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(...) There are two ways to take this explanation: 1. TLC is lying to us The real reason for the color change is that the new colors save a few bucks. TLC gave us the customer complaint story so they wouldn't look like heartless pennypinchers. I (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Jake, thanks for getting us the info promptly. Here's my take on the color change. Its not earth-shattering to me personally. I have a small collection of the gray's, like them a lot, and have a low LEGO budget in comparision to many of you (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) (snip) (...) Jake, Thanks for your reply! As the person who inadvertently started this entire thing, I feel a little guilty. I appreciate you taking the time to answer our concerns and giving us a straighforward explanation. I think it says a (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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richard marchetti wrote: ... [ranting deleted] ... (...) ... [more ranting deleted] ... "We"? If by "We", you are referring to AFOL's, I am almost ashamed to consider myself one of that group if this sort of raving is what is typical of that (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That was my initial thought on seeing the new dark gray, too. Now it won't be so obvious when Lego and Mega Bloks are blended together in a MOC. :-P Mark (ducks) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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I'm not convinced of the need to make all the grays incompatible simply because they are "warm" ("muddy", or more precisely, yellow-shifted and not strictly neutral). However, thanks for the update so that we can be on the look out and plan (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Thank you for the quick and informative post. (...) I just don't understand the issue. At all. Why change colors now after 20 years? It couldn't have been that big of an issue if you are only noticing it now. And no, I can't tell that the old (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Jake, I just want to speak up and tell you that I'm not among all the hysterical folks that seem to think the sky is falling in because a few of the colors have changed (I'm not pointing fingers, that's just a general statement based on the 40 (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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"Kyle Beatty" <carbunicle@appleogue.net> wrote in message news:HoKrGu.1MI0@lugnet.com... (...) manner (...) their (...) I wouldn't let it get to you man. Since the dawn of time the only thing I recall marchetti *ever* doing is gripe and post rants (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Good to see the cheerleading squad doesn't miss a beat. TLC was so open to our concerns that they didn't bother to give us a warning before they discontinued 4 colors - even though such a warning would have helped TLC sell more product in what (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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