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I will not adopt the new colors. There was no justifiable reason for them to be changed. All the suggestions I've heard as to why just do not make sense to me from a business standpoint. I associate the old brown and gray colors with my childhood. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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Hi there, im first time writer, long time reader, Baz. I stayed quiet when Lego made the 'new' brown and grays. You all said what i was thinking. But. The other day I received a Lego part that was on Bricklink as Brown. Its reddish brown. So it (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Yes Aaron, your fairies made it into the Miniland NYC scene of "MidSummer Nights Dream" And I am proud to say that the retail kit Statue of Liberty that I glued back in 2001, was scavenged, repaired, and is now sitting in the Vegas Cluster, as (...) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I never minded either. Miniland and the traveling shows were inspirational, but I never believed I could build those from my personal collection. But I did have trouble being instructed to actually TELL visitors to the park that they could. (...) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) As Aaron mentioned, the colors are actually not available. The miniland development DK(RIP) team has always had special access to off colors, for their special projects. And when a brick is not made in a certain color, and only a handful are (...) (18 years ago, 4-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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If you missed the cool shirts that Bob Kojima made and was selling at BrickFest this year it is not too late to get them. (URL) As of this writing the following shirts in the following quantities are left: got bricks 4L 2XL bley sucks 2L 1XL (...) (18 years ago, 3-Apr-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.color, FTX) !!
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(...) All those weird elements on BL have gotta come from somewhere. I never minded it as a kid and I still don't as an adult. LEGO displays are about displaying what can be done with bricks and since no child (or more than a very few adults) has (...) (18 years ago, 30-Mar-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Thanks, Aaron. Tim, Yeah, that line is BS. If I recall correctly one of the buildings in the New England Village miniland section was Maersk blue. Way before that color was available in such a diverse number of elements. Also, there is a (...) (18 years ago, 30-Mar-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) They've always used parts in colours that didn't exist. I can remember loads of times looking at photos of legoland or travelling shows or whatnot and spotting parts that didn't exist... the wide range of brown in shows in the early 80s being (...) (18 years ago, 30-Mar-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) That is indeed a flesh color, you are seeing. Though I do not believe it is the same as the minifig colors. Instead, it is an older color that originated in either Belville or Scala lines. To my knowledge, it has never appeared in any system (...) (18 years ago, 30-Mar-07, to lugnet.color)
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I was poking around brickshelf and located some pix of the new Las Vegas display in miniland @ LLCA and noticed some bricks in a color I didn't recognize: (URL) there anyone who is familiar with them that might be able to confirm? Best, Jonathan (18 years ago, 30-Mar-07, to lugnet.color)
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(...) As Marc says the colour change affected a minority within a minority. Hardly likely to be a destructive force for the companies fortunes. Yes TLG support AFOLs and generally try to keep them happy but they are a very insignificant minority in (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) As Matthew said, I don't think the color change was a major factor in TLC's business problems. It certainly changed my buying habits, but I'm a minority of a minority among LEGO buyers. On the other hand, the color change needlessly (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Folks-- I don't think "bley" itself was the problem. Good heavens, if a shift in color was sending TLC down the tubes, they were in worse shape then anyone could imagine. No, I suspect the real issue lies deeper than that. Let's try looking at (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) The company's trajectory over the past decade certainly implies that something took a dig at their business. Late 90's: company in financial trouble, saved by unexpected popularity of MindStorms and Bionicle product lines. Early 2000's, (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) I really find it hard to see how the colour change would have been detrimental to TLG in any meaningful way. Perhaps you can elaborate on the idea because I just can't see any connection. Tim (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | One cool thing about being a nay-blay-er (IMHO)
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We won't have access to all the new parts. Is that bad thing? In the case of a few of the new parts, definitely! The new 1x1 angled brick is one of the best new parts in years. Ditto the new 1x1 tooth plate. However, as nay-blay-ers, we will have (...) (18 years ago, 18-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) It seems to me that piece counts per dollar are way up these days from where they were when I used to buy a lot of LEGO, although I suspect this is more of an attempt to stay competitive with clone brands than it is an attempt to pass along (...) (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX)
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| | Re: Dude, talk yourself into Classic Colors! :-)
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Amen! (18 years ago, 17-Mar-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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I'm with ya, man! Even though the advent of bley and "blown" (hehheh) has seriously curtailed my purchasing of new sets and my enthusiasm for new product in general, it's not completely a bad thing for a few reasons: 1. I spend far less money per (...) (18 years ago, 16-Mar-07, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.color, FTX) !
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