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    Shades of Gray —Bruce Schlickbernd
   And to give illustration to the phrase, should that be the British "grey" or the American "gray"? :-) Jake has used a somewhat perjorative rendering of the no-longer-current gray as "muddy". It carries the implication that the actual plastic is not (...) (21 years ago, 21-Nov-03, to lugnet.general) ! 
   
        Re: Shades of Gray —Michael Dallaston
     (...) It's 'grey'; learn to spell, colonial scum! :P (...) Very well said. I'm not too fussed by the change, but it would be good to have a comprehensive answer to the reasoning behind it. They don't owe us that, though. From what little Jake says (...) (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: Shades of Gray —Bruce Schlickbernd
     (...) Are you saying I got the color wrong? :-) (...) I'm somewhat amused at the apocolyptic visions some have placed on the color changes. I rather imagine it is reasonably close to what you outline above. Sometimes you have to do things for your (...) (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
    
         Re: Shades of Gray —Mark Riley
     (...) Hence the furor, the artists at Lego are now content while many artists in the AFOL community have had their vision shattered. Mark (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: Shades of Gray —Allan Bedford
   (...) It doesn't matter which 'color' of 'grey' you're talking about, you're still going to find someone who doesn't like the new 'gray' 'colour'. ;) But seriously.... Bruce, your post is a welcome bit of reason in all of this kafuffle. (...) This (...) (21 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
 

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