Misprint Zamor Spheres from Zaktan?

[randomreviewerbros]

Hi everyone!

Today I have been bringing out all my G1 Bionicle sets to put on display again for the first time in a few years, and I remembered getting Zaktan along with the rest of the Piraka in 2006 and that when I was building Zaktan I noticed two of his zamor spheres were different to the rest of the regular zamor spheres included with him and the other 5 Piraka.

 

One of the zamors is completely a kind of grass green color and the other has a grass green spot on it, here is a link to the images I took and posted on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/R_Reviewer_B/status/696920094111301632

 

Now was this a regular thing with Zaktan sets that you guys had or was I just lucky to get a different color zamor in my version?

 

Thanks!

[The 1st Shadow]

I had that in mine. For me, it was Reidak, Avak, and Thok. It just happens. It's not a misprint. It's just the way the colors got injected.

Edited February 9, 2016 by The 1st Shadow

[aldero]

It's all in the varied plastic injection. Happens all too often in these cases.

[Rooster Nui]

Yeah, in other words, it's a normal thing. I've got all sorts of variations with the Zamor Spheres I got with my Piraka and Inika.

[randomreviewerbros]

haha ok cool, I didn't think it was anything special, Ive always wanted to double check but never got around to it till now

[Mask Hunter Lewa]

The same thing was with Nuparu Inika sets - most of them had yellow Zamors, but you could find boxes with red Zamors or half red, half yellow. Here are photos:
http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=2896

[randomreviewerbros]

Wow I never noticed that when I read that review not so long ago!

 

The same thing was with Nuparu Inika sets - most of them had yellow Zamors, but you could find boxes with red Zamors or half red, half yellow. Here are photos:
http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=2896

[Tahu3.0]

This guy who made this topic REALLY finds some weird Bionicle stuff.

[Xboxtravis]

I have a grass green zamor from Vezok, and a few red zamors with Nuparu and Hewkii.

[Aanchir]

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

[Toa of Ice - 1987]

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

 

But what about Jaller Inika's Zamors? I'm not sure if i recognize the color used for his spheres or if it's not so used anymore after 10 years of absense

[Aanchir]

 

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

 

But what about Jaller Inika's Zamors? I'm not sure if i recognize the color used for his spheres or if it's not so used anymore after 10 years of absense

 

The color of Toa Inika Jaller and Hahli's Zamors has always been the hardest for me to figure out. One of the colors was probably Dark Green, like the Piraka Zamors, since I believe I've seen some that were almost entirely that color. But I'm not sure what the other (sort of seafoam green) color was. For all I know it might've been a rare color like Transparent Light Green, which would have been in use in Clikits around that time but was discontinued soon after.

Edited February 9, 2016 by Aanchir

[randomreviewerbros]

 

 

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

 

But what about Jaller Inika's Zamors? I'm not sure if i recognize the color used for his spheres or if it's not so used anymore after 10 years of absense

 

The color of Toa Inika Jaller and Hahli's Zamors has always been the hardest for me to figure out. One of the colors was probably Dark Green, like the Piraka Zamors, since I believe I've seen some that were almost entirely that color. But I'm not sure what the other (sort of seafoam green) color was. For all I know it might've been a rare color like Transparent Light Green, which would have been in use in Clikits around that time but was discontinued soon after.

 

Wow that is some great info!

Thanks for the responses, I had no idea about the colors of the zamors being different, primarily because the rest of the piraka and the three Inika I have all have the same color zamors in each set, I must have got lucky in those ones lol

[MrSciFiGuy]

Yea, I have like 4 different shades of green zamors, and one that is entirely dark/forest type of green. My favorite ones are the light green with spots/swirls of darker green.

[Toa of Ice - 1987]

 

 

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

 

But what about Jaller Inika's Zamors? I'm not sure if i recognize the color used for his spheres or if it's not so used anymore after 10 years of absense

 

The color of Toa Inika Jaller and Hahli's Zamors has always been the hardest for me to figure out. One of the colors was probably Dark Green, like the Piraka Zamors, since I believe I've seen some that were almost entirely that color. But I'm not sure what the other (sort of seafoam green) color was. For all I know it might've been a rare color like Transparent Light Green, which would have been in use in Clikits around that time but was discontinued soon after.

 

I just went over the transparent colors in available in LDD and my conclusion is that they might have used a unique combination of nr 244 phosphorus green and 40 transparent green together, that would explain the swirled variations in their zamor balls included with jaller and hahli.

Edited February 10, 2016 by necross hordika

[Aanchir]

 

 

 

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

 

But what about Jaller Inika's Zamors? I'm not sure if i recognize the color used for his spheres or if it's not so used anymore after 10 years of absense

 

The color of Toa Inika Jaller and Hahli's Zamors has always been the hardest for me to figure out. One of the colors was probably Dark Green, like the Piraka Zamors, since I believe I've seen some that were almost entirely that color. But I'm not sure what the other (sort of seafoam green) color was. For all I know it might've been a rare color like Transparent Light Green, which would have been in use in Clikits around that time but was discontinued soon after.

