Colors of Lego set #3739 Blacksmith

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lichtsinn posted on
March 24, 2007, 5:39 am

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Hello Lego-Fans,
I just got a used Lego set, #3739. Unfortunately a few bricks are
missing or have the wrong gray color. When I check web sites to buy
those pieces I get confused with the gray colors. One web site calls
the colors Old Gray and Old Dark Gray but when I try to check out
pieces at online stores, the names of the colors change to light gray
and dark gray. Are those identical and they just got renamed? Or are
those colors slightly different and I'm out of luck beause nobody
sells bricks with those old gray colors anymore? I love this set and I
would like to have it complete, so I really appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Dete

Ken Rice posted on
March 24, 2007, 3:22 pm
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Re: Colors of Lego set #3739 Blacksmith

lichtsinn@gmail.com says...

Lego introduced a new series of colors several years ago. The new gray color
has a bluish tint. The other color that was changed is brown. The new brown has
a reddish tint.

To distinguish between them, sites like Peeron.com prefix the older colors with
"old." Peeron has a color chart at http://www.peeron.com/inv/colors  which list
the Peeron names, BrickLink names, and the official Lego names. For example:

Peeron         BrickLink                Lego

old gray       light gray               grey
old dark gray  dark gray                dark grey

md stone       light bluish gray        medium stone grey
dk stone       dark bluish gray         dark stone grey
lt stone       very light bluish gray   light stone grey

Note: the web site uses both gray and grey.

A chart of the official Lego colors is here:

http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/colorguide.cgi

Hopefully, a BrickLink store will identify which version of gray bricks they
are selling. You can always send an email to the store owner and ask which if
it is the old or new gray.

Searching BrickLink for "old grey" yielded 137 hits. Searching for "old dark
gray" yielded 347 hits.

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