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Re: Nicely now. What do you think of the new colors?
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lugnet.lego, lugnet.general
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Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:09:39 GMT
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Thanks for asking us for our input. I know it’s pointless, but it allows us to
actually tell you about how the color change has affected us.
I have been receiving and purchasing LEGO products for 25 years. I got my first
Classic Space set when I was 4. Since then, I have amassed a collection of over
100 sets and 16000 pieces. While not a huge collection, I have always made an
effort to acquire some LEGO every year, through thick and thin. I ask for LEGO
for every birthday, Xmas, and wedding anniversary (much to the chagrin of my
wife, sometimes). Some of my light gray pieces are more yellow than gray now,
but still a welcome part of my collection, and still readily matchable with the
newer gray pieces.
That being said, I doubt very much whether I will acquire any sets in 2004.
It’s just not the same anymore. Nothing’s going to match. In order to increase
my collection and my skills as a builder, I will have to resort to the secondary
market for pieces.
But it’s not that the new grays look bad. By themselves, they look nice. But
if I were to add them to my current collection, it would make all I’ve worked
for and built up seem old and dirty. And besides, any pictures I’ve seen of the
new dark gray make it look more like a smoke blue, so I could argue that you’ve
discontinued any dark gray color altogether.
TLC is in financial trouble. No one wants them to go under. But if they
continue to make these inane decisions, there’s nothing that will stop their
collapse. Once AFOLs stop buying new and lose confidence in the company and
product, I doub’t reinstating the old grays a couple years down the road is
going to make them buy anything. What’s to stop TLC form changing again a year
or two later?
Use every means at your disposal to get the company to change the color back.
From what I understand, you’ve got a 6 month supply of new gray. Let it be the
last of it, and create some collector items down the road. I firmly belive
TLC’s future depends on a change back to the old, familiar grays.
Thank you for your time.
Michael Bosch
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| It's only a couple of weeks in the new year, and it looks like it's going to be an interesting 2004! I have a request, but before I go any further, let me say that personally, I understand the concerns surrounding the color changes. I know many of (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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