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(...) Again Jake could speak for himself and give calm to the storm but he isn't. His existance is to be a community link to corporate LEGO and the link seems AWOL. He had time to put out a tiny fire at ILTCO yesterday while the lug net FIRESTORM (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Shades of Gray
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And to give illustration to the phrase, should that be the British "grey" or the American "gray"? :-) Jake has used a somewhat perjorative rendering of the no-longer-current gray as "muddy". It carries the implication that the actual plastic is not (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general) !
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(...) One other point, if 5 people leave the hobby, they will definitely stop buying LEGO. If the same number like the colors, does that mean that they will buy twice as much LEGO moving forward to make up for those who have left the hobby? I am one (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Mark Klein wrote: Snip! (...) Well said Mark. Your well-thought out, sensible, mature reply serves as an excellent example to the kind of user LUGNET needs more of. -Bryan (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well based on the outcry here, I think it is very clear that the old colors are very popular. (...) Out of curiosity, how would you word a poll response that you would have considered to be an appropriate choice? - Chris. (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I agree with you totally. This is a minor issue and shouldn't be a cause for so much trouble. Clangador (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I just called and they could not confirm yet if track is going to be affected (I doubt it will remain unaffected) and they will contact me later about it as soon as they get information. I think the call centre is getting enough calls that (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Please Call Consumer Affairs: Vote for the Lego System with your wallet
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Well I just got off the phone with Consumer Affairs. I approached them not as an AFOL, but as a father of a 7yr old. I explained that I purchased a metroliner for my son previously and now see news on-line from Lego that the brick colors won't be (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general) !
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| | What Did Consumer Affairs Say When You Called???
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Like it says above. I did post some of what was spoken to me when I called on Thurday- (URL) But I'm wondering if anyone else got what I was told. Adr. (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: New colors and other info (ATTN JAKE)
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(...) What I was implying is that most customers probably won't be missing the old colors. Who knows, maybe the new colors were shown to be very popular in their studies? (...) I don't think anyone outside of Lego (or even inside too) can say (...) (22 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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