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Re: A New Color Quandary...
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lugnet.lego, lugnet.general
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Fri, 25 Jun 2004 00:49:44 GMT
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Sorry, meant to X-post this to LUGNET.general as well...
In lugnet.lego, I wrote:
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OK, so I went to Kohl’s today and found two copies of a set on deep discount
I’ve wanted for a while now. I’ve called it the “Gray/Brown Tile Pack” to
myself.
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/3535
The “Skateboard Street Park”.
I then proceed to the Pizza shop to order a pie and build while I’m waiting.
I pop open the box, build the picnic table and, voila!, there’s a Chocolate
brown 1 x 6 tile. Just one, of the four, mind you.
Hmmm
So, then I pop the other set open. Lo and behold, another new-brown tile...
just one. The boxes are dated (c) 2003. I’m a bit peeved. It would be one
thing to have all on brown or all of another in the set, but mixing?
Was this market research, Jake? Was this done purposefully to test the
buyer’s perceptions? God, if only I’d bought these sets when they were
released. I would have raised high, holy... yeah... anyways.
Anyone else come upon these problems?
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-John
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| OK, so I went to Kohl's today and found two copies of a set on deep discount I've wanted for a while now. I've called it the "Gray/Brown Tile Pack" to myself. (URL) The "Skateboard Street Park". I then proceed to the Pizza shop to order a pie and (...) (20 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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