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(...) Nicely? hmmm.....after having read the previous 70-odd replies, I don't know if 'nicely' really means anything. If there is no chance of reversing the color change, then what is the real point of the thread? If there is even a slight chance (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thanks for the opportunity Jake. My main concern is the discontinuation of the classic colours. As many have already said, not being able to get any more bricks in those colours is gonna seriously affect a lot of AFOLs. I seem to remember (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Well, I suppose we can attempt to be civil about this... :o) After hearing about it initially I was not too concerned, "How far off the beaten path of the color palate would LEGO stray?" I thought. Very far was my answer. I purchased the Mos Eisley (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Designer/Creator series are part of the larger "Make and Create" group--which as we know, sales doubled on (according to the press release). Plus, check your Lego club magazine (see the comic featuring Coastwatch and the Hovercraft) something (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Jeramy Spurgeon" <beatnik303@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HrJF80.7xE@lugnet.com... (...) red), but (...) because it (...) be (...) change (...) and (...) fight (...) all (...) about (...) old.I (...) that (...) IMHO the discontinuation of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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The main reasons i do not like this color change: 1. They don't match the old ones. 2. When mixed, the old ones look like degradaded with time. The old light grey seem too much yellowed and i hate yellowed parts. (see this post: (URL) Storing will (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Thanks for asking. The new colors would be great if thats what we had all along in place of the old colors, but we don't so I would have to say that I would rather buy a bucket of old colors rather than the new ones. On the other hand, if I didn't (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I actually LIKE the new colors. But I DON’T WANT them because they’re changing a constant (or so we thought!) in the LEGO universe: light gray (and dark gray). The new colors are not backward-compatible and don’t match older LEGO-products. There you (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Let me put it this way : after seeing the new and old grays together in a project, it is my opinion that the persons who approved the color change should be fired by TLG. I would say I hate the change, but you asked to be calm and non-hateful. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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So far I have bought sets with new dark and light gray and new brown, so I've seen the 3 major color changes. I don't like the new light gray or new brown. The new dark gray is OK, but only for certain pieces. As for the whole color replacement in (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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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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