To no longer confuse Black and Dark Gray

Who has never railed against the LEGO instructions on which it is often difficult to distinguish the Black du Dark Grey ? On the small sets, we can still get by with a little sorting and deduction, but on the bigger ones, how many of us have reversed two parts only to realize it much later and have to take everything apart? to restore it ...

After a long test phase with the little ones, LEGO has finally responded to the many complaints of its customers on this subject by finding a solution that seems satisfactory: the black parts will now be darker and surrounded by a pale gray border on the instruction booklets.

This new signage was offered for the first time with the set 2506 Ninjago Skull Truck before being officially set up with the set 4184 Black Pearl (above). It will be present across the entire LEGO range from January 1, 2012.

A good initiative that will save us a few precious minutes in the assembly of our sets and which solves a problem that has become really annoying on the most complex sets. Below is a page of the set instruction booklet 7915 Imperial V-Wing Starfighter with the old signage.