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(this is pretty much a translation of what I wrote on 1000steine.de already) (...) Sorry I can't see ANY good news, all I see is a big PR blurb in a desparate attempt to regain some lost ground. (...) So much for your corporate values then.... (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.general, Mark Bellis wrote: (and it bears repeating) (...) (snipping of more great ideas) I agree with all of this. Very well written, Mark. There is really nothing else for me to add. Jake, listen up! ~Kevin Blocksidge (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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Hello Jake, I know that you have heard a lot of... concerns, but I would like to add some praise along with my input. I am glad that TLC has decided to retain the gray, brown, drk gray colors. I was terribly afraid that TLC had done away with these (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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Ooops - *** I *** agree. I can't speak for you. (...) Paul Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG / BAYLTC (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I look forward to the list of 'universal' colors! (...) I'd like to see train wheelsets (trucks)(2878c01) and decorative sides (2871) maintained in the old gray color. It would be nice to have some variety for train modeling. I agree that the (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I like my Lego people as classic yellow smilies too. I don't really like the new minifigs with different expressions and stuff. I like them yellow, smiling and maybe with sunglasses or a pirate face. But then I'm a 1970s-mid-90s kinda gal... (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) You HAVE to be joking.... there's NO railroad tie, either wood, concrete or whatever other material that has such a blue tone in it. They'd even do better to simply convert it to brown than to use the new dark grey color. -- Jan-Albert van Ree (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Thanks for listening and understanding. Sorry your ears are taking a bashing! You're doing better than other companies would do. Please explain the "good thinking" though. IMHO "good thinking" would be to make future new colours more realistic (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego) !
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Speaking of baseplates, U agree that 48 x 48 in Trans-clear would be fantastic (I could easily buy a couple dozen). But more importantly, can we have some BROWN large baseplates?? The 32 x 32 baseplate in brown was only available in one set (#232), (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm shocked no one has asked the following question: Just which colors are "universal" and which colors aren't? I'm assuming from what you write that non-universal colors can be changed, from time to time. As an AFOL, it would be great to know (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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The solid news is appreciated. Personally, I still don't believe that the Lugnet community knows the true reasons for the color change. Also, I don't think we have heard of the "good" effects these changes were supposed to produce. I have been (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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"Frank Filz" <ffilz-lists@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:Hx922u.IIp@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) minifigs (...) have (...) head (...) [ ... snipped ... ] We had a similar conversation at the NCLTC GATS show a couple of weeks ago. (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm just eager that the track should not change *again*. OK, new light grey would be OK, and new dark grey tolerable at a push (it makes old dark grey look silly) but given that track pieces are some of the most expensive ones, changing them (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Just because you and some others don't accept that Marketing thought it was a good idea to change the colors doesn't make it not the "real reason". (...) I'm sure that some people within the company thought it was a bad idea. But those people (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Why not? There are always ways to get things. There are always fans that would help out friendly, helpful people in other countries if asked nicely. But thread hijacking, especially hijacking really busy threads that are apparently bringing (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: Hi Jake Thx for the update. Sounds like LEGO is trying to make the best of a situation that went bad unintentionally. (...) Regarding the service packs. While I appreciate the gesture, I'm not sure it is (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Technic pins are generally hidden from view; their colors rarely matter (sole exception I've seen: the penny flag last year, where white technic pins were stars in the US Flag). Technic connectors, on the other hand... I look through my entire (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Jake, how long would it take to present us with some real reason for doing the change? I can accept something like this: some higly positioned **** in the management thought it was a great idea. There was nobody brave enough to tell him that (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: <VERY LARGE SNIP> Hi Jake, Well, I know you've been reading this thread; I've seen a few responses already. I think there are two reasons why AFOLs are angry and/or upset with the color change: (1) The new colors (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Consider this an official denial. :) Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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