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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 16:38:04 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Burkhard Schloemer wrote:
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In lugnet.color, Jake McKee wrote:
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The reality is that AFOLs, the primary market for these bags, haven’t bought
enough to sell them out. Some bags remain in higher quantities than others,
and MANY more bags were sold in the US than in Europe. I’m not saying this
is good or bad, it just “is”.
Jake
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Ah, so they’re just not sold out yet ... was wondering myself there. I
confess I’m feeling a bit guilty for not buying my share as AFOL. Well ok, I
DID buy around 40 copies of gray baggies and still I could have bought more
... but what would I want with that many plates and bricks with no other
elements availible in light gray anymore, or with an uncertain supply of
elements in that particular color in the future? I already built myself one
DEATH STAR II in light gray ... :)
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Saying that “no other elements availible in light gray anymore” is stretching
the situation a bit. There are reasonably large quantites of both ‘classic’
grays available on BrickLink. The ‘floor sweepings’ tubs/boxes/etc from both
2003 and 2004 have contained a fair amount of the ‘classic’ grays. Other than a
few special pcs (like the 2x2 convex corner slopes, which were always HTF) the
parts *are* generally avaialble. You might have an issue with the price of a few
of them, but they are generally available. In addition, the 2004 ‘floor
sweepings’ boxes also contain a fair distribution of the new grays. You might
say that TLC is priming the pump a bit to get the creative waters flowing using
the new bits.
Ray
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| (...) That is true. I have plenty of "old-gray" bricks, and there will probably be plenty "old-gray" elements on bricklink for a long time to come, but my main issue is that elements introduced after the color-change (like the 3x12 wedge-plate) will (...) (20 years ago, 23-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Universal Color List...finally
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| (...) Ah, so they're just not sold out yet ... was wondering myself there. I confess I'm feeling a bit guilty for not buying my share as AFOL. Well ok, I DID buy around 40 copies of gray baggies and still I could have bought more ... but what would (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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