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Become part of history and vote on the new color for the next container ship.. The Maersk Container ship (set 10152) has been a huge success and will truly be a collectors items. The limited quantity is nearly gone. Many community members have (...) (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.color, FTX) !!
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(...) Wow! Dark blue or dark green??? That's a WIN-WIN for AFOLs in my book! Woo-Hoo! JOHN (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) At the same price ?? Maarten (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) As I understand, yes. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 5-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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I've got one word for this poll: ORANGE!!!! Duq (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) what no pink??? geesh ;)~ (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) ya! You said it! This rocks!!! Now if they can get PONL (P&O/NedLloyd) or Evergreen to approve stickers with THEIR logos, respectively, that will be REALLY great. As for orange, let's sell this one out and maybe we can get Hanjin or some other (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Since we're picking the colors, how about classic dark gray? (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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That's cool. Can I assume that this "Dark Blue" is (URL) Blue> and this "Dark Green" is the super rare (URL)? I normally love blue more, but I will vote for the Dark Green since this colour is badly needed for military MOC. (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Yay!!!! Now there is some hope I can some version of this AWESOME set!!!! Thanks a billion, Jake!! Nathan: Lord Of The LEGO (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Lego often refers to ordinary green brick as Dark Green, maybe to distinguish it from the lighter green foliage and the Lime color. The January 2004 S@H catalog bricks by type-color page shows the confusion about green/dark green. (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Good point. The picture did seem to look like it was a darker green than the normal green though... more like the bionicle dark green. Which would be really cool. But I voted for the Dark blue instead... (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Personally, I would have liked to see a black bottom and dark red top... Given the choices, though, I went with dark blue. (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) The color "dark green", is that equivalent to what on Bricklink is "green", or is it a new color. If it is the same as Bricklink "green" (i.e. the very common green found in buckets, larger baseplates, etc), then this is going to affect the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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All I can say is C O O L ! Now which other company will ask its customers such a direct question regarding a future product? Oh yeah, I voted for dark green - because my wife liked that one more! (URL) goto-lab> (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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"BrickBuy" <pjanssen@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:Hyvvt0.1sC0@lugnet.com... (...) "green", or (...) common (...) affect (...) will get (...) color (...) green), (...) The 'Dark Green' Jake is referring to in this survey is darker than the (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Nice! This makes it indeed a win-win. I voted for Dark Blue anyway... Paul (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) That LEGO would offer us the chance to do this is just incredible! However, I too would like some official clarification on what is meant by 'dark green' since that term has a history of inconsistent usage by S@H. Right now shop.lego.com seems (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Any chance the set could be produced with all the colored parts in a single bag? That way, the set color could be decided at the last moment. Which means that it could be made available in more than one new color. Knowing my buying habits, I'd just (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Yes, that dark green. Dark green in the range of dark red (found in RBR) or dark blue (found in Orient Expedition sets). Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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My immediate question when I saw the pics was "*really* dark green, or just ordinary green called dark green?" Now we know the answer, I voted for dark green. Thanks Jake! Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) Lego (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I like that idea. But the number of different parts may be more than one bag's worth (speculation exists that there is a maximum number of different parts that can be placed in one bag). Also there would need to be a general recalculation of (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hi Jake, Can you find out which Maersk Ship this is modeled after? Name or Series would be appreciated. Thanx, Milissa Millere Visit My Lego™ Store, Millere's Spares™ (URL) -----Original Message----- (...) ===...=== Wir brauchen eure Hilfe. (...) (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Thank you for asking. Two great choices! While the molding machines are running, some brick and plate bulk packs would also be big sellers. PLEASE!!! (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) SNIP (...) Chrome!!!!! Jeff (20 years ago, 6-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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SNIP (...) Oh yeah, would it be possible to slightly modify the bridge area for minifig scale & add 2 minifigs with the old style life vests (now being used as police vests so I know they're still made)? Jeff (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well, after browsing through www.maersk.com, and finding "the fleet" link (right side of website)...it appears the LEGO set is based off the F-series freighter, which looks like the Maersk Sea-Land Freedom, or the Maersk Sea-Land Mariner. (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Why not make your own stickers? I bet its not worth the trouble to go after a different brand to put on. (...) Orange would be sweet, but I bet they were going for the rarer colors so that they keep that part of the market who bought this set (...) (20 years ago, 7-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I have one word for you: yuk! Orange rates just behind the pink shades in my worst colours list. (20 years ago, 8-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Seems to be a lot of support for the Dark Green in this thread, so I thought I'd voice an alternative opinion. Although surely the dark green would be a grand choice for those seeking what would be a huge bulk brick set for other uses, those (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I just clicked the link today (June 10) and it is still active (so of course I voted Dark Green again!). Has the poll been extended for some amount of time? If not, do you have recent tallies to share? .:Jeramy:. (20 years ago, 10-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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