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Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:01:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Peter F. Guenther wrote:
> > I just can't imagine that after 40+ years the cylindrical stud with the more or
> > less flat top has suddenly become difficult to manufacture. Is the LEGO company
> > de-evolving their technology?
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> Lego has CONSTANTLY been perfecting the designs of pieces.
I totally agree.
What I didn't agree with was the logic being used to suggest why these changes
were being made. I was trying to express my disbelief that changes were
happening because parts were getting too difficult to manufacture. If these
changes are, in fact, happening the likely reason is either cost/profit or
patent related.
> Witness the hole in
> the minifig head; the slots in the sides of the Technic pin; etc., etc., etc.
> The camfering is another step in the ongoing development of product, though for
> what reason we don't know, and as you say may never.
Many changes over the years. Not at all unlike the Meccano system. The key
(for the company) is to make sure that each change is better than what it is
replacing. New hinge plates are an example of where they might have been better
off not making a change.
> I actually like the new
> colors better--but I don't like the fact they don't match what I've got.
But to follow some of the other suggestions in this thread I should be giving up
LEGO bricks and building. Why? Well, I only have 1 1x3 pink brick. Time to
stop building, sell my collection and take up knitting. No offense to any
knitters in the audience, but this ain't happening. Quite the opposite, I'm
trying to figure out a use for that one pink 1x3 brick in a model someday. This
is a construction toy, not a coin collection that needs to be complete to be
interesting. :)
All the best,
Allan B.
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