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Hey all, Just recently while working on a project I've lined up LOTS of those black arches from Star Wars #7201 Final Duel II and I noticed that there are several shades of black! Additionally, while rummaging through my drawer of large original (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) (URL) 4337>? At first, I thought it was another mistake, but it's a real LEGO color (I (...) them as (...) says (...) in the (...) My guess would be that they decided to clear out a surplus of parts created for some Belville sets that didn't (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I noticed the same variance in the X-Pod click hinges. And what's the deal with the 1x1 clips in (URL)? At first, I thought it was another mistake, but it's a real LEGO color (I have some DUPLO parts in that shade). (URL) Bricklink> lists them (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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Hey all, Just got one of the new X-pods recently (the one that's purple and lime green), and several of the purple pieces bear the same discrepancy that was discussed to death when the Knight Bus first arrived. However, after first glance I noticed (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote: > If the company itself can't pick a single name for a color and stick > with it, what else can we trust them with? The problem is that this is a multilingula company where a large portion of the people in charge do not (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) This is good news! Actually, this would have been an excellent reply to the requests for clarification in the discussion about the list. (...) Oh, come on. I'm not as stubborn as you think ;-) (...) Well, of course it's "colour" - It't not the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm working with Dan from Peeron, colleagues and others to finalize the color chart namings. We should have that soon. The reasons for the delay are long, involved, and uninteresting. Rest assured, that internal communication on the subject (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Source? (...) According to the List of Lego colours at Peeron, No. 5 is "Brick Yellow". This is the only internal name I know. Is there an official source where they call the colour Nr. 5 "Beige"? (...) I think this whole tread started with (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) That would indeed be very useful. I was among several people in the (URL) original> Universal Color thread asking for clarification of the list, which to my knowledge, has not yet been forthcoming. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Boy, talking about communication issues... If the company itself can't pick a single name for a color and stick with it, what else can we trust them with? How someone can call "tan" "brick yellow" with a straight face, I just don't know. -- (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I don't get it. How has the situation changed since Jake stated that the company wouldn't be switching back? We knew (unless Jake was flat-out-lying, which I seriously doubt was happening) that the people responsible for the color change, and (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm keeping out of the color discussions, but I can answer this one. The 'Beige' on the list IS what we know as Tan. At LEGO, this color is known both as 'Brick Yellow' and also 'Beige' - color number 05 on the LEGO color chip pallette. Quite (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.color, Christian Treczoks wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) For me, you've just lost your credibility. You're saying one thing in one post--'it's all about the communication--if they just said they're sorry but they can't change it now due (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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Dear Leonard, Just a small correction and addition here: The "American Mindset" annotation relates to the example of Davids experience with Lego fixing a problem, and how exited he was that they actually did this, not to the starting paragraph. (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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David Eaton wrote: > Actually, is that true? At the time, was JVK in a position to reverse > the color change? He wasn't the CEO back then. IIRC he was a vice > president of some sort? Was he even in charge of that division of > Lego? I honestly (...) (20 years ago, 17-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Yep, 15K in about 4.5 years...but that's not 10 a day average. That's more like 14 per day (considering holidays, weekends, and vacation time - Granted, I work a great many weekends, holidays, and evenings, but I'd rather not start considering (...) (20 years ago, 16-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) -snip- (...) Would it change anything if the word was "dispassionate"(1) rather than objective. The idea that David is trying to express is whether an opinion is being clouded by excessive emotionalism. Maybe it is just an uniquely American (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Actually, is that true? At the time, was JVK in a position to reverse the color change? He wasn't the CEO back then. IIRC he was a vice president of some sort? Was he even in charge of that division of Lego? I honestly don't know, I'm just (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) North Americans only, or South Americans too? (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Acknowledged. (...) What other duties does Jan have? I had the impression that CD was a fulltime job for him. (...) Yep. I can understand that. In ye olden days I had times where I had to process (i.e. at least read enough to see wether it was (...) (20 years ago, 15-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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