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Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
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Date: 
Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:34:41 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Holger Matthes wrote:

  
Hopefully these are the old colors?!

What about prizes and availability?


Wow. You guys are SO fast! I just got final green light a few hours ago, and was working on an announcement!

So here’s the skinny:

As announced at BrickFest PDX, there have been a limited number, one time only product run of the old colors. We ran a production run of 10,000 bags eash, and when they are gone, they’re gone. These are available now for pre-order in all S@H countries. The scheduled ship date is 14 May 2004. First come, first served.

All bags are priced at:

EURO 5,49/ DKK 44.95/ USD 4.99 /GBP 3.75

#10145 Assorted Light Grey Bricks
#10146 Assorted Dark Grey Bricks
#10147 Assorted Brown Bricks
#10148 Assorted Light Grey Plates
#10149 Assorted Dark Grey Plates
#10150 Assorted Brown Plates

Now before anyone flames me or the color change, I know this isn’t a solution to the color change. I know it’s a band-aid. All that aside, hopefully this is a small thing that you will find some amount of benefit in.

Jake

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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development



Message has 13 Replies:
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) Let me flame you nontheless. No, it's not a band-aid. It's the proof that LEGO knows that the AFOL community is unhappy and it's a shameless attempt to shut us down (up?). It's also a shameless attempt at making more cash as these bulk packs (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) These are better than the bulk packs that I had hoped for. When I first read the PDX anouncement about the 10,000 bags of each, I thought that they would be bags of just 1 part type. These assortments of bricks and plates are much better. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
Jake! Regardless of timing, the assorted BROWN bricks and plates are two of the best sets, ever! I will be very happy to get them. -Erik (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
Thanks for facilitating this, Jake. I know this whole situation has been rough, and you've handled it like a true professional. I was truly shocked at the colour change at first, but am over it now. It's time to move on, and to focus on the things (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) -snip- (...) Well, I won't flame you for the colour change, but I will for not giving the Australian prices!!!! Once again you carelessly disregard some of your loyalest fans. We might make up only 5% of AFOLs but time and time again we are (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) Hi Jake, Thank you for all your work to get this going. It wasn't something you had to do, but something you did to help the community. Yes its a band-aid, yes its too bad there is a limited production run, but none of that is your fault. It (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) Jake (or anyone) - Is set 10064 "Grey Plates #1" new grey or classic grey? (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 6 new packs prompts Poll on Eventual color policy collapse
 
Thanks for going the extra mile for the band-aid - it is better than nothing! But it makes not the slightest bit of sense that Lego is ignoring the wishes of its clientel. So, it's poll time! (URL) I take it no one paid attention to the Coca-Cola (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)  
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) <snip> Ya know, colour change schmolour change. However it happened, and however limited a run it is, allow me to say a huge "Thank you!" for re-releasing my all-time favourite set: (URL) Grey Brick Pack> Ever since it got discontinued ~4-5 (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  The breadcrumbs from the masters table
 
(...) Did you really believe this could be held under the hood? Do you - in contrast to what you said - still underestimate the enormous importance of the issue? It is *not* about a grey or brown or violet (or whatever other changes were planned - (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
While new assortment bags are (as you say) no solution to the Color Change, they are still great sets by themselves, and hats off for the speed to implement these new sets. I'm impressed to see that TLG can actually rush things into production if (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) I think the point was missed. Basic bricks and plates will be easy to come by in the old colors for some time via various places -- the fact that we can't get any of the new non-basic parts is what the problem truly is. For example, I got all (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: 6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
(...) Jake, I would like to thank you and the LEGO company for putting out these bulk packs as a way to acknowledge that the color change is an issue for AFOLs. There have been a lot of negative comments on the color change and anything LEGO has to (...) (21 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)

Message is in Reply To:
  6 new bulk packs at S@H
 
Hi all, at (URL) www.brickset.com> are 6 new bulk packs shown which might be available form S@H soon: (URL) #10150 Bulk Bricks - Assorted Brown Plates (URL) #10149 Bulk Bricks - Assorted Dark Grey Plates (URL) #10148 Bulk Bricks - Assorted Light (...) (21 years ago, 18-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) ! 

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