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(...) Only 40? And all the others either didn't care, eagerly collect blays already, or recoiled because the letter was not nice enough? Well Ben, it was all our own (as in German AFOLs) fault, you know? We forgot to hand out little flags and (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Hi Ben, As you already know, translating between German and English (and vice versa), can be very tricky. I know a lot of USA AFOLs thought that the letter was too harsh. But I was sure that it was just translated without getting the spirit of (...) (20 years ago, 9-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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In lugnet.color, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for keeping us informed Hope the petitions are received by people with an open mind to change back. I also hope that, if the change back doesn't occur, that those that were upset by (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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Dear Fans of the System colours, thanks to all who have signed the letter, which I have published a short while ago at this place. This letter has now been printed on paper (yes, even the German one fit to one sheet of A4-Paper when printed in (...) (20 years ago, 8-Feb-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) That's my understanding as well. That's a good summary of what Jake posted here (URL) and referred to here (URL). What's more, to my knowledge, that's the only reason which TLG have provided. Seems to me that either its fact or an outright (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Well here's *my understanding* of it. TLG changed the colours because the old grays and brown did not fit in with their "vision" of the colour palette. They tested the new colours with groups of children, and the kids liked it. After changing (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(snip) Bottom line--it's a matter of opinion. One opinion is okay with the color change, the other is not. This sounds like a debate that ranks up there with politics and abortion. The German AFOL community has been most vocal about this, and (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) This is a very serious allegation. Please explain which reasons given by TLG have been debunked as fluff or outright lies. (20 years ago, 28-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yep, it's a pastiche. I clicked too... then I read the whole thing, and it became fairly apparent it was a humor piece. But he did set the FUT to lugnet.fun.holiday, but I'm not sure what "holiday" was for ;) Kelly (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.fun, lugnet.color, FTX)
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Dang, Scott! That's darn fine letter! I'd be proud to sign this one. Dave "Scott Lyttle" <datafx7@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:IAMx3t.17LC@lugnet.com... (...) you who (...) better (...) LEGO® (...) we are (...) be (...) the (...) the colors (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) That's "War Between the States", ya Yankee! And I'll send Boris and Natasha after you if you even think about swivel-hipping your way outta this. :-) Gray: 'Merican. Or maybe rebel. Wait, that implies "civil war". Dang, this gets (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Um...that's not exactly a similar situation. Chances are, when you buy a new door, they mix a batch based on color standards of the car. So...maybe painting the new gray to match the old gray is the solution... (sorry, I'm not good at writing (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I agree with the letter and sign it. Ofcourse it's hard to identify with every detail and wording of such an elaborate letter on a complicated issue. For example, I wouldn't demand a return to the original colors, since the new colors are allready (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hello! (...) Probably when our enemy is defeated :-) (...) I do not love LEGO unconditionally. I loved it under the conditions from before 2004. Even if I didn't like all or even most of the sets (=models) they produced in the last ten years I still (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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SNIPPY (Written 2 days ago) Disagree. Samarth Moray (16) (No idea how much he spends on Lego, but the amount is decreasing as the number of cool sets reduces.) I’ve avoided stating my views on this situation for a looong time now, but this is the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I wholeheartedly agree. Chris McNamee (18) Portland, OR (20 years ago, 23-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I pretty much love LEGO unconditional. But the supply of the old colours will eventually run out. A lot of parts will not be available in the new colours for quite a while, so it is a problem for Moccers. How would you feel, if you had a car (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Given that the bleys and chocolate brown are here to stay, what is the best way to sort them into a large collection, whilst still maintaining the ability to distinguish light bley from light grey? I currently sort by type, since up to now it has (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.storage, lugnet.color)
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(...) Strongly agree with the above letter. This quote says it all for me. "And we are extremely grateful for all these opportunities, but unfortunately these praiseworthy achievements turn into almost nothing through the decision of stopping the (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hi Joshua, While I understand that this is a emotion filled topic for some involved, adding yet one more "will you please shut up" post to the fire isn't helping to "stop this gangwar" as is in fact worsening the issue. -Orion (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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