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Just a quick note in a new, fresh post to reiterate a point I had made in an earlier (and now very buried) post. I am working on drafting a response to the question "What is 'good thinking' about the color change". As stated previously, anything I (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) We need to know: 1. Why old greys and brown needed to be changed in the first place? 2. Why the chosen new colours are less realistic than the old ones, and indeed debatably incompatible? 3. What are the economics of the change for the (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hey, this is lugnet. We've got that FTX thing, so how about some eight-by-ten colour glossy pictures with circles and arrows and a paragraph... (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Heh. Even that takes time though! Jake --- Jake Mckee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) What if every one of us walked right into Lego's offices, sang a few bars, and then walked right out? They might think it was a movement. :) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Sounds like you need to make today an American holiday, too. :) Everybody now: Always look on the bright side of life! whistling John Riley (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Ha Ha! ROTFLMAO! Thanks Alfred and Don! Peace and anything you want, Professor 'I'm just waiting for it to come around on the guitar again' Whateverly Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go take out the garbage... (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Maybe this is just me, but how are the new colors "less realistic"? Realism is in the eye and imagination of the builder - we lived with yellow "skinned" minifigs for many years; now people are complaining about the new, "more realistic" skin (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Old brown = wood New brown = chocolate A lot more real things are wood brown than chocolate brown. We're not all going to make Lego chocolate bars! Of the three new colours, new light grey is IMHO the easiest to adapt to. It doesn't make (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Eh, it's a waste of time. You'll just find out that the person who ends up being tasked with looking at them is blind. (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I've heard this a number of times. Go to Home Depot... take a look at wood. Then come back and reconsider. Wood is many, many different colours. For reference... (URL) A lot more real things are wood brown than chocolate brown. We're not all (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I can tell you just by common sense that 3 and 5 won't be answered. I find it silly that customers feel they deserve that type of info, especially put "we need to know." How do you define that need? On what basis do you believe LEGO *owes* you (...) (20 years ago, 7-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Hmmmm....what pieces would I need for a red VW microbus, with shovels and rakes and implements of destruction? Peace and Long Life, Tw0nst3r ...singing WITH FEELING... (20 years ago, 8-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) This I'd like to see... We already told you times and again what those geniuses failed to see, and except for the idea of "new grey being cheaper because of it being a recycling stuff made from lots of blue" - which you rebuked, although with (...) (20 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.lego)
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