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(...) Jake, Thank you for the information. It shows a lot of respect to the LUGNET community for LEGO to be this forthcoming with the reasoning behind these changes. I feel compelled to publicly mourn the demise of my absolute favorite LEGO color, (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I believe that most of us AFOL's will be able to adjust eventually. After all, if we all love the hobby, what choice do we really have. I for one will try not to complain to much(WAAAAAAAHHHH). But there is no way I am going to switch to MB or (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The only place that "old" gray exists is sets that are a) already produced and b) not 2004 sets. From what I've been told "old" gray is no longer being used in production. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liason LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: <snip> (...) Yes, thanks for taking the time to fill us in and put many minds at ease. Well, admittedly I'm in the camp that doesn't like the idea of common colors becoming obsolete but it's nonetheless (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks for the info, Jake. As for the rest, I'll just quote myself from Bricklink -- the de facto (last?) source for the grey bricks... Methinks my focus is shifting away from lego hobby-wise -- the price in time, the money, the lack of the needed (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Jake, Thanks for the info, but this is simple BAD in so many ways for many AFOLs. more similar colors to sort and deal with to build something consistent will require a new large investment and time inability match old expensive parts will (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) :) Worth a try, anyway. For the record, "Brucey-Wan" is the other Bruce from the San Fernando Valley. Bruce (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: [SNIP] (...) I have noted however some precision problems in the shape of the stud, it seems the logo-carrying part is separate from the vertical part, and they are not allways aligned properly See (URL) for details (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me Brucey-Wan. All I'll say about this is that textual lists of leaked set info often cause more confusion than anything else. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liason LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello Jake, Thanks for your detailed answer on this hot topic! (...) (great relief sigh!) - though I really doubted that LEGO could modify such a cornerstone of the building ;o) (...) It would be really great if the new colors came with some (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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Jake, Thank you for the quick reply. I am glad to hear about the studs issue, not so glad to hear about the color changes, but I'm sure you've heard much on this issue. One question--are current bulk parts at S@H in the "old" grays or the "new" (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) From what I understand, anything rolling off the line from now on (possible exceptions from previous post excluded) would be in the new colors. (...) Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liason LEGO Community Development (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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First off thanks for the info. (...) Good to know. (...) I personally find this odd. I would think that for everything except "metal" objects the old colors would be better. Especially for landscapes, castles, and buildings. Now I can see spaceships (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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<snip> (...) Thanks for the info, Jake. If all new sets are produced with new colors, does that mean that any future Legends sets will use the new colors? I'm assuming it does. For some reason, I can't really get excited about the fact that future (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: (snip) (...) (snip) Thanks, Jake, for the quick response to our hysteria;-) This is a great example of TLC's desire to be open to AFOL concerns and questions. I especially appreciate the willingness on TLC's part to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for checking into this, Jake, and thanks for the info! Take care, Dave K (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Wow, it’s been a busy couple of days on LUGNET! My inbox, phone, and Instant Messenger have been going nuts with questions! There have been a great many posts, speculations, comments, and feedback about two different issues. We wanted to make sure (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.announce, FTX) !!
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(...) When Pick-A-Brick first premiered at LEGOLAND and people were estimating price per pieces, there was a link to a list of LEGO weights that Lutz Ulhmann had put together. We're going to DL next month and I wondered whether we should try and fit (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) While I agree with this, what keeps adults buying Lego instead of the cheaper clones which have appealing set designs than when we were kids? The answer is brand loyalty. The parents played with Lego when they were kids, not MegaBlocks. These (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Now I haven't actually seen the new grey colors in person yet but based on the pictures it looks like LEGO is now matching their light and dark grey colors to the ones Mega Bloks uses. Now if the new colors are in addition to the existing (...) (22 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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