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I DON'T agree with this letter...as far as grey/brown color changes are concerned. To date, TLG has *yet* to give a *valid* reason for the change. Any reasons given have been debunked as fluff or outright lies. Give us the real reason ($$$), and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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sorry i incorretly signed the first time OnDrew Hartigan (21), winfield, il , $2000-6000 pre2004, 3500 for2004 but only spent on 2003 and prior sets/ PAB, during my employment at the woodfield lego store oct03-aug04 i spoke with no less than 200 (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ben, If you change the language of the letter so that it is clear that you are a group of people made up mostly of AFOLs, not the entire AFOL community then I will have no opinion about your letter, retract my objection to it, and wish you the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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One side benefit to LF (IMO) has been the spotlight pages on the judges. It's fun to read each judge's background, childhood favorites, etc. and then try to see how that reflects in his/her designs. From a teacher's point of view, I also loved the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.edu, FTX)
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i completly agree. OnDrew J. Hartigan 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) The issue wasn't explicitly stated as such. The issue was explicitly stated, in the original post, as coming from the AFOL community, not just you. (...) ANd you should, indeed, state your opinion, but make it abundantly clear that it is your (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ooooh! :( What a pessimistic AFOL you are, William! (...) Yes, they're trying to grow a segment of their market. That gives "us" influence as customers, little as it may be. Did we get SYSTEM-color packs with gray plates and bricks through Jake, or (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Wait... would that be new brown...or old brown? (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Hello David! There can be no color debate thread without you, right? ;) (...) OF COURSE it is to ME. Who do you think did type this? My CAT?? (...) In fact I'm afraid there is not much thinking at all involved with those posts. Different interests (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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In lugnet.general, William R. Ward wrote: [whatever] William, it would've been really nice if you didn't post this to half of LUGNET. C'mon, this is spamming. The only groups it needed go to were the two groups you set as FUT. Anything more just (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) For one thing, you're mistaking LEGO's efforts to grow a segment of their market with "influence." For another, it's NOT still a possibility. Jake has stated in no uncertain terms that the new colors are permanent. And the company has invested (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I didn't say that Ben is a whiner, I said that he is sending the MESSAGE that he is one. (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"J. Spencer Rezkalla" <srezkall@peoplepc.com> wrote in message news:IAMw2C.ztn@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> I'm really trying to keep out of the color debate, but I wanted to post to make sure the WHOLE story was communicated about this, not just the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Jajaja! Immer langsam mit die jungen Pferde, hab' auch noch was anderes zu tun. Gruß, René (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I dunno. At this point it might be very confusing. PS... plesae check your email at the address that you have registered in as your posting address (and encourage JoJo to do the same). If that email isn't a valid one to receive email on, fix (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You're right Larry, that would have been a much more better way. What do you think? Is it worth a second try? Leg Godt! René (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You are right, I don't know the internal processes going on at Billund. So you said they are still making the old colors, right now? Why? What is it used for? I was under the impression that starting sometime last year, everything was being (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I believe you. Just as I believe that TLC can get Maersk Blue if they so desire. That said, what you, and other people who believe that TLC can 'snap their fingers' and go back to 'old gray' haven't stated, or probably even know, is the (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) And THAT highlights why maybe this wasn't done quite correctly. Consider how things might have went if instead of posting what was apparently final text and asking for sigs, if it had went like this instead (everything posted to JUST color and (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi David, (...) This sentence: "We, the signatories of this letter, form the group of Adult Fans Of LEGO® (AFOLs)." was translated from these german words: "Wir, die Unterzeichner dieses Briefes, sind überwiegend sogenannte AFOLs (Adult Fans Of (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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