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It would be more accurately stated:
Nobody goes home happy!
How could anyone possibly go home happy when the answer is TOUGH, maybe we
will offer some limited availability elements but after that too bad we
could are less.
It is wholly and completely depressing to think about what a Classic Space
Legend would look like in the new colors. What is worse is the thought of
having to pass on buying it just because of the defective parts colors.
Heck by then bricks are likely not to have any sharp corners or edges
because they look better. What is to say that we can soon expect to see
bricks that are no longer compatable with older parts?
Greg
"WWWally" <wally-SPAMMEwally@erolsNOT.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.events.brickfest, Gregory Muri wrote:
> > <snipped>
> > > Had I beed at BF PDX, I would have wanted to ask the following • questions:
> > >
> > > 1. How many staffers lost or will will lose their jobs as a result of • this
> > > color chage fiasco??
> >
> > I would be willing to bet not a single one. The ones that will lose • their
> > jobs are the line workers. The first to go when a company runs into a
> > financial downturn.
> >
> > >
> > > I know if I were KKK, I would discharge the entire marketing team, the
> > > research team, and any outside firms or contractors involved with the • color
> > > change fiasco. I would proabably also fire those who authorized this
> > > monstrous mistake and the engineers who developed the horrible new • colors.
> >
> >
> > Could not agree with you more!
> >
> > > 2. How low are first-quarter sales in 2004 worldwide and how much is
> > > attributed to the color change disaster?? What is the expected • finacial loss
> > > as a result of the color change??
> >
> > Lego is a company that lacks any shred of the forsight it takes to see • stuff
> > like this. They will blindly proceed and then be astonished that there • was
> > still a decline. They brought back Galidor, that speaks for itself.
> >
> > I know for myself, I spent close to 20K on Lego last year. This may not • be
> > a lot by some AFOL standards, but it sure seems stupid to me that this • is
> > business Lego is willing to throw away without even thinking twice. My
> > spending this year will be lucky to hit one tenth of that. What I do • buy
> > will not be new products but rather older stuff that I never had or want • to
> > have again.
> >
> > >
> > > 3. Has anyone at Lego heard of Coca-Cola?? They tried to change their
> > > formula, lost huge amounts of money, and SWITCHED BACK to the original
> > > formula. It seems any lesson taught there has not been learned by • anyone at
> > > TLC.
> >
> >
> > Coke must not be available in Billund. :)
> >
> > > 4. Why has this color change NOT beem marketed?? IF it is such a good
> > > thing, such as "New and Improved Colors" then why is it not presented • as
> > > such??
> > >
> > > This lack of marketing and communication about a product change means • to me,
> > > personally, that Lego is trying to sneak it in the back door. Either • that,
> > > or their marketing experts and consultants were asleep during Marketing • 101.
> >
> >
> > I think this is exactly why the explanation being offered is so hard to
> > swallow. It takes a phenomonal level of ignorance to handle something • this
> > big in such a manner. It is clear to me that KKK must put an aweful lot • of
> > faith in a group of completely incompetant engineers in the design lab.
> >
> > > 5. How are AFOLS who put on public events suppoed to answer or comment • on
> > > the color changes??
> > >
> > > I know I only have NEGATIVE things to say about it, and as such may • have
> > > trouble in future being diplomatic about it. In a big way, I don't • even want
> > > to do public events with Lego anymore because I don't want to be put in • that
> > > situation. If I cannot say anything good, perhaps I should not say • anything
> > > at all, which means I stay home!
> >
> > You hit the nail on the head here Kevin, might as well stay home. I • could
> > not in any way support Lego on this particular issue.
> >
> > Greg
>
> I completely agree. I don't think anyone at LEGO will lose their job for • this.
> I also don't think "that Lego was trying to sneak the color change in the • back
> door". This statement implies that they actually thought the color change • was
> relevant to someone.
>
> [I DON'T THINK WE AFOLS ARE EVEN ON THEIR RADAR.]
>
> LEGO blissfully made the color change, thinking they were IMPROVING the • colors.
> The company as whole is so totally unaware/unconcerned about us that it • didn't
> even {cross their minds} that people might be upset.
>
> I commend Jake on his great efforts to educate TLG about AFOLs. But as he
> himself has said many times, it's hard to get the battleship to turn. In • the
> corporate giant's mind, we are only 5% and we will always only be 5%. • Even if
> TLG does consider us in future decisions, what's the best we can hope for? • _5%_
> that's what. 5% of any consideration will go to AFOL interests; in other
> words, TLG's decision making process will, at its core, be exactly like it • is
> now. The best we can hope for is more polite damage control, i.e. maybe • the
> company will have enough consideration/respect for us to tell us in • advance
> about the new improved change in the brick dimensions or the new improved • stud
> shape/separation or the discontinuation of ...
>
> "Everybody goes home happy!"
>
> I wish. :(
>
> -WWWally
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