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Subject:	Re: Color change: CEO Draft Letter
Newsgroups:	lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general
Date:	Wed, 1 Dec 2004 07:14:04 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Kyle D. Jackson wrote: > In lugnet.color, Mark Chan wrote: > > One of the most disappointing decisions Lego made this past year is changing > > its gray, dark gray and brown colors after 20 years. > > There is a factual error here. Dark grey and brown have not been around for > 20 years. Well, they've been around for MORE than 20 years (1977 for dark grey and 1974/77 for brown, if you count the maxifig hair which probably wasn't ABS). So, yeah, maybe saying "more than 20 years" or "more than 25 years" (nice round number). > You probably want to annex the letter with a detailed description of which > colours have changed, with a photo, or even real parts, as an example > if you want. I dunno... I'd guess he knows EXACTLY what the issue is and how much the colors have changed. DaveE

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		Re: Color change: CEO Draft Letter
(...) Really? What sets had the dark grey? And yeah, I forgot about the maxifig hair for brown (or minifig tools, etc.). I was thinking of largely common elements when I considered when a colour first "appeared". From my recollection neither dark (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

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		Re: Color change: CEO Draft Letter
(...) There is a factual error here. Dark grey and brown have not been around for 20 years. You probably want to annex the letter with a detailed description of which colours have changed, with a photo, or even real parts, as an example if you want. (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

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