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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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(...) Spencer, sorry for mistyping your name. no bad intention included.... Ben (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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I agree with the general content of the letter. The new dark gray is not so bad, but please, don't stop to produce the parts in the old grays! Luca Giannitti, Turin - Italy (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dear Spemcer, I have to disagree with your assumptions. Can you prove they do not run both grey and blay? You do know nothing about this, as you said. When I was in Billund a few month ago (september) they did. And when Jan Beyer (kind of our (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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I agree to the above letter and sign it: Daniel Jassim, age 31; Lawndale, California, U.S.A. I spent roughly $2,500 per year on Lego products, including theme park admission and purchases from 1999 to 2004. I estimate I've spent at least $25,000 on (...) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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I agree with the above letter and sign it! Willy Tschager, Bolzano (Italy), pre 2004 a lot, 2004 not much (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree that if you wanted to achieve the same exact effect (ToS violation and all) and reach essentially the same exact audience, this was the course that achieved it. However I feel you should not have wanted to do that. (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego)
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