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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: some of the old colors (like (...) I tried giving this a couple days to sink in but it makes less & less sense every time I read it. In fact you've talked in circles with out really saying anything. Grey is supposed (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Eastern Block Sends Ship to Try to Rescue Jon Palmer
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(...) Oh I know, it was just fun and besides he's my hero and I want to be sweeties with him. "= e (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Traumatic Events in the Life of a Lego Fan
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(...) Excellent! Now we're getting to the core of it. For me (and many others it appears) it IS like TLC going out of business, or rather putting me into severe danger of entering a new Dark Age due to disappointment followed by lack of interest. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Petition against permanent color changes
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Ditto-Ken (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Traumatic Events in the Life of a Lego Fan
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(...) I don't think so. (...) If you are really emotional, that is. (...) I dare say that I have spent more hours sorting, more hours creating MOCs, created more MOCs, and spent more money on LEGO than 99% of AFOLs. Dedication is not the issue. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Traumatic Events in the Life of a Lego Fan
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(...) Could it be you just lack .. dedication? Changing the color palette is no minor thing. It opens a can of worms. It is outrageous and a sound reason for becoming emotional. If you're really dedicated, that is. If you don't feel that way, you (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Harry Potter sets and the new colors
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(...) Good points. Lucas supposedly exerted a lot of control over set design for the Star Wars line (by having his kids play test the sets, supposedly). however there are two minor points that ought to be taken into account 1) it's not certain that (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well said. Of course, attention is attention. One has to wonder in this case whether it is the message that is the important part of the post in question, or it is the attention that is. Angry Young Men often tend to be in a "look at me, see (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hey Jake - Look, I know you, I respect you -- but you sound like a used car salesman there. I know you are just telling us the already-made decisions so its not your fault. You did a good job at trying to put a positive spin on the news. But (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You are going to have to keep up, Marc! The cheer is now "Play On" (as in "move on";-) (...) If they did, what should I do? Wring my fists and scream expletives? There are no guarantees in life. I try and look on the bright and positive side (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(snipped some good stuff). LOL, well said(written). I can relate to everything from -78 and forward =) /Joakim (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Traumatic Events in the Life of a Lego Fan
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(...) Rah, rah, ciss boom bah! Just Imagine, Just Imagine! Gooooo team! (...) I guess all you train types will be happy when TLC switches train formats again, right? "Woo hoo! Now my old stuff is incompatible - I'm glad for the opportunity to start (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Petition against permanent color changes (+ new words)
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In lugnet.general, David Gregory wrote: Yeah! Wrong move Lego. Paul Thomas SPLTC (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Frank, you are missing the point entirely. Go back and read RM's first paragraph. His vile is not directed at TLC, but towards Jon in a completely inappropriate ad hominem attack. He may be upset with what TLC is doing (as many apparently (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Oops, forgot my age in that post. I'm 26. (and I would've been just as upset at the color change if it had happened when I was a kid.) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) No, actually, I think he is right on. This outcry is flat-out hysteria, as we have seen here previously. (...) I can only imagine the hysteria the 9 volt train introduction would have caused were LUGNET around in 1991! (...) You are completely (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Frank Kopanitsanos wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> That's the curse of profanity (pardon the pun). Like bad spelling or bad grammar, it often draws attention away from what the person is saying, and focuses attention on how he is (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I guess we gave up on inline replying long ago, oh well. Might I suggest some new nomenclature for the new colors? Something we need to think about when creating a name standard to call the new colors is that the name needs to be as short as (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> The New Coke analogy may well be a good one. In fact, New Coke was chosen overwhelmingly in blind taste tests against both Pepsi and Old Coke. The fatal mistake Coca-Cola made was forgetting that beverage purchase decisions (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Harry Potter sets and the new colors
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I can't say I'm all that worried about the new colors. The change in brown concerns me more than the greys, but for the most part I'll make do and move on. The one concern I do have is the new Harry Potter sets. I have collected all the Harry Potter (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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