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Re: Reasons for the color change
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lugnet.color
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Mon, 10 May 2004 18:43:00 GMT
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In lugnet.color, John Barnes wrote:
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I just had a thought ....
What if someone in TLG came up with the bright idea of
putting a mixed bunch of Lego bricks and clone bricks in a big heap and
invited kids to build with them. Perhaps such a test would leave a
disproportionate number of the old grey, old dark grey and old brown behind.
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The other flaw in the argument (besides the one you mentioned) is that if LEGO
gave mixed clone and LEGO elements to my 8-year-old son and his friends, the
clones would quickly get tossed aside because they don’t fit as well as LEGO.
My son received a clone “castle” set as a party favor (pretty neat presentation
- it came in a metal tin) and got frustrated very quickly because the pieces
were either too tight or too loose. So I think color would quickly become less
important than whether the parts fit.
There’s my $0.02 (US).
James Wilson
Dallas, TX
Lugnet member #1783
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) On this I must agree, even as the rabid-clone fan I am. Aside from being heavily juniorized, many of the Dragons elements are made in such a way that they require a herculean effort to get them to snap together, but not nearly so much force to (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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| (...) I just had a thought .... If you were TLG and you were losing market share, you might want to try and find ways of figuring out why. What if someone in TLG came up with the bright idea of putting a mixed bunch of Lego bricks and clone bricks (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.color)
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