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Re: Questions about fan involvement with TLC
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:31:04 GMT
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In lugnet.general, C. L. GunningCook wrote:
> Personally, I don't really know. I really want to believe that the fans having
> some input must make some improvements, but I wonder if the price we are paying
> is outweighing what is gained. I guess since no one can clearly let us know
> what is being gained, its difficult to judge. I have the feeling that other
> members here might have opinions and much better insight on this than I do.
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> Curious,
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> Janey "Red Brick"
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> 1. After 5 minutes (exhaustive) research I came up with a verifiable list of 81
> fans names that currently are under an NDA. Since I could only find out about
> half of the nxt group, that number should be at least 131, so I assume the
> actual number is significantly.
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> 2. Is this a case of "Be careful what you wish for?" or are great strides
> being made behind the scenes between fan and company? (Aside from the brief
> mentions of the original NXT group saying their feedback affected the actual
> outcome of the product) details from direct relationship between fan and company
> and results of this alliance have been scarce. This is not to say it hasn't
> happened, it must have, I just have yet to see any announcement saying anything
> to the contrary, (although quite possible that I have missed it). For example,
> was Batman a result of fan involvement? Was that cute little one by one smooth
> slope?? Are the changes to the Factory? Etc.
Well not all the "AFOL big mouths" are in the program! ;-p
As someone who's done his fair share of "positive critiquing" of TLG, I
unfortunately have been busy mapping out the proverbial "Lego Genome" (all Lego
sets/elements ever produced going back to 1949) for the Lego CD, and therefore
haven't had time. I was toying with the idea of sending in an application for
being an Ambassador.... but I didn't have the spare time, and certainly don't
like keeping my lips sealed (I would probably explode from all the pent up Lego
"hot air" anyway!).
But yes, you do have a valid point about too many AFOL's being tight lipped!
Lets just hope these folks provide us with "the fruits of their labor", and make
it worth the silence! :-)
Gary Istok
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| After an interesting chat about "Fan involvement with TLC" the other night, a few concerns/questions came up, and I can't seem to shake them. Historically a large portion of AfoL/ALE's have wanted a closer relationship with TLC and over the last few (...) (18 years ago, 10-Apr-06, to lugnet.general) !!
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