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Re: So why all the whining about the color changes?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 19 Mar 2004 16:42:57 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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I started a poll with the basic question:
“How long before the Lego company beats a shame-faced strategic retreat and
returns the old grays and browns permanently to production?”
http://members.lugnet.com/polls/ballots/?n=173
So far, over half have answered “Never”.
If you believe that (and I’m not saying that you guys are wrong) then why all
the whining? I’m not going to call it “voicing your opinion” or “expressing
your concern”, it’s whining. If you don’t believe Lego will act on the
complaints at any time, then there isn’t a lot of point in voicing complaint.
It would seem to me to be best to either shup up and move on, or continue to
express your displeasure in the belief that at some point Lego will get a
clue.
Personally, I don’t have a huge problem with the color changes beyond one
really important one: it’s incompatible with the stock of bricks I have. One
complaint, but it has huge repurcussions. I simply find it amazing that The
Powers That Be at Lego never even considered it.
It isn’t the end of the world as some would make out, but it is something
that I believe is correctable.
-->Bruce<--
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Sometimes when things don’t go our way, we like to yell as loud as we can in the
hopes that ‘the gods may be listening....’
Eh, I’ve never been one to ‘shake my fist’ at the injustice of it all...
waittaminit, I have, but I wouldn’t get my knickers in a knot over something
this trivial.
I say if the marketing managers feel that this’ll save TLC money, or maybe
generate some coin, then perhaps my favourite company will be around for a
longer period of time. In this day and age, with the dog eat dog world of
corporate cutthroats, I say to TLC, ‘Do what it takes to keep your Co. going!’
I don’t want to be 60 at some hobby show with my old LEGO collection on display
for the masses and have to say to the kids, “You can’t buy this stuff new
anymore” like those Meccano hobbyists at the last show I attended.
TLC, all the power to you. Thus far, nothing you have done, in any way shape or
form, has shown me that you don’t care about your product (well, Galidor... ;)
). The people with the ranting and raving about something as insignificant as a
colour change don’t realize how good they have it--they can still buy new LEGO
bricks, whatever the colour.
What kind of breakdown would these same people have if TLC were to suddenly
disappear?
Eh, it’s a hobby, or at least should be. If folks are that upset about the
colour change, then this isn’t a hobby anymore--it’s an obsession. Step back,
put the brick separator down, and take a deep breath and maybe a mini-vacation
from the brick.
All this, of course, in my humble opinion...
Dave K
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Too True Dave. General Comments/Rants 1. There is another side to the "color doesn't match well with my collection theory" and that is that a) I don't think Lego cares about AFOL's in general or their mounds of bricks to start off with b) I (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) The official reason given for the color change was that new colors were less "muddy" and would be more appealing to kids. No mention was made of the new colors being cheaper to produce (although that hasn't been denied). But Jake McKee has (...) (20 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | So why all the whining about the color changes?
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| I started a poll with the basic question: "How long before the Lego company beats a shame-faced strategic retreat and returns the old grays and browns permanently to production?" (URL) So far, over half have answered "Never". If you believe that (...) (20 years ago, 19-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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