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Re: Halloween buckets in 1999?
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Fri, 17 Sep 1999 14:25:04 GMT
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I didn't get details but these are my thoughts:
My understanding is that George Lucas had (and still has) a lot of say
about the StarWars product. It is conceivable that he wanted to see how the
color orange produced prior to the release of the Sebulba pod. Having to
incur the cost of a new color the Lego group probably figured they would
test the color in the market place. Hence the Halloween bucket. I don't know
how well it did, but I guess it wasn't something they decided to continue.
As I am sure you are aware the orange color has also popped up in Rock
Raiders. Just because a color was produced for a particular line doesn't
mean they can't use it while they have it. I am sure it is possible that
orange will be an accent color for some time to come but using it as a
permanent color isn't in the plan. Kind of like robo sport purple (which is
very prone to fading and discoloration).
Think of the Maersk truck with the light blue. We know that light blue
only exists in the truck set but wouldn't it have been nice if Lego threw
out a one time light blue bucket. (Drool...) I think they had a similar
thought with the orange bucket but decided to follow through on it.
Bottom line, don't count on seeing orange buckets anytime soon.
-Nick
John Neal wrote in message <37E2420D.EF54755@uswest.net>...
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> Nick Goetz wrote:
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> > The person I was in contact with was not associated with retail sales. He • is
> > more closely related to manufacturing (but not really).
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> > I was told that the orange was a color they created basically for the
> > Starwars line and that is it.
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> If this were true than what about 1) the fact that the Halloween buckets
> preceded SW by a year, and b) even if orange *had* only been created for • SW,
> we still have many years of SW sets left yet to come.
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> -John
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> > I hesitate to give more information out of fear of saying too much.
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> Say it, and then get into a Witness Relocation Program;-)
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> -John
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> > -Nick
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| Nick Goetz (ngoetz@iquest.net) wrote: : Think of the Maersk truck with the light blue. We know that light blue : only exists in the truck set but wouldn't it have been nice if Lego threw : out a one time light blue bucket. (Drool...) I think they (...) (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) If this were true than what about 1) the fact that the Halloween buckets preceded SW by a year, and b) even if orange *had* only been created for SW, we still have many years of SW sets left yet to come. -John (...) Say it, and then get into (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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