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Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:03:52 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Terry Prosper wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: • snip
Hi,
I thought long before posting about this. Mainly because I don’t think I
have anything positive to add and it may seem negative at first glance, but
what I am hoping is for an explanation so I can understand.
See, I read your first post a few days ago about this factory website. You
sounded all excited and I thought : Nice, something positive from TLG for a
change! But then, I visited the website and it didn’t make me happy about
anything. Sure, it’s a nice website and all, but it doesn’t do much for me,
the average AFOL. I mean, I’m not a micro-scale town addict, although I
enjoy the great projects other show on various websites. So what is The LEGO
Factory good for if I’m not into that kind of building? Will it expand to
something else than town? Have I missed something? Maybe, I’ll admit I
abandonned my research quite hastily when I found out it didn’t appeal to me.
Then, you post this. Great, TLG has included 10 AFOLs in the project, in
secrety. It’s nice for them, it’s nice for the community to see that TLG has
accepted us as a part of their universe, but at the risk of sounding grim, I
like many others have not yet swallowed the color-change pill. I mean, TLG
can make cool websites with 10 AFOLs all they want, it won’t make the bricks
any better for us average AFOLs not included in these projects.
And before anyone starts ranting, this isn’t about the color-change at all.
It’s about respect for the AFOLs. This website is intended primarily for
children who like micro-scale towns, not for the majority of AFOL. I am sure
most people here do not really care about it. Although it’s a great tool for
those who are concerned, it’s not any good to most of us.
IMHO, TLG can’t expect us AFOLs to forgive and forget the way we were treated
with the color-change by asking 10 AFOLs to help them make a cool project
even better. But I am re-reading myself and I sound harsh. It is not my
intention to say that it’s pointless or anything, but rather that it is not
something that will help restore the way we feel about TLG.
I guess some may reply that they feel TLG has redeemed itself, that they
didn’t need to in the first place or things like that. I accept the fact
that everyone has his opinion. However, there is an important part of this
community that feels TLG has mistreated us and that we deserve a better
treatment in the future. I understand that AFOLs are not a big part of the
market, so maybe we don’t really matter in the end. But it saddens me to
hear people rant (like me) about how they love the LEGO bricks, but not the
company anymore.
Is your excitement about the fact that for a change, TLG has included some
AFOLs in a nice project? Do I completely miss the point here? I hope I am
and you can explain to me why I should feel happy about this, so I can start
saying “I love and respect the LEGO company once again”... not just their
older bricks.
Terry
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I completely sympathize with you on the color change issue, but that didn’t stop
me from being excited about the LEGO Factory contest/micro town theme. Granted,
I would have been a lot MORE excited about the whole thing if the sets were
coming out in original colors.
I can tell you one thing: complaining about the color change in public isn’t
likely to get you invited into one of TLC’s AFOL A-Teams. Search for these
names:
Ashley Glennon
Brian Muzas
Joe Meno
Ross Crawford
Sean Kenney
Spencer Rezkalla
Todd Kubo
Ross Neal
John Neal
Soren Roberts
in these threads:
http://news.lugnet.com/lego/?n=533&t=i&v=c
http://news.lugnet.com/general/?n=47149&t=i&v=c
http://news.lugnet.com/lego/?n=672&t=i&v=c
and find out what the LEGO Factory team had to say about the color change. Short
answer: not much, and what little there was tended to be positive (or at least
critical of those who didn’t support the color change).
So, a better avenue for your dissatisfaction would be to build some great models
for the LEGO Factory contest that don’t use the new colors. Admittedly, I
haven’t done a very good job of this so
far, but I plan on making it a priority in future entries. Keep hope alive!
Marc Nelson Jr.
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