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In lugnet.general, David Simmons writes:
> This is my word for TLG's recent penchant for inserting random color bricks
> SW sets. Here's the excerpt from the FBTB site interview:
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> > What exactly is behind LEGO randomly inserting colored bricks into models? • I'm referring to things like the green brick in the Shuttle.
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> > For all LEGO models, we are hoping to provide kids with a great building
> > experience. We have learned over the years that it is difficult for kids to
> > build certain models in which there is a large number of one colored bricks.
> > To help make the experience better for kids of all ages, we have inserted
> > certain color changes into the sets to make this easier.
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> I just want to say that I think this explanation is poo...
Actually, this explanation makes a lot of sense. I was recently looking at
the instructions for the Millenium Falcon, which inexplicably uses a few
odd-colored bricks at various points, pondering this very issue. Then I
remembered building the 1300-piece Technic Space Shuttle, and squinting at
the instructions trying to figure out what had changed between step N and
step N+1, knowing that I had three more 1x2 plates to put SOMEWHERE..! This
took several minutes in a few cases.
Using a few choice odd-colored pieces can make things much easier to see in
the printed instructions, and provides a visual reference for placement of
nearby pieces. Maybe you or I wouldn't build an MOC that way, but if you're
holding stock LEGO models to that standard, you'd better get used to
disappointment.
Having now actually spent some time trying to draw up some building
instructions for some of my own models, I have a new-found appreciation for
how hard it can be to clearly illustrate how a model should be built.
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| (...) This (...) I had the exact same experience myself, and actually had to tear mine down a bit to correct some mistakes. It was a little frustrating, but still part of the challenge. My issue is that this problem could be easily remedied by (...) (23 years ago, 4-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I agree with the explanation too. Have you noticed how a lot of kids jumped on the K'nex system, but not Lego's own Znap? The big difference was that K'nex colour-coded the function of each element. There were no duplications of the same piece (...) (23 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) I 'seeded' the interior of the _Radiant VII_ I built today with blue and yellow so I wouldn't run out of red for the exterior! Not really a bad strategy for large creations. (...) The MegaBlocks Tyrannosaurus sculpture (and all their other (...) (23 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| This is my word for TLG's recent penchant for inserting random color bricks SW sets. Here's the excerpt from the FBTB site interview: (...) I'm referring to things like the green brick in >the Shuttle. (...) experience. We have learned over the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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