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When will we hear the results? In a week? A month? -Aaron "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:HxK6pr.1Eou@lugnet.com... (...) many (...) this (...) like (...) love the (...) while, (...) Top 20 (...) a (...) will (...) (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color)
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(...) I keep saying: this has been going on for years. There have been many slight variations in basic colors. I first noticed variations in yellow in the same tub in 1998. I have three shades of yellow, two shades of blue, and at least two shades (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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1. Thanks for the explanation. 2. Don't put it on yourself - I really think that the color change problem should have leapt out and bit everyone at Lego on the nose. The problem should have been that obvious. 3. Be that as it may, it's time to move (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Boy they sure botched that, (...) The details are every thing. I could do a study and come up with the fact that consumers perfer cinder blocks to Lego blocks if that is what I wanted to do. (...) Funny I've talked to plenty of non fans and (...) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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well I think the pictures says it all: (URL) (20 years ago, 16-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.color, FTX) !
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Hi Jake, I was right! I was betting that although the color change was going to have a negative effect on those who've been collecting for years (like me) I was still trying to see things from a different perspective. I tried to put myself in the (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) <snip...> (...) Jake, A very sincere thank you for (1) putting up with our complaints and abuse, (2) carrying our message back to TLC, and (3) working so hard to bring details back to us. I am certain that this community will never know the (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) It's hard to say. I think it's like the purple bus, a quality control issue. I just stacked some bricks and plates from the red pod with some bricks and plates from a martian set. You can easily see the pod hinges are more pale than the rest. (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) The straight piece and its curved counterpart look quite useful and could make good bridges. When I saw the set I was put off both by the price and by the two inclined ramps, which are too steep for realistic town scenery and make up a large (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) It is difficult to say anything about colors for sure these days, but some variation i colors have always existed and are quite commonn when it comes to parts that requires some flexibility in the ABS. Parts like bricks with clips, (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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