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Re: Universal Color List...finally
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lugnet.color, lugnet.lego
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Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:52:29 GMT
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Hello!
> I wonder did you buy any sets of assorted classic grey bricks from S@H, which
> are still available, months after being announced? Oh wait, no that's just a
> ruse by TLC to try to appease the AFOLs and make some money at the same time.
For those who have a Pick-a-Brick nearby it's much cheaper to get their oldgrey
bricks from there. Yes, I got packs with oldgrey bricks from Shop-at-Home and
when I sorted the pieces into my sorting boxes I realized how few pieces I got
for the amount I paid. So I'm less thankful for those SaH packs than I am for
PaB :-)
I wonder, though: It was said those old-colour packs were limited to 10,000 bags
each (http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=5877). But they are still available.
So does that mean that 2500 Lugnet members + assumably double that number of
AFOLs who are not Lugnet members wouldn't be able to get 10000 bags of old grey
bricks "sold out"? I'm not saying it's a bad thing they are still availabe, quit
the contrary. I just wonder if the official number of "10,000" was completely
true? Or if oldgrey bricks are even still in production? Maybe they (TLC) didn't
know exactly how many oldgrey pellets they still had in stock so they just
guessed it would be enough for 10000 bags of bricks and plates, but it turned
out they had more on stock so they continue the production. Or they just said
"limited to 10000" to get us buying as soon and as many as possible.....
If they were running the production of oldgrey forever I would not complain :-)
Bye
Jojo
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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| (...) I'd say that's the most likely explanation. AFOLs have many sources of bricks and besides - MANY just aren't that affected by the colour change. (...) I can understand why people are annoyed at the color change. But it bothers me a lot that (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color)
| | | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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| (...) The absolute truth is that there were 10,000 bags of each of color (3 colors x 2 bag styles) produced. I'm am beyond positive about this because I was part of this process. I'm not sure what else I can do to make you believe that, and my fear (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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| (...) I wonder did you buy any sets of assorted classic grey bricks from S@H, which are still available, months after being announced? Oh wait, no that's just a ruse by TLC to try to appease the AFOLs and make some money at the same time. ROSCO (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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