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(...) Yes. Obviously! Why wouldn't it be? They said they're not changing back. (the preLEGO pics from the Times Square TRU PaB... that's all new light grey near as I could tell) As I commented somewhere else, this set is going to make those that (...) (20 years ago, 20-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: I wish they'd halved the color palette first . . .
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(...) Perhaps the sarcasm warning light was still on for that particular suggestion(1), but if it was not, *I* would suggest caution about posting color stuff to lugnet.fun... one would be well served to carefully examine the charter and make sure (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: I wish they'd halved the color palette first . . .
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(...) Dear Dave, what is so hard to understand about this (sarcasm warning lights on!): You know, there are these focus groups and they tested the new stuff hard on kids and those kids LOVED the new bright colours so unbelievable hard.... This is (...) (20 years ago, 13-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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then maybe they wouldn't have had to change gray, dark gray and brown to save money? Dave (STILL trying to make sense of things) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: bricks & plates forever!
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(...) Burkhard, I think that there is major difference in the building styles between German and USA AFOLs. In Germany you have 11,000 Castles, thousands of historic churches, hundreds of medieval cities, lots of medieval gates, walls and other (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: New MOC - fright car from the middle of the last century
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(...) I have the same opinion you do. I was only *mildly* annoyed to see him talking about 'it' again, that's all. He even put it in his MOC post. Anyways, I'd rather not discuss this any further, as you mentioned when I pointed to Todd's 'Blay on' (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC - fright car from the middle of the last century
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(...) Listen, the guy has a passion for opposing the color change, so don't rain on his parade. Personally, I am not happy with the change either, but I haven't the desire or energy to oppose it. If Ben and others do, than I say more power to them! (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Sorry, but I am not done with bley. And hiding them behind the trash has been the so far only useful way to handle the topic for me. Ben the only bley I have used so far (the trashcan link): (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: New MOC - fright car from the middle of the last century
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(...) Aww man, I thought we were done with this... Anyways, I've found a lovely train-related use for bley (That does NOT involve nailing some to the door to hold a garbage can) Stay tuned. Legoswami Samarth (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) But they will probably never come out in System grey. Only in $&%$! bley.... Ben (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.color)
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(...) Only 40? And all the others either didn't care, eagerly collect blays already, or recoiled because the letter was not nice enough? Well Ben, it was all our own (as in German AFOLs) fault, you know? We forgot to hand out little flags and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Update - CEO Letter.
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(...) Hi Ben, As you already know, translating between German and English (and vice versa), can be very tricky. I know a lot of USA AFOLs thought that the letter was too harsh. But I was sure that it was just translated without getting the spirit of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: Update - CEO Letter.
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In lugnet.color, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for keeping us informed Hope the petitions are received by people with an open mind to change back. I also hope that, if the change back doesn't occur, that those that were upset by (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Update - CEO Letter.
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Dear Fans of the System colours, thanks to all who have signed the letter, which I have published a short while ago at this place. This letter has now been printed on paper (yes, even the German one fit to one sheet of A4-Paper when printed in (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: An alternative open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company
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(...) That's my understanding as well. That's a good summary of what Jake posted here (URL) and referred to here (URL). What's more, to my knowledge, that's the only reason which TLG have provided. Seems to me that either its fact or an outright (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Well here's *my understanding* of it. TLG changed the colours because the old grays and brown did not fit in with their "vision" of the colour palette. They tested the new colours with groups of children, and the kids liked it. After changing (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: surrender, you're surrounded!
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(snip) Bottom line--it's a matter of opinion. One opinion is okay with the color change, the other is not. This sounds like a debate that ranks up there with politics and abortion. The German AFOL community has been most vocal about this, and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: An alternative open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company
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(...) This is a very serious allegation. Please explain which reasons given by TLG have been debunked as fluff or outright lies. (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Wishful Thinking press release (was: Maersk Second Run)
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(...) Yep, it's a pastiche. I clicked too... then I read the whole thing, and it became fairly apparent it was a humor piece. But he did set the FUT to lugnet.fun.holiday, but I'm not sure what "holiday" was for ;) Kelly (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Open letter to the CEO of the LEGO Company / Call for discussion!
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Dang, Scott! That's darn fine letter! I'd be proud to sign this one. Dave "Scott Lyttle" <datafx7@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IAMx3t.17LC@lugnet.com... (...) you who (...) better (...) LEGO® (...) we are (...) be (...) the (...) the colors (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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