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(...) Ugh! No! Dark-bley even clashes with white. The only one that actually doesn't clash is Toa Nokama (even Toa Whenua looks a bit off with the white and blue connector pieces on an otherwise black/bley design) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) AFOLs contribute a lot of free advertising about LEGO product by doing shows, running websites, and helping parents/kids out in the toy aisles. The tone of that advertising is very much dependant on how well our concerns are being addressed. (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I figured as much. Oh well what can I do about it except stop purchasing brick or act like a spoiled 5yr old. Personally I don't want to do either so you can consider this a positive reply to your post (...) well that's an understatement (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Now that you got your official denial, consider: Lego makes more black bricks than they do gray bricks. In the recycling article they said recycled plastic goes into black bricks. (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) < Begin Humorous Sarcasm > Well, besides the - MOT sets - Santa Fe sets - Metroliner - Club Car - Guarded Inn - Black Falcon's Fortress - USS Constellation - Countless other various Legends sets - Legends voting - Blacksmith Shop MOC - Santa (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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(...) I don't agree with that statement. It clearly means that AFOL input WILL be taken into consideration. Clearly that does not mean that TLG won't make changes contradictory to the wishes of the AFOL community... nor should it. TLG will make its (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) It is my unresearched opinion that the Bracket 1x2 - 1x4 2436 has NEVER appeared in dark gray. Perhaps that's a quality that could nudge it up in the list? Constantine (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm surprised they allowed you to take (and post) pictures. When I was there in 2002, I was asked to put my camera away. I only spent a little time inside. It was only one part of a perhaps hour-long personal tour of the Idea House. It must (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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Jake did well, not good. :) "Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> wrote in message news:Hx9DrH.JCy@lugnet.com... (...) Jake (...) market (...) (and (...) who buy (...) know a (...) of (...) That's (...) that. (...) Coca (...) that (...) your (...) old (...) (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been there in Marz, und I have to disappoint you. The trip from 'outside' to 'inside' is very well pass-protected. And some quite difficult doors too. And this beautiful woman won't help too.... the archivist is married.... a married (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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What colorblind IDIOT named the New Dark Grey stone? It is anything BUT stone in color. I haven't seen a single person liken it to natural stones. All liken it to metals. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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It's not harsh. It's just a clear statement of what *could* happen. Judging by this color debacle, it's not much of a stretch, either. I have yet to see a clear Business Case answer for the color change. Everything stated to date has been pretty (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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"Ironic that the brick packages in Old Grey made available for fans was the first time those packages were available in several years. Also, making a minfig pack based on fan suggestions is only now being proposed. It's as if only now, when TLG does (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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I have the answer: Castle Wall Pieces that are mixes of old grays and news. No, not four types of pieces. ONE wall piece that contains all four colors in it. Think about it, if you make the wall pieces look like bricks made of all four colors, you (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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Yes, and release it in an "Old Gray" colored tub, as pictured! Better yet, use the OLD glue for the labels - the new stuff doesn't peel off easily like the old, resorting to chemical use to remove them, resulting in dull sides to the tubs. None of (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I don't want to start a flam war but using color to identify track geometry is probably a bad idea. This is mostly because it breaks up the continuity at least in a color sense. A better solution would be to mold an identifying mark on the (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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Wow! looks like I missed all the fun! I guess there's disadvantages being upside-down after all... (...) I think the main thing most AFOLs are worried about is unintentional changes, and bad quality, as seen in the new Knights Bus. Also I'd be (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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"Jonathan Wilson" <jonwil@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message news:Hx5y0C.22KG@lugnet.com... (...) Give me a few weeks (It'd be a few days, if t weren't for upcoming finals), and I'll have at least something instruction-wise put together on MLCad. -- (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space)
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(...) No, the only thing that would make sense would be to shift the handful of truly "cool" colors toward the warmer end of the spectrum. That way {[NO]} colors would look good next to the bleys. Looking through the various colors I have on hand, (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Given your position, that would pretty much require having to resign, wouldn't it? (...) So did the thought process... (...) I hereby dub this the "Understatement of the Millennium". (...) Clearly "dark purple" is not a "universal" color. ;) (...) (22 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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