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Re: Nicely now. What do you think of the new colors?
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Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:03:46 GMT
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What do I think about the new colors? Hmm...
I think the first thing I thought of is one of the reasons I actually
end up rejecting Mega Bloks. It seems that every time they introduce a
new theme, the parts in that theme are entirely incompatible with the
previous theme. Brand new colors. New styles of figurines. New styles of
parts.
With the introduction of the sand colors, I was starting to feel LEGO
was going in this direction. Now the rate of new colors seems to be
accelerating. While new colors appear to expand the palette, they really
don't as much as we might think. To be able to build a variety of
designs, there is probably a minimum palette of something like a couple
hundred different pieces. Without enough piece variety, what you can do
with the new color is extremely limiting. Of course this is not a
limiting factor for LEGO sets since the designers can influence the
available palette of pieces in a given color.
Another thing this change makes me wonder is what color next? Will
tomorrows red change?
As many have mentioned, the color change is probably going to affect my
purchases. I've been needing to exercise more budget control, and this
seems like a good time to do it. I will be looking at each set very
carefully to decide what I will get out of it since at least for a
while, I will not have enough of the new greys to really do much.
Frank
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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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