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Re: Color Change background
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Mon, 17 May 2004 17:01:04 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Chris Phillips wrote:
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> For my part, I continue to be in hiatus in many aspects of the hobby. My new
> purchases have completely stopped, and what little new building I do over the
> next year or so will most likely come entirely out of my existing collection.
> I still read LUGNET daily, and participate in my local club as much as I am
> able, but even these activities have lost much of their luster. I am hopeful
> that my activity level will rebound eventually, but at least for now I am
> mostly sitting on the sidelines. Judging from the recent activity levels
> here on LUGNET, I can only surmise that many, many others are in a similar
> situation.
Well I can say that my involvement in the hobby has been reduced almost totally
to my local club (same one as Chris'). I will probably still make PAB purchases
and get the Maersk Ship. I was going to get several of the Knight Buses until
the color problems with that set came up, now I will probably not get any.
I honestly can't say that my reduced involvement in the hobby can be attributed
to the recent color changes/problems but I can say that it doesn't give me any
reason to reopen my wallet even though I now have a real LEGO room to work in.
Fortunately my collection is large enough that I can still do many things
without significant new purchases.
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> I just watched the movie Almost Famous again last night, and one scene is
> resonating in my mind as I write this. The main character in the movie, a
> neophyte reporter for Rolling Stone magazine chastises the guitarist for a
> band he is covering about his treatment of a devoted follower. He says: "she
> was your biggest fan, and you just threw her away."
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> Jake, thanks for trying. I look forward to seeing some of the new products
> that you have alluded to when they appear later this year, and I hope that
> they help to revive this community. But please know that the effect of the
> color change will always be with us.
I think all I can add is that LEGO should not hide behind the "more consistant
color pallet" excuse when they can't even get the colors consistant in a new
set. I also think the "acceptable tollerances" story with the bus is a bunch of
bunk. On one side LEGO says they have these sky high quality standards and on
the other they make excuses for totally screwing up the colors in a new set
(Knight Bus).
I guess my hope is that PAB selection stays good because at least there I can
individually select matching bricks if I have to.
Eric
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| (...) <snip...> (...) Jake, A very sincere thank you for (1) putting up with our complaints and abuse, (2) carrying our message back to TLC, and (3) working so hard to bring details back to us. I am certain that this community will never know the (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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