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(...) Agreed, I was rumaging through my box of orange yesterday, only to realize I had at least 3 differtn shades! What mad man came up with that, it's freaking orange. Mat (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) OK, I figured it was worth asking. :) Steve (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Unfortunately, that image is already (on my 17" monitor) about 50% bigger than the original. (The original is only 5x3 cm) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) That's a foolish motto for business. Quality is always a trade-off against cost. You set it as low as you can while still achieving your goals for revenue & market share. The motto is more reasonable as: "Good enough is the best." KDJ (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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In lugnet.color, David Eaton wrote: Snip (...) I couldn't agree more. With the new sets of 2004 and bulk tubs for the last two years, I have enjoyed the many new colors. But there are not enough in any quantity to build anything useful. Reducing the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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I think this is a new initiative to further cut costs. Its funny one part of Lego decides it needs to control the pallette and amount of "usuable parts" in the system, while another part keeps on coming out with new colors and new parts (molds) for (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) the color tiles can be read? Steve (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Wait-- how are these in contrast? Do you know that these came out of the same initiative? Do you know that something hasn't changed in the meantime? It's been over a year since the color change actually HAPPENED, and as far as I can tell, this (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Unless you've been building in gray. My collection of 30 years was made obsolete overnight when they decided to discontinue making new parts in the pre 2004 shades of gray. Therefore, my continued support of their products ended when they (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Reading the LEGO Life article, I thought back to Jake McKee's (URL) original explanation> for the color change back in May. I noticed some discrepancies. Contrast this passage from the (URL): Reducing the number of used colours is part of the (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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Reducing the number of colours in the palette seems like a win-win. It means Lego can be cheaper, and it also means that AFOLs will find it easier to build a decent selection of parts in each colour. (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Indeed. I have a bag of 41752's here. I keep looking at the tread surfaces on both sides and the Technic pin holes and thinking... 'now if they could put pin holes in a rubber-band holder, why couldn't they do the same for the big hailfire (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) The rubber band holders come to mind. Those are curiously over-designed. (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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In lugnet.color, William Howard wrote: (snipped) Thanks for sharing these and thanks especially for checking to see if it was OK first! Both are much appreciated. (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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So we can expect to see them get rid of those pastey new flesh tones...right? (Please oh please oh please) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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I can't believe what i just read: "... we are investigating to see whether some of the parts we make at the moment could be produced in other, cheaper materials:... and whether the quality of some of our parts is simply too high.." Didn't Ole once (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color) !
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(...) An interesting look into the process. Now all that the "bley" haters have to do is provide an alternate source for 3.7 million kroner and bing-bang-boom! everybody is happy. (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Déjà Vu. (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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Teaser - (URL) - (URL) are unedited (except to remove some names from the yellow block at the bottom of the article) (secondary links to same scans Teaser - (URL) - (URL) (20 years ago, 8-Dec-04, to lugnet.color) !!
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Hey all, After reading the responses to my last draft and the other threads on this board, I've lengthened the letter quite a bit, taking into account the suggestions offered, especially Mark Jordan's excellent list, of which I've incorporated quite (...) (20 years ago, 4-Dec-04, to lugnet.color)
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