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    Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —Marc Nelson, Jr.
   (...) My point was that at a time when TLC has already made a lot of costly and pointless changes, they shouldn't make any more. The minifig is one of the most recognizable and beloved LEGO products of the last quarter-century. Putting feet on it (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —John Neal
   In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson, Jr. wrote: (snip) (...) That's one way to look at it. Another way would be that they are improving on a good thing. (...) lol Nothing will forstall the destructive actions of that man, the worst enemy blacks ever had. (...) (21 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —Marc Nelson, Jr.
   (...) You are making the case that TLC needs to change in order to get back to profitability. But you are ignoring the fact that TLC was profitable up to the point when it started making radical changes. Those changes were not a response to yearly (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)  
   
        Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —Adrian Egli
     (...) Mark's line of thinking is very much the same as mine and I'd like to add something. The yellow ABS that has made up the minifigs heads and hands for decades are NOT just being used for heads and hands. You have (just about) all sizes of (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —John Neal
   (...) Depends upon which changes you are talking about. I would call Bionicle a radical change from System, and yet it is the most popular LEGO line. In any case, you are ignoring the fact that the world has changed radically in the past 20 years. I (...) (21 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
   
        Re: New Skin Tones coming? (was: Re: Scans from new danish 2004 catalog) —Mike Kollross
   (...) I think the point is made clearly with Galidor and Bionicle. Its hit and miss going with radical changes. Lego has always been a consistent seller. The changes of the last 5 years has put Lego in the Red. Rewind to 1998 and start over. Mike (21 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
 

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