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Re: Now that I've had a chance to see the new colors
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 17 Dec 2003 04:46:18 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Gerlach wrote:
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In lugnet.general, John Gerlach wrote:
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All I can say is, “LEGO, what were you thinking??”
You’ve completely wiped neutral grey out of the color palete, and replaced
it with blue-grey.
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I thought of something else that really bugs me about this color change.
Harry Potter sets!!
Why? Because so far almost all the HP sets have been designed to work
together. Look at the poster that comes in the sets - on the back it shows a
‘super construction’ with many of the sets combined.
Pretty darn cool idea, I think.
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I believe that this issue will apply to any ongoing theme. I wonder when the
next batch of HP sets are due... Spring/early Summer ?
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But, what happens when the next batch of HP sets comes out, and kids try to
add the new sets to their super-construction? The colors won’t match! Kids
will be disappointed, parents will be surprised. I wonder if the new poster
will show the sets matching in color, or if it will show how out-of-place the
new colors are against the colors in the existing sets.
And, so far, a large portion of the pieces in the HP sets have been grey or
dark grey... I can only guess that the future HP sets will have a large
portion of their pieces as blue-grey or dark blue-grey. Grrr....
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Dare I say it ? “collect the entire set (of colors)” < g, d & r >
The issue that I still havn’t understood has to do with these so called ‘focus
groups’ (presumably of kids)... OK, so a (sufficently large) group of kids were
presented with various sets using the different shades of gray and they picked
the “new & improved” shade over the “traditional” shades. So what ? How much do
the shades of gray inside the box feed back to the decision to buy when someone
is standing in the aisle looking at the box, hmmmm ? I really cannot see some
7-12 year old kid saying something like “hey mom, I really like these colors,
can I have another ?”. Ummmm, OK, so long term the kids may feel more
comfortable with the new colors. Perhaps it is something very important, but
very subliminal. Perhaps it will drive repeat business like we could never
imagine... but I don’t see exactly how its going to make a difference. Someone
out there want to loan me a clue on this ?
Ray (tilting at color wheels)
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JohnG, GMLTC -- tilting against windmills...
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| SNIP (...) First, I have yet to see the new colors in person. That being said: The only thing I know for sure is that companies (large and small) rarely do anything unless they somehow feel it will increase their profits, marketshare, stockprice, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Fans of TV show "The Simpsons" will remember that a children's focus group resulted in "Poochie" being added to the fictional "Itchy & Scratchy" show in Season 8: --- Focus Group Leader: "How many of you kids would like Itchy & Scratchy to deal with (...) (21 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I thought of something else that really bugs me about this color change. Harry Potter sets!! Why? Because so far almost all the HP sets have been designed to work together. Look at the poster that comes in the sets - on the back it shows a (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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