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Re: ... and a bad, bad new year!
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lugnet.color
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Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:27:13 GMT
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> Anyway, The Change made 2004 the year of The Disaster, which totally
> wrecked the company management's reputation, as far as I'm concerned.
> Ruined by The Change itself, the way it was done, and the apparent lack
> of reasonable consideration behind it, not to mention an even more
> painful lack of respect towards the company's own quality standards
> (color standards, compatibility).
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> I believe my appreciation and love for LEGO elements is well-documented at my
> website, but I'm still done with the company. • (snip)
> PS: in case somebody feels inclined to respond "come on Primus, stop being an
> a$$. The ambassador program proves TLG IS listening now!": I can only respond
> "Yeah, that's great, now that most of their new product is of very, very limited
> use to me. But thanks for listening, anyway"
Where has LEGO officially stated color standards? All I'm aware of is part
compatibilty standards.
I understand your love and appreciation with the elements, but it's like having
a sibling--you have to take the good with (your percieved) bad.
You have an apology and acknowledgement of a mistake from the highest authority
in the company--and you're not satisfied? Take off the blinders and see the
bigger picture.
If you don't like what's being done, I suggest you start your own company,
adhering to the strictest color standards and part tolerances--and see how much
it costs you. Somewhere, sometime, you're going to have to make a cost/quality
decision. One can easily sit from the outside, gripe and complain, but then
again, that outside person may not have all the facts and issues. Tell me
this--would you rather pay additional cost for old gray, or have to fire a few
individuals because you had to redirect the money to material expense?
Sure, maybe if the old gray formulation was more expensive, you'd be willing to
pay more for a set, to have old gray, but I'll bet the rest of the buying public
(roughly 95-98%) would look at the higher price, and just leave it on the
shelves and go buy a competitor brand.
This type of thing happens in EVERY company out there today. Business as usual.
-Scott Lyttle
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