Aurorasaurus Posted January 8 Posted January 8 2 hours ago, AVCampos said: If the pin were coloured, people would complain about colour vomit. To be fair, they could just put a big pink highlight on the part to make it stand out. Or gray out the rest of the pieces applied beforehand, I believe I've seen some instructions that do that. But personally, colored pins make my life a lot easier, reverse engineering builds and organising parts. Quote
AVCampos Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Well, it's not pink, but at least in the instructions on the LEGO site it's highlighted in green. Perhaps the instructions that initially came with the set didn't have this highlight and were later revised to be clearer. Quote
gyenesvi Posted January 8 Posted January 8 Not sure how such mistakes occur. Why aren't all new parts in a step higlighted automatically? That's what Studio does at least.. Quote
Aurorasaurus Posted January 8 Posted January 8 34 minutes ago, gyenesvi said: That's what Studio does at least.. They use LDD pro AFAIK, but I don't get why all bew parts aren't highlighted either, it seems like a simple way to make things better for most people. Maybe they're worried about colorblind accessibility or something? On another note, how hard/soft is the compound of the g500 tires? Are they actually suitable for offroad use? Quote
gyenesvi Posted January 8 Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, Aurorasaurus said: On another note, how hard/soft is the compound of the g500 tires? Are they actually suitable for offroad use? To me it seems like the Audi tires, not too bad, but not really soft/sticky either. Quote
Toastie Posted January 8 Posted January 8 29 minutes ago, Aurorasaurus said: Maybe they're worried about colorblind accessibility or something? Heehee - if they were, then they should do it in bright yellow or glaring white or anything truly colorful - but pink (which is gray for the elderly and colorly impaired ) is always a tough challenge. However - I do vividly remember instructions, that simply added a ton of pieces and one had to find out by visible inspection, where they were going. Worked as well ... they always made sure that you were seeing the piece - even if it was 1% of it. Best, Thorsten Quote
Sokolov Edward Posted January 9 Posted January 9 (edited) Lego uses different styles of displaying changes in instructions - apparently it depends on the author. For example, look at the instructions for the new motorcycle 42202 - it is different from the G500. But almost always in Lego instructions you see the assembled part of the model in real colors - this requires the presence of contrasting details (yellow, red, green) to dilute the monochromatic model at least in the inner part of the structure. Some Chinese Lego manufacturers use a different style - they display the assembled part in one color or make it pastel - this allows you to show the details from the current step in contrast. Edited January 9 by Sokolov Edward Quote
Lipko Posted January 9 Posted January 9 22 minutes ago, Sokolov Edward said: Lego uses different styles of displaying changes in instructions - apparently it depends on the author. For example, look at the instructions for the new motorcycle 42202 - it is different from the G500. But almost always in Lego instructions you see the assembled part of the model in real colors - this requires the presence of contrasting details (yellow, red, green) to dilute the monochromatic model at least in the inner part of the structure. Some Chinese Lego manufacturers use a different style - they display the assembled part in one color or make it pastel - this allows you to show the details from the current step in contrast. Pastelling can also be confusing (harder to identify where the new parts should go, so you have to rely more on your work memory or have to page back and forth), I guess LEGO tested and found color vomit slightly better for building experience of an average (non AFOL) person. Always contouring can also be confusing because it hides fine details of where the new parts should go (for example pinholes that you can count, occlusions, etc). So occasional pastelling/contouring/arrow/single-part-callout when necessary with slight color vomit is the most convenient from building process point of view. Quote
ukbajadave Posted January 9 Posted January 9 15 hours ago, AVCampos said: Well, it's not pink, but at least in the instructions on the LEGO site it's highlighted in green. Perhaps the instructions that initially came with the set didn't have this highlight and were later revised to be clearer. Yep, pieces that are added are edged in green. Sometimes my aging eyes could make it out, sometimes not... In this instruction however the pieces related to the arrows are not edged in green. Thus my confusion. I did try pinching and stretching the picture to make it bigger but it turns out that doesn't work with actual paper Quote
Lipko Posted January 9 Posted January 9 48 minutes ago, ukbajadave said: Yep, pieces that are added are edged in green. Sometimes my aging eyes could make it out, sometimes not... In this instruction however the pieces related to the arrows are not edged in green. Thus my confusion. I did try pinching and stretching the picture to make it bigger but it turns out that doesn't work with actual paper It's what I guessed. They use whaveter fits. I think arrows are more usual, but in that particular case it would have been confusing because the pin shouldn't be pushed all the way in. Quote
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