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(...) No, actually, I think he is right on. This outcry is flat-out hysteria, as we have seen here previously. (...) I can only imagine the hysteria the 9 volt train introduction would have caused were LUGNET around in 1991! (...) You are completely (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Rah, rah, ciss boom bah! Just Imagine, Just Imagine! Gooooo team! (...) I guess all you train types will be happy when TLC switches train formats again, right? "Woo hoo! Now my old stuff is incompatible - I'm glad for the opportunity to start (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You are going to have to keep up, Marc! The cheer is now "Play On" (as in "move on";-) (...) If they did, what should I do? Wring my fists and scream expletives? There are no guarantees in life. I try and look on the bright and positive side (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Could it be you just lack .. dedication? Changing the color palette is no minor thing. It opens a can of worms. It is outrageous and a sound reason for becoming emotional. If you're really dedicated, that is. If you don't feel that way, you (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't think so. (...) If you are really emotional, that is. (...) I dare say that I have spent more hours sorting, more hours creating MOCs, created more MOCs, and spent more money on LEGO than 99% of AFOLs. Dedication is not the issue. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Excellent! Now we're getting to the core of it. For me (and many others it appears) it IS like TLC going out of business, or rather putting me into severe danger of entering a new Dark Age due to disappointment followed by lack of interest. (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Burkhard, what is it that makes you dedicated but John not? That he is willing to play well with new colors and you aren't? I just don't get it. Real life doesn't come in 3 shades of gray. The new colors will simply be another opportunity for (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Ahem. Only TLC going out of business is like TLC going out of business:-) (...) If something like a color palette change threatens to cast you into a Dark Age, then I must ask, "Where is your dedication?" We will survive this tragedy together, (...) (20 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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