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(...) Make a clean break. Get the old colors out of the inventory and let's move on. Nobody asked you to continue making CA bricks once you switched to ABS; it's no different here. Producing parts packs in the old colors will just prolong the agony (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I agree with Tim, and even if the post was broadly about the LEGO company and Ben's feelings about that rather than mostly about color, it still doesn't belong in .general... that sort of thing belongs in the .lego hierarchy somewhere. And (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote: SNIP (...) oops..i saw the post earlier, but 4got to check for Xpostedness to .color - thanx Larry! Jeff (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Interesting idea! It does raise a good question, which color is most important if you could change one back. I'd like to suggest (as a reader) that this part of the thread be moved over to lugnet.color, or at least kept out of (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I sure hope she's prepared for the consequences of that! *ahem* (both Eric and Lar should know what I'm talking about, Kelly knows too, and many of the Mecha folk) XFUT -> o-t.fun -Tim (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)
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ha ha ok. e (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I'm NOT EVEN GOING TO ASK why you're posting pics of your mom in lugnet.color (1), especially since it's likely to draw unwanted attention from Mr. Goldman (2) to her, are you sure you actually want that? So let me just give that "'sho nuff" a (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) 'sho nuff. (URL) e (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) OK...Terry, I don't know if I've ever met you at a Fest, or talked to you anywhere or anything, but I'm going to say something here that if you have met me, you'll know that I mean this with the utmost respect: You're either more emotional (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX) !
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(...) snip (...) That doesn't make sense to me. "Only people who completely agree with my point of view should be allowed to represent the AFOL community to LEGO." Jake has said repeatedly that he gets it and is working hard to bring your concerns (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX) !
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In lugnet.color, Terry Prosper missed by point completely by writing: (...) It never WAS a fight. (...) No, we can buy Megabloks. Or Meccano. (...) Maybe you mean "most Lugnet members" or "most regular Lugnet posters" or maybe even "most AFOLs". My (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Like any other debate, most people simply won't say what they think. Judging by the ratio of agree/disagree amongst those who speek, I'd say most are unhappy. The poll on Brickshelf indicates that only 11% think the new colors are better and (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) [snip] (...) Well said, Jake. Thanks for your continued commitment to the community, despite the fact that it is sometimes a thankless job. I'm behind you. -Tim (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) yes, that was heavy. Good job. e P.S. I'll bet some plates that no one knows how "I" feel about the new colors and the old ones going awayish. :P (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) -snip- (...) Well played, Jake. Well played. Let me say that I trust you completely to present AFOL interests to the company. -Lenny (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Wow. Not really sure how to respond to this. It took me quite a while to decide whether or not to reply to this post, but it's hard not to take something like this personally. Make no mistake, my role is a dual one - to take the AFOL needs to (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color) !
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(...) In fact most trees have bark that changes colour over time, so will appear different colours during the year. Even sawn timber changes colour if exposed to the weather, eventually turning to grey! (bley???). And most other timber (furniture, (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) It depends on the wood. Wood comes in many different colors, so it's a bit hard to qualify one shade of brown as "woodlike" and another as "not woodlike". Heck, there's even a species of tree that has a distinct purple shade that fades over (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Hi Ben, Good news -- there's brand new group, just created today, for the focused discussion of LEGO colors. Here's the announcement: (URL) to single you out; just noticing this while checking back in and seeing Tim's reply. I realize it'll (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color) !
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(...) That's a HUGE call. There seems to be a vocal AFOL group of somewhere between 20 & 50 online, even if thats only 1% of the people that "think like you do", that's maybe 5000 people - a tiny minority of LEGO customers, not "most people". ROSCO (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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