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| First off, has anyone verified the accuracy of the claimed reason for the color change, i.e. to make the grays more "in line" with the other colors? I know very little about color theory, but naively, I'd say gray is 1/2 white and 1/2 black, or (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Firstly, I'll qualify my response by saying I haven't actaully seen the new colours yet. I expect it'll be a few more weeks before the '04 sets reach our shores. My concern is that the change to me seems a bit pointless. The pertinent question (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not quite sure if this is really the case. In Denmark our VAT (its called MOMS here) have been 25% on all sales, all commodities since before we joined the EEC in 1972, and it still is. It is used as a part of the state finances together (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Jake- Brave man, you, broaching this, and I appreciate it a great deal. I made my feelings understood in the informational bit regarding the restructuring moves, but I'll put it here again for reference. As with so many things, our criticism (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !
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| Hi Jake, I haven't actually seen the new colors yet; my buying has slowed down a lot in the last year or two, mostly driven by other factors rather than less interest. However, the new colors *have* contributed to my not buying any new sets yet this (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| (...) I'll rescind the bit about health care, but there are still other services that VAT and other taxes pay for. Remember, we don't know what kind of taxes your retailers are paying. If they have to make up some of that burden on the retail price (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Jake, As an AFOL, I feel the color change impacts me on a basic, root level. Parts will come and go, themes will come and go. The one constant, to me, was the 5 or 6 original colors of the product I grew up with. This is a change at the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Calmly, and rationally.... It is my opinion that the new grays look more... uhmm... "mechanical", and although I'll admit it is absolutely _superb_ for modelling stuff that is supposed to be steel or some sort of metallic alloy, it won't cut it for (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| Well personaly I like the new colors, yes, they may be annoying on the issue of people who invested alot in one color, but... The only issue i have, which Lego can't solve anyways, is, & has been, the naming of the colors on BrickLink, lol, come on, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) I don't like the new grays simply because they do not match my existing grays. Since I am primarily a Castle builder/collector, I have a substantial supply of OLD gray pieces (both light and dark). The new dark gray has too blue, but the new (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| It's only a couple of weeks in the new year, and it looks like it's going to be an interesting 2004! I have a request, but before I go any further, let me say that personally, I understand the concerns surrounding the color changes. I know many of (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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| (...) Oh, hey. Don't double-post -- crosspost instead. (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| I have a question, What are the benefits for someone if they are a LUGNET member as apposed to not being one and using this website? Can someone please answer my question? Erik Bush (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) You boys (and girls) over in the US and UK have got it easy - I'm in australia (yes, that little island down there) and getting well and truly fed up with Lego's inflated prices. $299 for a star destroyer is beautiful - in fact, If it cost (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Have a look at: (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.promo, FTX)
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| (...) It was known as "EEC" from 1957 until 1992, then "EC" until 1995 - so technically, you're correct: the "EU" isn't that old. :-) Is it possible that this is a mere coincidence? Before we joined the EEC we had a similar sales tax (with a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) The apparent reason is the market. If the US buyers expect Lego to cost X, Lego can not charge too much over that because they will lose market shares. In EU the clones are not such a big threat (yet), so Lego can charge a bit more. Plain, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Sure did! And that was only a little part of the fun we had, even though I didn't win the ULV competition (my non-lego-building wife did!). (...) Well, we don't have too much Lego (only Tobbe can build in 48x48 size), and this was our very (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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| (...) (URL) So what's the difference, excepting color and module size :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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| (...) This is not strictly true, as we have had VAT in Sweden since the fifties, and EU is not that old :-) The VAT is a tax on sales, and the money drawn in can be used for anything by the government. OTOH, EU has regulated VAT for its member (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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