Well....personally I love the Gray/White Ties much better. When I was a kid I hated the one blue tie I had. It did not really go with the rest of the Empire Toys! I always had it in my mind from when I was a kid that the only reason the ties were blue is because of how "cold" Empire was and that kind of left the mood sad and cold. Does not make much sense to me though.
I still have two Tie Toys.....one is White and the other is Blue. Whenever I have put together Tie Models I always painted them gray/white. Even the Empire Ties I put together.
DIE BLUE TIES:)
I think ESB:R will greatly benfit from the color correction Ady is doing especially the changing the blue ties if he so wishes:)