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Old brick separators in special colors?

mpfirnhabermpfirnhaber Member Posts: 65
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These were only officially produced in green and dark gray. These two are non-production colors.

I know black also exists, I saw one for sale several months back, but I don't have one yet. Has anyone seen any other colors?


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  • tallblocktootallblocktoo Member Posts: 497
    Um why would you collect brick separators?

  • MattDawsonMattDawson Member Posts: 1,468
    tallblocktoo said:
    Um why would you collect brick separators?

    art?
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  • bobabricksbobabricks Member Posts: 1,842
    tallblocktoo said:
    Um why would you collect brick separators?

    It's more of a collecting non-production parts thing.
  • drdavewatforddrdavewatford Administrator Posts: 6,754
    tallblocktoo said:
    Um why would you collect brick separators?

    Why not?

    ;-)
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  • tallblocktootallblocktoo Member Posts: 497
    edited July 2016
    Well I suppose I collect them by default.  I think its ridiculous you get one in every set.  It might be more fun if they had more variety.
    LEGOFan2
  • TigerMothTigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
    tallblocktoo said:
    Um why would you collect brick separators?
    They have studs; you can build with them.
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  • EdmicEdmic Member Posts: 102
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    LEGOFan2
  • mpfirnhabermpfirnhaber Member Posts: 65
    Edmic said:
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    BrickLink lists in in the inventory of one set, but I have never seen one. Have you?
    LEGOFan2
  • tallblocktootallblocktoo Member Posts: 497
    Well have fun building with them!  I'll stick to Lego!

    LEGOFan2
  • TigerMothTigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
    mpfirnhaber said:

    These were only officially produced in green and dark gray. These two are non-production colors.
    Bright Red was an official colour - it was for the Play & Build Remote. That was a Wii controller that had studs and anti-studs and a few tiles to customise it. It was made by PowerA but endorsed by TLG and bore the LEGO logo.

    However, whilst there are publicity photographs around with it having a red brick separator, most, if not all, instead came with a black "tile separator" - i.e. the screwdriver / spanner minifig tool.
    catwranglerLEGOFan2Lyichir
  • mpfirnhabermpfirnhaber Member Posts: 65
    TigerMoth said:
    ...there are publicity photographs around with it having a red brick separator...
    Interesting! You're right, there's a red separator tool in a photo on this page: http://www.wiinoob.com/customize-this-awesome-lego-wii-remote/

    The shape seems different than a standard brick separator though - which makes sense since this kit only has tiles. Maybe the images show a prototype "tile separator"... I wonder of any of these Wiimotes actually came with one?
  • EdmicEdmic Member Posts: 102
    mpfirnhaber said:
    Edmic said:
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    BrickLink lists in in the inventory of one set, but I have never seen one. Have you?
    Would you believe me if i said that up to this topic i did not even know these things existed.
  • William_TownsleyWilliam_Townsley Member Posts: 880
    edited July 2016
    Ahh i have that Wii Remote. I never remember having the Red Separator
  • catwranglercatwrangler Member Posts: 1,894
    Edmic said:
    mpfirnhaber said:
    Edmic said:
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    BrickLink lists in in the inventory of one set, but I have never seen one. Have you?
    Would you believe me if i said that up to this topic i did not even know these things existed.
    A future of non-ragged nails and never having to worry about nearly swallowing pieces after biting them apart awaits you! When I was younger I couldn't believe it when I first got one of the old-style separators. More recently, I finally got my hands on the new kind with the tile separator tool at the end. I could have wept!
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  • EdmicEdmic Member Posts: 102
    catwrangler said:
    Edmic said:
    mpfirnhaber said:
    Edmic said:
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    BrickLink lists in in the inventory of one set, but I have never seen one. Have you?
    Would you believe me if i said that up to this topic i did not even know these things existed.
    A future of non-ragged nails and never having to worry about nearly swallowing pieces after biting them apart awaits you! When I was younger I couldn't believe it when I first got one of the old-style separators. More recently, I finally got my hands on the new kind with the tile separator tool at the end. I could have wept!
    I for sure plan on getting some of these, i use my nails but they are of the very strong kind that even can damage the pieces but i'm patient and rather try 20 times than to just break it open, my wife however use her teeth and keeps denying that the fresh shining damages are hers, so to avoid some relational problems i'll buy them for myself but place it next to her ;)
    catwranglersid3windr
  • tallblocktootallblocktoo Member Posts: 497
    edited July 2016
    There are probably several more but here is another thread on the related topic.  http://bricksetforum.com/discussion/9061/brick-separator-overflow

