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Subject: 
Re: And you call yourselves fans...
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Date: 
Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:16:09 GMT
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This one time, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> Instead of posting this message to all of the related threads, I decided to
> start my own...

Not a bad idea :)

> Ever since Jake announce the color change I've read about 100 messages whining
> about how LEGO has betrayed the fans.  I say it's the opposite.  I think
> everyone who's whining has betrayed LEGO.

Really? You must've subscribed to lugnet.general kinda late then ;)

> Why do I say this?  Well, 2 reason stick out in my mind:
> 1.  I, and I would assume many others, look upon LEGO as an old friend. If an
> old friend told me he was changing his look, I'd support him in his decision
> and not criticise him for going against tradition

Yep, that's why many of us are acting this way. It's as if someone told
our old friend to jump off a bridge, and they did.

> 2.  If you trely want to call yourself a creative modeller, you will find new
> and inventive ways to incorporate these changes into you creations.

In the meantime, all the bricks we're used to using get much higher
in price.

> As you can see, whining get you nowhere.  In fact, all the complaining lately
> has contributed to a negative atmosphere for all of us.  I say stop
> bellyacheing and get back to makeing the amazing models I'm used to seeing.

Oh realy? Do you know something the rest of us don't?

Sorry, but the TLC is a big corporation, and they're in business to make
money. However, from both a marketing standpoint and a customer satisfaction
standpoint, this is a really bad idea.

It's hard to get back to model making when all the bricks you've been using
all of a sudden go up in price in the secondary market due to a sudden
discontinuation.

If you don't like reading all the "bellyaching," maybe you should either
delete the emails or not read lugnet.general for a while. I don't think this
is going away anytime soon.

-Anne
--
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somebody. Perhaps I should      >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`.
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stripes at tigerlair dot com    `--'_..),-/ ' ' '_.>-' )`.`.__.')
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Instead of posting this message to all of the related threads, I decided to start my own... Ever since Jake announce the color change I've read about 100 messages whining about how LEGO has betrayed the fans. I say it's the opposite. I think (...) (23 years ago, 23-Nov-03, to lugnet.general) ! 

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