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Subject: 
Its starting to happen...
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lugnet.color
Date: 
Sun, 8 Apr 2007 01:48:50 GMT
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Hi there, im first time writer, long time reader, Baz.
I stayed quiet when Lego made the 'new' brown and grays.
You all said what i was thinking.
But.
The other day I received a Lego part that was on Bricklink as Brown. Its reddish
brown. So it looks odd. Im a bit upset but this is going to happen more and
more. People might not realise they're selling the new reddish brown or bluish
gray. It has happened once before to me. Has this happened to anyone else?
Im not mad. Lego made this one blunder. I will try and hold out as long as I can
and try hard to avoid the new brown and grays. I guess one day I will have to
give up and start using them. Its going to look weird. Because the new brown and
grays are just different enough to be noticably different. Do you know what I
mean?
I love Lego so much so I hate sounding like Im mad, I just want to write this to
see if its happening to everyone else. Are you using the new brown and grays or
trying to avoid them like me?

Thank you for your time, frm Baz


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Message has 7 Replies:
  Re: Its starting to happen...
 
I will not adopt the new colors. There was no justifiable reason for them to be changed. All the suggestions I've heard as to why just do not make sense to me from a business standpoint. I associate the old brown and gray colors with my childhood. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
  Re: Its starting to happen...
 
(...) Hi, Baz. I was pretty upset when they launched the color change. It was the catalyst that pushed me away from the hobby for the last year or two. I still don't like the look of the new colors, and I hate the confusion of trying to keep the new (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
  Re: Its starting to happen...
 
(...) i will admit that i use the new brown quite a bit for several reasons but the new grey's "blays" are not usefull . it's not that i haven't tried to use the new grey's they simply just don't look right. the only signifagant use of the new greys (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
  Re: Its starting to happen...
 
(...) snip The problem will get worst on BrickLink. As people or even new sellers find BrickLink and have 'no clue' about the color change. It make me wonder if BrickLink should add a 'warning' or 'disclaimer' about the color change for newbies. (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
  Re: Its starting to happen...
 
(...) I've got a few of those too. In every case, I send a friendly email, and the seller was happy to resolve the matter. (...) That's a new acronym. What does it stand for? My first experience with Blay was when I purchased a few sets from LS@H (...) (18 years ago, 9-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
  Re: Its starting to happen...
 
(...) I'm afraid that new colors are here to stay. Just like 4.5v (circa 1966) trains were replaced with 12v (circa 1969) trains and then 9v (circa 1991) replaced 12v, etc. No matter how much anyone here likes/loves the original colors, Lego is not (...) (18 years ago, 11-Apr-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
  Re: Its starting to happen...
 
(...) I have the same problem, I just paid for dark gray Lego on ebay and am similarly upset. ITS BLAY =,( I do have buckets of the three new colors, but also am trying to avoid using and buying them. But what do I do when people do this, the poor (...) (17 years ago, 24-Apr-08, to lugnet.color)

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