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| (...) Why not change old gray to pink then? You are saying that kids don't care about color, but the color change was still an improvement? (...) I'm really not buying that the subtle, subliminal appeal of the new colors to kids will outweigh the (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) To the Castle room organizers: I am willing to take on the project of distributing and recording designation flags if that's what you guys decide to do. I could put up a quick LUGNET page listing the different flag combinations and take (...) (21 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) You raise an excellent point. The dark tan is an interesting color. I think it would escepially nice as old concrete. I have the dark tan skate ramps, and would like to use them as roofs (as I have with the (URL) white ramps>), but the (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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| Hi all, With less than a month til BrickFest 2004 kicks off, I just thought I'd post a message, mainly reminders but also some new stuff. Old Stuff: This year promises to have a large Classic Castle City display and it is never too late to start (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Wow. LUGNET sure moves fast, provided the right people are (URL) complaining>. This seems like a very unfair move designed to discourage the expression of negative opinions about the color change, for the benefit of a few people who want to (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| (...) Thanks! Hopefully, I will have at least half of a Russian town to bring to (URL) Brickfest>. I have made some efforts towards building a wooden palisade, like one that might be found in a motte-and-bailey castle. Unfortunately, the cost of the (...) (21 years ago, 2-May-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Had you read (URL) this post> by Greg, you might have noticed this: As far as leaving, keep dreaming. Just because I am no longer a Lego customer, on a retail level, doesn't mean I am giving up on my enjoyment of what I have or the hobby in (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| I've wanted for a while to do some Castle building outside of the traditional Western European style. So I did some research into medieval Russian architecture, and decided to start working on a town surrounded by wooden fortifications. Here is the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Apr-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) I'll just repost what I listed (URL) here>: This is what I would like to see continue to be sold in the original colors: current brick packs (#10145-#10147) current plate packs (#10148-#10150) with the addition of 1x1 plates and 'L' plates (I (...) (21 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not sure how anything can be off-topic for .general, considering things like "rumors, musings, weird dreams" are on-topic. But without getting bogged down in what should be posted where... Greg's original point was that he didn't like the (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Jake did good Thanks!!
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| (...) There's an excellent reason - (URL) this statement> by Jake himself: Keep in mind that the non-AFOL consumer (especially the kids on the boards) probably hasn't realized there IS a color change. Many of this year's products aren't out yet (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I really like the interior walls and ceilings. The plaster over the stone looks great, as do the beams on the ceiling. But the walls without windows look a little blank. "This is a castle, isn't it? There are (URL) tapestries>?" Marc Nelson (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) Heh. Now I want to redo it in brown for the gingerbread effect. Actually, when I finished building the red one, I was struck by how good it would look in a North Pole layout. Thanks. Marc Nelson Jr. (21 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| I'm glad to hear that TLC might continue service packs in the original colors. Could you give us an idea of how the current original-color packs are doing, sales-wise? This is what I would like to see continue to be sold in the original colors: (...) (21 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !!
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| | Re: Sacre Blue! Someting is not quite right here!
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| (...) Those rounded bricks look awfully good. And now they match LEGO colors! The only drawback (well, besides not being LEGO) is that the rounded corners let a lot of light through. But you could solve that by sandwiching a layer of regular bricks (...) (21 years ago, 10-Apr-04, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: The Pirate Game - Help
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| (...) You would be best to start with a few cutters, which have one cannon and a small crew. The prototypical cutter is the one found in (URL) 6277>, but you can make your own. Take a look at (URL) mine>. A good current set for cutter parts is (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)
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| | Re: Comment Now at LEGO.com: New Grey and Brown
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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 (...) (21 years ago, 11-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego)
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