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Re: Comment Now at LEGO.com: New Grey and Brown
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lugnet.lego
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Fri, 12 Mar 2004 01:24:35 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Mike Walsh wrote:
> I made a very similar point a couple months ago.
Whoops. So you did. I even remember reading it, but I guess the short little
bit where you mentioned asking your son what he thought slipped out of my mind
as I read through the fictitious conversation portion. However, since noone
(particularly anyone from TLC) replied to your post, it certainly can't hurt to
ask this question again.
> If we ever get hear the real story I suspect this will show up as a cost
> cutting measure. Nothing else passes the laugh test.
Not for the brown/grey bit, but the explanation for the licensed minifig color
change does (more on that below).
> To the best of my knowledge, any maybe someone who was there can state
> otherwise, LEGO didn't play up the color change at the Toy Fair either which
> doesn't make sense if the change was made to improve the product line.
They really pushed the minifig color change, stating that their marketing
partners (big chain stores, I'm guessing) have been asking for it for years, and
are elated that it has finally happened. However, there was a serious bit of
confusion when I asked Brian, my 3-time showroom guide, about the "color
change". He thought I was referring to the minifigs, and I was referring more
to the grey/brown issue, and a little bit to the fact that the BIONICLE color
pallete has been even more drastically changed (dark red, dark blue, dark
"forest" green, and some funky, unhealthy-looking new shade of brown instead of
basic red, blue, green, and brown). It wasn't until we were at the very last
section (HP) before I realized that we were talking about different things, and
I believe his response at that point was basically that they're looking into the
situation. But in the five hours that I spent in the showroom, and for all that
the minifig color change was pointed out as a positive selling point, I never
once heard anyone else mention the replacement of the old grey/brown colors.
Granted, I ended up going on Tuesday, so I was pretty much the only person there
who wasn't paid to attend (except perhaps Nathan Sawaya, who hadn't officially
started his new job), and I can't say for sure how much that question popped up
on Sunday (the prime day for press attendees).
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