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Re: Petition against permanent color changes
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 19 Nov 2003 14:23:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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> I really like to use however I have far too much invested in my light and dark
> Grey to be able to over look this. Currently I have probably 4+ thousand dollars
> worth of these colors.
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> The new colors are nice but unrealistic for sidewalks or other realistic
> objects due to their blue tint.
(snip)
Ya know, anyone with $4000 worth of the now-so-called "muddy" grey parts oughtta
be able to build any sized sidewalk they wanted to. And Jake's mentioned a
prospect of parts packs in the old colors, too. Between that and Bricklink,
everyone interested in obtaining a gargantuan amassal will still have plenty.
If anything, any and all changes thus just increase the value of old sets/parts;
from the standpoint of collectors/traders, this is good news in otherwise
stagnant times for the market (especially for Space!). And from the standpoint
of builders, it means there's gonna be new colors out there to play with.
That's good too.
One more thing. It's a well-known fact, given by Lego reps themselves at LUG
meetings, etc. (or so I have read in the transcriptions), that we AFOLs make up
something like 1% of their market. So let it be known that even if we all hated
it and stopped buying new product, it's my admittedly pessimistic opinion that
our 1% would PALE compared to a probable INCREASE of sales that introducing
"newer, brighter colors," along with a big, shiny marketing campaign, would do.
So while I'm usually all for speaking out against oppression, no matter what the
odds, whaddya say we choose our battles? Wait until they change all the
mini-figures or something else REALLY hideous before drawing up paperwork and
mounting a mutiny/boycott/whatever? :o)
--Dave
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| (...) A "big, shiny marketing campaign" isn't going to happen here. LEGO will just start putting the new colors into sets, and hope people don't notice that the parts don't match their existing collection of pieces. Here on LUGNET where some of the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: Petition against permanent color changes
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| (...) Of course its a good thing for collectors - they can charge more for the parts, and tout their collection as being more valuable. That's great, if you're selfish. But, if you just want to keep building in your favorite colors, and don't have a (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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