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Re: My Chosen Hobby
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:04:58 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Koudys wrote:
> Bottom line? TLC, change the colours or don't change the colours--It's your
> company. You will stumble sometimes, and I guarantee you that you will not make
> everyone happy with all the many different decisions you make on a daily basis.
> I applaud your efforts to do what's right for your company and your product.
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> And if you, the AFOL, don't like the new colours? Then don't buy the new
> colours. "But what about my MOCs? I won't be able to colour match!!" Well,
> I'd like to see the '67 Camaro make a comeback as well, but I don't see that
> company reissuing the car just 'cause the fans want it. Times change. Can you
> imagine what would have happened if this tirade happened when TLC released green
> in more than just baseplates? "Hey TLC!! Stick with the original red, white,
> blue, yellow, and black bricks!!" I don't even remember any shade of grey
> before '78.
There were many complaints about "new colors". Google searches of rec.toys.lego
will easily uncover such postings. Here's a quote from Charles B. Naumann
(cnaumann@HiWAAY.net) way back on 1998/06/24, "I am personally tired of all the
new colors. It was kind of neat when grey came out, and green, but I cannot even
count the number of common colors out now". I'm sure such feelings are not
uncommon today, at least in the AFOL community.
Change can be good or bad, but there isn't much point in moaning and groaning
over change that you can't control. The fact is that Lego is a private company
and its customers' only real input into Lego's decision making process is sales.
Along those lines, ticking off a certain percentage of AFOL's is the least of
Lego's worries. Continuing sales to its biggest customer group, children, is a
far bigger concern.
Competing with today's virtaul toys in "16,24,32... bit color" is hard when your
range of colors is so few. The "classic" colors of the 60's and even 70's look
primitive and "baby like" to today's youth. Those are the sorts of colors you
would have seen on the 8-bit game systems and computers of the late 70's and
early 80's (sometimes limited to only 16 colors). How booring. ;-)
Jeff
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