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(...) I totally agree. What I didn't agree with was the logic being used to suggest why these changes were being made. I was trying to express my disbelief that changes were happening because parts were getting too difficult to manufacture. If these (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Mark... they're serious. Speaking as someone who used to share your opinion it's important to note that this argument has come up many times in the past. The general opinion has always ended up that this statement is correct. (...) It might be (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Same reasoning why they don't cater to the Macintosh with their computer products - too small an audience. Mark (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Actually, Brad Justus and Jake McKee have always told us that they believe the adult LEGO buyers to make up less than 5% of the retail market. We AFOL's think it's a bit higher, but not much. A good way to put it into perspective is this: go (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yes, he's serious. By "not big enough", if memory is serving me correctly (too lazy to go digging through Lugnet's back catalogue of conversations), they mean "less than 5% of our sales volume" 95% of the Lego that leaves the shelves ends up (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Are you serious??? If by "big enough" they mean more than 50% of the actual head-count, they may be right... but I'd bet anything that if they looked at the bottom line, how much money gets spent, they'd find that more is spent annually on (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Color me.. disappointed. I think it's kind of entertaining that several folks have counseled either a 'wait and see' approach or that they personally were just going to sit back and see how it pans out. Honestly, what choice do we have? TLC (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Lego has CONSTANTLY been perfecting the designs of pieces. Witness the hole in the minifig head; the slots in the sides of the Technic pin; etc., etc., etc. The camfering is another step in the ongoing development of product, though for what (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Cynthia, this is almost certainly aging. Any collection of gray bricks going that far back will have variations from contact with UV light. (I have not checked vs unopened sets.) White bricks are the worst agers. There is also such a thing as (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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I just bought the 2004 Mos Eisley Cantina this afternoon (#4501), and was disappointed to find that this set also has the new off colors. It wasn't just the 2 grays either; brown is a lighter shade now. The dark red, verdigris (sometimes called (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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