>>11035117>>11035124>>11035128But the color wheel was rolling now and the Cambrian explosion of hot dog recolors had sparked. 2019 brought both sand green and flame yellowish orange/bright light orange to the mix, often as decorative detailing, but starting to branch out into organic and sculptural uses.
Sand green came with the iconic 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg as eyebrows for the Statue of Liberty, utilizing the iconic smooth curve shape to sculpt a face for the first time. This technique would be repeated in the 2023 version of Lady Liberty in 76261 Spider-Man Final Battle, this time in Medium Nougat.
For plant life, 75967 Forbidden Forest: Umbridge's Encounter uses it as curved mushroom stems growing out of a tree. It even makes its way into a Creator 3-in-1 set as plant life as well, but then things get a little interesting…
A couple of Ninjago sets use it as actual green hot dogs, which is weird, but the Ninjago Wiki says “The green hot dog is meant to be a reference to Cole being a ghost from Possession to ‘Day of the Departed’.” So… okay, if you say so. The same hot dog is used in sand green in 76178 Daily Bugle, so is that one possessed too or just moldy?
Black continued to be a strong color in the sausage portfolio, and oftentimes is used more creatively than red, often for ironwork and detailing. 2018’s GWP 40289 Diagon Alley used it to position the hat at an angle on Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes—this was two years before the minifigure posing stand element came out that could have served the same purpose.
71741 Ninjago City used black sausages both for curved awning detailing and to position the awning at an angle.
After that the recolors accelerate, adding pearl gold, reddish brown (which I was super excited for!), dark bluish gray, light bluish gray, bright green, and medium nougat. What could be next? I’d love to see this trend continue!
