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(...) An excellent point. I am one who falls into this category myself. I have little to do with LUGNET (or any other online community), though I have lurked for a great many years. I rarely speak my mind, because I have more interest in playing (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Ondrew, Count me in. TLG should definately go back to the old colors. Changing standard colors like this severly undermines the part interchangeability which is the cornerstone of the Lego system. - Brian Williams, age 27 (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Jake, Thank-you for your response. But this situation is positively ludicrous. Color standards are every bit a part of the Lego system as stud diameter, etc.. I find it difficult to believe that a focus group specifically fingered the greys as not (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Mine also has the clear panels as pictured on the box. Tim Strutt (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) So if most of their customers don't care about the colors, how does this change help them to sell more LEGO? (...) Yet it is a statistically significant sample of their worldwide market. If 85% of LUGNETters think this is a bad idea, and 100% (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi all! I am not in to lego robotics myself, but I want to share this: At the Robotex 2003 ((URL) ) competion, the winner was the Lego robot. I did not follow the show that much, but I did notice how efficient the Lego robot was, how fast it found (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Well I didn't say that they didn't ask any AFOLs, but they apparently didn't ask Jake. I am certain that he could have very quickly and inexpensively given them an idea of the kind of dismay that this would cause for a significant majority of (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Do you know for certain that AFOLs were not involved in the market research and focus groups for this? It's been pointed out that supposedly there are many AFOLs that aren't online here. Just because no one on Lugnet knew beforehand... I don't (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yes, and when he found out it appears he made those internal calls and relayed the information to us. The point I'm making is that I don't see why Lego PD would have to call up Jake to inform him every time a product change is made or (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) For some reason that struck me as an odd statement :) o well. Add my name to the list as well. Allister McLaren - Age 34, and breeding a crop of little Lego fans. (2 and counting) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NELUG displays at 11/03 Greenberg Train Show in Wilmington MA.
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(...) I know, bad form replying to myself. I got a request, however, to increase the size of the images. I nearly double the size of the images on the web site so if you need a little more detail it is their. Eric (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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(...) The following is my personal 2 cents, and nothing else. I am perfectly happy that lego is rereleasing old sets, and I hope they continue to do so. For those of us who don't either want to spend our life savings on a misb or get a second hand (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) How, exactly, are the replacement colors "better?" I really would like to know. - Chris. (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Exactly. Jake is in charge of Community Development. If LEGO wanted to do some market research, why didn't they tap into his direct contact with the community? Jake is a walking focus group in daily contact with their most avid consumer base. (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) R O F L M A O ! I for one won't stop buying LEGO's untill one of the following happens: -my wife forbids it (yeah...right) -I have to choose between paying for food and paying for Lego -LEGO returns to wooden toys (URL) goto-lab> (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, that was just the push I needed to walk to the toystore and buy this set :-). In my copy of 4851, the 1x2x4 panels are clear - just like in the instructions and on the pictures on the box. I guess you should contact your Lego customer (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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"Chris Phillips" <drvegetable@attbi.com> wrote in message news:Hoo1Fs.1E9C@lugnet.com... (...) color (...) how a (...) always (...) yellow (...) new (...) Grey (...) change (...) so why (...) this (...) existing (...) of (...) entirely (...) (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I welcome innovations that add to a product. But nothing about this is innovative. It is just going to solidify the myth among American kids that LEGO is a baby toy. Perhaps this is just a ploy to spur us all into a buying frenzy to match our (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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The instructions for the set and the peeron inventory show the "spider tank" has having clear 1 x 2 x 4 panels. However, my set came with "smoke" 1 x 2 x 4 panels. The 1 x 4 x 4 panels are clear like they should be. Is this a 1-off error or has it (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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(...) I found the gray 50x50 baseplates on Lugnet Guide as early as 1965 (URL) Also the 1965 trainset 323 (URL) contains gray plates. Are the garageboxbottoms the same shade of gray? These I found on Lugnet as early as 1963. What shade of gray were (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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