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| (...) On that I agree. If I were to make a polite suggestion for LUGNET, it would be to get the user activation/posting thing resolved. I mean, for us old-timers, this is nothing. However, for all the new 'script/php kiddies', LUGNET is terribly (...) (12 years ago, 6-Dec-12, to lugnet.general)
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| | I surrender. (Re: Color Change background)
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| Hello! I surrender. I'm not convinced but i'm beaten. I, we have got to accept the greysome fact that TLC is not going to retract this colour change. Ever. They think they did the right thing. They deliberated it carefully, they invested money and (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Request for Feedback - focused thread
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| (...) Priority to keep as "old or universal" colors to remain available....Basic bricks, both light and dark gray, in the 1x (1,2,3,4,6,8) are my first choice to keep. I would love to keep ordering them in bulk (100 of 1x2, for example), not in (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Color Change background
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| As several others have stated, I too appreciate your efforts to explain the color changes. This explanation goes a long way in convincing us there were no other, hidden reasons beyond esthetical design. It explains the rol of the Design Lab and the (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Brown Bricks - Wood or Chocolate?
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| (...) Its not so much like wood, as like dirt. IMHO. (...) Not really. It is more reddish, but I don't get the urge to eat it. :) (...) This presumes the answer to #2 is yes! :) So, I guess I shouldhave left this blank? (...) Its brown. Honestly, I (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Request for Feedback - focused thread
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| In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: snipped I agree with many previous posts: A tub of assorted basic bricks (mostly 1 stud wide), plates, and tiles (1x2,2x2,1x4,etc) in OLD gray. Peeron's listing of the top 100 most common parts is a great resource (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | State of .mecha
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| Hey all. I've been in contact with one of our old posters, one Stuart Immonen by name, and he gave me permission to post this message. I have not altered it except to clean up line-wrapping and spelling. Any errors should be assumed to be my own. (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Re: Request for Feedback - focused thread
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| (...) Make a clean break. Get the old colors out of the inventory and let's move on. Nobody asked you to continue making CA bricks once you switched to ABS; it's no different here. Producing parts packs in the old colors will just prolong the agony (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Request for Feedback - focused thread
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| Thanks for all you've done so far Jake (here's hoping you can do a lot more) What would I like to see ? Rectangular & Triangular Burps in old dk gray. Basic 1x & 2x bricks, slopes & arches in old lt & dk gray. 1 x 5 x 4 arch, Castle doors in all 3 (...) (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Knight Bus problem
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| (...) There are people which still believe the above is true. Everything below is just my personal opinion so there is no reason to jump on me in these sensitive times (hi larry ;) ) The last 'true' Technic set is the Barcode Truck (1997). Then (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Brown Bricks - Wood or Chocolate?
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| (...) It depends on the wood. Wood comes in many different colors, so it's a bit hard to qualify one shade of brown as "woodlike" and another as "not woodlike". Heck, there's even a species of tree that has a distinct purple shade that fades over (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Color Change - Final Update
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| Ok, all basic brick sizes are a must for old grey and brown. All basic plate sizes are a must for old grey and brown. All basic style bricks and plates are a must for old grey and brown (arches, slopes, tiles). All Minifig accessories, technic (...) (20 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Request for Feedback - focused thread
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| (...) Priority for "old" colors * Baseplates (all varieties) crater plates if you've got 'em :-) * Train Track Priority for "new" color market saturation * Basic 1 x n plates * Basic 2 x n plates * Basic 4 x n plates * Basic 6 x n plates * Basic 1 x (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO, kids, and how it has come to this
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| Although the neighborhood knows there are a lot of LEGO bricks at our home and that big things go in and out from time time, we don't get a lot of walk-up traffic from curious kids. Today, however, a 9 year old and 10 year old came by with an (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Brown Bricks - Wood or Chocolate?
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| (...) In fact most trees have bark that changes colour over time, so will appear different colours during the year. Even sawn timber changes colour if exposed to the weather, eventually turning to grey! (bley???). And most other timber (furniture, (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Request for Feedback - focused thread
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| (...) I really feel that any parts in old brown that were supposed to represent wooden items *must* be kept in the old color. The new grays are passable for a fair number of constructs, but the new "brown" is really awful for things like doors, (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Request for Feedback - focused thread
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| (...) I've seen two paths to accumulating new greys quickly: 1) Starter tubs 2) Releasing legends in the new colors Choice 2 works really well for castle. You'd get good proportions of walls and bricks to help fill them in. For space, maybe (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Opacity change - when?
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| Avoiding the debate over the color change, I want to bring up another issue. It is quite obvious to me that modern Lego pieces are much more translucent than the old ones. I might be speaking about ancient times which nobody cares about here, but (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: color, contrast and brightness problems - any idea?
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| (...) Hi, I agree with you that the viewangle has a big influence on the picture if you use a TFT. As a result of this I think it doesn't matter how I finetune my TFT or grafic card settings. I have no real chance to fix the viewangle... hmm maybe (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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