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(...) When I first read about the color change, I thought..well...it can't be that bad...however..now that I own a few of the sets wnd some of the colors...I can see why some people are so upset. The first thing I thought when I saw them in person (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello Jake, First, I'd like to thank you for allowing the AFOL community a chance to provide constructive feedback. I don't know of many other companies that would take such interest in a relatively small market segment's opinion. From a personal (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Thank you TLG for such a change in color and how you did it. I am sure that when my kids (who are NOT born yet) go to MBA school this will be a classic case study on how a company goes DOWN the toliet! In my studys for my MBA I learned how IBM (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Lego has represented the new grays as an "improvement". I don't agree - they are merely different. For some applications of gray, they will work better, for others, they will be worse. Natural stone is a warm tone, and the yellowish gray old bricks (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Jake, Thank you for taking the time to get feedback from the AFOL community. I hope most of it is rational and polite. Light gray and dark gray are (were) my favorite colors and I was very upset to hear about the color changes. As a new color, in (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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OK, I guess this is my chance to sum up my thoughts on new colors (having not yet read any of the previous 60 posts on this thread): I strongly oppose the change in colors and that issue alone has caused me to stop buying new Lego sets for the first (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I really, really like the new grey colors. I think in and of themselves, they're great--the gunmetal dark grey could be extremely useful for lots of space things, and the light grey is nicely neutral. However, I really DISLIKE them as (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'll agree on that. It will be a choise between buying or NOT buying any new Lego set :-( Of cause I had to buy one just to see the colors for myself. This is my conclusion on the colors: 1. I like the new grey. It is actually more clear in (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Do I like the change in colors? No. I'd like to keep the current color pallet. In fact, I think there are too many color variations as is. Why do I not like the change? As an engineer, I am always concerned with backwards compatibility. Sure (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello Jake, Thanks for the opportunity to get feedback from the fan base, and see what the responses are. I've read about 2 to 3 dozen responses on the color change. While I didn't think I'd reply, after reading the posts I felt to chime in. As a (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Oh man, must resist the urge to go off again. :) Seriously though....... The new grey colors are too blue and look very faded. The light much less than the dark grey, but faded and blue none the less. As for the brown, the old brown was perfect. The (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Hi Jake, nice to ask us about our feelings, but even if you tell us, TLC will not change back to the old colours, I still wish you would do. Even if that would not heal all the wounds that broke up now. What I personally think about the colour (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) My take on the issue: For the new grey, the change is rather subtle and unless put right next to eachother I don't see much problems with using the color in new models I will make together with the old grey. For the new dark grey however (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Funny it doesn't mention the Designer/Creator series... lines which have no licensing issues and are truly all about the brick. (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) VERY GOOD MOVE, Jake! IMHO, life is full of changes and that's why it makes it interesting and chalenging. We can all adapt in every situations. I understand the concern of certain AFOLs, and here are my thoughts: -First, WHY this decision? I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't have any of the new color pieces yet, but I've seen the new greys. I haven't seen the other new colors (e.g. brown) however. I think the real problem is that the old greys are too yellowish, not that there's anything wrong with the new (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I am very tempted to say a lot about this issue but as most is already said, I’ll keep it short: As an engineer of profession I will just repeat the old saying that can never be repeated too often: Don’t repair something that is not broken! This in (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Jake & All, Thanks for the opportunity to give you some feedback. I know this is a delicate issue, as I have heard from various AFOL's from "Don't buy LEGO products" to letter campaigns to others, and I have read the responses so far in this thread, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Adding new colors is a good thing, in my option, but that's not what's happened here. AFOL's argue about new colors, but the worst case scenario is that hated new colors can be ignored (placed in a storage bin and never used), or they can be sold to (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I wasn't going to get involved with this, as I didn't want to get caught up in the debates. Thanks for the chance to state an opinion without all the noise. As a parent, I have to say that the replacing of the colors doesn't make any sense to me. My (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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