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Re: Its starting to happen...
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lugnet.color
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Sun, 8 Apr 2007 04:47:40 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Barry D White wrote:
> 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.
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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.
-Abner
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| (...) Personally, I think BrickLink needs to change their color names. Peeron approached this problem by VERY EXPLICITLY renaming "Gray" to "OldGray", "DkGray" to "OldDkGray" and "Brown" to "OldBrown". The problem is of course as you point out, that (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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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 (...) (18 years ago, 8-Apr-07, to lugnet.color)
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