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Re: AFOLs Parody, the text portion
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Wed, 14 Jul 2004 13:36:51 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Christian Treczoks wrote:
> M. Moolhuysen wrote:
> > For me, a posting like your funny intended one in this tread is very anoying.
> Wow. So you are annoyed that someone pointed to the lack of any
> mentioning of the colour change in this final version of the comic,
> despite the existence of related strips in the draft? In case you
> already forgot, the colour change was and still is one of the the
> biggest topics AFOLs ever faced - or would you really disagree?
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> If the AFOL comic was made by AFOLs for AFOLs the issue surely would be
> mentioned. As a marketing instrument of the Lego company, they were
> bound to suppress or deny problems like the colour change or increasing
> quality issues. Lego took the wind out of our sails with it, like it or not.
Christian, please don't forget the intended purpose of the final version - to
help encourage new fans to come into the hobby. It was my call and my call alone
to NOT include the color change strips. I felt it was more "inside information"
than newbies would understand or appreciate. Again, the audience is people who
aren't already in the community. People who don't follow LUGNET discussion.
People who pick up the comic and find it so positive and upbeat that they say
"Hey, I want to be a part of that group!"
Once they're in the group, then there's a metric ton of discussion and attention
on the color change. They'll almost certainly be overwhelmed by that content
almost immediately. But encouraging new people doesn't happen by filling them in
on a negative issue of any sort.
Again, this was my call and my call alone. The reason the color strips were in
the original is because the original had a completely different purpose - to
help colleagues inside the company better understand the AFOLs. That included
the hugely important issue of the color change.
Call me a marketing lackey if you like, but there's not a big conspiracy at foot
here - I was/am simply trying to make the print version of the comic successful
in its purpose.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development
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Message has 4 Replies:
 | | Re: AFOLs Parody, the text portion
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| (...) Everyone probably knows my take on the color subject, but I got to tip my cap to Jake and say "Good call" on this. Why bring up a controversial and somewhat decisive subject in an introduction to the hobby? Talk about the good things, talk (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
| | | Re: AFOLs Parody, the missing bits.
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| (...) Makes sense. I think some other bits were also left out. Unfortunately this was some of the funniest stuff, and I'll be disappointed if it just disappears. I still giggle every time I see this pic because it's so me. (URL) Who's the curator of (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
| | | Re: AFOLs Parody, the text portion
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| DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING! I WAS CENSORED! I DEMAND FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OTHER AMMENDMENT RIGHTS I DON'T REALLY HAVE AS A CANADIAN! THE LEGO-MAN IS KEEPING ME DOWN! IT'S A SEE-OH-EN-SPIRACY! SOME BIG THUG GUYS FROM DENMARK CAME TO MY HOUSE, TORE UP (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
| | | A word about trust
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| (...) No, I don't call you a marketdroid. I really don't think you are. It is all a question of trust. See, trust into a piece of information or an aspect of an entity is usually valued as a kind of multiplication product of the individual trust (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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