tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post7032538330869441786..comments2024-03-28T22:25:17.706+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: What's in a name? The resultAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-37267435712100003252020-09-13T07:05:41.480+01:002020-09-13T07:05:41.480+01:00Well, you're in luck Lars! Excluding these par...Well, you're in luck Lars! Excluding these parts is something we work hard at and <a href="https://www.newelementary.com/p/list-newest-lego-parts.html" rel="nofollow">the new monthly lists we've just started publishing</a> do exactly that - take the TLG inventories, find the 'new' ones and exclude the ones that are not really new!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-44758238620203727082020-09-13T06:43:20.990+01:002020-09-13T06:43:20.990+01:00One of the big problems is that "New" pa...One of the big problems is that "New" parts for TLG are just slightly altered molds of old parts on BL and are not significantly different therefore BL lumps them in with the old part design as they should. The "New" colors that are really just the same add to this confusion. But I really like to know that a new part is not new so I don't buy it.Lars Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575648493993626853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-6533638185718862012020-09-02T17:37:58.371+01:002020-09-02T17:37:58.371+01:00Thanks for that Tim. Makes sense, and I agree wit...Thanks for that Tim. Makes sense, and I agree with you two TLG changes. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-39935955855332057882020-09-01T06:03:39.269+01:002020-09-01T06:03:39.269+01:00In the interests of balance, I also hate a couple ...In the interests of balance, I also hate a couple of TLG names :D On this site we drop the 'New' of New Dark Red and we add the 'e' onto the end of AzurAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-47162840579631341292020-09-01T06:02:34.156+01:002020-09-01T06:02:34.156+01:00Ha! Well, it is pretty much their predilection tow...Ha! Well, it is pretty much their predilection towards coming up with new names, given these days we now know the TLG names. e.g. Satin, Coral. I appreciate they do it so that names are short, which admittedly makes a lot of sense, but it is further confusion we could all do without!Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-76928823063040371222020-08-31T19:27:56.569+01:002020-08-31T19:27:56.569+01:00Only just read this article, but surely I can'...Only just read this article, but surely I can't be the only person who now needs to know which BL names Tim doesn't like?! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11741420063061888376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-569634202003454932020-08-23T04:00:09.408+01:002020-08-23T04:00:09.408+01:00To be fair, both naming conventions have their pro...To be fair, both naming conventions have their problems. The fan community likes to group things in matched sets, so we have the six primary and secondary colors, and "dark-" versions of all but yellow, where TLG's names for these same colors are all over the map. On the other hand, TLG knows the truth about any color they produce, and do not have to be convinced that it's a new color, or how it's different from previous colors. The result is a more stable set of color names, as there's never any call to correct them. Not internally, at least. There are a lot of fans who would _love_ to see some of the sillier names scrapped.<br /><br />But given that this seems to be one of the most appropriate repositories for such a thing, I'd still encourage you to develop your own comprehensive color chart like Peeron did. I just pulled it up, and while it's still available, it appears to have been most recently updated in 2011. That leaves out a lot of colors like coral, any opalescent colors, and every color that was developed for Friends (which debuted in 2012). Ryan Howerter's list may be something that's worth pointing to when asked, but it's not something that people can easily track down on their own, and the article about it is buried deep in the archives of this site. Something like this would be most useful with a fixed link on the front page of a site that people would come to in search of this information. Besides NE, Bricklink and Brickowl are the only other two sites that I'd expect to publish this info, and I know that Bricklink has historically preferred to stick to their own naming conventions and not muddy the waters with alternate lists.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.com