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Re: Top secret project - we need your help
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lugnet.lego, lugnet.color
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Tue, 11 May 2004 22:09:46 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote:
> All,
>
> Richard and I (mostly Richard, thanks Richard!) have been working on a new
> survey tool to get a better handle on the AFOL part desires. We have been
> working on a super top secret project – we’ll call it Project X - for many
> months now, and it’s just about ready for our pilot launch. But as part of
> this project, we would like to have your feedback on what parts you would
> most like to see in bulk form. I wish I could tell you more, but trust me,
> you’ll love the outcome. Don’t forget that because you don’t hear anything
> from us in a while, doesn’t mean we aren’t working on terrific stuff!
>
> The hope of this project is to be able to quickly and clearly generate a Top
> 20 list of what specific parts in what specific colors the AFOL community as
> a whole would like to see us produce.
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> I can’t promise that we’ll be able to pull off every part request, but we
> will be listening and factoring your opinions into Project X.
>
> You can fill out the survey (just once per AFOL!) at:
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> <http://www.pabtrak.com/survey/>
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> The Bulk Bricks survey allows you to choose up to 20 items each with up to 10
> colors. You can only take the survey once per AFOL, so choose wisely! (But
> don’t worry…Richard’s super duper "Parts Shopping Cart" allows you to change
> and modify your selection for days)
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> Please note that we have included only the current color selection in this
> survey. Richard has been kind enough to agree to a second version of the
> survey that is based only on the new and old colors so that we can put a bit
> more quantitative data to that discussion about what parts should/could be
> "locked".
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> Richard has also been kind enough to open up a special forum on BrikTrak to
> report bugs (only bug reporting, please). You can find it here:
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> <http://www.briktrak.com/forums/display_forum_topics.asp?ForumID=29>
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> Again, sorry I can’t reveal more than this, but sometimes that’s just how it
> works. I figured it’s better to get you involved earlier in the process even
> if I can’t share the details with you!
>
> Jake
>
> ---¬
> Jake McKee¬
> Community Liaison¬
> LEGO Community Development
This is great. I have a couple of questions:
- I noticed there are no patterned parts in the lists, was this intentional? I
for one would love to see a bulk pack of certain patterned parts.
- Not all of the currently produced colors are listed; Chrome Gold jumped out at
the most notible.
Thank for the hard work
-Orion
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