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(...) Not at all, she said it would be expensive to "have" both colors. She didn't mention production either, you just assumed it. (...) By the very fact that you can propose that with a straight face, I can tell you've never worked for Billund. I (...) (21 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You're splitting hairs. In order to have them they have to produce them. However you want to split it does not cost any more to have bley and grey than it does to have bley and (any color). The main point should be that while developing bley (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) In order to have them they have to be able to sell them. I don't think I'm splitting hairs at all. I was just responding to your accusation that I was reading more into the word "have" than you were, which I still think was not the case. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hey, if you're gonna be arguing about the meaning of the word "have", take it to .off-topic.debate. :) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You haven't been listening to lego then. They seem to be willing to defend this with their dying breath. (wich is what I would like to avoid) (...) You haven't made that point though. They have a virtual spectrum now. If more colors cost more (...) (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) For what it's worth, I just saw something on lego.com saying that Lego's current (no year given) lineup has 84 different colors. (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ...and yellow and blue. I'm sure there are people who would be happy if every piece that was produced from now on would be a 2x4 in one of the original five colors, but that would pretty much drive the company into the ground. They do have too (...) (21 years ago, 29-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I have no idea what brought you to that conclusion. One of the hottest sellers keeping the Lego stors afloat right now is the pick a brick. People are gobbeling up the colors you seem to not find useful. (...) That is the whole point of this (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) They're selling because they're rare colors, not because they're particularly useful. And I'd be surprised in a large number of them weren't bought specifically to put on Bricklink. I still don't see many MOCs that actually use them. (...) You (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Awfuly bullheaded of you just because YOU don't find them useful. I've wittnessed hundreds of PAB purchases and the overwelming majority of them are because the people buying them because they enjoy them. As for MOCs I've seen many including a (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Ken Nagel" <knandjn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HtwMIE.4CE@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) to be (...) more (...) words (...) licencing (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Maybe but I don't think so. Over the years there has been speculation (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hope you don't mind if I chime in on the subject! The Maersk blue color was made to match exactly the official color of the Maersk company to use in sets using the Maersk name. The color was not available to the LEGOLAND modelshops until the (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Go back and reread exactly what I said, as I'm pretty sure you didn't understand it. I mentioned specifically "light yellow, light orange, and bright green". Why? Because they're all about the different from basic yellow, basic orange, and (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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