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| | | (...) "Sorry, I dropped your baby". It is *not* only the implementation. The whole idea was a stupid idea from the very beginning, and none of those in charge thought about the consequences of this first-grade mistake. The total failure of (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | Re: Color Change background —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Geez. That's a bit thick in my personal view. (snipped a lot of stuff in the same vein) (...) Yes, I think it *is* your error. You did "fail to notice"... Jake *explained* why the Design Lab felt there was a strong need to change things. You (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | (...) Agreed. I've been staying awfully quiet of late, in part because I've already made my opinion clear, done my public seething, and have now gone about adapting myself to what is coming down the pike. Sure, it's lousy that this has happened to (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Christian Treczoks
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| | | | | | | | (...) I am well aware of the fact that Jake has no real influence on the way most of this worked out. I have stated this several times, although his "Good Thinking" and "I can't tell you details, but you will love this" is really getting on my (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | | (...) I disagree. I wonder if you are bound and determined to see the worst in everything LEGO does. What *I* saw in that thread was the following information that Consumer Affairs gathered and shared. an admission that there is variance which can (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Christian Treczoks
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| | | | | | | | (...) No. My primary goal is still to help Lego. I still build MOCs, I still go to exhibitions with them, although I abstain from recommending it as a good toy based on the current actions of this company. I would be happy if Lego could announce (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Markus Weber
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| | | | | | | | (...) So it's no longer a good toy? What exactly does corporate wisdom and marketing strategy have to do with the value of those bricks as a toy? I for one will always be happy to see my children crouched down in front of a pile of LEGO exercising (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | (...) I concur wholeheartedly. I'm hardly a pro-corporate apologist, so, speaking as a hostile witness, I'd have to assert that this is a truly rare example of a company making its goals and thought processes known to its customers. Thanks to Jake (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Christian Treczoks
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| | | | | | | (...) Yes, but he left anything out that I'd count as good thinking. He promised to explain complicated things, so complicated that he was not sure wether it would work out in text. But all he brought up was "They thought hard, and hard, and hard!" (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Mark de Kock
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| | | | | | | | (...) "what color is the sky on your planet?" was the first thing that came to mind when I read the above. When you read Jakes post realy, there are tons of newsworthy facts! -there were way too much different colors, -there were way too much (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | | | Re: Color Change background —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) Well even if there *was* a legitimate need, it still doesn't explain how they (the Design Lab) thought replacing grey with bley would help that need. I would be very interested in hearing the logic behind that. I would also be interested in (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | Re: Color Change background —Orion Pobursky
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| | | | | (...) Christian, If you hobby (LEGO is a hobby after all) stresses you out this much then maybe you should consider getting a new hobby. -Orion (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | Re: Color Change background —Geoff Gray
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| | | | | Dude, Sorry you feel this way. I have sworn up and down to stay out of the color post issue, but I've had enough. I will not challenge your opinion, because that is all that it is, just an opinion. Prove to me that everyone hates what Lego is doing. (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | | | | Re: Color Change background —Jeff Shiner
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| | | | (...) - snip - (...) Or of course that you don't understand Lego's customers but are rather assuming they are all like you. Jeff (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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