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(...) Even the hardcore Star Wars LEGO fans are undecided about the Lando fig being "realistic" and not yellow. I like like the fact that minifigs are free of race and any move to change that only hurts the brand. LEGO has lost their focus. They can (...) (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New Grays and bulk bricks
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In lugnet.dear-lego, John Heins wrote: <snipped lots of stuff that I agree with...> (...) Actually, the prices LEGO charges in their by-weight locations have proven to be somewhat higher than the Pick-a-Brick cups, even if you don't pack the cups. (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Having seen the "new" grays for the first time, I'm not that annoyed with the "light" gray color. The variation is "cooler" than the old light gray but not that different. Just as older light grays exposed to sunlight take on a slightly "yellowish" (...) (21 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) Oops--my cynicism is showing, alas. All too often, it seems, corporations like to pretend that their biggest changes are entirely driven by internal decisions made in a vacuum; they seldom if ever acknowledge that a competitor's practices are (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) Well, I would assume this-- what else would motivate change? "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" (and, of course, it's cheaper to do nothing), and perhaps the concept of all yellow figs isn't necessarily "broke", but perhaps profits are. Perhaps (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) Out of curiosity, does anyone suppose that TLG's decision to move toward flesh tones might have been, at least in part, motivated by the fact that successful competitor brands have been marketing flesh-toned figures for years? This, coupled (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) The problem with legos, as I see it, is there really isn't any other term for them besides "legos". Sure the company would like you to call them Lego bricks or Lego toys, and I try to do so in formal writing--only because I am a fan. But no (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) I think that's unlikely. It certainly *decrease* the appeal to me. That's obviously a small sample size, but I've been right before. :) (...) Possibly. I don't mind the not-exact-classic-smiley faces, but I *do* prefer the ones that are more (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) You mean that if there is a competitor with minifigs being 'more human', children would choose it just for that? In such case everybody would play with Ken & Barbie (pun intended). (...) Oh my. The grins (you call that 'facial expression') are (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) What if it meant more sales and wider appeal? (...) But TLC is already moving in that direction! Take facial expressions on the minifigs. I think these enhance playability (and apparently so does TLC) over a ubiquitous classic smiley. You are (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| | Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog)
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(...) I question the need to "enhance" the realism. The Lego world is its *own* very special and unique realism. Changing the minifigs to be more like exact models of the real world rather than abstract (and well-recognized!) representations is a (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Blue 32 x 32 Baseplate Discontinued... nooo...ooo!
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(...) No, because... (...) ...it does. There are many Europe-only sets that will not show up when you choose the US as your country - you'll get Not Available. So if they are pretty much permanently out of stock of something for the US, they CAN (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think this happens because the item is NOT sold out all over the world. Remember that by setting your shipping location, you get different Shop At Home websites--North America, Europe, Australia, etc. They are NOT actually different (...) (21 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Hi there, I just got the new January - May catalogue her in Denmark. And set# 4856 Doc Ock's Hideout does indeed have a blue baseplate. Kecia (21 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New colors - an alternative - BULK TUBS for Grays etc.
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Snippage (...) I was thinking the same thing the other day. A bulk castle tub with arches, windows, knights, horses ect. And lots of bulk grey brick of all sizes. I'm not even really into castle and I would buy several. So would everyone else. They (...) (21 years ago, 29-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) This is a good suggestion, and one that has been made a few times on LUGnet. I think AFOLs are more enthusiastic about the possibility than LEGO is about making it available. (...) Are you talking about buying marked-down damaged sets from (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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Dear Guys & Gals at Lego what's with the lack of availability of certain sloping and sloping inverted bricks and also windscreens? I remember being able to order these with no problems from the spares leaflet that came with most sets when I was a (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Blue 32 x 32 Baseplate Discontinued... nooo...ooo!
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(...) Probably the same way they are doing the new Pirate set, just a "play mat". At least that is my theory. You know the company line... "it ain't dead". (so you never really know for sure). Ben M. (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Blue 32 x 32 Baseplate Discontinued... nooooo!
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Yes, the 32X32 blue as a single item has been discontinued for a while now. The glimmer of hope is that Pitsco Dacta still sells a pack of baseplates (4 or 5 I think) that includes the 32X32 blue. You have to buy large gray and regular green with (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Blue 32 x 32 Baseplate Discontinued... nooo...ooo!
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(...) It lends itself to a bigger problem with S@H: they continue to display things that are sold out (discontinued)...while it's noble of them to let us know that there will be a restock, far too often they leave things up which they know have been (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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