prototypes. And, once in a blue moon, a former Lego employee sells them. Just talk to user 1974, he has a shocking amount of prototype parts. Crowkillers/Paul Boratko also has a 4l differential in black. Quote
Richard Dower Posted February 6, 2015 Author Posted February 6, 2015 (edited) Another part i got recently, from a legit Ebay seller/shop...part #2412b in Pearl Dark Gray...but its not listed in the known colours but there are lots for sale: http://www.bricklink...tem.asp?P=2412b Another is the #3743 gear rack....i have seen the part in Green and Red, but its not listed as a known colour? http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3743 Edited February 6, 2015 by Richard Dower Quote
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