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Well, it took a bit longer to get the final results tallied that I expected (summer vacations and all). But I'm pleased to announce that the color chosen for the new container ship is...drum roll please.... Dark Blue That's right. They were neck and (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.announce, lugnet.lego.announce, lugnet.color, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Jake, thanks for the post - this question has been on my mind ever since june 10th :-) Even though I voted for Dark Green, I'll order at least one Dark Blue ship. Perhaps next year we'll see the Dark Green one? I bet you can sell a lot of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Yay!!!! A good source of a rare color! As I understand it, what you called Dark Green in the poll was actually just the ordinary Green, right? --Bill. (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) No, it was Dark Green. (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Are you going to bring the prototype to BrickFest? JB (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) YAAA...AAAY!! This so totally ROCKS!! Now I must save up to get one of these awesome ships! Thanks a billion Jake! Nathan Wells (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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Nooo...ooo!!!!!! Ok, I am really not upset or anything, but I was really rooting for dark green. Especially since my wife told me that if it were green (her favorite color) then I would have to buy it! This was fun, and I appreciate that Lego came (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) <grumpy old man rant> Bah! Dark Blue is already available in about a zillion sets, dark green is only available in a couple of pieces. What were you dark blue voters thinking? </grumpy old man rant> I'm still hoping for dark green bricks, I've (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Actually, that's precisely why I voted for dark blue! :) I've got a bit of dark blue, but I don't think I even own any dark green at all-- I'd rather bolster the strength of an already limited color rather than start working on a whole new one (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Do you mean Earth Green? Steve (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Too funny. :) See, this is how you can tell I don't rig these things... my personal vote was Dk. Green too! Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Dark Green as in the color of the Gary Payton (Seattle) basketball minifig, dark green as in the links in the "Team Spirit" watch, dark green as in a few new Bionicle sets. Dark green as in (URL) the Empire Builder>... Someone was thinking of (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Dark Blue cool! I wonder if they will change the color of the ships tower? It would be nice to have the control tower windows in another color as well... and the glass... will it be different? (oh, the suspense) // Joe (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) John, I'll let you know if any Dark Green bricks wind up at the outlet PAB here in Atlanta (that is, after I buy a bunch first--lol!!) Scott Lyttle (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, that's officially called Earth Green. Dark Green is the official name of the "basic" green used for the 32x32 baseplates and Forestmen outfits. (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Nope, the only change will be Maersk blue will now be dark blue. Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color)
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(...) Silly me, thinking the darker green would be called 'dark green', especially since that was the way the survey was worded... <grin> I just can't even begin to keep track of all these color names! JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) I am just glad that such an awesome design will still be available in a different color period. Great news. -Mike Petrucelli (20 years ago, 22-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Hey, how much fun can your job be, if you can't even rig elections! :) obl space (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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Dear Jake, Good to hear that the container ship is coming back! I like the dark blue colour although, I voted for the dark green version. (...) I was thinking why doesn't TLG ship the container ship as an item just like the classic train series (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color)
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(...) Now that Dark Blue is appearing more and more, can we expect to see more Darkblue parts in the "normal" shapes too, such as the 1*n bricks, 1*n and 2*n plates and some slopes? I've got several idea's for Darkblue but I'd need more than the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color)
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(...) Hi Jake, I was wondering is there a way for you to publish photos of this nice ship in both colors so we all can see how they look. It is too long to wait for the final version in October... Thanks, Saso (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Well, lack of election riggings aside, I'd have to say I have one of the coolest jobs in the world. :) Jake --- Jake McKee Community Liaison LEGO Community Development (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Jake, I agree, I love working for the company as well--I wonder how much bad kharma I've had for it to balance out with my training job! Let's see...I travel, I get to tell people about LEGO, and I get paid for it? Ok, how cool is that? -Scott (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) The offer is up on the table if you want to trade jobs for a few days, maybe work my shifts during Brickfest. :-p Just think of the possibilities, you could see what the AFOL's are buying firsthand! ;) -Brian (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Since the survey also asked to fill in your regonal location, I'm very curious if the resulds revealed a regional difference regarding the prefered color. With friendly greetings, M. Moolhuysen. (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color)
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(...) Well, before you start talking about that, I have two words for you: Color Change. :) Even the best of jobs has its toughest days! (...) Well, since I'm probably buying the same things, I'd better stay as far from the store as possible. My (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, that's great. Keep rubbing it in.... ;-) Duq (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Jake, Now I'm confused again. Can you please clear up the confusion about Dark Green? Is it really a dark green or is it ordinary green (as in the baseplates)? I thought it was the latter, but given the above now I am wondiering if it was the (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) In (URL) an earlier post> Jake says "No, not regular green"... And it's too late to change your vote now! ;-) JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Not sure how I confused things by that note, but I apologize. As has been mentioned a number of times, "dark green" in this vote was/is the new dark green color that fits in the same range as the new dark red and dark blue. This new green is (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Hi Jake, I think the confusion stems from the fact that you used 'Dark Green' to describe the darker (and newer) shade of green from TLC, while recent S@H catalogs have used 'Dark Green' to describe traditional (and ordinary) green. The S@H (...) (20 years ago, 23-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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SWEEEEEEETTTTT!!!! I'd better start saving now so I can afford the ten I'm gonna buy. Ok, so probably only two...or one. But I'll still buy one. It'll be nice to have a bunch of regular bricks in a rare color. -Stefan- (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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(...) Hello Jake What is the story on the release date of this "new" set?? I was hoping to get it for christmas presents but I geuss it doesn´t look to good. Best regards Thomas (20 years ago, 10-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color, FTX)
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