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Re: LEGO Inside Tour (New theory on color change: stock dyes)
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Sat, 21 Aug 2004 02:01:47 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
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• Visit to the LEGO factory – LIT Special
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Maybe someone visiting the LEGO factory can shed some light on this theory that
popped up on FBTB about a month ago. (Actually, I’m surprised this theory never
made its way to LUGNET. I guess this just goes to show that there are many
*FOLs besides those that post here.)
In this post http://www.fbtbforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=2727, one of the
well-known FBTB members wrote
“I really, truly, honestly have a friend that works at LEGO company. She has
been with them a long, long time! (She is much older than me) I was asking about
what it was like when parts were made in the US and she got to see the
production factory. She was telling me about huge silos full of different colors
of ABS plastic, and how neat it was to see parts made. I told her how I would
love to go, but she said that it won’t ever be the same again. I asked why. She
said because they no longer have stock of color pellets, they now stock only
clear ABS and inject it with color before it is molded. She has not told me
anything about the color change when I ask her, but she unknowingly gave me a
huge hint.”
“So it seems like LEGO changed their manufacturing system, and couldn’t find a
stock dye that came in the old gray, yellow and brown colors. They took what
they could, and checked with the focus groups to see if there would be a
problem. If there would have been a problem, they probably would have had to
custom order for the right color dyes, but why spend extra money when the focus
group says it is OK?”
(I feel a little strange re-posting someone else’s post, but it was posted in a
public forum, so I guess it’s not too inappropriate.)
The above is of course only a theory, but it’s the first explanation (that I’ve
seen at least) that actually makes sense. Despite explanations to the contrary,
the color changes were most likely a cost-cutting measure by TLG. Up until now,
I couldn’t well envision how the new colors would save TLG money, but the
above explanation seems quite plausible.
Does anyone here have any thoughts or insight on this?
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