I need dark blue pieces

Bigash1871 · February 2015

I'm building a vw beetle 10187 and am struggling to find the dark blue earth blue pieces has anybody got any ? Or no were I can apart from brick link tia

waynegg · February 2015

Mixels Glowbies will provide a lot of what you need.

ecmo47 · February 2015

Just head over to Bricklink and start ordering! The only unique dark-blue piece is the #3035 4x8 plate. The are running about $15.00 apiece. Good thing you only need 12!!!

prevere · February 2015

#3035 is another problem part (5x in dark blue needed). Very few lots on BL, that will cost at least $17 each, if not more.

luckyruss · February 2015

I've done this but it was 18-24 months ago and some parts are harder to find now. However, in order to keep the cost down I recall collecting a lot of the dark blue over a long period (some months) by adding them to every order where they were available (so for some parts, I can see from my spreadsheet I got the total across 6, 7, 8 orders).

#3022 difficult to get cheaply in quantity now - I needed four the other day and it set me back about $2 each, and you need 61.

If you're not overly concerned with using the precise pieces then you could replace the 4x8s with two 2x8s - they are currently in production (2014) so much easier to get hold of. I can't recall exactly but with the layering of the build it's unlikely to make a big difference to stability (I think most of the 4x8s are in the roof?).

PAB is now better for the time being at least for the dark blue bricks, 1xN plates etc so that might be a helpful option too?

luckyruss · February 2015

If that fails you could always consider going for another colour (like red, yellow, maybe orange?)

Norlego · February 2015

You need to look for job lots. Best place for cheap bricks. Of course difficult to get the colours you need. I would agree with @luckyruss, just build the car in diffirent colours until you have enough bricks of the right colour. Might as well have more than one...

Basta · February 2015

I am actually doing this set at the moment, I am making a number of modifications though. I am swapping out the 2x2 dark blue with double the amount of 1x2's. I have also purchased extra 2X4's & 2x8's and got some 4x6's. These should allow me to "make" all the 2x2's, 4x8's & 6x10's which I am not paying the $1.70 (x 61), $16 (x 12) & $24 (x 5) each respectively, total for just these 3 plates would be more than $415USD.

Looking through the instructions it should be doable and although it may be a little less stable I think it will be fine as I will just have it sitting on a shelf.

Initially I will probably not use the white wheels as I already have some in Light Bluish grey, the leaver wipers may be substituted initially too.

BrickDancer · February 2015

Even when part prices were much lower a couple years ago, I did as @luckyruss suggested and went with a color swap to yellow & white scheme for a few reasons:

1) BL'ing an original one with all the right d. blue/m. blue pieces made it even more expensive than buying a 'used' copy straight up.

2) If I don't go fully 'original', then it'll end up being a 'custom' regardless, so the resale value takes a substantial hit either way even if 98% accurate overall. So might as well choose a more common and less expensive color.

3) Cars are naturally available in a palette of colors, so doing a color-swap for this set is less visually abrasive. At least compared to a black UCS Falcon, bley Snowspeeder, red Green Grocer, etc.

If you haven't done BL projects before, then be warned that they vary from 'definitely worth it' to 'wish I just bought it instead'. For the VW Beetle, it was a 'worth it' set for me. Mainly because it was a worthy model to go through the trouble for, plus the money saved versus buying, with the color swap giving it a personal touch of pride that is unique. Similar to what a car owner or enthusiast might feel when finishing a modification to their real life car. There's not many Lego models that this last point would be applicable to other than the VW's (Beetle and Camper) and Mini. (The Ferrari/Lambo sets are disqualified due to their stickers needing to be color matched to the body)

piratemania7 · February 2015

I didn't read everything in this thread verbatim so I don't know if it is mentioned or not but Brick Owl may be another source.

ColoradoBricks · February 2015

This thread gave me the extra push to finally BrickLink #10187. Knowing that I would not have the plaque, etc, I researched alternative colors and their LEGO availability.
I found a Red/White combo, all parts existed in that combo color and all of them were easy to source. After a few but easy substitutions, 4 Bricklink orders and 4 business days later here are the result. I think it looks pretty good.