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(...) I agree whole-heartedly. I have my issues with the company's direction and some of the decisions they make. But the fact is, I'm not sitting in their meetings and I don't have the information they have. We can all keep ranting about how we (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Actually, I'm not being that magnanamous. I don't like the color change and if ranting or anything else might get it reversed I will rant. My point was rather that I can't understand why people are questioning that TLC's reasons as given by (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, there are several levels of truth to be considered in this context. 1. The information is "true" insofar as it accurately reflects the motivations and goals of TLG 2. The information is "true" insofar as it is "truly" the information (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep. If I thought ranting and carrying on would increase our influence in the company rather than diminish it, or would be likely to reverse the change, I'd be out there ranting too. (...) Agreed. Jake started out as in charge of some aspects (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello! (...) You are right, this term is highly questionable. I like building with LEGO bricks and collecting LEGO sets. But I am not a "fan of LEGO" because - following TLC's corporate identity statement on www.lego.com - "it is not possible to (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I keep on agreeing with Jojo! I've gone from being a supporter of the company to merely a supporter of their product now (as a result of the colour change). -Bryan (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Now that you mention it, that's just how I feel as well. The product is still fantastic despite the poorly selected new shades of classic colors, but the company can no longer be trusted to maintain any of the values that make the lego system (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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I hate to say it, but ditto. While I support Lego-the-product, LEGO-the-company does NOT have my support. I have bought 23 2004 sets to date, and 20 of those had all bley instantly added to my BL shop. I only bought 22 of the 21 to get 11 of the (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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I should note (even though I have already done so numerous times), that while I do NOT support the company, I DO support Jake. Only if Jake had KKK's job would I blame him for the current issues. But since his job now includes liason, he's going to (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well if anyone's keeping track, I've purchased ONE set (MINI Star Destroyer) with the new colours so far. It was cheap and for a specific part (ironic thing is that the part was in new light grey). Opening this set was so difficult - not (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You are so right Jojo.... I do not like the company for bringing us the blueish greys and I even do not like the products from 2004 (and future ones). As long as they come in wrong colours I stop buying anything new. I only bought the mini ISD (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Ben - Please continue to express your opinion in the new newsgroup, lugnet.color [1]. I've set the follow-ups for this post to that group. Thanks! -Tim [1] (URL) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color)
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(...) Hi Ben, Good news -- there's brand new group, just created today, for the focused discussion of LEGO colors. Here's the announcement: (URL) to single you out; just noticing this while checking back in and seeing Tim's reply. I realize it'll (...) (20 years ago, 9-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color) !
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(...) Wow. Not really sure how to respond to this. It took me quite a while to decide whether or not to reply to this post, but it's hard not to take something like this personally. Make no mistake, my role is a dual one - to take the AFOL needs to (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color) !
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(...) ... (...) Jake, I too am very disappointed in LEGO as of late. But it is more than the subject-that-must-no...-newsgroup that concerns me. Here are some outstanding issues that have never been addressed to my knowledge by you or anyone else at (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general) !!
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In lugnet.general, Cary Clark wrote: <snip> (...) Spotlighted. I would also like to hear some official response to the many valid points raised in this post. I hope it doesn't get lost in this thread. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've had this problem and it gets worse the more weight you put on the wheelsets (it's awful with 8mm:1ft scale trains as the trains are twice the weight of 6-wide ones). I've had to modify quite a few wheelsets as a workaround. I too am (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh, man, is that scary! I used to think is was bad enough that a 2 foot stack of Duplo misaligned with a similar height stack of LEGO by 1/16 inch, but THIS IS HORRIBLE! I hold out the hope that this was a manufacturing glitch (I could imagine (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, glad to see i'm not alone (for a change...). I agree 100% with you both (and with Ted Michon as well). This color change might be not reversible (1). So will not be my feelings about TLC. I'm very disappointed with this unexcusable color (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) from TLC itself. How sad it is to read posts like this now: depressing, self-defensive posts that you have been made to feel compelled to write. How low some people have gone; how much for granted your presence, input, and output has been (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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