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Re: Pics from ToyFair 2005
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Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:07:46 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Jake McKee wrote:
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Jorgen’s point (that no matter what happens, someone or some group in the
community is going to have an issue with it) is a common thread in most of my
discussions. For the most part, I think that most colleagues understand
(after years of training) that this is simply the way of community. After
all, railing on the company is part of the fun, right? :)
As you can imagine, however, this can get frustrating at times. I mean
imagine you’ve just spent scores of hours working on a new Death Star design
that you think the fans are going to love. You’ve put your heart and soul
into it, more than most projects you do during the day, to deliver something
really cool to the fans. But the only response you hear is “it’s bley!”.
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Thanks for the discussion Jake. It’s certainly true that you can’t please all
of the people all of the time. The danger of course is that it’s easy to fall
into the trap of dismissing contrary opinions, since “someone will always be
dissatified”. I don’t envy the tight-rope walk you need to do each day.
But I want to reiterate what was said in the grandparent post. Exactly who does
TLG think would be unhappy with the change back to classic gray? Personally, I
really like the new Death Star model, but as soon as I saw it, my heart sank at
seeing all that “blay”. If this were 2003, I would be one of the first to order
it (as I was with the Star Destroyer). But I just can’t get myself to subscribe
to the new blay. The other day, Walmart was clearancing the Spider-man 2 Doc
Ock’s Hideout for 85% off; I just couldn’t get myself to buy it. Again, if
this set had classic gray (and brown) I would have bought the entire dozen they
had.
Here’s a little gedankenexperiment: Suppose the UCS Death Star were available
in both classic and new gray, which do you think would sell more?
Clearly, the market for such an expensive model is people with money, ie adults.
And certainly AFOLs will make up more than the (supposed) 5% of sales for this
particular set. From the AFOL standpoint, it’s a no-brainer: Many more AFOLs
would buy this set if it were classic gray. Very few would be unhappy by the
change back. Of course, I’m sure there are “corporate”/monetary reasons for not
changing back, but the “community” aspect is dominantly in favor of classic
gray. This set is marketed to adults; go where the market is and give it what
it wants!
I wish I could give TLG my money for this set. I’m impressed with the
designer’s hard work and ingenuity. But I can’t get past the blay. I wish I
could.
-Walter Walters
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| (...) 1) The company. They'd lose money and waste ABS that they bought buy buying back the hordes of old gray. Also takes people's time (aka more money) to make the change happen. 2) Various fringe fans. "I invested a lot of money into the new light (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| (...) I'm going to make some big fat frothing assumptions here and try to "explain" Jorgen's comment - at least from my position in the company. This is meant as nothing more than a helpful hint as to this particular situation (and a bit of "Jake's (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.color, FTX) !
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