Brick Colorstream
ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
ABS is a strong, stable, scratch-resistant thermoplastic, and makes up the vast majority of LEGO pieces since 1963. It is a translucent-milky color when uncolored, so it cannot be used for transparent parts. LEGO used to receive their raw ABS granules from Bayer, BASF, DSM, and Borg-Warner, which all have long histories of testing 2x4 bricks for LEGO in unusual colors and molds. In 2004 Bayer’s ABS division became Lanxess AG, which now provides LEGO with ABS under the brand name Novodur (colored with Lanxess’s Macrolex dyes).
ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
ABS is a strong, stable, scratch-resistant thermoplastic, and makes up the vast majority of LEGO pieces since 1963. It is a translucent-milky color when uncolored, so it cannot be used for transparent parts. LEGO used to receive their raw ABS granules from Bayer, BASF, DSM, and Borg-Warner, which all have long histories of testing 2x4 bricks for LEGO in unusual colors and molds. In 2004 Bayer’s ABS division became Lanxess AG, which now provides LEGO with ABS under the brand name Novodur (colored with Lanxess’s Macrolex dyes).