  • bri4jennbri4jenn Member Posts: 96
    mpfirnhaber said:
    Edmic said:
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    BrickLink lists in in the inventory of one set, but I have never seen one. Have you?
    I happen to have one of these.  Not sure if I got it from a set but I did not get it from Bricklink.
  • krklintkrklint Member Posts: 502
    I've been fond of collecting these, also; and am I the only one that finds ways to use them in builds? They make great bridges and create angle changes that cannot be accomplished normally.
    catwrangler
  • mpfirnhabermpfirnhaber Member Posts: 65
    bri4jenn said:
    mpfirnhaber said:
    Edmic said:
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    BrickLink lists in in the inventory of one set, but I have never seen one. Have you?
    I happen to have one of these.  Not sure if I got it from a set but I did not get it from Bricklink.
    Can you share a photo? Preferably next to a regular dark gray?
  • mpfirnhabermpfirnhaber Member Posts: 65
    I found a picture of a blue one. That's two more that I need to find :)

    http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=3693646
  • Brixfan02Brixfan02 Member Posts: 205
    edited March 2019
    mpfirnhaber said:
    Edmic said:
    Well there's Dark bluish gray :P
    BrickLink lists in in the inventory of one set, but I have never seen one. Have you?
    My friend has one, or maybe it was just normal dark grey
  • gmonkey76gmonkey76 Member Posts: 1,827
    torviag said:
    I didn't know that these other colours were relatively rare - I have a sealed service pack 5008 (dating back to 1987-1989) containing a red brick separator in my collection for more than 20 years now. I have put it up for sale at Bricklink.
    @SumoLego weren't you looking for a brick separator in a polybag?
    SumoLegoLEGOFan2
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Member Posts: 3,726
    I collect brick separators... by buying lots of $50+ sets... ;)
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  • dmcc0dmcc0 Member Posts: 778
    ^Not just $50+ sets.  I remember #79005 Wizard Battle had a brick separator and that was only about £12.  Must be one of the smallest set to contain one 
    LEGOFan2Baby_Yoda
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Member Posts: 3,726
    I believe all sets RRP $49.99 and up have separators- and some cheaper sets.
    LEGOFan2
  • Baby_YodaBaby_Yoda Member Posts: 1,295
    I'm sure I've gotten $100 sets in the past few years without a separator and others hardly bigger than a battle pack with one. Maybe it's not only determined based on size and price but also complexity and techniques like whether you need to, for example, connect two 1x2 plates.
    560Heliport
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,216
    gmonkey76 said:
    torviag said:
    I didn't know that these other colours were relatively rare - I have a sealed service pack 5008 (dating back to 1987-1989) containing a red brick separator in my collection for more than 20 years now. I have put it up for sale at Bricklink.
    @SumoLego weren't you looking for a brick separator in a polybag?
    Sweet Jesus, I need one of these.
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  • gratefulnatgratefulnat Member Posts: 431
    How about

    The gray one #821-1 (polybag date 1990,1992)
    The green one #630-1 (polybag date 2002)
    Would you like them?
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  • pxchrispxchris Member Posts: 2,341
    gratefulnat said:

    Would you like them?
    Remember, @SumoLego only pretends to like polybags. He's on the polybag bag-wagon as it were.
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  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,216
    gratefulnat said:
    How about

    The gray one #821-1 (polybag date 1990,1992)
    The green one #630-1 (polybag date 2002)
    Would you like them?
    Well, hello there!  Yes, please!
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  • gratefulnatgratefulnat Member Posts: 431
    pxchris said:
    Remember, @SumoLego only pretends to like polybags. He's on the polybag bag-wagon as it were.
    oh really, poor soul..
    pm sent
    SumoLego
  • DadsAFOL2DadsAFOL2 Member Posts: 23
    SumoLego said:
    gmonkey76 said:
    torviag said:
    I didn't know that these other colours were relatively rare - I have a sealed service pack 5008 (dating back to 1987-1989) containing a red brick separator in my collection for more than 20 years now. I have put it up for sale at Bricklink.
    @SumoLego weren't you looking for a brick separator in a polybag?
    Sweet Jesus, I need one of these.
    Did it really take almost 4 years for you to answer?  Lol.  Might be a new Forum record!
    SumoLego
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,216
    I think I chuckled at the uniqueness.  Now I covet the uniqueness!
    Marshallmario
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