Speckle Black-Silver Wheel Wagon Viking with 12 holes

[DarthPineapple]

I bought 7038 Troll Assault Wagon yesterday and when I put it next to my 7037 Tower Raid I noticed the wheels are different. They both are speckle black-silver, as BL says, but the one from Tower raid looks significantly darker than the one in Troll Assault wagon. The one from Tower raid has less silver than the other ones. The odd thing is, I got 4 of the darker ones in the Tower raid and 4 of the lighter ones in the Troll Assault Wagon. Do these come from different batches? If so, then why are these so different?

I've posted some pics below. I'm aware that I wrote 'Assaut' instead of 'Assault'.

Edited July 19, 2009 by DarthPineapple

[HumanPackMule]

I think it's just a matter of when the sets were made. It's the same case with the wings from the dragon in King's Castle Siege.

[Spyder]

I think it's just a matter of when the sets were made. It's the same case with the wings from the dragon in King's Castle Siege.

Agreed. I have the same problem with the troll helmets, I've noticed that some are darker than others. I have not bought any Castle sets with the wheels yet, but when I do, I'll see if some of the wheels differentiate in color.

[Perterz]

Yep I've noticed this before aswell. I don't really mind since the difference is pretty minor in my case. Yours seem to be a lot more different to each other. Same goes with other silver speckled pieces like helmets or these:

[DarthPineapple]

I've never found these problems with the troll helmets, but do have some of those skeleton helmets, not a very big difference though.

Edited July 19, 2009 by DarthPineapple

[hewkii9]

It's just a variation with the ratio of black-to-silver, Viking helmets for example have this too.