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Subject:	Re: Halving the colours in the palette - Lego Life Sept 2004
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general
Date:	Thu, 9 Dec 2004 03:59:34 GMT
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In lugnet.color, Steve Dunn wrote: > I can't believe what i just read: > > "... we are investigating to see whether some of the parts we make at the moment > could be produced in other, cheaper materials:... and whether the quality of > some of our parts is simply too high.." > > Didn't Ole once say "Only the best is good enough" ? I think this is _critical_, that we as AFOL make it be known that we'd rather pay more for a quality product than less for crap. If I wanted to buy crap, I could buy Megablocks instead. That being said, there are times and places where the lego tolerences are probably too tight. But, you get what you pay for, and I want quality first, not specifically lowest price first.

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		Re: Halving the colours in the palette - Lego Life Sept 2004
(...) Amen! It seems like LEGO is trying to walk a tightrope, cutting costs, but still maintaining their image as the leader in quality. I don't think they're doing a very good job of it. IMO, LEGO is currently not being clobbered on price, but on (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)

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		Re: Halving the colours in the palette - Lego Life Sept 2004
I can't believe what i just read: "... we are investigating to see whether some of the parts we make at the moment could be produced in other, cheaper materials:... and whether the quality of some of our parts is simply too high.." Didn't Ole once (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.color) !

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