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In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote:
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In lugnet.general, J. Spencer Rezkalla wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote:
If kids arent going to notice the color change, why not change it back,
since they wont notice that either? The only people who have noticed the
color change are, by and large, not happy about it.
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Why do kids have to actually note a color change between versions A & B for
it to be a worthwhile product enhancement? Do most kids buy multiple copies
of the same set and compare them? So what if the gray doesnt quite match
their older pieces? Is the effect on their (often rainbow warrior) building
habits significantly altered?
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Why not change old gray to pink then? You are saying that kids dont care
about color, but the color change was still an improvement?
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I didnt say children dont care about color or are incapable of noticing a
color change. My response is to those who question: if the color change is
really an improvement then why Lego doesnt hype the color change to their
target market in their advertising.
Im simply speculating about the building priorities of children versus adults.
Theres a difference between Hey, these colors are a little different than my
old ones. They look nice. I will adapt to them in my constructions and I dont
want any more Lego because they dont match my old ones.
Spencer
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I didnt say children dont care about color or are incapable of noticing a
color change. My response is to those who question: if the color change is
really an improvement then why Lego doesnt hype the color change to their
target market in their advertising.
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2004 Lego Harry Potter,
Now with new, improved colors!
That sounds silly.
This is more like when food companies put dye in their products to make them
look better. They dont tell the customer outright, but if you look carefully
at the ingredients, youll see the dyes listed. For these types of products,
New and improved! is good enough. Keep the customer guessing about whats
new.
For Lego, its always been new sets with new pieces and occasionally new colors.
Unfortunately, someone at Lego thought it would be a good idea to improve old
colors as well. As we all know, this is a fundamentally different change
because it effectively removes colors from the Lego spectrum. :-(
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Im simply speculating about the building priorities of children versus
adults. Theres a difference between Hey, these colors are a little
different than my old ones. They look nice. I will adapt to them in my
constructions and I dont want any more Lego because they dont match my
old ones.
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Definately depends on the child. Younger children may buy the set to build the
picture on the box (according to the instructions), but when they build their
own creations, they dont much care about colors.
Older children might care more about colors and may even start to buy sets
according to the pieces they contain, rather than the main model on the box.
They would be the ones that would notice the color change. They are also the
children who will likely go through a dark ages in their late teens and later
rediscover Lego as an AFOL.
Since we already know how small a segment AFOLs are, Id speculate that
children that try to match colors in their creations are a small segment also.
Jeff
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