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Hi, Jake, (...) Well, I just took into account how the whole issue has been handled so far. Decisions from the corporate ivory tower were surrounded by a cloud of holyness (Mantra: The colour change will not be reversed, the colour change will not (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Good to hear you're happy about this! I'm not sure that I would agree that there is a "cloud of holyness" surrounding this issue. Just because we've said that we're not reversing the decision, doesn't mean that we're stupid or clueless. I know (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego) !
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(...) Jake, Just out of idle curiosity... can you speak as to how LEGO will measure the success of the color change ? I think it is obvious that sales are problematic (for lack of a better word) is some areas. I presume that is, at least partly, (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: *snippage* (...) Jake, I love ya like a brother, but I'm going to take exception to that claim! I've been a big-time fan of LEGO bricks for almost 39 years, and this is by far the DUMBEST thing the LEGO Company has (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) snip (...) So if kids aren't noticing the color change now, and might not notice it ever, what was the point? If the change will not increase sales from the people that supposedly account for 95% of the (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Ah, but there are a few fundamental differences between the two situations. Firstly, and most importantly, BIONICLE had no immediate direct impact on the fate of any of the other contemporary themes, and it was left to stand or fail solely on (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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"Purple Dave" <purpledave@maskofdestiny.com> wrote in message news:HuFG0F.1pKI@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) about (...) they do, (...) exactly was (...) accounting (...) ones, (...) under (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I made a very similar (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I just have a question. If color must change why are the new colors so carelessly manufactured. So far I have seen three diffrent variants of the new dark gray in the new mini starwars sets. I have complained and returned the sets to Lego. I (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) For various reasons I'm almost wholly untouched by changes to LEGO colors, but I would suggest that, although Bionicle is a smash hit, other significant departures, such as Galidor and ZNAP, were remarkably unsuccessful. It's not sufficient (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) If Lego does go belly-up, then the first thing I am going to do is raise all the prices in my Bricklink store by a lot. What a position to be put in - demise of Lego corp. = more money to me. Bob (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) (shudders)...don't even say that. If LEGO goes bankrupt, think of what will happen. All LEGO currently circulating will be come collectors items (LFB will take grand prize there, methinks), because nobody will want to use them anymore for fear (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Whoops. So you did. I even remember reading it, but I guess the short little bit where you mentioned asking your son what he thought slipped out of my mind as I read through the fictitious conversation portion. However, since noone (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Somehow I'm not surprised... (...) Some Train-heads still like ZNAP for bridge-building purposes, but I don't even remember hearing about it prior to the release of BIONICLE. By then it was pretty much dead, and that suggests that it wasn't (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) ZNAP was carried by TRU. I assume that it was also carried by S@H, but not sure about that. I have seen bits of it at Tuesday Morning and Dollar General (small bits to be sure). I know one TRU that still has the ZNAP polybags hanging around (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Dear Jake, I would never attribute an action to malice if it can easily be explained by blunt stupidity ;-) Honestly, in the last years, the TLC management has made a lot of plain stupid decisions, and some quite good. And with plain stupid I (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego) !
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(...) Just for the record, in Germany it was available at all the usual places. Didn't help to sell it, though, in the end they did get rid of it only at very deep discounts. Jürgen (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) The RCX as-is would have looked hideous when tossed in with the sleek color schemes of the Spybotics sets (speaking as someone who was thrilled to see black gears finally see production, as well as trans-purple Bohrok eyes, I love the color (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Am I that transparent? 8^) (...) I didn't know that--what criterion put it on the list? (...) I can agree with that. The modular-figure concept meshes well with Micronauts, which I recall to have been quite popular during their heyday. (...) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Only slightly. Highly translucent, maybe? (...) Basically it seems to boil down to the fact that the Ooni was a monster action figure that was intended to turn a profit. Ooh, scary! Anyways, I was much more impassioned about it when I wrote my (...) (20 years ago, 12-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yes, but putting a different cover/box/whatever onto the existing design wouldn't change the interior. There is no natural law for RCXs to be yellow/grey forever. (...) OK, T-shirts and baseball caps as simple promotional items are a different (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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