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Re: Enough about colors already
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 8 May 2004 06:48:17 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Avery Christy wrote:
> What was not anticipated was the AFOL's response as focus groups do
> not include them. AFOL's are a niche market compromising a small portion of
> TLC's sales. Unless you talk about model trains, in which they are a large
> portion.
Avery, thanks for your reply!
To me what's abhorrent is the hostility our fellow hobbyists are showing
over two slightly changed colors. It seems such a small thing for which to
relegate TLG employees to goat-herding for the rest of their natural days, and
over which to decry the decline of civilized and realistic modelling with
teeny-tiny yellow-smiley-faced plastic people. At the core, it says that people
have lost the nature of fun, which seems to go against the whole hobby's idea.
I'll hope Jake weathers the storm, and takes the whining for what it seems
(to me, at least) to be.
Peace and Long Life,
Tw0nst3r
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| Yep, this got ugly in a hurry. If truth be told, I can see why TLC did the color change. Here is my theory: TLC felt that it should keep its lines fresh; TLC felt that a new vigor should be fed into the toys is made. So, it came up with several (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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