 

I just went over the transparent colors in available in LDD and my conclusion is that they might have used a unique combination of nr 244 phosphorus green and 40 transparent green together, that would explain the swirled variations in their zamor balls included with jaller and hahli.

 

It couldn't have been phosphorescent green or they'd have glowed in the dark. 294 Phosphorescent Green was the color of glow-in-the-dark parts from 2006, when it replaced 50 Phosphorescent White, to 2012, when it was replaced with 329 White Glow.

Edited February 10, 2016 by Aanchir

[Toa of Ice - 1987]

 

 

 

 

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

 

But what about Jaller Inika's Zamors? I'm not sure if i recognize the color used for his spheres or if it's not so used anymore after 10 years of absense

 

The color of Toa Inika Jaller and Hahli's Zamors has always been the hardest for me to figure out. One of the colors was probably Dark Green, like the Piraka Zamors, since I believe I've seen some that were almost entirely that color. But I'm not sure what the other (sort of seafoam green) color was. For all I know it might've been a rare color like Transparent Light Green, which would have been in use in Clikits around that time but was discontinued soon after.

 

I just went over the transparent colors in available in LDD and my conclusion is that they might have used a unique combination of nr 244 phosphorus green and 40 transparent green together, that would explain the swirled variations in their zamor balls included with jaller and hahli.

 

It couldn't have been phosphorescent green or they'd have glowed in the dark. 294 Phosphorescent Green was the color of glow-in-the-dark parts from 2006, when it replaced 50 Phosphorescent White, to 2012, when it was replaced with 329 White Glow.

 

 

I said like i saw it was listed in the program but why would it be listed as a transparent color, was it actually transparent as well?  If s it migh be a mistake on my end but I'll provide a screenshot, i also marked the colors with red in the palette options. The ball on the left hast the color trans phosphorous green . The other other is the darker simply named 40. Tr.Green which you called "Transparent Llight Green"

 

Screenshot

[Aanchir]

 

 

 

 

 

All Zamor colors from 2006 (other than the metallic ones from the Zamor Spheres pack) were semi-random blends of two colors. Some would basically be all one color, some would basically be all another, and some would be a mix of the two. I don't know what the exact colors used in the blends from the 2006 sets were. If I had to guess from examples I've seen, I'd say the Piraka Zamor spheres are probably a blend of 49 Transparent Fluorescent Green (Trans-Neon Green) and 28 Dark Green (Mata Green).

 

A lot of the Zamor spheres that appear in more recent sets are still blended, but it tends to be a much more even half-and-half "swirl", so I don't think it's as common to get one that looks all one color. These ones and these ones from Chima and Nexo Knights sets are a blend of 182 Transparent Bright Orange and 24 Bright Yellow. These ones from the Hero Factory Fire Villains and the Ninjago Fire Temple are a blend of 21 Bright Red (Mata Red) and 191 Flame Yellowish Orange (Keetorange). And these ones from Chima and Super Heroes are a blend of 42 Transparent Light Blue and 1 White.

 

But what about Jaller Inika's Zamors? I'm not sure if i recognize the color used for his spheres or if it's not so used anymore after 10 years of absense

 

The color of Toa Inika Jaller and Hahli's Zamors has always been the hardest for me to figure out. One of the colors was probably Dark Green, like the Piraka Zamors, since I believe I've seen some that were almost entirely that color. But I'm not sure what the other (sort of seafoam green) color was. For all I know it might've been a rare color like Transparent Light Green, which would have been in use in Clikits around that time but was discontinued soon after.

 

I just went over the transparent colors in available in LDD and my conclusion is that they might have used a unique combination of nr 244 phosphorus green and 40 transparent green together, that would explain the swirled variations in their zamor balls included with jaller and hahli.

 

It couldn't have been phosphorescent green or they'd have glowed in the dark. 294 Phosphorescent Green was the color of glow-in-the-dark parts from 2006, when it replaced 50 Phosphorescent White, to 2012, when it was replaced with 329 White Glow.

 

 

I said like i saw it was listed in the program but why would it be listed as a transparent color, was it actually transparent as well?  If s it migh be a mistake on my end but I'll provide a screenshot, i also marked the colors with red in the palette options. The ball on the left hast the color trans phosphorous green . The other other is the darker simply named 40. Tr.Green which you called "Transparent Llight Green"

 

Screenshot

 

Yes, 294 Phosphorescent Green was transparent (except for parts like dinosaur tails that are molded in polypropylene, a softer material that doesn't allow for real transparency).

 

40 Transparent Green on the LDD color palette is not the same as 285 Transparent Light Green. 285 Transparent Light Green is not available on LDD. There is a Material 285 on LDD, but it is not named, does not render correctly, and does not appear in the paint tool color palette. LDD color rendering is not perfect, especially for transparent colors (notice how 49 Tr. Fluore. Green and 44 Tr. Yellow on LDD are nearly identical). So looking at how colors render on LDD is not a very reliable way of figuring out what color a part is in real life.