 | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Tom Stangl
| | | | (...) Only if they lower their prices to the point where people feel they are getting a good deal. There are very few bulk packs I feel are a truly good deal (train windows/doors ARE a good deal). The plain brick prices, frankly, SUCK. And if TLC (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Todd Lehman
| | | | | | (...) Whoa, yah! You said it!!!! 400-pc. Classic Colors Builders Pack: Red, Blue, Yellow, White, Black (been there, done that, but still cool) 400-pc. Drab Colors Builders Pack: Dark Green, Dark Brown, Dark Gray, Light Gray, Tan 400-pc. Exotic (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Jonathan Wilson
| | | | | | | | (...) I am guessing that Trans-Chartreuse is the color used on blacktron II? (...) sounds good but you forgot my all time favorite color, trans orange. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Daniel Allen
| | | | | | | | | (...) Nope, that would be Trans-Neon Green, aka Trans-Antifreeze or Trans-Yellow green. -dead (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Todd Lehman
| | | | | | | | | (...) Yes. According to M-W online, the color chartreuse is "a variable color averaging a brilliant yellow green." It describes the LEGO color perfectly! (...) My favorite name for it (I think Jeff Thompson coined it?) is "Alien Vomit." :-) --Todd (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Daniel Allen
| | | | | | | | | | (...) Wow, for some reason I always thought Chartreuse was a red or pink color. Oh well...now I know! (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Tim Courtney
| | | | | | | | | | | | (...) I still prefer Trans-Antifreeze. Oh well ;-) -Tim (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Maggie Cambron
| | | | | | | | | | | (...) Perhaps you were thinking of cerise? Maggie C. (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | | | | (...) FWIW, oed2 sez: chartreuse chartreuse Sartrö+-z. Fr.; fem. of Chartreux: see next and Charterhouse. 1. A liqueur made by the monks of La Grande-Chartreuse (the head monastery of the Carthusians, near Grenoble), with aromatic herbs and brandy. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Matthew Miller
| | | | | | | | (...) Maybe "Earth Tones"? "Drab" doesn't exactly have a great marketing ring... (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Eric Joslin
| | | | | | | | | | (...) Can we all start referring to "Dark Gray" as "Dishwater"? eric (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Tom Stangl
| | | | | | | | | | | I don't know what YOU eat, but MY dishwater doesn't end up Lego dark grey ;-) (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Todd Lehman
| | | | | | | | | (...) But it's "Bard" backwards! ;-) "Earth Tones" sounds a lot better! :-) --Todd (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Mark Koeberl
| | | | | | | (...) snip... Sort of like those tall Mega Blok buckets on sale for $8 at Shopko? I like those tall buckets, and some of those colors. The lids with their studs are also useful. IMO, Ritvik is trying harder to make customers happy than TLC. If they (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Mark Koeberl
| | | | | Tom Stangl wrote: snip... (...) When are the blue tubs supposed to end? I recently found more that had a production date of September 2000. Doesn't seem like they're being discontinued here in Wisconsin. This is not a complaint. :) Mark (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO? —Julie Krenz
| | | | | (...) a (...) (with (...) According to shoppinglist.com, TRU will have the blue tubs on sale for $16.99 November 5 through November 22, 2000. I just found shoppinglist.com yesterday, so I don't know how reliable the info is. I hope it turns out to (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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