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 Dear LEGO / 4462 (-5)
  Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
 
(...) So this microscopic change to the studs makes them easier to assemble? Worse yet, this suggests that today's kids are not as dexterous as we were 25 or 30 years ago? This is really hard to believe. Any average 6 year-old can use their superior (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
 
(...) Right--I don't agree with that either. It's not a manufacturing issue or a cost-saving issue, it's a marketing thing probably based on ease of assembly (if it's not a mistake, which I'm still willing to believe based on my Mos Eisley (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
 
(...) Kid fans of LEGO eventually grow up... and they either become adult fans of LEGO, pass them on to their kids (in which case not as much LEGO is bought for the successive generation, as there is already ample supply), sell them via bricklink, (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: more photos of new colors
 
(...) Hey All, After not sleeping last night due to being pissed off about this, I went out today and bought myself the mini star destroyer just to see what I was getting upset about. Upon opening the set I noticed the different colors and put them (...) (21 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
 
  Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
 
(...) 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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