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Re: In Praise of TLC
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Date: 
Thu, 13 May 2004 23:43:14 GMT
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Bill Ward wrote:
If Mattel suddenly changed Barbie's hair or eye color, would they care what
adult collectors think?

If Disney decided to make Mickey's ears pointed suddenly, would they apologize
for it publically in a forum for adult collectors of Disneyana?

I think you're missing the point Bill. Your examples don't work here.

Rather ask what would happen if Canon makes change to lenses mount
[ruining the 'system' & breaking backwards compatibility]. And I don't
think that toy x non-toy makes a big difference here.

There is only one worse thing {from this point of view} LEGO can make -
change the brick dimensions.

--
Jindroush <jindroush@nospam.seznam.nospam.cz>
Remove both 'nospam's from the address to reply.



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(...) Just as an aside, Canon HAS screwed over customers lens mount changes. I'm not sure if you were around for the Hi8 era, when the Canon L1/L2 sported a lens mount called a "VL type lens". Admittedly, it was only for two generations of consumer (...) (21 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.color)

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