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(...) red green blue yellow white black new light gray new dark gray new brown Funny thing: Remove the 3 new colors, add back the 3 old colors plus tan (I'm indifferent to tan, but I know a lot of people love it) and I would bet 9 out of 10 of us (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well, there are several levels of truth to be considered in this context. 1. The information is "true" insofar as it accurately reflects the motivations and goals of TLG 2. The information is "true" insofar as it is "truly" the information (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In all seriousness, do you suppose that this is how MEGABLOKS does it? I've noticed for years that their "white" is more "white" than LEGO "white," but I never knew the underlying reason. Is there a simple, reliable way to discern the (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Actually, I'm not being that magnanamous. I don't like the color change and if ranting or anything else might get it reversed I will rant. My point was rather that I can't understand why people are questioning that TLC's reasons as given by (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's part of the problem. You do get much greater accuracy as you increase the size of the batch. It's also probably a lot easier to do with sheet extrusion than with injection molding, where you have a constant flow of a large amount of (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I doubt it very much. Natural ABS is a slightly translucent cream color, and white is probably the hardest color to achieve. Heavy metal pigments are no longer legal in the US (which is why brown/tan plastic electrical fixtures are no longer (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I didn't say children don't care about color or are incapable of noticing a color change. My response is to those who question: if the color change is really an improvement then why Lego doesn't hype the color change to their target market in (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Many people have asked what colors are currently considered "universal" or locked. This means that these colors will almost certainly never be changed. Universal colors are colors that we consider to be untouchable for change. While the final list (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce) !!
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| | Re: Photos of The Vault / 'new' classic space set?
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(...) I was allowed to take photos in the upper level of the Idea House, with the mock toy store, original molds, and 1950s toy store museum (which you have photos posted of). Also, I took them in the basement outside of the vault, with (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I agree whole-heartedly. I have my issues with the company's direction and some of the decisions they make. But the fact is, I'm not sitting in their meetings and I don't have the information they have. We can all keep ranting about how we (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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