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(...) Hmm, if you can't tell the difference in the store, will you be able to tell it when bought and brought home? I know that my old light grey pieces collection varies in shades more than some of the old pieces together with the new grey. /\/\ark (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Pure sodium (the metal) will explode (= react violantly) with water. However, the sodium that is in the oceans is not the metal, but the ion - positively charged. It is usualy accompanied by a chlorine ion (negative). Just like salt that you (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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SNIP (...) Please explain this to me.....sodium will explode when it gets wet? If this is true than wouldn't the oceans blow up? Just curious.... Jen (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) (through tear-stained pillows) SOB SOB OH WHYYYY...WHYYYY... (/nancykerrigan) I actually had a nice chat with Jake at the Brickish Association meeting last month. I've made my peace with the change, and have been duly doubling my collection of (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I am glad to know I wasn't the only one. ;) (...) Well, I think you might have misunderstood me here. I _don't_ think people should be ranting about this all over Lugnet, and especially not in .general. However, people shouldn't be (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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You know, I don't mind limiting the debate of this to .color. I think compartmentalism is great. (Like, I love to look at, run and sometimes build lego trains, but I honestly get lost when the train guys start talking.) But why pick on the color (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I guess I was making an assumption about what you meant. When you said, "Jake may not be a 'winner' in this case, but you get the point," I thought it meant that you were implying he was a loser. (...) I'm actually halfway astounded that 99.9% (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Words of wisdom. Although I don't think that it is such a good thing to limit the subject to a newsgroup (lugnet.color) because it is the MAIN subject for many and it is an important enough topic to be in general, although I get the point that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Hey, Tim, I'm defending my opinion here in a polite way. I don't deserve this answer from you. (...) My bad. Terry (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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Are these being produced in the new light blueish-gray? If not, was the packaging ever changed so that the difference is obvious, or will I have to bring a light grey Lego peice to stores to see? -- Markham Carroll (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Usually they start by grading them according to the actual plastic compound, like acryllic (I believe that's what the old "thief-smasher" phones of the 70's were made from) or vinyl (used as a surface layer on many dashboards). After that (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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Alfred, Great post! Totally agreed! Best regards, Paulo Renato (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Hi Tim and All, I'm sorry, this was my first post on this thread and I didn't realize that it was in lugnet.general. Since I've realized it, my posts were followed up to lugnet.color. I'm very sorry to all in lugnet.general. Best Regards, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I have not purchased the S@H bulk packs but I did clear out classic light gray from the Solomon Pond LEGO store last week. The staff there welcomes me by name. The managers are mixed about whether I should be an employee. Customer questions (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) No, I don't call you a marketdroid. I really don't think you are. It is all a question of trust. See, trust into a piece of information or an aspect of an entity is usually valued as a kind of multiplication product of the individual trust (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) When the bucket was stamped/molded. Many companies use them. (...) It is indeed the new colors. (...) All discontinued. But still massive amounts to be found. None have been repackaged or renumbered as far as I know. Besides if they were, I (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I am concerned about the community too, which is why I am posting more. I saw some abysmal behaviour once before on Lugnet, but never have I seen so such abysmal behaviour from so many people. (...) I think you have hit the nail on the head. (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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Make friends with someone in the store and ask them to open one for you. Show them the cash and tell them there's a 50% chance of making a big sale. (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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If this issue has already been addressed, then please forgive me. I've searched the Lugnet set database but could not find the answer to my question. I realize that this issue could EASILY be addressed by simply buying one of the sets in question, (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Although probably not meant that way, posts like Randall's original one function as a troll. Over time the complaints about the color change will naturally fade to the background, *not* because the (URL) problems> have gone away, but because there (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jul-04, to lugnet.color, FTX) !
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