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Re: The Knight Bus has arrived... but it's not all good news
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:08:06 GMT
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The truly sad thing about your press release is it is believable. A couple
of years ago I'd have laughed at the concept, nowadays its almost
believable. I feel sorry for Jake. Every stride forward made in fostering
closer relations with the community, he gets dragged back by shoddy
decisions or quality (set design / brick colour) coming from the company
behind him
ho hum!
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James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
Lugnet Member #925
I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado
"Cary Clark" <cary@corp.nospamwebtv.net> wrote in message
news:Httn6o.1n7t@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Huw Millington wrote:
> > The first of the new Harry Potter sets is now available in the UK. the • 4755
> > Knight Bus has arrived, but, as others have noted in .harrypotter, • quality
> > is definitely slipping.
> >
> > The instructions seem to printed on a much inferior paper stock, but • that's
> > nothing to the differences in colour of the purple parts....
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> LEGO Introduces New Collectable Colors
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> Billund, Denmark -- The LEGO Group has taken collectability to a new level • by
> varying the colors slightly, but perceptably, in its newest sets.
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> "We've had an enormous response from collectors with our Bionicle masks" • said
> Yohann Bigboote, LEGO's latest Director of Marketing, "so we've decided to • raise
> the excitement a notch by varying the brick color, piece by piece."
>
> The color differences are achieved through a patent-pending technology,
> guaranteeing that no two bricks are exactly the same hue. Bigboote • predicts that
> casual LEGO "maniacs" and collectors alike will purchase multiple copies, • if not
> dozens, of the same set, in order to build the model in a single color.
>
> "Focus groups in both Germany and the United States have expressed boredom • with
> our past color quality" said Bigboote. "We're determined to thrill the • youngster
> when they open the box, because they'll never know what color lies • inside."
>
> Bigboote refused to comment on rumors that LEGO is also considering • slightly
> adjusting the size of the brick itself in the same random manner. "We're
> considering all options, but we have nothing to announce at this time."
>
> DISCLAIMER
>
> The above is a parody. It is not true. I made it up.
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