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In lugnet.ambassadors, David Simmons wrote:
> Why have textured slopes been arbitrarily abandoned? The last few retail
> purchases of Lego sets that I made disappointed me greatly in that the pieces
> I'd most desired, 2x2 medium-slope corners and 2x2x3 extreme-slope bricks, both
> in dark red, were no longer textured. They are now smooth. This means that
> they will not match all the hundreds of other textured slope bricks in my
> collection.
...
Well, as said, we asked again, and here is what we've been told to answer: TLG
is switching back to textured slopes.
So it turns out I was wrong about molds wearing off (and as some poeple pointed,
it didn't quite fit anyway); apparently there had been some kind of decision
involved, but that decision has apparently been reversed, and there will be
textured slopes again in the future.
Of course this only prompts more questions, to which we don't quite have answers
yet, such as whether slopes which have never been textured to start with will
get some textures; how long will it take to get rid of untextured slopes, etc...
We don't know that; only that TLG understood the importance of textures to fans,
and acknowledged they had to return.
Jean-Marc Nimal
LEGO Ambassador
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Jean-Marc Nimal wrote:
> In lugnet.ambassadors, David Simmons wrote:
> > Why have textured slopes been arbitrarily abandoned? The last few retail
> > purchases of Lego sets that I made disappointed me greatly in that the pieces
> > I'd most desired, 2x2 medium-slope corners and 2x2x3 extreme-slope bricks, both
> > in dark red, were no longer textured. They are now smooth. This means that
> > they will not match all the hundreds of other textured slope bricks in my
> > collection.
> ...
>
> Well, as said, we asked again, and here is what we've been told to answer: TLG
> is switching back to textured slopes.
>
>
> So it turns out I was wrong about molds wearing off (and as some poeple pointed,
> it didn't quite fit anyway); apparently there had been some kind of decision
> involved, but that decision has apparently been reversed, and there will be
> textured slopes again in the future.
>
> Of course this only prompts more questions, to which we don't quite have answers
> yet, such as whether slopes which have never been textured to start with will
> get some textures; how long will it take to get rid of untextured slopes, etc...
>
> We don't know that; only that TLG understood the importance of textures to fans,
> and acknowledged they had to return.
>
> Jean-Marc Nimal
> LEGO Ambassador
Hooray! Good work, guys. I'll sure be looking forward to the textured slopes
coming back. Now, just bring our 9V Trains back, too!
-Jordan Schwarz
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There will be a little while longer with some smooth slopes coming out because
they haven't quite got the new moulds ready yet, but they will be switching back
to texture for the foreseeable future. hooray!
Steve
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Jean-Marc Nimal wrote:
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So it turns out I was wrong about molds wearing off (and as some poeple
pointed, it didn’t quite fit anyway); apparently there had been some kind of
decision involved, but that decision has apparently been reversed, and there
will be textured slopes again in the future.
Of course this only prompts more questions, to which we don’t quite have
answers yet, such as whether slopes which have never been textured to start
with will get some textures; how long will it take to get rid of untextured
slopes, etc...
We don’t know that; only that TLG understood the importance of textures to
fans, and acknowledged they had to return.
Jean-Marc Nimal
LEGO Ambassador
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Hey Jean-Marc,
HOORAY!! Wonderful news!! Thanks very, very much for your earnest and
civil reply! I hope that the reversal applies only to sloped bricks which had
been textured previously, as it would be bizarre for all the new curved slopes
to be textured as well.
Looking forward eagerly to the confirmation of new textured slopes in
forthcoming sets being posted to this and other Lugnet ng’s!
Dave S.
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